Software problems marred the launch of the iPhone 3G at Apple 's flagship store in London, where customers had difficulty activating their new phones. Apple has an exclusive deal with network operator O2 in the U.K. -- but O2's web-based activation system requires the use of Microsoft's Internet E...
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Palm's facing deep challenges to compete with Apple's iPhone, while Research In Motion's BlackBerry also seems set to lose market share to the device, at least in the consumer market, an analyst reports. Needham & Co. analyst Charles Wolf has commenced coverage of Palm and RIM, and notes bo...
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While Palm has taken a beating with its failed Foleo fiasco, it retains strong loyalty for its Treo line of smart phones and its latest offering in the space, the Treo 755p, should please the Palm purists with all the features they're used to, plus an updated version of the Palm OS. The Palm form f...
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After a pricing spat with Apple led NBC to pull its video content from iTunes, the broadcaster has struck a deal with Microsoft 's Zune online store. On Tuesday, as part of an announcement about new Zune features, Microsoft planned to say that it will start selling television programs at ...
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Owners of Nokia GPS-enabled cell phones will have access to a highly integrated Web-and-mobile mapping service later this year when Nokia rolls out Maps on Ovi. In a demo on the eve of a formal presentation set for Tuesday at the Where 2.0 conference in Burlingame, California, Nokia represen...
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Every time you glance down at your Apple iPod to scroll through your music collection, much of the data you are presented with comes from Gracenote's massive database of artists, song titles, and other text and metadata. When you search for music in Apple's iTunes client, the results are largely ba...
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Linux, which has been much maligned by Symbian and Microsoft as a non-starter in the handset operating system market, is set to see strong growth as issues with framework fragmentation and silicon requirements are alleviated. The growing momentum behind the LiMo Foundation initiative, as well as th...
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We're saved! Or rather, Windows XP is -- at least for the time being. Microsoft announced this week that it is extending the cut-off date for sales of the older edition of Windows until 2010, specifically to serve the needs of customers who are planning to buy one of the new wave of low-cost la...
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Illustration: Mark Matcho I didn't attend prep school with the Kennedys or schmooze my way into high society. But these days I'm feeling extremely well connected, thanks to mobile devices like Amazon's Kindle e-book reader and the Dash Express GPS . What's unique about these gizmos is that th...
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T-Mobile has announced decreasing charges for those surfing the Net while abroad in mainland Europe. The mobile phone operator is slashing prices from £7.50 (US$15) per MB to £1.50 per MB. The move, which comes into play on July 1, meets the deadline set by EU Commissioner Viviane...
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Compliance systems provider SteelCloud has launched a one-stop product designed for small to medium businesses (SMBs) looking to roll out a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) throughout their organizations. The SteelWorks Mobile one-stop bundle has been developed in conjunction with Research in...
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Amid swirling rumors about the impending announcement of a 3G iPhone , Research in Motion today introduced its slickest, speediest, most powerful, and most connected BlackBerry to date: the BlackBerry Bold 9000. Equipped with support for tri-band HSDPA and quad-band EDGE (which means that&...
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp is seeing little or no sign of softer demand among U.S. consumers for its range of digital TVs, cameras and computer goods despite a weakening economy, a top regional executive said last week. But Sony is having to manage pressures on margins that are coming b...
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I've been thinking, of late, of getting a second job. Not that I don't enjoy my weekly gig sharing gadgetry with you, but there's got to be more to life, right? You need to follow your heart, a wise man once told me. I contemplated this as my birthday passed this last week: here I am, now officially...
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Tips and Tricks Best BlackBerry Shortcuts: Aflac's Mobile Guru Shares Tips Aflac's BlackBerry guru shares power tips and tricks for your RIM smartphone. Here's how to improve your typing, messaging, browsing, attachment handling and more. Five Essential RIM BlackBerry Keyboard Tips and Tric...
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The use of mobile phones on for flight check-ins could cut delays and save passengers money, research has found. Airline IT provider SITA and Cambridge University claim that by using handsets to track passengers or inform them of gate changes, the number of flights delayed because of passengers wil...
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Microsoft has further extended the life of Windows XP so that computer makers can include the operating system on low-cost desktop PCs, the company announced at the Computex trade show on Tuesday. Microsoft has been under pressure from computer makers to provide a version of its OS for an emergi...
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The process of picking technology companies to build the satellites and ground stations for Europe's satellite navigation system will begin in the next two months, the European Commission said Tuesday. Politicians gave their final assent to the Galileo satellite program Monday, after years of se...
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TOKYO ( Reuters ) - After taking on the big and small screens, comic book heroes like Spiderman and Superman may soon be appearing on an even smaller screen -- your mobile phone. Suit-clad businessmen reading comic books are a common sight on Japanese trains, but they could soon be poring over the...
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More news on the developers working on a version of Quake 3 for the iPhone and iPod touch - they have many more games in the pipeline. HermitWorks Entertainment has been confirmed as the development team behind the unofficial Quake 3 port. As widely reported this week, the port uses the built-in mo...
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