Tag: IPhone
iPhone will raise the bar for "cumbersome" mobile music, says Warner Music chairman
So much for the mobile industry's attempts to persuade everyone to download music to their phones. According to Warner Music Group chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr, it's not working very well. "It's expensive, it's complicated and it's slow," he told a…
Symbian not threatened by the iPhone
CEO of Symbian, Nigel Clifford, has said that he sees no real competitive threat from Apple's iPhone – in fact he welcomes their entry into the mobile market, particularly in the US. In a press conference at 3GSM, Clifford also…
3GSM – Samsung's phone line up – Ultra Edition II, card phones and more
One of the best, although some cynical bloggers would also say one of the worst, things about Samsung is they always launch so many phones. 3GSM has been no different with around a dozen or so new handsets taking…
3GSM 2007: Samsung's U100 Size 0 mobile phone
Ever the comedian, Susi has pronounced this U100 mobile from Samsung as being so thin, it 'verges on taking up minus space'. Wowsers. If this U100 were a woman, she'd be stumbling down the London Fashion Week catwalks in a…
Shiny at 3GSM: Samsung's F700 Smartphone
Remember that Samsung F700 smartphone we mentioned last week, with the slide-out qwerty keyboard and 5-megapixel camera? Well, Ashley is a lucky little sod, as he's got within inches of one over in Barcelona for 3GSM. That's right, he got…
Interview: The Cloud's Owen Geddes on why public Wi-Fi isn't just for suits
Wi-Fi hotspots are mainly useful for business types, right? Great for catching up with emails over a Latte or seven, while barking out PowerCommands in a series of VoIP calls with your minions. But thanks to the pricing, not that…
Rumour: Apple iPhone could be released early?
Think Secret speculates on rumours that the iPhone may be available in the US earlier than the announced June date. The tipsters have suggested that a release date as early as April might be possible. It certainly wouldn't be the…
Verizon rejected Apple's iPhone advances two years ago
Various reports suggest that about two years ago, Verizon rejected a deal from Apple to market the coming iPhone. They weren't against the iPhone itself, merely the terms of the agreement that Apple laid out, which are said to have…
iPhone is not a smartphone, say analysts
Whilst the coming iPhone may be an impressive, if expensive, iPod-capable mobile phone, it's not a smartphone – no matter what Steve Jobs says. That's according to analysts at ABI Research. ABI Research's definition of a smartphone is a cellular…
Microsoft's CEO laughs at the iPhone, makes bold Zune claims
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's erratic CEO, laughed at Apple's iPhone during a recent TV interview with CNBC, mainly because of the price. He then claimed that the Zune claimed 20-25% of the high end music player market. He wasn't exactly convincing,…