Oct 1, 20100
China desperation for iPhones proves that Apple is not prepared to meet the massive demand
Apple has been soooo slow in China that even Lenovo’s head Liu Chuanzhi believes so, Apple is missing a big opportunity in China and is taking a ultra passive stance when the indications point to a more aggressive response, but I really don’t believe Apple was so slow until yesterday news about people buying all the iphones they can, jumping and running with dozen of iphones to satisfy the grey market, this situation forced Apple to close the Beijing Apple Store, but the stellar introduction of the iPhone in China’ Unicorn ...
Nokia is a BIG company, a 1000+ Lbs gorilla in the room, strong enough to derail any rival’s plans, so when it comes to thing about mobile business Nokia is the ONE to have in mind when trying to compete, but those pounds have made Nokia life too difficult, it can’t move faster or innovate, while smaller players enjoy a bigger chunk of the mobile pie. Nokia is totally out of sync with today market reality, too many CEOs has damaged its ability to get traction or too many OS ... 
Samsung is creating a lot of buzz about the Galaxy Tab 7″, its first Android-based tablet that is poised to take on the iPad, but falls short in price and size, two of the most important factors when comparing it with the iPad and a not so smart move from Samsung that will only look interesting to Apple haters or heavy smokers.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7″ is a nicely conceived device that Samsung is trying to pitch against the iPad, the Galaxy Tab comes with a 7 inches display while the ... 
Google has stated that Android as we know is not designed with tablets in mind and won’t be for months as Google prepare its own Tablet OS, but it doesn’t stop tablet makers from putting Android inside its mobile devices that end up being just like giant smartphone, because to access the Android Market is mandatory to have a 3G connection.
That’s the reason the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 is nothing more than a big Android-based phone forced to behave like a tablet, something totally different from the iOS perspective, that it’s ... 
A Dedicated Game Machine and OS
Apple has been tweaking and porting Mac OS X to different devices for an unique use, in AppleTV, the Iphone and the Ipod, showing that the potential of the Beast hasn’t been reached, but what if Apple prepares a Game Subset, where with a click to an Icon your computer turns into a Dedicated Game Machine, loading just the resources needed for this purpose.
Imagine this: a Game Subset (like Dashboard, but just for Games) where only system resources and features are loaded to make games ... 
Hardware acceleration for Adobe Flash is finally a Go, after years of poor performance and a long battle between Apple and Adobe, but hey, the hardware accelaration is only available for Macs running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and using NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M or GeForce GT 330M graphics cards. Anyway it’s an already expected/welcome feature for Flash.
Adobe insists that this new Flash Preview will bring real H.264 video hardware decoding with performance up to two-thirds reduction in CPU utilization for 1080p H.264 video playback
on Mac OS X 10.6.3 ... 
Amazon.co.uk today launched the UK Kindle Store (www.amazon.co.uk/kindlestore) with the biggest selection and lowest prices of any e-bookstore in the UK. Over 400,000 books are now available from the UK Kindle Store, including 84 of the 100 Nielsen UK Bestsellers. On 29th July, Amazon.co.uk started taking pre-orders for the all-new Kindle featuring a new electronic-ink screen with 50 percent better contrast than any other e-reader, a new sleek design with a 21 percent smaller body while still keeping the same 6-inch-size reading area, and a 15 percent lighter weight at just ... 
Toshiba announced the compact, easy-to-use Canvio for Mac Portable Hard Drive lineup. The new Canvio line provides Mac owners 500 gigabytes (GB), 750GB, or one terabyte (TB) of storage space, with pre-loaded Mac-customized backup software.
The Canvio for Mac line makes data backup simple for everyone. The included NTI® Shadow 5 for Mac software allows for fully-customized backup and synchronization, including the backup of specific folders, certain file types, or even a complete system backup and recovery of everything that is saved on the Mac. Selected folders on the Canvio for ... 
SHOWTIME will bring in the New Year in a most spectacular way with the premieres of new drama series SHAMELESS (Jan. 9th at 10pm) with William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum; new comedy series EPISODES starring Matt LeBlanc (Jan. 10th at 10:30pm); and the fourth season premiere of the hit comedy series CALIFORNICATION starring David Duchovny (Jan. 10th at 10pm).
