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Apple 'niche player' in touchscreen phones
News According to a report from analysts ABI Research, Samsung and Motorola are the leaders of the pack in touchscreen mobiles, holding 33 per cent and 30 per cent of the market respectively. ABI puts Samsung and Motorola's dominance of the touchscreen...
Tags: research, cent, sales, samsung
11 September 2008, 9:00
Music game Rock Band price cut in Europe
News Answers were also not forthcoming on the questions of whether Rock Band 2 was coming to Europe, how Rock Band 2 downloadable tracks released for the American market would integrate with European copies of Rock Band, or if new DLC would follow for...
Tags: guitar, american, band, europe
9 September 2008, 9:23
Xbox 360 price drops for Japan and US
News The new price point makes the bottom-end model of Microsoft's console the cheapest current-generation console on the US market, undercutting the $249 (£140) Nintendo Wii by $50 (£28). After months of rumors, weeks of leaked retail flyers and days...
Tags: generation, sales, xbox, console
4 September 2008, 9:02
Microsoft may launch apps store for Windows Mobile
News It looks as though Microsoft is joining Apple and Google in the mobile 'apps store' market. Despite predictions for strong growth, Microsoft still faces tough competition, and it may have a hard time increasing its market share as competition...
Tags: sales, cross, surfing, cent
1 September 2008, 10:56
ASDA halves pay as you go mobile prices
News ASDA] already have 150,000 customers and they can expect to boost that significantly in a market where customers like to find the right deal. Supermarket chain ASDA says it is to slash its pay as you go mobile phone rates from the start of...
Tags: pre, customers, plan, war
22 August 2008, 8:33
Broadband Britain loves to talk
News The telecoms regulator has released its fifth annual communications market report, which shows people in the UK are spending more time than ever consuming a variety of comms and media services. Ofcom's Communications Market 2008 (August) can be...
Tags: cent, broadband, connections, communications
15 August 2008, 8:13
Spore evolving into movies and TV
News We're going to be much more intelligent about harvesting other market opportunities for Spore than we were with The Sims, which as big as it was in the game space, pretty much remains in the game space," commented Wright.
Tags: film, sims, wright, game space
14 August 2008, 9:32
Gaming's reach growing in Europe
News Dromgoole also split the market into five key demographics: marginals, dabblers, loyalists, magpies and hardcores. Sean Dromgoole, CEO of GameVision and Some Research, took to the stage at today's Edinburgh Interactive Festival to talk through some...
Tags: interest, playstation, gamers, figures
12 August 2008, 8:35
Could 64-bit Vista finally be taking off?
News Also, more 64-bit software is finally coming to market, as evidenced by last week's release of a 64-bit optimised version of Adobe Lightroom. If you build it, it appears they will come, eventually. Such is the case with 64-bit computing.
Tags: desktops, cent, models, gaming
5 August 2008, 9:19
Report: Google to advertise in games?
News According to US analyst firm The Yankee Group, the in-game ads market will increase to $971.3m by 2011. They could move into this market very quickly, given what they have shown off. Google is close to launching in-game advertising through a...
Tags: market, ads, google, advertising
4 August 2008, 9:09
UK government details game rating options
News We have also seen a big growth in games aimed at a grown-up market," she continued, "which invariably include scenes unsuitable for young people. The games market has simply outgrown the classification system, so today we are consulting on options...
Tags: children, role, industry, weight
1 August 2008, 9:39
Facebook gaining on MySpace in US
News In the UK, Facebook accounted for 45 per cent of the UK market share for social networks in June, a year-to-year rise of 188 per cent, according to a report released on Wednesday from Hitwise. MySpace attracted as much as 73 per cent of US visitor...
Tags: networks, cent, market, share
24 July 2008, 8:17
Sony Ericsson cuts 2,000 jobs as profits dive
News Sony Ericsson has moved into the lower segment of the market, but timing was not on their side. But the problem they have is also that, while that is not happening, the softening of the high-end market in
Tags: ericsson, sales, ultra, sony ericsson
21 July 2008, 8:56
Half of UK mobile owners surfing Web on handsets
News Professor Leslie Haddon of the Media and Communication Department at LSE said the lower figure for mobile social networking use compared to email reflects the latter's longer established presence in the market.
Tags: networking, age, research, cent
18 July 2008, 9:12
EC votes to cut roaming rates on texts
News The Commission will, therefore, start working on measures to ensure that consumers benefit from a truly single market for mobile text services. Manuel Barroso, the Commission's president, said the restrictions would be in line with the concept of...
Tags: sms, industry, consumers, bill
16 July 2008, 8:06
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Format wars: The tech that should have won
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