Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Apple’s iPhone 4 includes components that cost as little as US$187.51, according to market research firm iSuppli — as reported by “Bloomberg Businessweek” (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2010/tc20100627_763714.htm).

Materials and parts for Apple’s iPhone, which went on sale on June 24, include a 3.5-inch LCD screen that Apple calls a “retina display.” As the smartphone’s most expensive component, it costs $28.50 and may have been made by LG Display, iSuppli says. The iPhone 4 sells for $199 and $299.

German Ministress of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger is criticizing Apple after the company changed the terms of its data protection rules last week. Apple said it had to put further precise location data to itself and third parties, in order to be able to offer localized services.

Apple also said geographic data would be gathered anonymously, without identifying users personally. Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger told Germany news magazine, “Der Spiegel” — as reported by “TechEye.net” (http://www.techeye.net/internet/german-minister-criticises-apple-over-data) —

According to Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore, 60% of Apple Stores were sold out by the end of launch day Thursday, as were 100% of the retail-partner stores he and his team contacted — Best Buy in the U.S., O2 and Car-Phone in the U.K., and Orange in France.

Apple was able to replenish some supplies overnight, but by the end of the day Friday, there were stockouts at 80% of Apple Stores, 90% of O2 and 100% of the Best Buy and Orange retail stores. By then, even the Apple Stores were having trouble getting new supplies, and by Saturday, only 5% had iPhones in stock.

D-Bross has released Brosix 3 (http://www.brosix.com/), the newest version of the instant messenger software, now available for Mac and Linux systems. It provides instant messaging combined with collaboration tools such as file transfer, voice chat, video chat, whiteboard, screenshot and co-browse.