Apple has said today that they are delaying the release of the white iPhone 4 for the third time, this time pushing it all the way back until the Spring of 2011.
When they launched the iPhone 4 in June, Apple said it would have to delay the white model of the phone until July.
In July, the company delayed the smartphone until the end of the year.
“We’re sorry to disappoint customers waiting for the white iPhone again,” said Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller.
The company neglected to give a reason for the delay except for saying the new white model is “more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected.”
Apple sold 14.1 million iPhones in the recent quarter, in its original black colorway.
Result for: spokeswoman
Before Apple’s much-hyped media event on the 1st, it was reported that CEO Steve Jobs was actively trying to get iTunes Store track samples extended to 60, or even 90 seconds, from the current 30.
The event came and passed, and nothing about the time lengths of the samples was discussed by Jobs or the country.
Cnet says today that licensing issues are holding up the process, but that Jobs is still in active discussions to get the samples extended to 90 seconds.
Says Hanna Pantle, a spokeswoman for BMI, one of the organizations that collects royalties for publishers and songwriters: “We are in active negotiations with Apple.”
Furthermore, Apple has already received the go ahead to extend the samples, from the record labels. Their existing contract with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) also allows for 90 seconds, so it appears to be just a couple of holdouts keeping the update from occurring.
Result for: spokeswoman
Comcast has denied today that is has any connection to RightNetwork, a start-up venture that will launch in the Republican states and will “reflect and reinforce their perspective and worldview.”
The large ISP had been identified as a key partner, and The Huffington Post went as far to call the new venture “Tea Party TV,” alluding to the extremist anti-tax protesters.
Comcast vehemently denies: “The blog reports that Comcast is an investor in, or partner of the RightNetwork are inaccurate. We have no partnership with this venture and have no plans to launch or distribute the network,” says Comcast spokeswoman Jennifer Khoury.
Khoury does admit that they met with RightNetwork reps.
RightNetwork has since taken down the quote that they have partnered with Comcast, but the independently owned media company will debut sometime in 2010.
You can check some trailers of the programming here: http://rightnetwork.com/
