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What Steve Jobs told original iPhone team

Looking at the iPhone now, it’s hard to think how it was originally conceived. How do you go about asking a team to come up with one of the world’s most iconic gadgets? Steve Jobs didn’t mention apps, or media, or even a touchscreen. “His [charge] was simple,” former iPhone product marketing manager Bob Borchers said during a recent lecture …

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Samsung reduces its LTE chip cost by half

For every new iteration of mobile phones, it’s easy to assume that products are getting pricier because the insides are getting just as expensive. A Samsung LTE and Via Telecom CDMA chip ABI Research I mean, it makes sense that as technology gets better and faster, manufacturers and consumers are paying top dollar to get their hands on it, right? …

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