Apple Inc has signed with China Telecom to sell its iPhone in China from next month as it looks to boost its flagging share of the world’s biggest mobile phone market.
While Apple has now signed up with two of China’s big three carriers, the biggest, China Mobile Ltd, with more than 600 million subscribers, doesn’t yet have compatible technology.
After a customer backlash, Verizon Wireless on Friday dropped a plan to start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit or debit cards.
In a statement on its website Friday, the company said “customer feedback” prompted the decision to drop the “convenience fee” it wanted to introduce on Jan. 15.
The Vital Signs Camera App of Philips measures your heart rate and breathing rate remotely, simply using the iPad 2 camera. This breakthrough technology allows you to measure your vital signs in an easy and unobtrusive way. The App can be downloaded from the App Store.
Gradually, Nokia executives spread the idea that the manufacturer will enter the market of touch pads with Windows 8. Cellphone maker Nokia plans to launch a tablet that runs on Microsoft’s Windows operating system in the summer of 2012, the head of Nokia France told Les Echos newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday.
Apple has decided to recall its portable first-generation iPod nano, because of overheating issue. Apple has announced the iPod nano (1st Generation) Replacement Program. The company says it’s discovered, “in very rare cases,” that the battery in the iPod nano (1st generation) may overheat and pose a safety risk. Affected iPod nanos were sold between September 2005 and December 2006.
The Australian brand Pioneer Computers has just launched a Android Based DreamBook R7 Rugged Tablet, a touch pad for enhanced that can be used in industrial environments or outdoors. This gadget is ideal for outdoor use that waterproof, dust resistant, rugged and tough design.
Samsung unleashed its highly anticipated tablet cum smartphone device in the Indian markets today. Samsung has launched their new Android smartphone device, the Samsung Galaxy Note. Samsung’s 5.3 inch display based Galaxy Note smartphone tablet launches in India for a price tag of Rs 34,990.
With the dominant presence of Apple and the launch of Amazon Kindle Fire, manufacturers of tablet stalled, awaiting the arrival of Windows 8 and its spread of digital tablets. HP and Dell have confirmed that they will be releasing Windows 8 based tablet computers in the 3rd quarter of 2012. HP and Dell choose the future Microsoft operating system. These two companies are moving in that direction because of the fierce competition in the Android arena.
Samsung promotes its 830 Series SSD in the South Korean market. Samsung has announced a new SSD series with faster transmission speeds. Available in a 256GB or a 512GB model, the new storage device is claimed to be 2.5 times faster than its predecessor and supports 6Gb/s SATA interface.
As expected, Apple has released iTunes 10.5, before the launch of its new iOS 5 mobile operating system and iCloud. The new release also enables Wi-Fi syncing between the Apple mobile devices and iTunes on a PC or Mac. iOS 5 and iCloud are set to launch tomorrow, and today’s launch of iTunes 10.5 sets the stage for those releases.
