What: N800 Internet Tablet from Nokia
MIKE WENDLAND: New wave of cell phones to hit the market this year
Get ready for the great cell phone blitz of 2007. Improvements in high-speed mobile phone networks by the major carriers are bringing a bunch of new phones to market. They pack so much power and so many new features you’d think they are full-size computers. And then there’s the coming iPhone.
Time-shifted TV: Closer than you think
Six weeks ago, Microsofts Bill Gates struck fear in broadcast and cable executives when he suggested in a speech that within five years, viewers would abandon traditional television for internet protocol TV and other methods that allow them to set their own schedules.
Palm hires designer for Apple’s IPod
Palm Inc., maker of the Treo e-mail phone, hired a software engineer who helped create the iPod music player to design a line of devices that would compete with Apple Inc.’s latest product, the iPhone.
Apple: America’s best retailer
“Sorry Steve, Here’s Why Apple Stores Won’t Work,” BusinessWeek wrote with great certainty in 2001. “It’s desperation time in Cupertino, Calif.,” opined TheStreet.com. “I give [Apple] two years before they’re turning out the lights on a very painful and expensive mistake,” predicted retail consultant David Goldstein.