Turn to page 5 of today’s Economic Times for the most ridiculous, puerile, poorly-researched coverage of the new iPhone, what it means for consumers and the usual spec countdown. Of particular note, the box item mentions that OS X is vulnerable to virii and malicious attacks, much like Symbian and WinMo. BlackBerry OS is, “of [...]
I have no idea how many people are buying, but the newspapers are full of stories about the pre-emptive grey market and its better pricing. For first-gen users, Apple released a carrier update sometime post-midnight today. I have no idea what it does, since the 2.0.2 update still doesn’t fix the caller ID issue for [...]
As I expected, both Indian iPhone carriers have announced their pricing. As a subscriber of both networks, it was uncanny to me how the two communicated their plans to prospective customers. All website content, newsletter text and images have been identical. Apple must have their jewels in a very tight vice. All in all, I’m [...]
Hat tip to Angad for this article on Tech2.com. The news is also on Techtree.com and infotech.indiatimes.com. The executive summary: 8GB for Rs 31,000 (about $730) and the 16GB will retail for Rs 36,000 to 37,000 (around $870). This is without factoring in the accompanying voice/data plans. I don’t know how credible these numbers are, [...]
My last post demonstrated suspension of reason. The new iPhone does not do video calling. Exactly why, I’m not sure, but I just read an interview with a Nokia official who claimed that the primary reason for video calling not taking off—apart from the cost—was that it makes people look rather unflattering. Whatever. So why [...]