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Friday, June 29, 2007

InfoWorld Daily: Calculating the cost of an iPhone

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Friday, June 29, 2007

* Calculating the cost of an iPhone
* InfoWorld Daily Podcast
* Talent war and H-1B make smokescreen

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CALCULATING THE COST OF AN IPHONE

Wireless: Now that they will be officially available this evening, albeit
likely hard to find, Apple's iPhone brings the reality of a two-year
contract replete with beefy monthly payments. Tom Yager does the math in
this Ahead of the Curve post. "What's the absolute minimum cost of
iPhone? Add it all up and it comes out to $2,034.75." That number does
not include taxes, fees and surcharges which -- as anyone with a
telephone can tell you -- account for a healthy portion of one's monthly
bill. "That's the cost of a $499 iPhone, a two-year AT&T contract at
$59.99... ...

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INFOWORLD DAILY PODCAST

iPhone to become available tonight, experts caution against supporting
them in the enterprise, and we calculate absolute minimum it will cost.
Also, DHS plots closed-door cybersecurity meeting, RIM announces record
growth, and more LISTEN!... ...

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TALENT WAR AND H-1B MAKE SMOKESCREEN

Careers: "The problem isn't talent -- there is a lot around," explains
Nick Corcodilos. "The problem, I think, is management." Companies are so
focused on stock price and PR that they define jobs so narrowly they
can't find the perfect candidate. "The focus is on filling jobs rather
than building bench strength. So companies wage a talent war, lawyers
handle the recruiting, the whole thing is revealed to be a sham, and HR
is left holding the H-1B bag." Green IT: Dell chills with Emerson, but
the companies claim that the combined Dell-Liebert Energy Smart
Solutions heat up servers by... ...

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