iPhone 4 gets thumbs down July 13, 2010 INFLUENTIAL independent watchdog Consumer Reports yesterday delivered a blow to Apple when it said it cannot recommend Apple’s iPhone 4 to buyers. The news followed its own tests confirming the device’s well-publicised reception glitches. The organisation, which publishes guides on everything from cars to TVs, said it had also tested other phones – including the [...]
Microsoft shows Apple does not have monopoly on tablet PCs July 12, 2010 Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer showed off new tablet-style devices running the Windows 7 operating system from a host of top manufacturers yesterday, underlining the giant software company’s eagerness to counter the explosion of interest in Apple’s iPad. New Windows-powered tablet or slate devices — small, hand-held, wireless computers — are in the pipeline from [...]
Think inclusively and watch people help you July 12, 2010 This past week saw the departure of my good friend, Richard Titus, who had been chief executive of Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND) within the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) empire. I introduced Richard to DMGT chairman Lord Rothermere at a lunch in September 2008. And sometime later Titus was selected to energise the Associated [...]
Apple Mac sales rise 37 per cent July 8, 2010 New research shows sales of Apple’s Mac computers have been buoyed by the release of the iPad and a new version of its iPhone. Some analysts had speculated the devices could cannibalise Apple’s existing product range but sales in the US of its laptop and desktop computers are up 37 per cent year-on-year for the [...]
Let your phone keep you fit and healthy July 7, 2010 EDITOR, MOBILEB2B.CO.UK Mobiles are smart and know all our intimate details. So it was only a matter of time before they’d reach doctor status. Here’s how they control our hearts and minds – and everything else. DR INABOX Ericsson has launched a new Dr In a Box service that obviates the need for you to [...]
Nokia aims to regain top spot July 4, 2010 Nokia is committed to get back the topposition in smartphones and plans to use no other software than Symbian and Linux MeeGo, head of its mobile solutions unit has said. “It’s my aim to ensure Nokia stays as the market and intellectual leader in creating the digital world,” Anssi Vanjoki wrote in a blog on [...]
Apple admits software error July 4, 2010 Apple has come clean about an embarrassing software glitch that overstates network signal strength in its hot-selling iPhone, as complaints mounted about the phone’s wraparound antenna. It admitted its signal strength miscalculation dates back to its original 2007 iPhone. It promised to fix the glitch in a few weeks, but did not directly address concerns [...]
Kindle price cut for second time in a week as war hots up July 1, 2010 Amazon cut the price of its Kindle range of e-readers for the second time in a week yesterday as it unveiled its updated DX model. In a bid to stave off fierce competition from Apple’s iPad, Amazon cut the price of its high-end reader from $489 (£327) to just $379. The new version features a [...]
Microsoft pulls plug on first venture into lucrative smartphone market July 1, 2010 Microsoft has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after it unveiled the devices in an attempt to catch-up with Apple and Google in the fast-growing mobile market. Microsoft said it had cancelled plans to sell its “Kin” phones in Europe later this year. The company added the internal [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 30, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES ARCELORMITTAL FINED €276M FOR PRICE-FIXING ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steel producer, has been fined €267.5m ($339m) for the part that its companies played in one of the most wide-ranging and long-running cartels to come to light in Europe. In all, 17 steel manufacturers were involved, and were given fines totalling €518.5m yesterday, with [...]