Awaz Apni

The iPhone 5 could see a release date delay this year after an explosion at a Foxconn factory near Chengdu, China happened. Two people who worked at the factory were sadly killed and 16 were left injured. The Foxconn site is where the iPad is manufactured supposedly and because of the explosion that led to a big fire could halt production of Apple iPad’s, according to  Computer World  this could also bring the iPhone 5 release delay as well. WSJ  reports that the explosion happened Friday night near the southwestern China facility, halting production. There was a statement sent to  Gizmodo  mentioning that Foxconn reports that the situation is now under control and such production will be put on hold allowing police to go ahead with their investigations. You can see the full Foxconn statement via  CNET  that say’s at approximately 7 p.m. on May 20; there was an explosion at our Chengdu campus. Foxconn always take safety seriously and working very close...

The Guardian reports that O2 is dancing the happy dance after scoring the exclusive rights to the Palm Pre , fending off rivals such as Orange and T-Mobile in a wedding-bouquet-style catfight over the hotly anticipated mobile phone . No doubt O2 is hoping the Pre will help it keep the early adopters it won with its exclusive deal to push the the iPhone , which could soon be set free from its exclusivity chains in the UK and be available on other networks. The Pre could also tempt Apple-haters, who have hailed the Pre as their touchscreen saviour, to move over to the bubbly blue network. As a mixed crowd of iPhone lovers and loathers alike, we chatted about our pre-Pre anxiety in last week's CNET UK podcast . O2 wouldn't comment on the deal, calling it "rumour and speculation". What is it : Touchscreen webOS phone with slide-out keyboard What we think : It's not without its flaws, but, thanks to the solid webOS platform, the Pre is a worthy rival to the iPhone We...