One cannot foretell when their iPhone or iPod would need repairs and the next thing an owner would have to do is look for a reliable service center to fix it. But the problem is while there are many centers offering such a service, scams are rampant.

Can you imagine the money they can make by accepting, running off and selling an iPod or iPhone in numbers? That would cost a fortune and a great means of illegal revenue if you entrust your device to the wrong hands.

There are a lot of scams concerning this issue. But there is one repair site that aims to solicit the confidence of iPod owners to avoid the false pretention of fly-by-night pretenders. Ipodjuice.com announces a couple of announcements to ease these scam worries to help safeguard you iPod or iPhone when they need repairs.

• First, the shop created a new page on their site giving information on the history and make-up of the business in order to ease ipodjuice scam concerns.
• Secondly, while it has always been simple to get in touch with somebody at the site ipodjuice.com via email or phone, it is now possible to speak directly with the iPod repair owner at the drop of a hat.
• Third, since the business has a physical store for taking care of walk-in customers, customers can now request to tour the actual location where orders are filled and devices are worked on. You can now actually view their receiving area, customer service department, shipping office, and even the technicians’ repair and testing shop. This offer is only for potential and current customers, and is not offered to competing businesses hoping to score some pointers.

“There are several real-deal iPod repair shops out there, and ipodjuice.com is proud to be among them.”, added Magnabosco. “We are confident that, with these assurances, on top of our already trusted name and reputation, ipodjuice scam worries will dissipate, since they are simply unwarranted to begin with.”

(Source) Press

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Sony Ericsson may be laying off another potential 2,000 workers some time soon in an effort to restore profitability at the troubled mobile phone maker. The move to axe 2,000 staff and contractors in 2009 from the 10,000-strong workforce follows hard on the heels of last year’s removal of 2,000 jobs. It underlines how Dick Komiyama, Sony Ericsson’s president, is developing a reputation as an aggressive cost-cutter.

The handset maker owned by Japan’s Sony and Sweden’s Ericsson on Friday reported a net loss of €293m ($381m) for the first three months of 2009, because consumers are buying fewer mobile phones in the global recession.

Mr Komiyama last year set out plans to reduce Sony Ericsson’s annual operating expenses by €480m, partly by cutting 2,000 jobs, or 17 per cent of the workforce. All the world’s leading handset makers are braced for falling sales in 2009, but Sony Ericsson is feeling more pain than larger rivals such as Nokia, Samsung and LG.

Sony Ericsson is experiencing a deeper unit sales decline than Nokia partly because it does not make cheap mobiles. Consumers are “trading down” to low-priced mobiles . Sony Ericsson is also suffering because it has a weak range of smartphones – mobiles that double up as mini computers – compared with traditional rivals and new entrants such as Apple.

Sony Ericsson reported revenue of €1.7bn for the three months to March 31, down 36 per cent on the same period last year. The net loss of €293m compared with a net profit of €133m in the first quarter of 2008.

(Source) FT.com

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