Fashion and functionality are two mutually exclusive words. And so females- who are-as per popular perception- more inclined to fashion- than functionalities. But the iPhone has done the trick for the gender. It has provided the best functionalities without compromising the awesome look.

In act iPhones are better suited to females for females are better at multi-tasking unlike men. Along with unlimited access to some very useful ready to use information are all the more handy for females to give justice to their chores.

In the month of November 2008, Australian mobile phone companies confirmed more women than men were buying Apple's fancy iPhone. The reasons are there for everyone to see. Apple has invested efforts by keeping in mind females and it has been paying it off so far.

In Australia, Vodafone's general manager for Victoria and Tasmania, Paul Guerra, said the company hadn't researched why women had turned out to be much more receptive to the iPhone than men, despite early assumptions it would appeal more to men. It's a great-looking device the female customer is comfortable using and displaying.

Apple announced fourth-quarter (ending September 27) profits of $1.14 billion helped along substantially by global sales of more than 6,892,000 iPhones.

"Apple just reported one of the best quarters in its history, with a spectacular performance by the iPhone," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said. Even time tested RIM phones were left behind in terms of sales during the period. "We sold more phones than RIM." (RIM manufactures the popular Blackberry phones.) Says jubilant Mr. Jobs.

A reliable industry source speculates that up to 200,000 Australians have opted for iPhones to other smartphones since the 3G version hit the market in July ‘08. CBD-based financial consultant Fiona Brown, 25, bought her iPhone 3G the day it arrived in Melbourne.

"It's hot, it's a cute little phone - I've converted so many girls into getting them," Ms Brown said.

"It saves so much space in your handbag." She adds.

Another woman Amanda Miller, 34, who herself is a Malvern small business operator and mother of three, said an iPhone was like a computer in her handbag.

"That's very useful for a busy mum juggling kids, work and running the house.

''It's much lighter than carrying around a laptop."

And before concluding I cannot forget Jess Pryles, 28, owner of Sugadeaux Cupcakes at South Yarra, who wanted an iPhone so much so that she bought one from New York in April.

The fun in browsing the profiles of your past and current friends is fun, isn’t it? But as I redundantly said if it’s on your mobile then the fun would be quadrupled. It not only saves us time to wait for our desktops to start and connect but it makes things happen ‘on the go’. With the iPhone in your hands, it’s just a click away.

Facebook is letting users of its flourishing social-networking community play together on the road by using popular iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices.

For the first time, even our iPhone apps can now have friends!!!
Having tasted the substantial success, they want to come up with more such novelties to keep consumer in happy state of mind. After all consumers are the ultimate dictators in the market.

The novel idea is really futuristic. Mini software programs tailored to mesh with the Facebook operating platform let social-networking users play games with each other online, share restaurant reviews while on the move, and locate friends. This way they’ll have more experienced review of the hotel, motel or club to go for. This will definitely help users increase their friend base in an unknown territory. The local business will be more consumer friendly than ever for it is the consumers who would share their reviews on their iPhones or iPods.

Facebook members can avail the benefit of the community-oriented applications through iPhones as they would if they were connecting through a laptop or a home computer.

Facebook launched Connect last year as a way to break down the walls between the social networking service and other websites and services on the Internet.
“Agency Wars" lets people pretend to be members of agencies such as the CIA or MI6 and work as mobile teams on missions while becoming "the most deadly spy around."

"Who has the Biggest Brain?" has been played by no less than 15 million people worldwide since it launched on Facebook in 2007. The App Store now has a version that lets Facebook users train their brains while on the go.

Playfish chief executive Kristian Segerstrale believes that iPhone and iPod touch represent the next generation of entertainment platforms.

Other Facebook-oriented applications doing well at the App Store are Urbanspoon restaurant review-sharing service and Flixster film recommendation website, along with games "iBowl," "Live Poker," and "Tap Tap Revenge 2."

Overall mobile industry sales in 2006 in South Korea are assumed at KRW 21.1 trillion. It will grow at an average rate of 2.28%, so as to increase to KRW 23.6 trillion in 2010. Mobile data sales will increase by 9.69% a year from KRW 3.7 trillion in 2006 to KRW 5.9 trillion in 2010

To further the case of South Korean teenagers’ intransigence towards cell phones and its ancillary services, following two incidents caught the attention of mass media across the globe and made headlines in local dailies of S. Korea. Here is an interesting and small case-study of a business that grows through all the travails and tribulations. How? Let’s see….Following is the story in a leading newspaper.

“South Korean mobile phone companies said that they were offering new calling plans after a 16-year-old boy in Iksan killed himself because of a huge phone bill.

He committed suicide on Feb. 15, 2006 after receiving a bill for about 3.7 million won, or $3,800, in data charges for playing games on his mobile phone, the police in Iksan said. Immediately all the mobile operators swung into action and did what they thought to be more humane and generous for teenagers. In response, mobile phone operators said they would create billing plans allowing for unlimited data use at a reasonable cost. SK Telecom, South Korea's leading mobile phone company, said it would offer an unlimited data plan for 30,000 won a month. KTF said it would cap the data costs at 26,000 won.”

