iPhone

Analyst Kirk Yang, who covers technology for Citigroup in Asia Pacific, said during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in Hong Kong that the fabled “iPod with phone functionality is going to be a category killer.” Nathan Layne reported on his comments for Reuters, noting that the convergence of cell phones and MP3…

Research firm Yankee Group has said that the sale of X-rated content for portable devices could be worth US$200 million annually by 2009, fueled in large part by the new video-capable iPod as well as cell phones that can play video. Mike Musgrove, writing for The Washington Post, reported on that development on Tuesday, noting…

While last week’s unveiling of the Motorola iTunes phone elicited many bland reactions — mostly because pundits were expecting something truly revolutionary — Business 2.0’s Matthew Maier believes that “holding off on the iPhone was a smart move for Apple.” Why? He answers: “Because [Apple] let Motorola focus on the hardware design while it remained…

First off, sensation-seekers, I need to correct an error from my previous column ("Behind The Curtain at PC Expo"). I mentioned in passing that IBM didn’t have a booth at PC Expo when in fact, they did. My bad; judging from the map of the show floor, I reckon that I walked behind it several…