Google, Apple in high-tech battle
The relationship between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is now transforming into a power struggle as both the ambitions and ideas of the technology trendsetters increasingly collide with each other!
As both giants, Google and Apple are in a race to tap the mobile market, realizing it as key to success and sales, the high-powered phones for web-surfing has become the centre point of their brewing battle.
And not only this, the rivalry is fast spilling into other products, including web browsers, computer operating systems and digital music amongst others.
With Google announcing its plans on Tuesday to sell its own cell phone, the rivalry has been refueled.
Google, with its newly launched phone called Nexus One, is aiming to woo the audience providing them an advanced phone than the iPhone and Blackberry.
Google launches Nexus One phone
As per the speculations, internet search giant, Google Inc, revealed its very own smart phone on Wednesday. With this, the internet giant is aiming to boost its position in the emerging mobile Internet market by exerting greater control over the new generation of Web-surfing devices.
This smartphone, dubbed as Nexus One, will be sold directly to consumers.
The sleek touchscreen phone is Google’s boldest venture outside its traditional Internet business. This will also be the first time that an 11-year-old company will sell a consumer electronics device bearing its well-known brand.
However, despite a positive response to Google’s new phone, analysts say the phone is not as revolutionary in design as Apple Inc’s iPhone was at its time. Despite various favorable reviews from across the globe, experts also noted that the phone doesn’t have any major revolutionary features different from others in the market that run Google’s Android software.
The Nexus One ships immediately and exclusively from Google’s online store for $179 with a two-year contract from Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA, or $529 without a service plan.
Apple to unveil tablet in Jan
According to the reports published in The Wall Street Journal, Apple Inc is all set to announce its very own new tablet device later this month.
This report comes amidst building speculation about what could be the company’s revolutionary new launch since the hyped iPhone.
Citing people close to the company, the report stated that Apple Inc. is planning to ship a multimedia tablet with a 10-to-11 inch touchscreen in March.
Although media and technology experts have been speculating for long on this breakthrough launch from Apple in early 2010, the company never officially confirmed this.
This launch is expected n the Jan 27th, at an event in San Francisco. Tech experts expect the tablet to be priced at between $500 and $1,000.
Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit
On Wednesday, a US appeals court upheld the dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed against the giant Apple Inc., claiming that the iPod was defective and could cause hearing loss.
The San Francisco-based US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheald the ruling of a district court, saying, “The plaintiffs simply do not plead facts showing that hearing loss from iPod use is actual or imminent.”
The court added, “The iPod has an ‘ordinary purpose of listening to music and nothing they allege suggests iPods are unsafe for that use or defective.”
This suit against Apple was filed by Joseph Birdsong of Louisiana and Bruce Waggoner of California. They alleged that Apple’s much hyped iPod “is defective because it poses an unreasonable risk of noise induced hearing loss.”
Nokia blames apple for patent violation
Carrying on with it’s legal fight with the American giant apple, Nokia alleged on Tuesday that Apple’s almost all the products violate Nokia’s patents and not just their iPhone.
On Tuesday, Nokia also said that the company has filed a complaint against Apple with the US International Trade Commission.
The Finnish phone making giant Nokia, said that Apple’s iPhone, iPods and also the computers, violate its intellectual property rights.
Earlier, Nokia has sued Apple over the massively popular iPhone, claiming it infringes on 10 of its patents related to phone calls and Wi-Fi access.
Later, apple countered with a fresh lawsuit alleging that Nokia has copied aspects of the iPhone in its own phones.
Apple to launch new products in Jan
According to a Financial Times report published on its blog, Apple Inc has reserved space in late January at a venue in San Francisco to announce the lauch of its new products.
The electronics giant is expected to make some major announcement related to the laucn of its new products on January 26th, Tuesday and has also booked a stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the reports said.
The report comes amid expectations about Apple’s rumored plans to release a tablet computer.
Bing app for iPhones hits App Store
Microsoft has revealed that a Bing application for Apple’s hyped iPhone has hit the virtual shelves of its longtime rival’s online App Store.
At a launch celebration sin San Francisco, Bing for Mobile product manager Justin Jed remarked, “We like everybody and the key thing is what platforms and experiences users want and how to meet their needs.”
This free f cost application from the world’s leading software giant, Microsoft, allows the iPhone users tap on an icon to search the Internet using Microsoft’s newly launched Bing technology.
Earlier, the versions of mobile Bing software for the Blackberry devices, manufactured by the Canada-based Research In Motion, and smart phones based on Microsoft’s windows Software were shipped about a week ago.
“We think mobile Web and mobile services are a huge behavioral experience that customers are going after. If users want to interact with the Internet on their mobile, we are going to be there to hang out with them,” Jed added.
Apple’s iPhone set to make splash in South Korea
Apple Inc.’s iPhone has reached South Korea! And much before the aril, the phone has already created a lot of buzz around the market.
Making an estimate from the number of pre-orders booked so far, starting November 22nd, Apple Inc.’s hit communications device appears set to woo a large number of consumers in south Korea, known as the home to some of the world’s most sophisticated mobile phone users.
In the five days of advance booking so far, KT Corp., the local mobile carrier which has contracted with Apple to sell service plans for the phone, has reportedly received 53,000 advance orders. The phone is set to be launched officially on Saturday, 28th!
Sony Ericsson unveils Android phone
Presenting the company’s first phone based on Google’s Android OS, Sony Ericsson unveiled its new X10 flagship mobile phone, but announced that it would not go on sale until early next year.
Google’s baby, Android OS smartphones have gained a lot of footing this year as the handset vendors look to beat the Apple’s iPhone sales.
The world’s fourth largest handset maker and currently in loss, Sony Ericsson, saw overall third-quarter sales shrink 45 percent year-on-year.
The new phone, X10 will have a 4-inch-wide touch screen and will with an 8.1 megapixel camera. Sony Ericsson’s current top model Satio, with a 12 megapixel camera, has just gone on sale and the announcement could hurt sales in the key sales period ahead of year-end holidays.
Microsoft launches Windows 7
On Thursday, Microsoft Corp launched its most important release in more than a decade, Windows 7! This is believed to be the company one shot to strengthen its grip on the PC market by winning back customers after a disappointing show from Vista.
The Mountain View, California, based company has reportedly received good feedback and reviews for its new operating system. The world’s largest software company, accounting for more than 90 per cent of the personal computers, is aiming to grab its customers back with the new technology from arch rivals Apple Inc and Google Inc.
Windows 7, the new OS is faster, less cluttered and has new touch-screen features. This comes after almost three years of the launch of Vista, touted as a relatively complex system.
The success of Windows accounts for more than half of Microsoft’s profit. Priced at $199.99 for the Home Premium version of Windows 7, or $119.99 for users seeking to upgrade from older versions of the operating system, this version from the software giant is comparatively way cheaper than Vista.
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