Here are your Apple news items and rumors for Friday: iPhone 5 in Production
Trouble, iPhone 4S Gets Prepaid Plans: While The New York Times Friday report
on Apple s (NASDAQ: AAPL ) next smartphone has little new information about the
device details include that it will be announced soon and that it might include
a new chip made by Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ) a 9 to 5 Mac follow-up report has
juicier rumors . First is word that the smaller, cheaper version of the iPhone 4
thought to be called the iPhone 4S will be available under prepaid data and
calling plans . Will Verizons (NYSE: VZ ) new unlimited plans support a
smartphone after all? Time will tell. As for the next big upgrade, the iPhone 5
that device might very well miss its widely rumored October release. 9 to 5 Mac
s sources indicate that one of Apples multiple production partners (Pegatron,
Foxconn, among others) is having trouble manufacturing the new device. Design
and production delays might push the new iPhone back to 2012. Analyst Tells Tim
Cook How Its Done: Tim Cook has been at the Apple wheel for only a few weeks
now, and hes already getting tips from backseat drivers. A Friday report at All
Things Digital reprinted details from an open letter to Apples CEO written by
MobileTrax analyst Gerry Purdy. Among suggestions for broadening the variety of
iPhones and iPads available on shelves, Purdy suggested that Cook consider
acquiring digital video recorder company TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO ) in an effort to
expand its influence on the living room market. Considering the rumors that
Apple will enter the HD television market in the near future , a purchase of
TiVO seems counterproductive, to say the least. 7 out of 10 iPad Owners Love
Video Games: Research firm Interprets new report iPad Gamers: A Look At the
Users of Gamings Shiny New Toy has good news for investors that have put money
into mobile game makers like Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS ). Approximately 71%
of iPad owners in the United States use the device to play games , opting to use
Apples App Store as their leisure resource rather than game consoles like
Nintendo s (PINK: NTDOY ) Wii. As of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not
own a position in any of the stocks named here. Follow him on Twitter at
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