GADGETS | REVIEWS September 29, 2010 OF THE THREE new members of the iPod family, the Nano is the most radically rethought. If stripped-down is the Apple philosophy, then the new Nano takes this to its logical conclusion. Gone is the iconic click wheel that helped bring MP3 players to the mass market. Instead it uses Apple’s now almost obligatory multi-touch [...]
Aston Martin UK’s coolest brand September 28, 2010 Sports car maker Aston Martin is the coolest brand in Britain, according to a survey. Renowned for making vehicles driven by James Bond, it came top of the annual poll, reclaiming the number one spot from Apple’s iPhone which came second. Apple’s iPod was named third coolest, followed by Blackberry and stereo and TV maker [...]
RIM goes toe-to-toe with Apple’s iPad September 28, 2010 BLACKBERRY maker Research In Motion (RIM) finally launched its much anticipated tablet PC this week. In his keynote speech, chief executive Mike Lazaridis shied away from direct comparisons with Apple. That, however, hasn’t stopped the technology world from staring straight at the elephant in the room: can the Playbook compete with the iPad? At first [...]
CITY VIEWS: WHICH DEVICE DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE TABLET WARS? September 28, 2010 ALEX GADEMANN | FOREX.COM I already own an iPad. It was the first time I bought an apple and I bought it because of the novelty. If you put me in the same place with the two products I would definitely look at what Blackberry has to offer. SARAH RICKWOOD | AVIVA I have a [...]
RIM unveils Blackberry PlayBook as rival to iPad September 27, 2010 RESEARCH in Motion (RIM) unveiled its own tablet computer to rival Apple’s iPad yesterday. The computer, named BlackBerry PlayBook, has a seven-inch screen and dual facing cameras. It is WiFi and Bluetooth enabled but needs to link with a BlackBerry smartphone to access the mobile phone network. Shares of RIM jumped nearly two per cent [...]
EU ends Apple probe September 27, 2010 European Union competition regulators said yesterday they will drop an investigation into US computer giant Apple after the company eased restrictions on programming tools and cross-border warranties for the iPhone. The move comes after Apple changed its policies to make it easier for iPhone users to get repairs under warranty in an EU country other [...]
Zuckerberg: No Facebook phone September 23, 2010 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg quashed rumours his firm is ready to release a phone to compete with Google and Apple. The 26-year-old said he is only interested in “deeply integrating” Facebook services into existing phones and said he would have fired the source of the leak. But he refused to completely rule out a Facebook [...]
Dell shows off new tablet PC September 23, 2010 BlackBerry maker RIM is understood to be ready to unveil an “iPad killer” tablet computer at its annual DevCon conference next week. The firm has been rumoured to have been working on a tablet device since the roaring success of Apple’s iPad. But few expected it could have the “BlackPad” ready in time for the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 21, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES MOVES TO WEAKEN YEN NOT OVER, SAYS KAN Japan stands ready to intervene again in foreign exchange markets, but also plans to put in place broader economic and monetary policies that will help to weaken the yen, according to Naoto Kan, the prime minister. Mr Kan stressed that Tokyo’s yen-selling intervention last week [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 20, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES BLACKSTONE QUITS LIVERPOOL TALKS The credit unit of Blackstone, which had been mooted as a possible leader of a £280m ($436m) refinancing of Liverpool Football Club, has pulled out of talks with its owners in a potential setback in their attempt to keep control of the company. People close to the situation said [...]