Mike Nuttal believes that simplicity is key to a successful product and that integrated devices such as combination mobile phone-camera-MP3 players are a step in the wrong direction.
Apple's iPod Touch, which is basically a phone-less iPhone, has started shipping in Australia a few days before the "expected" ship date of 28 September.
Semiconductor maker Infineon continued its adventures in wearable computing on Monday by showing off a men's jacket that includes a built-in MP3 player and can link up with a mobile phone over Bluetooth.
Jingles on mobile phones are going beyond ring tones, calling up a day when wireless devices might double as mini MP3 players with the potential to replace stand-alone products such as Apple Computer's iPod.
Apple Computer and Creative Technology have agreed to settle their legal dispute over music player patents for US$100 million, the companies announced on Wednesday in the US.
We truly live in the lucky country, what with being able to easily change our mobile ringtone to the song from the VB ad. Others are not so fortunate.
Defhead.com chooses music acts, invite them to play at an inner-city Sydney venue and Webcast the show live to their Web site visitors. Here is some behind-the-scenes footage of the night as well as an interview with the lead singer of Something With Numbers.
Yesterday, Beatles songs weren't in the iTunes fray, now it looks as though a deal's been made.
Lately there has been a bunch of musicians who have risen to rapid fame via the Internet. Are they self-styled artists, or a PR-created crock?
Last year I opined that, even if Telstra did launch Apple's iPhone 3G, conflicting goals meant it couldn't afford to seriously back the product. This year, Telstra proved me right, and the reason is simple: Australia's biggest telco just wants to be a Mac.
Can't wait to get your hands on the Apple iPod Touch? We have one of the first to hit Australia to show you what it's like up-close, what's in the box and what it can do.
Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on iTunes with BadApple.
After months and months of waiting, Microsoft has finally kicked its latest mobile operating system out of the nest to see if it can fend for itself in the big, bad world of smartphone rivalries. Alongside the OS itself, Microsoft also rolled out a bunch of new web-based services as well.
The footage Four Corners displayed of a suspected Melbourne fraudster's house and technology during a police raid last week hardly fits the profile of a master fraudster.
The real beauty of the Palm Pre is the webOS. Check it out in action with these screenshots of the various features and apps of the Pre.
Embed URL Embed on your site Post to... * del.icio.us * Digg * Reddit * Slashdot * StumbleUpon E-mail to a friend To send to more than one person, separate e-mail addresses with a comma. * To * From Comments Send message With most mobile phones now sporting cameras of 2-megapixel resolution or higher, concerts have become fair game for fans keen on capturing the experience for sharing with fellow band devotees. But is the resulting footage any good? We took a phone to a gig to find out.
CNET's Kara Tsuboi visits the University of California, Berkeley, to find out what gadgets students are craving at the start of their school year. CNET Reviews editors Bonnie Cha and Donald Bell also weigh in on their top cell phone, MP3, and laptop picks.
Samsung's E730 proves that MP3 capability and a 1.3 megapixel camera can be squeezed into a good-looking, compact flip phone.
Samsung has updated its popular E700 clamshell mobile phone, adding Bluetooth, a megapixel camera and support for MP3 playback.
Samsung's latest slider phone, the D500, looks a lot like its sliding predecessor, but comes in a black case with a megapixel camera and an MP3 player.
Sexy sliders, 2-megapixel camera phones, a sleek clamshell and a snazzy new interface are some of the highlights from Nokia Connection 2005.
Airlines are making progress in giving us in-flight Wi-Fi, but do we want to be given free reign to use all personal electronic devices, including mobile phones, as well?
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