So, I am giving in to my laziness syndrome. I have been writing for my other blogs as well, and hence, not much time to write for Techkeyla. And I have found the perfect solution. Video podcast.
So here it is. Techkeyla’s first video podcast, about the Apple iPad. Kindly leave your comments.
I know I am being a bit nasty to say this, but for all tech lovers who have been following tech headlines for the last couple of months, we have certainly seen a loss of interest for the Apple iPhone. And why is that? Primarily because iPhone’s 3GS has not been revolutionary in terms of the differences between the 3GS and its predecessors [ of course a better processor and video camera were included]. And add to that, the surging popularity of the Android family backed by HTC’s range and Motorola’s Milestone/Droid did not help much to the iPhone camp.
2010 does not look good for iPhone either. All the focus from Cupertino seems to be static on the rumored Apple tablet -iTablet or iSlate. There has been a sort of a tradition followed at Apple, the announcement of a new version of iPhone every year: 2007 -iPhone released. 2008 -2nd Generation, and 2009-3GS. But 2010 is looking quite hazy in terms of what new can the iPhone offer.
The appstore of the iPhone has already touched the 100,000 mark. But with such huge quantity, there comes the risk of becoming static in terms of growth and expansion. The big question that faces Apple is what more can the iPhone offer?
The Android Alliance with players like HTC, Motorola, Sony Ericcson in the bandwagon certainly poses as the future of smartphones. And with consumer-friendly price tags for some of the phones [ HTC Tattoo, T-Mobile Pulse], owning a smartphone couldn’t have been easier and cheaper. The Android is also fast catching up in terms of developers community making a range of applications. And with HTC’s announcement of 2010’s range of new Android phones, iPhone could soon be facing a big challenge to sustain its domination of the smartphone market.
Here’s wishing iPhone a quick and speedy recovery.
In an earlier post [ Compare the UK iPhone price war: O2 vs Orange vs Tesco] we compared the actual price of an iPhone in the UK on the three carriers. Today, Vodafone released its tariffs for the iPhone. The question remains that whether the fourth addition to the iPhone carrier range really adds value for the customer or is it just yet another player which doesn’t add any significant change.
The data download limit for Vodafone remains capped at 1GB per month. Compared to the Orange data plan which allows 750MB download per month, it is not much of an improvement. But what about everything else? Let’s find it out.
Right, so here we are with not one, but three official carriers who are providing the iPhone in the UK [ unlike the US, where AT&T still has the exclusive rights]. We had O2 originally who were the sole carriers in the UK, but when the contract between O2 and Apple expired this year in November, Orange sprung into action. Yet, the rate and plans revealed by Orange for the iPhone were of no noticeable change than the ones of O2.
And now, UK’s biggest retail supermarket – Tesco – in partnership with O2, is posing as the third official carrier of the iPhone in the UK. The rate plans were released today [ visit: Tesco iPhone website]
So which one of the three is actually the one to look out, or has anything changed at all? Has the addition of 2 more players in the iPhone market brought any real value addition for the customer. We’ll try to answer that question with comparative spreadsheets of the various rate plans. Hit the jump to view the spreadsheet.
Okay first get this. Steve Jobs is back, and he did confess he was unwell and even got a liver transplant. But the good news is “he’s Vertical”!! Engadget has a short video of his keynote today at Apple’s “It’s Only Rock n Roll’. It has been embedded at the end of the post. But for now, its picture time baby. Apple’s iPod event of the year in images. Get ready!!
Let’s rock in Apple style!!
The new iPhone is here, and in full 3GS glory. Here S stands for Speed, and it is claimed to be the fastest iPhone yet. It has major hardware upgrades for a faster performance. Plus a 3MP video camera, Digital Compas, Voice Controls and an impressive price-tag [ for the current version]. Explore the Launch of the new iPhone 3GS in the pictures below. Cheers!
The Phone that changed..
This is Part II of the WWDC 2009 Keynote in Image series. And the following images are from the iPhone OS 3.0 demo at the Moscone West.
iPhone OS demo begins
We have liveblogs and then some more liveblogs. I remember somebody did say “Pictures speak louder than words”. So here we are recreating the WWDC Keynote 2009 and telling you the tale of the event at Moscone West, San Fransisco in the form of images. This is a three part post; the first part which is this one, will be carrying images of the Macbook Launch and the Snow Leopard, the second part will be carrying images of the iPhone OS 3.0, and the final part will have images of the new iPhone 3GS launch. So do stay tuned for the next posts which will be up soon.
Phil is in The House
What’s @ OKS!!
