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- T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown
- T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdownWhy extra charge for messaging ?If its unlimited data, isn't a message just data ? Why the extra charge ?If someone did a app which avoided this, would it be available via store ?But what of storage?The only unclear specs and not mentioned in the article...
- Tags: Pricing, GPS, Marketing research, Street View, T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile, pricing breakdown, pricing strategy, street view, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
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- A guide to cutting IT costs
- Reduction of spending in the IT department is more art than science. Metri consultant Paul Michaels offers some advice on how to get it right. For the past few months everyone was hoping the IT industry might be saved the worst of the credit crunch fallout, on the...
- Tags: CIO, Benchmarking, Information Technology, IT Cost, Paul Michaels, Conundrum, Strategy, Management, IT management, costs, cutbacks, staffing, Paul Michaels silicon.com
- News items 2008-11-21
- Vizio unveils $1,999.99 55-inch 120Hz LCD HDTV for January release
- Vizio decided to jump the gun on CES and announce some new home theater products today, including a 55-inch 120Hz 1080p LCD for just $1,999.99, another aggressive pricing decision that will once again drag the prices and profits down for the Samsungs and Sonys of the...
- Tags: Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Vizio, VF550XVT1A, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging'
- Updated: Dell's third quarter was a mixed bag. Revenue was down amid weak demand, but earnings were better than expected by a wide margin. The outlook was "challenging" as expected. The company reported third quarter earnings of $727 million, or 37 cents a share, on revenue of...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., IT-spending, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm
- First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- iPhone 3G coming to Walmart, Sam's Club Dec. 28
- Walmart will begin selling Apple's iPhone 3G on December 28th in select locations, eventually expanding to 2,500 stores, according to BoyGeniusReport. Sam's Club gets in on the action too, with 69 locations offering the handset on the 28th. Some stores will reportedly get live demo units to...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Sam, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Giddyap - Oracle Mid-market apps team with Wells Fargo
- A Treasury Solution to Save Money not cost more of it I got a briefing from Oracle's Tony Kender and Wells Fargo's Brad Stewart concerning their new joint plug-in adapter product for Oracle's E-Business Suite. Basically, this adapter allows users of Oracle's mid-market applications to directly...
- Tags: Team, Oracle Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Adapter, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!
- Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least. So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...
- Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Can Facebook do anything without raising a ruckus?
- Facebook rolls out what appears to be a fine move: Verify applications are trustworthy and validate them. I could use the help given I don't download a lot of Facebook apps since a lot of them would be described as crap. But this seemingly straightforward effort has raised a ruckus...
- Tags: Facebook, Pricing, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Amazon launches CloudFront; Content delivery network margins go kaboom
- Amazon Web Services on Tuesday launched CloudFront, a pay-as-you-go content delivery network. The move is likely to accelerate already brutal pricing in the content delivery network market, which includes Akamai and Limelight Networks among others. CloudFront's biggest feature is that there are no up-front commitments and long-term...
- Tags: Content Delivery, Content Delivery Network, Amazon.com Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., CloudFront, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up
- More SaaS movement from a major software vendor CA yesterday announced the availability of two software as a service SaaS solutions. One is targeted for the IT management space while the other is oriented around governance. CA is taking its on-premise enterprise...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, On-demand, Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, GRC, Virtualization Technology, PPM Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Will Microsoft apply 'Vista-Capable' lessons to Win 7 netbooks?
- As the e-mail trail in the "Vista-capable" class-action suit continues to unfold, I can't help but wonder whether Microsoft will apply some of the lessons it hopefully learned about working with OEMs to Windows 7 -- especially in the netbook space. The original suit, filed in March...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Passcode, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Merrill Lynch downgrades SAP and Oracle
- It should come as no surprise that investment research at Merrill Lynch sees downgraded assessments of both SAP and Oracle's near terms results. In the last month, Merrill has conducted research among European CIO's and finds that a full 40% are less bullish on IT spending than they were three...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Sales, Management, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Fujitsu gets dense and secure with mobile hard drives
- Fujitsu's latest 2.5 inch 5400RPM 500GB hard disk, the MJA2 BH On Tuesday, storage manufacturer Fujitsu Computer Products of America announced their latest series of mobile hard disks, raising the capacity bar for laptops with their 2.5-inch MJA2 BH and MJA2 CH series...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Mobile, Fujitsu Ltd., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Storage, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?
- AMD on Thursday launched its Shanghai processor family--the successor to the much maligned Barcelona. The goal: Close the gap on server chips with Intel. The challenge: Convincing customers, shareholders and others in the peanut gallery that a turnaround at AMD is underway. Later today, AMD will try...
- Tags: Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Asset Management, Manufacturing, Balance Sheets, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai'; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing
- At last, the Storm is on the horizon. (Wow, what are the odds I was the first person to break out that line?) Verizon just announced that the BlackBerry Storm (aka, the BlackBerry 9530), will be available online and in Verizon Wireless stores beginning Friday, ...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Pricing Strategy, BlackBerry Storm, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- AMD unveils 'Shanghai'; Aims to better compete with Intel
- AMD on Thursday will launch its "Shanghai" platform, its latest batch of Opteron server chips. With Shanghai, AMD gets a do-over from its ill-fated Barcelona launch. At a high-level, Shanghai gives a 400 MHz speed gain in the same thermal band as Barcelona. Shanghai also triples the...
- Tags: Barcelona, Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Stevens, Performance Management, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Consumer sentiment towards a la carte price plans by airlines
- Question: Are you in favor of “a la carte” pricing? Date: August 2008 Response Total Respondents American Continental Delta Southwest United Yes 48.5 56.5 48.6 48.6 50.1 53.8 No 37.3 31.6 37.8 40.1 35.3 29.7 Not sure 14.2 11.9 13.5 11.3...
- Tags: Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Phonetopp bringing Web conferences to smartphones
- If you've ever been tied to your desk or scrambled to find a WiFi hotspot just so you can tune into a Web conference, you'll be interested in knowing that Phonetopp, a Silicon Valley startup, is putting the finishing touches on a service that will bring the Webcast experience -...
- Tags: Phone, Sam Diaz, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Smart Phones, Web Conferencing, Phonetopp Service, Phonetopp, Smart Phone, Webcast
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
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