Samsung’s ‘iPad-killer’ heads to landfill
Android sales, they say, are skyrocketing, taking marketshare away from the iPad. Except — for all the Android-powered slates you see around the electronics retailers, how many of your friends have one? One, a couple, none? I’m betting none based on statements today from a senior Samsung suit who said that while sales to retail...
Visa begins iPhone ‘iWallet’ payment tests in Europe
COMPUTERWORLD: The iPhone ‘iWallet’ becomes even more real today as Visa Europe launches the first commercial deployment of its own iPhone payments App today. This news as NFC-capable iPhones should show later this year, with AAPL apparently pondering ways to offer a merchants cheap and easy set-up for payment kiosks — mobile payments are nothing...
ActiveSAN — there is life after Xserve
Listen up folks, ActiveStorage has introduced ActiveSAN, a metadata controller appliance that incorporates ‘stunning’ Active Storage product design and the rock-solid performance, and as we said it is good for XSAN and StorNext networks…and it won’t clash with your ‘legacy’ XServe array. ActiveSAN incorporates Intel Nehalem processors in its server platform. The appliance is a...
Motorola touts its new Atrix (video)
While this may seem impressive at first glance, I’d like to make a few points. 1. You can do the first half of the video on just about any smartphone. Google Maps isn’t something you need to boot up Firefox for, there’s an app for that. In fact there are many better apps out there....
Samsung will ship half its processors to Apple in 2011
COMPUTERWORLD: Apple and Samsung are old frenemies. The last thing Samsung wants to do is damage Apple’s ‘iBusiness’, despite the popularity of its own Android-powered Galaxy range. Samsung will this year quadruple the number of advanced mobile processors it sells to Apple — handing over half its manufacturing output to Cupertino’s ascendant iOS family. Read...
Finnish consumer champs want cold iPhone refunds
Brrrr! It’s really, really cold at the moment for a lot of us, isn’t it? Any of you noticed any sluggishness when using your iPhone? You know — because it doesn’t work so well at under zero degrees? Well, now it seems Finland’s Consumer Agency thinks this means users are entitled to their money back....
Why all iPhone paths may not lead from AT&T to Verizon
If you’ve been expecting a massive rush to leave AT&T for Verizon, then think again — customers on Apple’s formerly exclusive iPhone network may not be completely satisfied, but they are pretty much locked-in — at least, 90 percent of them are. Susquehanna analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro told Digital Daily he thinks the carrier stands to...
Apple’s iPhone gyroscope shows industry which way is up
Apple’s iPhone is driving the mobile industry forward. Where Apple steps, competitors very soon follow. A decision by Apple to adopt a specific technology inside a product soon translates into a rush to secure that specific component. From SSD flash storage to touchscreens we’ve seen the followers take their place. And it seems the same...
55,000 songs in your pocket — the future iPod classic?
The iPod classic could see capacity climb 60GB to 220GB following Toshiba’s introduction this week of a new 1.8-inch drive capable of offering that much capacity. That’s enough for 55,000 songs, 275 hours of video or over 34,000 photos. Certainly, the classic is a little long in the tooth now and is no longer the...
The root of the spat between Google and Apple…
I’ve heard this from a seperate source, but buried deep within the Bloomberg Businessweek cover is this little tidbit: [Google VP]Gundotra has also sparred with Apple behind the scenes. As Android became a threat to Apple in 2008, Apple began resisting Google’s claim to valuable location data gathered whenever an iPhone owner used Google Maps....
Android slows iPhone growth, can Apple fight back?
COMPUTERWORLD: Apple’s iPhone marketshare gains are slowing down in the face of increased competition from Android handsets, Strategy Analytics claims in its quarterly market analysis. “Apple’s marketshare gains slowed considerably last year due to tougher competition from Android players such as Samsung, Motorola and HTC,” the analysts wrote, but with iPhone 5 looming, can Apple...
Nokia bleeds in the iPhone wars
Nokia is feeling the heat with rumors the company will enable support for Android apps on future devices. Company CEO, ex-Microsoft Stephen Elop described “significant challenges” fighting Apple’s iPhone and the Google OS in the market. Shares fell 8.7 percent in reponse. “Nokia faces some significant challenges in our competitiveness and our execution,” Elop said...
