Foxconn is set to ship 24 million units of Apple’s next iPhone in 2010, Digitimes reports.

“According to Digitimes senior analysts Ming-Chi Kuo citing sources from Taiwan-based component makers:

Foxconn will ship 4.5 million units in the first half and 19.5 million units for the rest of 2010. Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 4G on June 7, 2010 during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

The new device will adopt IPS (in-plane switching) panels with FFS (fringe-field switching) technology and a 960×640 resolution, Kuo said, noting that LG Display and Prime View International are the panel suppliers.

The iPhone 4G will run on the Arm Cortex A8 processor and a 512MB memory module from Samsung Electronics, doubling the memory capacity seen in the iPhone 3GS to take advantage of the multi-tasking capability of the iPhone 4.0 platform, Kuo revealed.”

The question is, will 24 million units be enough or too much for 2010?

In news I didn’t expect to hear for quite awhile, the iPhone is starting to make  some noise in the corporate sector. Standard Chartered is offering 75,000 employees the opportunity to ditch their Blackberry’s for one of Apple’s luxurious devices, though is one company really enough to break news for? Sure, if that company is involved in global initiate to get other banks to follow through. RIM might not have anything to worry about after all, but this should raise an eyebrow at what could be a future trend. While we won’t see the iPhone’s best enterprise features until OS 4.0 is available to the public, it’ll be interesting to see what effect that has, if any, on our corporate overlords.

[via 9 to 5 Mac]

So you thought you’ve seen enough about the next gen iPhone. After the pictures we saw last week, the Vietnamese guys have posted two new videos of the prototype they have, running the diagnosis firmware called “Inferno”.

Check them out after the break. [via Redmond Pie]

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In case you still haven’t listened to the Beatles in your entire life and you’re hoping their catalogue will be available someday on iTunes, perhaps you should stop hoping and go buy a compilation out there.

As Sir Paul McCartney reports: “To tell you the truth I don’t actually understand how it’s got so crazy. I know iTunes would like to do it, so one day it’s going to happen. It’s been business hassles. Not with us, or iTunes. It’s the people in the middle, the record label. There have been all sorts of reasons why they don’t want to do it.”

As usual, record labels are the problem in this matter. Maybe they don’t understand Apple’s system and policies, or maybe they just don’t want to. EMI also joins the debate:

“Discussions are ongoing. We would love to see The Beatles’ music available for sale digitally.”

Sure, ongoing. I won’t hold my breath.

[9to5mac via DistortedLoop]

Should you develop for the iPhone App Store? That’s the million dollar question, considering Apple’s stringent policies on everything from what code you can use to what you can sell; how top-selling, well marketed apps dominate the market; and how demanding App Store customers purchase then (sometimes unfairly) rate rather good applications. I’ve seen a lot of cases where an excellent iPhone application appears as version one, but gets a terrible rating since it isn’t as polished or full featured as a version five competitor. It sucks that people are as mean spirited to say, “Give me this feature and I’ll give you five stars,” but these are all things you have to deal with in the App Store.

I’ve always considered the App Store to be a money tree. People will practically buy anything if it costs a dollar, and even if you make something completely shitty, someone still bought your application. While it’s the good apps that continue to make serious revenue, it’s possible to put a few bucks in your pocket. But if you were to make a living or develop a business around the App Store, would it be worth your time and investment? Tech Crunch took the dive.

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We’ve seen Android work successfully on an iPhone 3G, but what about your iPod touch? I was thrilled to hear the Android might be making its way to our favorite handhelds, as the iPod touch would be the perfect test bench for current iPhone and iPod touch owners to try out a competing operating system. Having the ability to dual boot would be perfect for reviewers like me, which would give me the ability to retain some mobile functionality if I ever left the Droid for the next iPhone.

Redmond Pie has the full scoop here.

Apple and Gawker Media seem to have a fatal attraction that continues to plunge into a death spiral. If it wasn’t bad enough that Gizmodo’s asshole antics ruined the reputation of an Apple employee, or slimy/shady deals involving a good scoop, Gawker Contributing Editor Ryan Tate engaged in a heated discussion with Steve Jobs himself yesterday evening.

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