March 25th, 2007 by admin
Despite wide-spread rumors to the contrary, Google today down-played rumors that it is developing and manufacturing a mobile phone, clearing the air of speculation that the world’s largest company would battle Apple and its forthcoming iPhone in the intensely competitive mobile handheld market. Instead of producing handsets, to which several previo…
The Trader — Part II
HOW STAUNCH WAS THE STOCK market’s latest stand? Advancing stocks outpaced declining ones by 9 to 1 Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange, the second time in a month the advance was so broad and insistent.
Nokia Unveils N95 GPS-Enabled Phone
Nokia has started shipping its first phone with built-in GPS capabilities and a host of other applications. The Finnish company said the N95 mobile phone, now available in Europe and Asia, is a slider-type device with a 5 megapixel camera for shooting photos and 30 frames-per-second video. However, the feature that has techies in a tizzy is the built-in GPS.
Ahead of the Bell: Palm
At least two analysts downgraded shares of Palm Inc. on Friday after the smart phone maker reported sharply lower fiscal third-quarter profit and refused to shed light on rumors of a possible sale.
March 25th, 2007 by admin
ZDNet Blogs - Motorola can’t compete on costs.) Introduce new feature-rich products that deliver compelling mobile experiences. (It remains to be seen how this goes with the Treo, Blackberry and iPhone out there.) Simplify platform and product portfolio while
Google Not Working On It’s Own Phone
Cinema Blend - After Apple announced the iPhone, there were many companies ready to jump into the battle. Some have similar touchscreen style phones. One company that has been rumored to be working on it s own mobile device is internet giant Google. Recent
GPhone Rumors may be overblown
PocketPC Blast - According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Google isn’t focused on making its own phone, but is interested in working with other phone makers like Apple. Munster says that Google is looking to build applications that could work with iPhone and
Analyst: Google doing mobile phone software, not hardware
CNET News - The Google mobile phone software would work with, not compete with, Apple’s iPhone and other mobile phones, Munster wrote in a research note on Thursday reported on by Reuters . The head of Google in Spain and Portugal confirmed last week that Google
March 25th, 2007 by admin
PhysOrg - It’s almost pointless to describe what the mythical Google phone will look like and do because, like the iPhone before it, it’s a template for pundits to staple their wish lists. So let’s boil the Google phone rumor mill and the iPhone mill
Opera Browser Hits a Sour Note
TechNewsWorld - AAPL) home page and then clicked a link to learn more about the iPhone. Click the double-arrow once, and you jump back to Apple’s home page. Click the double-arrow again, and you jump back to TMO’s home page. Nice. Regrettable Rendering Web page
Jim Cramer Comes Clean
Common Dreams - How do you drive Apple stock down to profit from your short position especially when the company is just about to announce it s new IPhone? Apple it is very important to spread the rumor that both Verizon and ATT have decided they don t
March 25th, 2007 by admin
NewsFactor Network - According to published reports citing unnamed sources, Palm might sell out to rivals Motorola or Nokia as the mobile market braces itself for the arrival of Apple’s iPhone. The news comes on the eve of the Treo maker’s quarterly earnings conference
Apple Store a click away
Tulsa World - The iPhone had been in the works for three years, and it was just announced in January.” Tulsa’s Apple Store would be the second in Oklahoma; the company operates a store at Penn Square in Oklahoma City. Apple Stores offer the company’s entire suite
The doofus and the phony iPhone on eBay
Network World Fusion - Oh, please - maybe this doofus isn’t being taken because PayPal will cover his loss - but there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch - somebody (PayPal in this case) will be out the cash for this scam. Typical self-centered mentality - “I’m good, so
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USA Today - The computer maker plans to market its first cellphone, the iPhone, later this year. It could have a huge effect on consumer-friendly companies such as Palm. Palm’s impact Whatever Palm’s fate, it won’t be its first big change. Palm was part of
Asia Mobile Content Needs Global Appeal
BusinessWeek - He cited Apple’s iPhone and iPod audio player as good examples of how well-executed user experience. “They’ve merely orchestrated that experience for [its customers], orchestrating the experience through content, through the device, and slowly
March 23rd, 2007 by admin
Sramana Mitra submits: Looks like Palm will change hands this week. The bidders are the usual suspects: Nokia and Motorola on the vendor side, and TPG and Silverlake on the Private Equity side.
Google helping, not challenging on iPhone [u]
The iPhone was a major subject of debate at the Online Media, Marketing and Advertising Expo held this week in Los Angeles, according to the research firm Piper Jaffray, who have also offered commentary on the rumored Google phone. Advertisers are said to have identified the iPhone as a dramatic shift in the world of mobile marketing due to its be…
March 23rd, 2007 by admin
CNET Asia - In the world of TV shows, they have a term for that moment when a popular TV series goes over the top and begins its inexorable decline. It’s called “jumping the shark,” a phrase that originated with that ridiculous Happy Days episode in which the
Fake iPhone Hits the Market Category: SOFTPEDIA NEWS :: Apple :: Mac
Softpedia - The iPhone is one of the most awaited products ever designed by Apple because it provides innovative functions that were never included into a mobile device. If you didn t know, iPhone provides a 4GB or an 8GB internal flash memory, touchscreen
Google ‘admits to phone project’
Times Online - Google would have to balance any move into the mobile market against its alliance with Apple, the iPod maker, which in January unveiled its long-awaited iPhone device. Eric Schmidt, the Google chief executive, who also sits on the Apple board
Motion-sensing phones
CNET News - Apple’s iPhone, set to debut in June on AT&T’s wireless network, uses accelerometer technology to detect when the device is rotated from the portrait (or vertical) position to the landscape (horizontal) position. It then automatically changes the
Google Exec Quashes Mobile Phone Rumors
Beta News - filed last July and published last month, for multiplexing search results to mobile devices through simultaneous connections, is an indicator that Google may be planning to partner with Apple in developing unique new services for its iPhone. Making