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iPhone 3G to be shipped in eco-friendly packaging: spuds

Filed under: iPhone The new iPhone 3G will ship in a paper tray made that has a carbon footprint a tenth the size of a plastic tray, according to its manufacturer. The paper tray, manufactured by Dutch firm PaperFoam , is made from potato or tapioca starch. According to Dutch blog Bright , PaperFoam CEO Hans Arentsen said that Apple ordered "millions of PaperFoam packages" for the new iPhone. PaperFoam...


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'Unprecedented Pent-Up Demand' For Apple iPhone 3G, RBC Says

More good news for Apple (AAPL) ahead of the 3G iPhone launch, scheduled for next Friday , July 11. Consumers have "unprecedented" demand for Apple's phone, according to new data from RBC's Technology Adoption Panel. From RBC analyst Mike Abramsky's note: 56% of those planning to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days plan to purchase an iPhone, up from 35% in March. 25% may buy the 3G iPhone "sometime...

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Eco-friendly packaging made of potato starch for 3G iPhone

For those of us plagued by thoughts of waste when contemplating ditching our old iPhones to upgrade to the 3G iPhone, there's a bit of good news, as it turns out that the packaging for the new iPhone to be released on July 11th is made of recyclable potato starch. Dutch company PaperFoam , maker of carbon-friendly packaging, is providing millions of paperfoam packages to Apple. Via The Register ,...

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Will Apple Sweeten The iPhone Deal At The Last Minute Again? (AAPL)

Eleven days before the original iPhone launched last June, Apple gave would-be buyers a treat: The company announced that the iPhone's battery would last longer than initially advertised and that its multi-touch screen would be made of optical-quality glass, not plastic. Whether these add-ons were truly last-minute enhancements or if they'd been planned all along, they certainly helped sweeten the...

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Macsimum News: Analyst: there’s ‘unprecedented’ demand for the iPhone 3G

Posted by Dennis Sellers Consumers have “unprecedented” demand for Apple’s phone, according to new data from RBC’s Technology Adoption Panel. RBC analyst Mike Abramsky’s told clients that (as reported by Silicon Valley Insider :

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iPhone will ship in green packaging

Apple's new iPhone 3G will be shipped on July 11 in a potato starch paper tray. Apple placed an order with Dutch company PaperFoam , which also makes packages for Motorola. The company confirmed this today to Dutch blog Bright . According to CEO Hans Arentsen, Apple ordered "millions of paperfoam packages" for its new 3G iPhone. [ The Register via tuaw.com ]

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Apple’s high-street plan for greener iPhone 3G

Apple's pushing a high street retail strategy in order to ensure its greener iPhone is in widescale distrtibution. We know the iPhone is sold at AT & T and Apple retail stores in the US and at O2, Apple and Carphone Warehouse stores in the UK. Similar deals are also revealing themselves across Europe now, with the latest information revealing a range of German retailers will be offering the device...

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Apple iPhone 3G demand to be ‘unprecedented’

Apple faces "unprecedented" demand for the iPhone 3G, reports RBC Technology analyst, Mike Abramsky. Citing recent research conducted on behalf of RBC Technology, the analyst told Silicon Alley Insider that 56 per cent of those planning to purchase a smartphone in the next ninety days plan to buy an iPhone - that's up form 35 per cent in March. The research also revealed that consumer interest in...

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iPhone will ship in green packaging

Apple's new iPhone 3G will be shipped on July 11 in a potato starch paper tray. Apple placed an order with Dutch company PaperFoam, which also makes packages for Motorola.

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iPhone 3G Will Ship in “Green” Packaging

CEO Hans Arentsen of Dutch company PaperFoam confirmed today that Apple has ordered “millions of paperfoam packages” for the new iPhone 3G. The Dutch company which was founded in 1998 and makes use of potato starch in the injection moulding process allowing a 90-percent reduction in carbon footprint in comparison to plastic. The product consists of [...]

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New Apple iPhone 3G to arrive in Green Packaging

It's faster, it's cheaper, it's just as beautiful , and now it's greener --at least its packaging is. Apple, the same company that got bruised in its fistfight with Greenpeace last year , literally just announced that its new iPhone 3G, in all of the glory of its already unprecedented demand , will arrive next Friday outfitted in green packaging. According to the Register , Apple has ordered millions...

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Everybody Wants the iPhone 3G

RBC Capital Markets reports that 56 percent of consumers who plan on buying a smartphone in the next 90 days are going to buy the new iPhone 3G , which will be released on July 11. Count me in as one of that 56 percent... "That's a jump from just 35 percent of consumers who said they anticipated buying one of the new touch-screen handsets back in March when the firm conducted a similar survey before...

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Eco-friendly packaging made of potato starch for 3G iPhone

For those of us plagued by thoughts of waste when contemplating ditching our old iPhones to upgrade to the 3G iPhone, there's a bit of good news, as it turns out that the packaging for the new iPhone...

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CBS 2.0 - Emails Tell the Story - CBS Completes Acquisition of CNET

There is coverage all over the web on the CBS closing the CNET deal. Quincy Smith Named Chief Executive Officer and Neil Ashe Named President of CBS Interactive. · CBS Interactive Becomes the 8th Largest Web Network Worldwide; · Top Five Premium Content Ad-Supported Network; · The Number One Technology Network Led by CNET.com; · [...]

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Extrodinary demand for the Apple iPhone 3G according to RBC Panel

Well looks like everything is coming up rosy for Apple at the moment ahead of the big big iPhone 3G launch next Friday 11th July. It appears that consumers have placed “unprecedented” demand on Apple for their latest iconic mobile phone the iPhone 3G according to new data from RBC’s Technology Adoption Panel. So here are [...]

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iPhone 3G to be shipped in eco-friendly packaging: spuds

Filed under: iPhone The new iPhone 3G will ship in a paper tray made that has a carbon footprint a tenth the size of a plastic tray, according to its manufacturer. The paper tray, manufactured by Dutch firm PaperFoam , is made from potato or tapioca starch. According to Dutch blog Bright , PaperFoam CEO Hans Arentsen said that Apple ordered "millions of PaperFoam packages" for the new iPhone. PaperFoam...