Sony is intensifying its push in handheld gaming with a gadget aimed at hardcore players looking for something with a bit more punch than “Angry Birds,” ”Words With Friends” and other smartphone pastimes.
The PlayStation Vita, already available in Japan, debuts in the U.S. and Europe on Wednesday. A basic, Wi-Fi version will retail at $250, while one that can access 3G cellular networks will go for $300 plus monthly service fees from AT&T. Continue reading »
Chinese officials face a choice in Apple’s dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark — side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in China. Experts say that means Beijing’s political priorities rather than the courts will settle the dispute if it escalates.
Shenzhen Proview Technology has asked regulators to seize iPads in China in a possible prelude to pressing Apple Inc. for a payout. There have been seizures in some cities but no sign of action by national-level authorities. Continue reading »
Apple released a preview version of its new Macintosh operating system on Thursday, bringing some features of the iPad to the personal computer.
The Cupertino, California-based company said the updated operating system, called Mountain Lion, will be available to Macintosh developers immediately and Mac owners can upgrade to the new software in late summer.
Apple said Mountain Lion includes a new Messages application which replaces iChat and allows a user to send unlimited messages, photos and video from a Mac to another Mac or a device running iOS software such as the iPad or iPhone. Continue reading »
While the powers that be at Apple Inc head office might not exactly be trembling with fear, they will most certainly be casting an eye over the growing influence a little Chinese company is having on that country’s rapidly developing tablet market.
ErenEben now has the second-largest share of the Chinese tablet market, according to industry watchers Analysys International, and while that share might only amount to six percent, it still puts the company ahead of the likes of China’s much-heralded international gadget maker Lenovo and the South Korean giant Samsun Electronics. Continue reading »
A website that called it right with the iPhone 4S’s launch date says that the iPad 3 will be unveiled on Wednesday March 7.
In a report on its website Monday, iMore said that “according to sources who have been reliable in the past,” Apple will launch the third generation of its popular tablet in a matter of weeks, a device which it says will feature a 2048×1536 Retina display, a quad-core A6 processor and possibly 4G LTE networking. Continue reading »
Citibank double-charged some of its customers for months because of a technical glitch involving its iPad application, the bank acknowledged Friday.
The duplicate charges started in July and continued until the bank discovered the problem and fixed it in December, spokesman Andrew Brent said. He said other mobile apps and the bank’s broader online bill payment system were unaffected by the problem. Continue reading »
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphone has struggled to win over U.S. consumers but the Canadian company has long been able to rely on the loyalty of corporate and government clients who depend on its secure email. No more.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a U.S. federal agency that studies climate and the environment, plans to replace some of its employees’ BlackBerrys with Apple iPhones and get rid of the servers that power RIM’s smartphones by June. Continue reading »
Incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape Sony Corp by linking hardware and software through online networks — a model he used at its PlayStation unit — dismissing any suggestion the battered brand would revert to a gadget-centered strategy under his management.
In the meantime, he said, he would focus on paring costs at its TV unit and look to squeeze expenses elsewhere to return Sony to profit. Continue reading »
Sprint Nextel posted a wider quarterly loss because of the higher costs of selling Apple Inc’s iPhone and the popular device delivered a smaller-than-expected boost to subscriber numbers, sending the company’s shares down 2 percent.
While the company’s loss was not as big as Wall Street feared, Sprint’s quarterly results and financial targets did little to calm investor nerves about its $15.5 billion bet on iPhone which coincides with a $7 billion network upgrade. Continue reading »
Users of Facebook’s apps — for Android, iPad and iPhone — may begin seeing ads as soon as early March, as the company looks to gain an addition revenue source before it goes public.
Sources close to the matter say Facebook has already discussed proposals with advertising agencies, according to the Financial Times. Facebook began running sponsored stories in December 2011. Featured stories will appear in the mobile news feed — similar to Twitter’s promoted tweets — mixed in with posts from your friends. Continue reading »
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