Samsung and Lovefilm tie up May 17, 2010 Samsung and Lovefilm yesterday announced they will tie up to stream movies direct to customers’ internet-ready TVs. Existing Lovefilm subscribers will be able to stream unlimited movies through their specially enabled Samsung TVs immediately. The firm says blu-ray players and home cinema systems will be incorporated into the scheme soon.
The rise of 3D January 9, 2011 STEVE DINNEEN REVIEWS THE MAJOR TRENDS THAT DOMINATED THE AGENDA AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW THE technology world will remember 2011 as the year that 3D went mainstream. Every major electronics manufacturer made 3D the centre of their displays and its presence was ubiquitous throughout the show. Sony predicted 3D will become as accepted as [...]
New Google handset in Carphone Warehouse December 6, 2010 CARPHONE Warehouse has today confirmed it will exclusively stock the new Google-phone, as revealed in City A.M. in October. Industry sources say Google is experimenting with its distribution model after releasing the previous Nexus model through a deal with carrier Vodafone in the UK. Google’s initial distribution model, which sold the handset exclusively through its [...]
Intel on track to launch new tablet chips November 1, 2010 Intel is on track to launch an improved chip platform aimed at the fast-expanding tablet market, where so far it has trailed nimble competitors that specialise in cheap low-power processors. Code-named Oak Trail and due to begin shipping in early 2011, the chips have much-improved energy efficiency and hold their own compared to processors made [...]
Nokia back in driving seat as takes over at Symbian November 8, 2010 NOKIA has taken back full control of the Symbian operating system, retaking management of a key asset which it had given to the open source community to run only a few years ago. Nokia said yesterday it would take care of Symbian platform development from April 2011 onwards, while the cross-industry Symbian Foundation will in [...]
Motorola in the black for first time in three years October 28, 2010 Motorola made money from its phones for the first time in more than three years in the third quarter, helped by smartphones running Google Android software. Motorola’s total third-quarter profit rose to $109m (£68.4m), or five cents per share, from $12m , or one cent per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose six per cent [...]
Tablets are this year’s turn-on for gadget lovers December 8, 2010 TECH TALK The must-have present this year is a tablet. If you can’t afford an iPad an Android is arguably much better value. Are tablets sexy? I suppose they are if you can watch certain movies. But which blue tablets are the best? The Binatone HomeSurf 8 Touch Tablet is an eight incher. The similarities [...]
Tablets are this year’s turn-on for gadget lovers December 8, 2010 TECH TALK The must-have present this year is a tablet. If you can’t afford an iPad an Android is arguably much better value. Are tablets sexy? I suppose they are if you can watch certain movies. But which blue tablets are the best? The Binatone HomeSurf 8 Touch Tablet is an eight incher. The similarities [...]
Google and Carphone in mobile deal October 25, 2010 THE SECOND Google-branded mobile phone will hit the UK in time for Christmas through an exclusive deal with Carphone Warehouse, City A.M. has learned. Its predecessor, the Nexus One, is the flagship device for the search giant, which is desperately trying to wrest market share from Apple’s iPhone. The deal with Carphone represents a major [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 5, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES NEW HOLE IN CONNAUGHT DEBT The scale of debt at Connaught, the collapsed property services group, will be greater than previously thought after administrators found 50,000 invoices that the company had not accounted for. Management accounts had led administrators from KPMG to believe that the social housing maintenance arm of Connaught owed £46m [...]