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Thursday, 07 August 2008

T-Mobile first to announce BlackBerry Bold in UK

Rosemary Haworth, PC Advisor

RIM's much-touted 'iPhone killer', the BlackBerry Bold has been given the go ahead in the UK. The handset will go on sale in September and T-Mobile is claiming to be the first to bring it to market.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

iPhone sales to surge as smartphone market grows

Jonny Evans

The ratio of smartphones to the global handset market is expected to climb to 15 per cent in the second half of this year, up from 12-13 per cent currently. In the US market alone, sales of smartphones already reached 20 per cent in the second quarter

Thursday, 07 August 2008

US Patent office revisits Dell's 'cloud computing' claim

Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld

Dell had received near final approval for this trademark, but the USPTO canceled its "Notice of Allowance" on Tuesday, according to trademark records. The application has been "returned to examination."

Thursday, 07 August 2008

20 new countries set to get iPhone 3G

Jonny Evans

Apple's iPhone 3G set to ship in ten countries across Latin America, East Europe and India on 22 August.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Eddy Cue - driven, talented, capable, report suggests

Jonny Evans

Apple's new man at the helm of MobileMe and the rest of the company's internet services, is hard-working, demanding, and extraordinarily capable, at least, that's the kind of profile the Guardian is describing.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Apple product upgrades loom

Jonny Evans

Apple analyst expects new iPods and redesigned MacBooks and MacBook Pros will make their appearance at a hitherto unannounced Apple special event in September.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Apple management shake-up over MobileMe launch

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)

We take a closer look at the changes being made at Apple in the wake of the MobileMe launch, and ask if this means the end of Apple's famed secrecy, and the start of comprehensive beta-testing for its products?

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Google's new tool offers added insight

Heather Havenstein, Computerworld (US)

Google tool shows users in Alabama have historically been more interested in the BlackBerry than the iPhone, though iPhone surpassed BlackBerry on interest levels there in June as well as the same month last year. Apple released its initial iPhone model in June 2007.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Business sim makes it to iPhone

Jonny Evans

Minieconomy.com has introduced its ward-winning business strategy game, Informatist, to the iPhone.

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

EA boss: EA not in the business of 'crappy' licensed games

Jack Loftus, GamePro

EA chief John Riccitiello: "I think what you're noticing is that in years gone by we haven't had as many great, original intellectual properties. There's a lot more of that this year from EA and I think from here forward."

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Firefox growth slows, IE holds steady

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)

Firefox accounted for 19.2 per cent of the browsers used to access the 40,000 sites Net Applications monitors for its clients, an increase of just 0.2 percentage points over June.

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Apple holds lead in US music sales

Jonny Evans

“We expect Apple will consolidate its lead in the retail music market, as CD sales continue to slow,” says NPD Music Watch analyst

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Apple, Palm, RIM hit by GSM patent lawsuit

Jonny Evans

A small US firm has filed a lawsuit against Apple, Palm and Research In Motion alleging abuse of patents it claims to hold on GSM technologies.

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

What's the fate of Nullriver's NetShare?

Jonny Evans

Most iPhone users can imagine how handy it would be to be able to get their computer online using their phone's data connection - so world awaits more news on Nullriver's unique NetShare tethering app.

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

iPhone hackers warn against v.2.0.1 update

Jonny Evans

"PwnageTool v2.0.1 does not work with version 2.0.1 of the iPhone or iPod update from Apple," the iPhone Dev Team warns. "We will release an update to PwnageTool when the testing has been completed and all applied changes have been checked for safety."

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Microsoft, Nokia to tag-team on iPhone?

Jonny Evans

Report claims Microsoft and Nokia are plotting to team up and take on the iPhone before it becomes as dominant as the iPod. But is the Zunephone realistic, or is this just fantasy?

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Former Apple employee sues for violation of labour code

Jim Dalrymple, Macworld US

Apple has created several job levels so they can make them exempt from receiving overtime wages, a former employee claims in class action lawsuit.

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

AT&T puts its head in the clouds

Chris Kanaracus

AT&T on Tuesday said it is entering the cloud computing market with the worldwide launch of a new service called AT&T Synaptic Hosting.

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

US iPhone availability improves

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)

The hardest-to-find iPhone 3G at Apple's US stores will be the $199 8GB model, which comes only in black. That version is available in 109 stores, or 57.4 per cent of the outlets.

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Google's ad plans for Silverlight prompt questions for MS

Heather Havenstein, Computerworld (US online)

Google said Tuesday that its DoubleClick subsidiary will begin powering video advertising within Microsoft's Silverlight

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