Be BOLD, shun the iPhone to save your wallets.
What with all the hype over the new iPhone 3GS which was announced at Apple’s latest WWDC, and the $99 iPhone 3G, you are probably all waiting with
baited breath to get your hands on the latest sensation to hit the smartphone market.
And at $199/$99, who can blame you right ? That’s certainly better pricing than you’ll find for a lot of smartphones out there.
Well no …not exactly…
See the thing is, as fantastic as the iPhone may be, in the long run I Guarantee you it will make your wallet squirm. Here’s how:
- Apple may carry on touting its price cuts, but $99 is actually still $99 more than anyone else is asking. I don’t know how it is for you guys in the US, but over here the carriers predominantly cover the entire cost of their smartphones as a part of the contract. My ‘Blackberry Bold’ for instance, didn’t cost me a single cent.The reason you still pay money for your iphone then, is that the true cost of the device is much more than is let on. This would perhaps be easier to excuse if the iPhone was on a different playing field to all its competitors, but it isn’t. Devices such as the Bold, Storm or HTC Magic all offer comparable experiences, so there really isn’t any excuse for the charge.
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iPhone: Past, Present and Future – plus some rumours shot …
Apple … that wondeful company that brought us such fun stuff such as iPods, OSX and the iPhone. In this article I am going to talk about the iPhone – all of its previous generations, and the one that may be on its way into a apple store near you following the upcoming Apple WWDC!
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Yahoo! brass scoffs at Bing – “Won’t save Microsoft search”
Yesterday thebusinessinsider.com reported that the CEO of Yahoo Carol Bartz gave bing the rough side of her tongue, claiming it wouldn’t create that long 
term shift in the search market share that microsoft so desperately want.
Prediciting the new search engines inevitable (as she see’s it) fade into obscurity, following on from the initial period of interest that Bing will currently be enjoying, Bartz said “It’s interesting but not over-the-top interesting, People will keep the same habits.”
So Bing has failed to impress everyone then, but on the other hand – what else could one expect the CEO of Yahoo! to say about microsofts new baby ? She was hardly likely to shower it in praise if you ask me, what with the whole Yahoo!/Microsoft deal debacle still ongoing, and the fact that they are direct competitors, fighting over market share.
The comments are to be taken with a pinch of salt then, but perhaps there is something to take away from this. Bing is Live with a lick of paint, a very good lick of paint to be fair … but underneath its still the same old search we know and use every day. The search that google still does perfectly well .
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Sony Rolly Review
It dances better than I do
It spins, swirls, throws its arms in the air and moves to the music. All this, from an egg. The Sony Rolly is, without doubt, one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen. I say thing because it is hard to categorise the Rolly. It could be called an mp3 player, as it has almost 2GB of memory onboard to save music. It could also be called a speaker, as the Bluetooth syncs the Rolly with anything from a phone to laptop with which to play your music through. It is also a strange shape that dances. So what is it?
Sony calls it a ‘new dimension mp3’ player that brings you closer to your music. It’s true that the Rolly is something different. The speaker quality is incredible for its size, with flawless playback over Bluetooth. The dancing in time to the music isn’t just novelty, and if you put it somewhere dark, it has a very impressive light display while it moves and dances perfectly in time to the music.
Out of the box, the Rolly comes with software to choreograph the dance moves. Although this is pretty cool at first, the time taken making sure the Rolly dances the way you want in no way compares to whatever feeling of pride you feel after playing dance coordinator. The Rolly dances fine on its own.
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