Apple making a bold move to sideline Microsoft in UK

Riaz Kanani on June 10th, 2008

O2 just announced the tarrifs for the Apple iPhone and it is pretty stunning - £99 for the 8GB version on a £30/month tarrif, free on the £45/month one. It is on an 18 month contract BUT people who are already on an 18 month contract with the old iPhone CAN upgrade - it looks like you just extend the contract by a further 18 months. That means that unlike other 18 month contracts on mobile networks, the 18 months only ties you to the provider - you will still be able to upgrade to the latest and greatest Apple phone.

With Microsoft’s phones looking dated already and updated versions that are just glossy front ends (the backend OS is not due to be upgraded till next year) - Apple look to be wanting to take market share away from Microsoft and possibly gain a strong foothold in the business arena (the new phone supports Exchange email which is used by a large number of companies). This of course could then in turn lead to even greater uptake in Apple Macs. Right now the markets dont think so (shares were down 4% at one point yesterday) but I think this is an interesting move by Apple.

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Riaz Kanani on June 9th, 2008

Apple finally caught me.. all my cynicism was used up on the launch of iPhone last time.. now they have gone and added the things I wanted to the new version.
So even I was trying to keep up to date on what was going on at the Apple WWDC - enough info had been [...]

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wordpress 2.5 and Typepad

Riaz Kanani on May 29th, 2008

So I finally upgraded to wordpress 2.5.1 (from 2.3). I was somewhat nervous thanks to some commentary by their biggest competitor (Typepad by SixApart). I can’t seem to find the link anymore. Mind you the follow up articles from people involved in creating Wordpress with long lists of things to do in order to upgrade [...]

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amazon redesign - where’d the books go?

Riaz Kanani on May 11th, 2008

Amazon have redesigned their website.. My first impressions have to be “Where’d the books go?”. I still really only shop at Amazon for books but the only things I see is their credit card, cameras and gardening (?!). After that, I noticed Amazon search. They have given it much more priority overall in the [...]

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