Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 on the HTC HD7 offers users a solid smartphone experience, but the platform may need something more to compete with the iPhone and Android. – As implemented in HTC’s HD7 smartphone, Microsoft’s
Windows Phone 7 emerges as a solid mobile operating system with no major issues
worth complaining about. Despite its overall polish and functionality, the
platform feels a bit like a first draft one far more polished than the Android
1.6 that r…
“The growth is driven by contributions from new acquisitions made during the year (MLT expanded its portfolio by acquiring 14 assets worth about $500 million, increasing its portfolio size to $3.46 billion). We expect MLT to utilise its ample debt headroom ($470 million based on a gearing of 45%) to acquire accretively in 2011.”
JUNE 24-26, MASS MOCA, NORTH ADAMS, MA;
TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 AT 11
AM EST
 Wilco |
Wilco‘s Solid Sound Festival, an intimate three day celebration of music,
comedy, art and community, returns to MASS MoCA in
North Adams, MA June 24 – 26. Envisioned by Wilco and presented in collaboration with MASS MoCA, America’s
largest center for contemporary art, this year’s festival boasts two headline concerts by Wilco, a comedy cabaret
hosted by John Hodgman, the new Solid Ground tent site for nearby camping, a Euclid Records pop-up
store, a wide array of all-ages programming and much more.
Tickets are on sale 11am EST this Friday, Jan. 21
through the festival’s official website SolidSoundFestival.com, through the MASS MoCA box office and
through massmoca.org. Click here for complete details
on tickets, including early-bird pricing, single-day tickets,
free and reduced-fee ticketing for children and more.
GS says the news “may appear slightly negative for Keppel, but this does not impact our estimates as we have not factored in any PBR-related order wins for Keppel.”
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 on the HTC HD7 offers users a solid smartphone experience, but the platform may need something more to compete with the iPhone and Android. – Windows Phone 7: Not a disaster!
Sorry, lets try that one again.
Windows Phone 7: A solid start.
Better. In the months leading up to Windows Phone 7s launch, any number of pundits seemed more than
happy to opine that the chances of survival for the
platform, once released, were equivalent to th…
Many travel apps aimed at the Android marketplace have been created in order to assist you in the organization of your forthcoming journeys, but the lengthy process of entering all of ones data on a phones small screen using a tiny keyboard can put a lot of people off. WorldMate is free of charge, and has separated itself from the others by getting rid of this step completely.
Dell’s Streak 5-inch tablet has been updated with Android 2.2, offering a solid Android experience with some hardware and software quirks. – Dell intends its 5-inch Streak to be the first of many
tablets rolling out over the next several quarters. In a September presentation
at Oracle OpenWorld, CEO
Michael Dell offered a sneak peek at a 7-inch tablet, while indicating the
market segment was in a state of constant change and evolutio…
BNP Paribas remains positive on Singapore banks; says MAS’ Financial Stability Review.
Study shows household (HH) wealth +29.1% vs 1Q09 trough to record $1,156 billion 3Q10, driven by rising residential property, equity prices; as HH asset growth has outpaced HH debt growth for past four quarters, HH leverage ratio now 14.6%, below long-term average of 18%.
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has said that he would be ‘honoured’ to write an anthem for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. For the marriage of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, the Welsh composer William Mathias was asked to write a stirring anthem. And for their son”s marriage, Andrew Loyd [...]
Hewlett-Packard’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm is beginning to trickle down to the hardware and software level, with the upcoming release of the Palm Pre 2 on Verizon Wireless. While HP and Verizon have declined to offer exact pricing and a launch date, sample copies of the Palm Pre 2 are beginning to circulate at tech shows and other venues. The improvements to the Palm Pre indicate that HP is serious about combating Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7, the Apple iPhone and the ever-expanding family of Google Android devices. The Palm Pre 2 includes both a slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard and a 3.1-inch multitouch display. In terms of operating systems, HP WebOS 2.0 is supposedly faster than the original Palm WebOS, and boasts a high degree of integration with services such as Facebook and Microsoft Exchange. The Palm Pre 2 certainly feels more streamlined and "solid" than its predecessor, which received mostly positive reviews for its design but complaints from a subset of users over supposedly shoddy manufacture& i.e., the "Oreo effect," where the sliding mechanism would partially unhinge. Will the revived Palm Pre succeed in a crowded marketplace? That remains to be seen. But HP will reportedly port WebOS onto other form factors, such as tablet PCs. – …
The company’s ColorQube printers use environmentally friendly solid ink blocks. – Print solutions specialist Xerox announced the release of two solid ink color printers, the ColorQube 8570 and ColorQube 8870. The ColorQube 8570 starts at $699 and is designed for small businesses that need to make an impact with high-quality color. Priced at $2,499, the ColorQube 8870 offers prici…
Sprint’s Samsung Epic 4G offers a polished Android interface and ultrashiny Super AMOLED screen. However, it also features some of Android’s more unpolished elements that prevent it from being a true iPhone killer. – Pop quiz, smartphone users: Do you prefer a physical QWERTY keyboard on your
device?
