Rogers cashes in on iPhone popularity

Rogers Communications Inc. rode the iPhone's popularity to a big jump in quarterly profit in its last quarter but said costs associated with selling the device could weigh on future earnings.

Rogers said yesterday that profits almost doubled in the third quarter to $495 million, or 78 cents a share, compared with $269 million, or 42 cents a share, in the year-earlier period.

More than a quarter of a million people signed up for the iPhone through Rogers during the third quarter after it became available in Canada in early July.

Canada's largest cable and wireless provider said it spent about $95 million subsidizing and marketing the iPhone during the quarter.

"Margins are going to keep going down in part in the near- to medium-term because of the iPhone," said Genuity Capital Markets analyst Dvai Ghose.

The company trimmed its earning projections for 2008 to reflect higher-than-expected cost of iPhone sales.

Investors certainly approved of the third-quarter results, sending Rogers shares up 10 per cent yesterday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

About a third of the iPhones the company activated were new Rogers subscribers. The popular device benefits Rogers because users tend to spend more than the average wireless customer on things like mobile web surfing.

Revenue climbed 14 per cent to $3 billion "in the face of an increasingly challenging economic backdrop," chief executive Ted Rogers said in a statement.

The iPhone drove net additions in Rogers' wireless division to about 239,000 in the quarter.

The company's cable-Internet business saw its customer base rise by 29,000 to 1.6 million in the quarter, while digital-cable subscriptions grew by 58,000 to 1.5 million, Rogers said.

Only about more than two months,One million iphone had sold.

It took a bit longer than a some analysts were expecting, but Apple announced today that it has finally broke the one million iPhone sales barrier, 74 days after the iPhone hit the scene on June 29th and right on target for Apple’s own projections. “One million iPhones in 74 days — it took almost two years to achieve this milestone with iPod,” said Steve Jobs. But of course, it’s never enough: “We can’t wait to get this revolutionary product into the hands of even more customers this holiday season.” Only time will tell if those aggressive price cuts and international sales can help the iPhone hit the 10 million mark in 2008.

Apple to Nearly Double iPhone Production in Germany

Apple plans to nearly double production of its iPhone in the fourth quarter, TheStreet.com reported, citing people familiar with the company.


The report said Apple now plans to produce 2.7 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, nearly double the 1.5 million previously expected; that would make for total 2007 output of 4.8 million units, up from the previously stated goal of 3.6 million.

In related news, Apple announced on Wednesday that T-Mobile will be the official iPhone carrier in Germany.

The 8GB iPhone will cost about $557 when it goes on sale there on Nov. 9.

German iPhone owners will also be able to browse and purchase music from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store; T-Mobile operates 8,600 Wi-Fi HotSpots in Germany.

Team unlocks iPhone via software

Hackers claim to have successfully unlocked Apple's iPhone without modifying any hardware. The iPhoneSIMfree.com team say they have cracked Apple's iPhone SIM lock system, according to Engadget, and have proven their claim with a working unlocked handset. The unlocked phone used a T-Mobile SIM card in place of AT&T's default card, allowing the users to make calls, send text messages, and check email on an iPhone using their chosen T-Mobile service provider. Apple and AT&T launched the iPhone under an exclusive contract designed to seal customers into two-year service plans with AT&T, preventing iPhone owners from using other carriers.

The team of six at iPhoneSIMfree.com says the iPhone works on the T-Mobile network almost exactly as it did with AT&T as its service provider, with expected non-functional YouTube and visual voicemail support serving as the only major drawbacks to the unlocked device.

The unlock process takes just a few minutes, according to the report, and is very easy for end users. iPhone owners looking to unlock their handsets when the team releases its software solution will need to go through the usual activation process using a proper tool, and allows users to configure a carrier's APN with a username/password to obtain internet access on-the-go without the need for a Wi-Fi hot spot.

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The iPhone is not only a sexy phone but extremely intelligent. Once you use it, you would find other phones are so dumb!

I tried a Windows mobile phone. While talking it would blank out the screen. Which is a good way to save power but…. during a call if I had to wake up the screen, I had to tap the screen. While doing that, some other button would get accidently activated and the call would get disconnected or go on hold.

Similarly on many touch screen phones, you would find that while talking, when the ear touches the screen, it activates some button that you didn’t wanted it to.

How does iPhone manage this? It has a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor switches off the touch screen when you take the phone close to your ear, and turns it back on when you take it off. Simple technology but extremely practical.

The iPhone interface is also the best I have seen. Very easy to use and intuitive. It hides all the complexity that a normal user wouldn’t use.

What Apple is missing in the iPhone that they are not trying to make it a replacement for a computer. It still requires the computer and iTunes to sync music, pod casts, etc. You also can’t sync your address book with Yahoo or Gmail directly, this again requires iTunes.

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The iPhone is truly a revolutionary device, one that is expected to take the world by storm once it is actually launched. It has already been introduced however, as a smartphone made by the Apple Company that literally combines an iPod, tablet PC, digital camera and cellular phone all into one easy to use and incredibly convenient device that is so small it can fit in your pocket.

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