Hardly the ink had dried another shocker came. Let’s get across that.

“Amidst the report towards the fag end of the year 2006 that South Korean parents who despair at having to pay skyrocketing mobile phone bills for their chatty children now prohibits have the government on their side. Starting in 2007, new telecom regulations will include a contract that basically teens from spending more than US$40 a month on the phone.”

The total number of mobile subscribers in South Korea in 2006- was a staggering 40,197,115, which is not a minuscule amount by any standards. Mobile churn rate in South Korea was 2.41% in 2006, slightly increased from 2004, and will record 2.20% by 2010. Despite of some stringent decisions taken by the government, I stuck my neck out on the unimaginable growth of this most vibrant industry. Why not? Since I had sense of hunch backed up by facts and figures of mobile becoming preferred mode of communication over other. Lets not forget to travel into time of 2007. I will show you how my surmises proved right.

Want to rule the roost in the kingdom of your girlfriend’s heart? Here is a novel and proven idea that is worth giving a try. How Deeble caught his girlfriend’s attention. All of us usually hear the term ‘falling in love’. But love, being a levitation force seldom snatches you down. It raises you up, raises bar for you. As John Ruskin said ‘When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.’ Here follows the REAL story from the Bay area of North America.

Dan Deeble, a 35-year-old IT supervisor from Antelope, CA, popped the question using Scribular, a free iPhone application from iApp store that works with the phone's GPS to let users pen notes or remarks at specific locations. Once somebody gets to the location, they can read the note, which is how Deeble- the smart guy- got his love, Crystal Gardner, to go on a scavenger hunt around Sacramento.

Romance has never struggled to find creativity. Creativity cannot be had only through schooling, in fact we can receive idea from all the directions all the time, but some we squander thinking them to be impossible or weird. Success is attained when you and your work fall in romance.

Coming back to Dan, It was like ‘Your desire is my dream. your dream is my destiny’ for him, it all began with a Post-it note in her car, telling her to use Scribular on her way to work. For the rest of the day, she drove around finding different notes -- read them here -- that all ended with "p.s. - I love you." The phrase comes from the movie of the same name, about a woman receiving love letters from her deceased husband, which was the first movie Deeble and Gardner saw together. It’s quite sensational and erotic of him. What comes from the heart goes to the heart. After all you have to go extra mile to get extra benefits. At the end of the day, the couple met at a restaurant where a phone call from her sister prompted her to read the final note: "Almost one year ago, I found you -- and I found love.... I ask if you will grant me the greatest privilege of my life and marry me. Forever yours, Dan." She responded "of course I will," and techies around the globe got another idea for romance.

It’s not that you can win your new love with technology, but you can even keep giving your spouse such pleasant and creative surprises which in turn also surprises and surpasses all your expectations. Wish you all the best in your lovely endeavors!!!! Hope this story will inspire many to make their own stories…….

Tom was plainly flabbergasted!!! His knack seemed about to blast. It is uncommon of him to listen to anything but rock music. But today he was listening….Tom-the geek- belongs to this sassy generation and is fond of visiting exotic locations anywhere in the world. Naturally the current fragile state of economy does not permit even an aristocrat to travel. IMAO I think, Tom does no justice to his immense talent. Cotch down attitude seldom helps an individual.

The other day we had a chat about iPhone, the app store and prospects of earning money. Being a geek I suggested him to why doesn’t he educate himself a bit and make fortune out of it. After all the talent cannot be called skill till you starts making money out of it.

He was listening (are you????).

There are quite a few success stories that have emerged after the miraculous entry of iPhone in the market. I call it miraculous for the simple reason that within the span of less than 9 months, it has happy customer base of-according to Nielsen Mobile-are 2.3 million US mobile subscribers using an iPhone.

Read a great success story today about a lone iPhone developer who made a game called iShoot that earned him $600,000 in just one month! On the day it hit no. 1 on the App Store it made $37,000. It must have required a flat roofin’ effort from him. I mean WOW! Imagine it is no petty amount. In some cases it exceeds the PCI i.e. per capita income of Canada, Singapore, Australia, European Monetary union and some other developed nation. Mind you, he earned this huge amount in a day whereas PCI is counted on annual basis.

He rightfully thinks he’ll be a millionaire pretty quickly. Lots of people have drawn inspiration from his example and have started following in to his footsteps. This is not sheer luck that fetches him such fame and name; it is his foresighted effort that saw him through.

Anyway it is good for him. I also saw a discussion on another forum where people were saying that “normal” iPhone games never do that well because there are so many vying for the top spots, and you can’t bank on a big success like iShoot. Well I actually think you should probably study what all the best ones got right and then think positively about yours being the best and a massive success and then do it! (In fact I’m tempted to make one myself!) Thinking that your game will be “normal” and not have much success is just a recipe for failure.

Tom subscribed to most of those thoughts and became determined to fire with all the cylinders and make a mark. Tom has paid heed. To me he is the millionaire in the making.

Success and failures are sometimes a matter of choice. It is we who choose success over failure and the other way round. But the door bell of opportunity is ringing loundly, lets grab it with both the hands or the neighbor would!!!!!