For some, the experience of pressing thumbs to actual keys is an essential
part of the text-messaging experience. Others either have no objection to
using a virtual keyboard, or are willing to sacrifice the ph…
NetApp reports total product sales grew 51 percent and revenue was up 36 percent in Q1 2011 compared to Q1 2010. – Storage and data management solutions specialist NetApp reported that for
the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, revenues totaled $1.14 billion, compared
with revenues of $838 million for the same period a year ago.
For the quarter, which ended July 30, generally accepted accounting
principles …
An iFixit teardown of the Motorola Droid 2 smartphone found improvements where they were warranted and the better bits of the original Droid left exactly as they were. "Motorola certainly took the ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ route," wrote iFixit.com, which performed the disassembly Aug. 12, the day the device debuted on the Verizon Wireless network for $199. Like its predecessor, the Droid 2 features a full WVGA 3.7-inch display. However, its keyboard has been updated; it runs Android 2.2, versus the 2.0 OS on the Droid; its battery, while the same, offers more go time; and its WiFi capabilities now include 802.11n. With the new-and-improved Droid 2 now available, Motorola will reportedly discontinue production of the original Droid. (Photos courtesy of iFixit.com) – …
RIMs new BlackBerry Torch 9800, the companys first smartphone with a capacitive touch-screen and sliding physical keyboard, represents its attempt to appeal to both businesspeople and consumers. Theres a lot for both those groups to like, but also some issues that could pull those users toward the iPhone or a Google Android device. – The BlackBerry Torch 9800 represents Research In Motions
attempt to be all things to all customers. For
business users, many of the tools that made BlackBerry a corporate name have
been preserved in all their utilitarian glory. However, the company also hopes
the Torchs multimedia features will …
CapitaLand (C31.SG) +1.5% at $3.96 on strong volume, likely to close higher for third straight day, as investors continue to plow into stock on hopes developer will deliver strong 2Q10 results Aug 4, according to Dow Jones.
Google July 15 announced net revenues of $5.1 billion for the second quarter on earnings per share of $6.45. The search engine reported GAAP net income of $1.84 billion, compared with $1.48 billion in Q2 2009. – Google July 15 announced net
revenues of $5.1 billion for the second quarter on earnings per share of $6.45,
providing the latest in a string of strong quarters.
Analysts polled by Thomson
Reuters had expected $4.99 in revenue on EPS of $6.53. Google’s Q2 numbers are
still much better than th…
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect Google to report earnings of $6.54 per share on sales of $5 billion July 15. Google’s conflicts in China and Europe and competition with Apple, Facebook and Bing could weigh on the search engine. – Google is sure to face questions about its business abroad and snafus in the
United States,
such as the failure of its Nexus One smartphone to catch on in the market, when
it announces second-quarter earnings July 15.
The company will hold a call to discuss Q2 earnings July 15 after the market
…
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion on June 24 reported revenue of $4.24 billion during its fiscal year 2011 first quarter. It was less straightforward regarding the “two significant product additions” it will release later in the year. According to an earlier report, RIM is said to be working on a tablet rival to Apple’s iPad. – Research In Motion announced the results of its fiscal 2011 first
quarter, during which it shipped its 100 millionth BlackBerry
smartphone.
Revenue for the quarter was $4.24 billion, up from $4.08 billion the quarter before
and up 24 percent from the same quarter a year ago. Net income for t…
Labs Gallery: The BlackBerry Bold 9650 for Sprint delivers what you expect from a BlackBerry, but nothing new. For a closer look at the BlackBerry Bold 9650, check out the slide gallery below and read eWEEK Labs’ full review. – …
