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By Brian X. Chen June 29, 2009

Just a week after the release of Apple’s new iPhone, a few users have complained about the handset’s high temperatures, which in some cases are high enough to start browning the white plastic on the back of the phone. Only a small number of iPhone 3GS customers have reported their handsets are reaching very high temperatures. But because more than a million iPhone 3GSes were sold in the first weekend, the issue could put tens of thousands of new iPhones at risk, a component specialist told Wired.com. Aaron Vronko of Rapid Repair, which performs teardowns of iPhones and iPods, said overheating is likely an issue due to faulty battery cells, and said he expected it could spur a recall of up to hundreds of thousands of iPhone 3GS units. “My guess is there’s going to be a whole lot of batteries affected because these [iPhones] are from very large production runs,” Vronko said. “If you have a problem in the design of a series of batteries, it’s probably going to be spread to tends of thousands, if not 100s of thousands, and maybe more.” Apple has not returned phone calls and e-mails requesting comment on the reports.

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by Marguerite Reardon June 29, 2009

Dell is developing a pocket-size Internet device using Google’s Android operating system that could take on Apple’s iPod Touch, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal on Monday. Two people who have seen early prototypes of the device told the newspaper it looks like Apple’s iPod Touch but slightly larger. And like the iPod Touch, the device isn’t expected to include a cellular phone. The device is considered part of a new category of gadgets called mobile Internet devices, or MIDs, which are designed to fit into the market between a mobile phone and a laptop or Netbook computer. The device could go on sale as early as the second half of 2009, according to the Wall Street Journal’s sources.

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by Brooke Crothers June 29, 2009

Nvidia on Monday confirmed that Samsung will bring out a Netbook based on the graphics chipmaker’s Ion chipset, another design that breaks the Netbook mold. “Ion really transforms these small laptops, like the upcoming Samsung and Lenovo Ideapad S12, into fully capable notebooks,” Rene Haas, general manager of notebook products at Nvidia said Monday in a statement. Ion brings mainstream PC graphics to Netbooks, including 1080p high-definition video support and better gaming, according to Nvidia. The disclosure of the Samsung Netbook follows the Lenovo IdeaPad S12–due in August–the first Netbook announced from a major PC maker to employ the Nvidia chip. Though Nvidia would not confirm specifications, Netbook Choice is reporting that the Netbook, branded the Samsung N510, is due in July and will sport an 11.6-inch screen–large for the Netbook category, where screens typically top out at about 10 inches.

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