SHAMELESS, a new drama series from John Wells (“ER,” “The West Wing,” “Southland”) and Paul Abbott (“State of Play,” “Touching Evil”) is based on the long-running hit UK series and stars Emmy® ... 
Barnes & Noble today announced that it has developed an integrated software solution for the higher education market. Called NOOKstudy, the feature rich, free software application is the ultimate study tool, enabling students to manage all their digital content – eTextbooks, class materials, and notes – on the computing device they rely on most, their PC or Mac. NOOKstudy, developed with input from students and leading higher education institutions, delivers a superior digital reading experience and is ... 
Just imagine that you are on your way to BMW Welt and you know that you have to get your tickets for the guided tour through the BMW Munich Plant at the Info Counter South. The following questions occur to you in quick succession: Where can I park? How do I get into the multi-storey car park and how can I find my way around in BMW Welt? Naturally, the navigation system can show you the way to BMW Welt. Unfortunately, ... 
Belkin launches its new AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter that adapts the signal from an HDMI audio video source, such as a Blu-ray player, Xbox, PS3, or cable box, to a DisplayPort-compatible signal. The new converter supports high-resolution video and audio, allowing customers to display HD content from external devices on the 27″ iMac.
Belkin’s AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter for 27″ iMac will be available in late June 2010 in North America, Europe, and Asia.
AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter (F2CD007) – $149.99
Accepts full 1080p signal, provides 720p to iMac
Delivers stereo audio
HDCP-compliant
Includes ... 
Hot on the heels of the successful release of Guitar Hero for iPhone and iPod touch, Activision announced today that ABKCO Records’ Rolling Stones song pack featuring “Gimme Shelter,” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “Honky Tonk Women” is now available for purchase through the in-game app.
Built exclusively from the ground up for the iPhone and iPod touch, the Guitar Hero app takes full advantage of the platforms’ functionality and features all-new, innovative gameplay that will keep players rocking out as they strum, tap, slide and whammy to the ... 
Verizon Wireless and Motorola unveiled DROID X by Motorola. DROID X does more with ultra high-speed Web browsing; a fast 1GHz processor; 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities; loads of memory; intuitive social messaging; Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 ready; and access to Android Market™, which has more than 65,000 applications, along with a host of unique Verizon Wireless applications such as NFL Mobile, Skype mobile™, V CAST Video, EA Need for Speed Shift™ and more.
DROID X gives customers a 4.3-inch high-resolution screen for viewing the latest movies and video from BLOCKBUSTER On ... 
Monster today announced the availability of Mobile Jamz, the newest addition to its acclaimed Jamz family of in-ear headphones. Mobile Jamz takes the on-the-go experience to exciting new heights, featuring a host of innovative features such as the Monster Mobile Media Drive with 2GB MicroSD Card and USB Adaptor for managing and transferring music and photos from PC to phone, and ControlTalk Universal for hands-free calling with microphone and answer ... 
T-Mobile USA and Samsung Mobile announced a new lineup of full QWERTY-keyboard phones available in unique designs to suit each customer’s messaging preference, including two next-generation Samsung Gravity phones — Samsung Gravity 3 and Samsung Gravity T — and the Samsung 
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More and more families are finding that text messaging is one of the best ways to communicate. In a March 2010 internal survey, close to 70 percent of T-Mobile ... 
LIONSGATE today announced that it has acquired North American distribution rights to the fact-based action drama MACHINE GUN PREACHER, directed by Marc Forster (QUANTUM OF SOLACE). The film is the studio’s first collaboration with Forster since the Oscar®-winning MONSTER’S BALL. Gerard Butler (LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, 300) stars as Reverend Sam Childers, known as “the machine gun preacher.” Michelle Monaghan (EAGLE EYE, GONE BABY GONE) co-stars as his wife, Lynn Childers; Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (THE RUNAWAYS, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD) portrays Childers’s ... 
