According to InfoWorld Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine to bring Java to the iPhone, whether Apple wants this or not. Sun hopes to sell it through Apple’s AppStore marketplace for third-party applications but Apple has not yet said what it thinks of the idea.
UK Telefonica owned cellco 02, will offer the Napster music service to its customers despite the fact that it also has the exclusive on the Apple iPhone in the country. It is not the first cellular operator to do this, as back in October AT&T’s US cellular arm cut a deal with Napster despite selling the iPhone, most likely because that only works on GSM. The service will carry 5m tracks and pay no network usage charge because it is included in the charge of the track.
The UK Financial Times believes that Apple is talking to record labels about the same kind of deal for the iPod and iPhone, as Microsoft cut with them for the Zune, in other words, free music in return for a piece of the hardware sale price.
After 261 rounds the FCC auction of five blocks of 700MHz spectrum was completed with four of the five blocks sold for a total of $19.6 billion. Block D the public safety related block was not sold, as the minimum reserve bid of $1.33 billion was not met. The FCC can now choose to change conditions and hold another auction, or could opt to give the spectrum away with stringent build out rules. The FCC has yet to say when the winners will be named.