Thursday, June 26th, 2008
From O2
The new 3G 8GB iPhone for Pay & Go will be available for £299.99 and 16GB for £359.99. This also includes unlimited browsing and Wi-Fi for the first 6 months after you activate your iPhone. At the end of the six months you can continue to receive unlimited browsing ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Shares in RIM, the BlackBerry firm, fell nearly 8% after they announced earnings of $482 million, up from $223 million from the year-ago period on revenue of $2.24 billion. However this is not news. Look at RIMM over the course of a full year and you see the trend is ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
[From SMSTextNews]
I didn't see this one coming
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net cash outlay from Nokia to purchase ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
...will be happy to know that my iPhone has shipped back from the repair centre. I called the O2 store to check and the nice man there was friendly though non-committal about the arrival time.
It's true. It could arrive back today. Or tomorrow. And then I could stop using Nokia ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Telling everyone how good you are compared to a competitor is not a good way to start.
This is why Venture Capitalists roll their eyes when people claim their new project is going to be "[FaceBook|Google|Office] but better!"
The Samsung Instinct adverts are all about "Instinct versus iPhone". This tells you ...
Posted in Commentary, Made me laugh, iPhone | 9 Comments »
Monday, June 16th, 2008
One of the AndroidGuys speculates on whether Apple rushed out the iPhone 3G in an attempt to pre-empt Android:
"I’m going to make a prediction; Apple will find themselves in the unenviable position of fighting for market share. Yes, I know that everyone compares phones to the iPhone and its touch ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
O2's network maps for HSDPA are a little frustrating. For one thing, they won't show you a map of the whole country, only little segments 7.5 km wide.
The big deal for me is that when you're in a 3G area, you can surf the web and also make/receive calls at ...
Posted in Bedouin, Commentary, Wireless, iPhone | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
The BBC News weighs in on the iPhone 3G release but the more interesting opinions are in the comments.
Vish of London writes:
"After Apple's arrogant and blase behaviour over their flaws in the Safari browser, I am going to stick with Nokia. At least their platform is secure and they have ...
Posted in Annoyances, iPhone | 6 Comments »
Monday, June 9th, 2008
There were two things shown during the WWDC Keynote today. The first was new software. This software will be available to everyone who has an iPhone, new or old in July and available to iPod ouch users for $9.95 (which will probably be about £7.99 in the UK).
The second was ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
The short answer is:No.
Touch Arcade writes:
Apple Poised to Snatch the Crown from Nintendo’s DS
Combine this seamless distribution model with beefy gaming hardware–a CPU that’s over six times the combined clockspeed of the DS’s processors (and nearly twice the clockspeed of the PSP’s) and a screen with 50% more area than ...
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