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

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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

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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

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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…

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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

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March 23rd, 2007 by admin

Both Apple Inc. and Google Inc. are reportedly seeking deals with European companies to help them bring their own branded mobile phones to that market.

Google Tries to Squash Reports of Cell Phone 
Despite a lot of evidence suggesting Google is working on a rival to the new Apple iPhone , Google executives have stated the company is interested only in developing mobile software, not hardware. Googles South-East Asia managing director of sales and operations, Richard Kimber, is quoted as saying At this point in time, we are very focused on the software, not the phone. Of …

Moneymakers: AT&T’s Stan Sigman on wireless transition 
The “new AT&T,” as the one-time telegraph company is calling itself in ads, is more of a wireless company than ever since it took full ownership of cell phone company Cingular as part of its recent merger with BellSouth.

Palm’s Fortunes: Cloudy Again 
After rumors of a Motorola buyout faded, investors were left wondering what the future holds for the Treo maker

Dr. Mac at SXSW 2007 - Come Together: Mobile Phones and Portable Music Players Converge 
Music, movie, and multimedia fans and pros flock to Austin, Texas each March to learn and share knowledge at the South By Southwest Festival and Conference. The last session I attended on your behalf, gentle reader, was a panel discussion entitled, ” Come Together: Mobile Phones and Portable Music Players Converge.” I thought, with the imminent release of the Apple iPhone there might be some …

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March 21st, 2007 by admin

Street.Com - Two products are on the mind of every executive and investor in the flash memory industry: Apple’s ( AAPL - Cramer’s Take - Stockpickr ) iPhone and solid-state hard drives for notebook PCs. Both of these eagerly awaited products, it is hoped, have

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