• Fox News, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 10:46 AM

In a research note, UBS analyst Ben Reitzes said that Apple had lined up German chipmaker Infineon Technologies to produce chips for a new 3G iPhone that could hit shelves as early as June. Other reports claim that Apple has shifted its focus from creating software for the iPhone's current platform, running on the 2.5G EDGE network, to developing applications that would run on the newer device. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has also hinted that a new iPhone would become available later this year.

A 3G iPhone could spark a flurry of new sales for Apple, as the main criticism of the iPhone has been that the Web browser, its most innovative feature, is forced to run on the slower network when no Wi-Fi hotspot is present. Reitzes also predicts that the Apple handset's business appeal would be improved by the release of a new software development kit that lets programmers write software for it. The mobile version of Facebook is a good example of this.

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