Report: Apple’s Restrictions Drove U2 To RIM | iTunes 8.1.1 Released
By SRASC at 7 April, 2009, 11:40 am
Apple’s penchant for keeping its partners out of the loop reportedly cost the company its relationship with alternative rock band U2, which recently drew sponsorship from rival smartphone market Research in Motion.
According to a report in the GlobeAndMail, Toronto-based radio DJ Alan Cross recently came face-to-face with Bono following a secret concert in Boston where he struck [...]
iPhone “miles ahead” of competing app stores | Report
By SRASC at 2 March, 2009, 11:07 am
A report on mobile applications sales ranked Apple’s iPhone App Store “miles ahead of the competition” as the leading software marketplace, based on timeliness to market, the ability to attract developers, and the “number, variety and appeal of applications available.”
Store wars
Global Intelligence Alliance Group (GIA) ranked Apple’s software sales through iTunes in comparison with Google’s existing [...]
iPhone dominates Mobile World Congress 2009 without Apple
By SRASC at 18 February, 2009, 11:40 am
While reports have suggested that Apple may attend next year’s CES to “sit amongst its competition” in consumer electronics, the company has elected not to attend the GSMA Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona this week. That hasn’t stopped the iPhone from dominating talk at the mobile conference.
Journalists seem to find it hard to [...]
First Acer and Now Dell may enter smartphone arena as early as next month
By SRASC at 30 January, 2009, 4:39 pm
Seems that another computer manufacturer has decided to take the lead that Apple has made with the jump to smartphone manufacturing. (Acer being the other)
The Wall Street Journal is weighing in on Dell’s rumored smartphone offering, adding further weight to rumors predicting the PC maker will enter the arena to take on Apple’s iPhone.
Citing sources [...]
