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Nexus One Maker Tells Apple ‘We Did Touchscreens First’
[...] Chou referred to HTC's long experience in smartphones, which until recently were largely released under operators' or other vendors' brands. In 1999 the company started work on touch screen phones, resulting in the launch of two Microsoft-based touch-enabled phones in 2002 - the XDA and the T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition (left) - five years before the launch of the Apple iPhone. [...] The HTC release points to the company's experience in phones, including touchscreen devices which pre-date the Apple iPhone, and promises to defend itself in court should the need arise, following the announcement that Apple is suing HTC for infringement of patents used in the iPhone. [...] The statement promises a strong defence, but will need more detail, as HTC's 2002 touchscreen phones were stylus driven, and lacked many other elements found in both the iPhone and the Nexus One - as well as other phones based on Google Android operating system. [...]
RickRolling iPhone Worm Pops Up Down Under
[...] The worm's author may be unrepentant about what he has done - but it should be remembered that breaking into someone else's iPhone and changing their data is against the law, added Cluley. This is a wake-up call to iPhone users around the world to take greater care about their security - especially if they jailbreak their phones. [...] An Australian student has created the first ever iPhone worm - a rickroller that puts an image of singer Rick Astley on jailbroken phones. [...] The first indication that anything is wrong with your iPhone is if you see a picture of Rick Astley, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. Fortunately the worm doesn't do anything more malicious than that - it doesn't steal information, access your emails or snoop on your calls. [...]
Nokia Plans Qwerty-Touch To Cure 90 Percent Profit Drop
[...] All eyes are on the company's future plans, with more qwerty-keyboard phones expected, to compete with RIM's Blackberry and similar devices, as well as touch-screen phones to pitch against Apple's iPhone. In a phone briefing to journalists, Kallasvuo said the company will renew our portfolio meaningfully, and promised to cover more Qwerty and touch, and the combination of the two, in mid-range and high-end phones to be launched by the end of the year. [...] Investors back the Finnish giant's plans to fight back with phones that take on both Blackberry and the iPhone. [...] These would be more affordable phones, alongside the high-end N97, announced at the end of 2008, which is billed as a the world's most advanced mobile computer . [...]
Palm Pre Customer Satisfaction Hot On iPhone 3GS Heels
[...] The iPhone 3G and some other older phones have moved up due to these changes, wrote Reynolds, while others, including the Samsung Blackjack II and BlackBerry Pearl Flip, have dropped in their ranking. [...] The phones vary significantly in how they achieve their high scores, wrote Paul Reynolds on the blog. The iPhone 3GS edged out high-scoring competitors such as the Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm thanks to a superior display, reinforced by top-notch multimedia, navigation, web browsing and battery life. [...] However, he added. The Pre, the Storm and other BlackBerry models bested the iPhone in messaging, and the Pre, with its new deck-of-cards handling of multiple applications, is a superior multi-tasker. [...]
Tesco Picks Up iPhone And Hints At Price Cuts
[...] Tesco Mobile, the mobile phone arm of the giant supermarket, is to stock the iPhone soon, on pay-as-you-go and monthly contracts. [...] Potential iPhone users should be wary that the device is now a target for hackers with the arrival of a malicious worm targetting phones that have been jailbroken . [...] Analyst Canalys has predicted iPhone price cuts in 2010, as it faces competition from Android handsets such as the Motorola Droid. The Android operating system is free and open source, so it can be put into cheaper devices, but operators and handset makers are not anxious to sell phones cheaper, but intend to continue developing specialist hardware and services to maintain margins. [...]
Is There Life After iPhone?
[...] The iPhone 3G-to-Nokia N-series exodus is now a family affair. For about six weeks before Christmas, my daughter asked to swap out her iPhone 3G for an iPod Touch and regular cell phone. By regular, she meant with a keyboard, which isn't what she got. A few days before Christmas, Nokia started selling its N79 cell phone in the United States. [...] She can't get the apps on the N79, and IMing and texting a tougher tasks than done with the iPhone 3G. She has switcher's regrets and is sorry for giving up the iPhone 3G. But she says things would have been different with a keyboard phone. [...] I wonder. Will I feel the same as my daughter in another month Can I live without iPhone 3G, particularly the App Store It's a question I ask everyday, because so many of my friends have iPhones. One buddy started trading penny stocks, because of iPhone's stock ticker. [...]
South Korea Finally Gets Hands On iPhone
[...] Mobile industry analysts are also closely watching the impact the of the iPhone on the South Korean mobile phone market, which is dominated by handset makers Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. It is estimated that 80 percent of the country's phones come from the two companies. [...] After years of anticipation and pent-up demand, Apple's iPhone smartphone is coming to South Korea via network operator KT, with the phones offered in three different models, with a price range of $342 (£207) to free, depending on the service plan chosen. [...] While Chang admitted sales could have been better in the world's largest mobile phone market, he told Bloomberg Television sales are acceptable and the company is now focused on subscriber growth. In some markets where vendors get their marketing right, the iPhone is already the best-selling smartphone, IDC research analyst Aloysius Choong told the news service. [...]
Sony Ericsson’s Android Phone Is Leaked, while Nokia Denies Plans
[...] Symbian still leads the smartphone market with around 41 percent of the units sold, but web traffic from the iPhone has grown rapidly, and the Android platform has been well received, in phones such as the HTC Magic since it appeared in phones late in 2008. [...] Meanwhile, troubled Sony Ercisson is not in a position to argue with a successful new operating system, and has apparently got an Android machine on the launchpad. Codenamed Rachael, according to leaks at Mobil.nu, it has been described as an Android version of the Sony Ericsson Satio, the company's biggest volley so far against the iPhone. [...] Details of a Sony Ericsson phone running Google's Android operating system have been leaked, while Nokia has denied rumours that it too is working with the open source platform. [...]
Apple Countersues Nokia In Patent Fight
[...] Seeing the iPhone's success, Nokia and other phone makers have been adding touch screens, as well as the Ovi app store and media abilities to phones, in the hope of making an iPhone killer, so a countersuit was always a possibility. [...] Nokia still dominates the phone market, but its performance in smartphones has been declining, while Apple's iPhone is becoming ever more popular. Although Apple lost its status as top gadget to the Motorola Driod in a Time magazine review, iPhones in the UK are likely to sell in larger volumes as they have started to go downmarket, selling for lower prices at Tesco. [...] Other operators that will be selling the iPhone in the UK in 2010 include Orange and Vodafone. [...]
Price War: Tesco Offers iPhone At £20 A Month
[...] However, analysts have been predicting iPhone price cuts, as the device is set to face competition from Android phones in 2010 - particularly the Motorola Droid, which beat the iPhone in an influential Time Magazine list of the gest gadgets of 2009. [...] When Tesco announced last month that it would be selling the iPhone, it hinted at a bit of Tesco value but many observers dismissed the possibility as the Tesco Mobile operator would be providing the phone and network service under licence from rival O2. [...] O2's monopoly on selling the iPhone in the UK has only just opened, with other operators selling it, including Orange and after Christmas Vodafone. T-Mobile is merging with Orange in the UK, and the other mobile operator, 3 has said it hopes to have the iPhone. [...]
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