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Palm Costs $138 to Build, Report Says

By James Alan Miller April 29, 2009 smartphonetoday Research firm iSuppli, known for its teardowns of devices like smartphones, recently took apart a stab at estimating the cost of building Palm’s upcoming Pre smartphone. It estimates that every Pre costs around $138 to build. That’s less than half the $300 or so that iSuppli thinks Palm and Sprint—the carrier to offer the Pre—will ask for the smartphone. By contrast, it costs about $203 to build a BlackBerry Storm, which is offered by Verizon, and $174.33 to put an iPhone 3G together. Keep in mind, until iSuppli actually gets a Pre in its hands to take apart, there’s no real way of knowing for sure how much it costs to build Pre. If the estimate is accurate, however, then Palm could be looking forward to a healthy profit margin on the Pre. The Palm Pre is supposed to ship during the first half of 2009. Nobody knows when exactly, however.

Analyst: Palm Pre Launch Will Be A Failure

John Biggs TechCrunch.com Friday, May 1, 2009 Collins Stewart analyst Ashok Kumar (not this guy) is claiming that the Palm Pre will be a dud and that shortages, manufacturing problems, and Sprint's relative suckitude as a carrier will push the $199 smartphone straight to the bottom. While I welcome this bracing opinion of everyone's darling, it seems Kumar has some sort of bone to pick and is bringing up concerns you could have for any phone, including the iPhone. He writes:Collins Stewart analyst Ashok Kumar claims that his supply chain checks indicate that Palm has ?drastically reduced its production orders? for the Pre. Kumar says ?multiple hardware and software issues? have forced Palm?s hand here and that he doesn?t expect the company to meet its expected goal of one million units shipped in the second half of 2009. He even goes so far as to describe that figure as ?highly unrealistic.?

HD video out confirmed for new iPhone?

By Will Park at intomobile apple logo HD video out confirmed for new iPhone?Media-philes will probably know all too well the iPhone’s shortcomings in the video output department. The iPhone and iPhone 3G are only capable of barely-HD 480i video-out resolutions, making it woefully inadequate for playing back movies or TV shows on large TVs and pretty much any decent computer monitor. But, that’s all about to change with the upcoming launch of the third-generation iPhone. Reports of an upcoming Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) AV Cable confirm that future iPhone and iPod Touch hardware will be capable of playing back full-HD video at 720p and 1080i resolutions! PhoneNews is reporting that Apple has advised its Apple Authorized Resellers to start clearing out any remaining Composite AV Cable and Apple Component AV Cable stock. The move is aimed at cutting down inventory ahead of the introduction of Apple’s new Apple AV Cable, which consolidates the functions of both the Composite and Component AV iPhon...

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