http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:47:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en He said he didn’t want to talk about China while on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, but then Google CEO Eric Schmidt went right ahead and did so anyway. “We like what China is doing in terms of growth … we just don’t like censorship,” Schmidt said, ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/schmidt-hopes-%e2%80%98some-pressure%e2%80%99-will-make-china-see-things-google%e2%80%99s-way/ You know you can’t obtain an iPad for least three months, but you may not know the reason you can’t even buy one in advance: Apple has not yet obtained the necessary Federal Communications Commission approval to unleash it on the nation’s airwaves. The specs on the iPad page mention ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/wondering-why-you-can%e2%80%99t-pre-order-an-ipad-it-isn%e2%80%99t-legal-yet/ You know you can’t obtain an iPad for least three months, but you may not know that the reason you can’t even buy one in advance right now is because Apple has not yet obtained the necessary Federal Communications Commission approval to unleash it on the nation’s airwaves it protects. The ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/wondering-why-you-can%e2%80%99t-pre-order-the-ipad-it-isn%e2%80%99t-legal-yet/ Anyone who still remembers the basic principle of Economics 101 understands, on a gut level, one big problem with recorded music: It costs too much. The price of music has everything to do with supply — in that the major labels and music stores set the price of music — and ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/labels-lower-music-prices-and-increase-your-profits-study-says/ Although Apple's official iPad photos don't show it, the iPad has a removable micro SIM card tray, similar to the SIM card one in the iPhone, which slides out from the top of the device (paperclip required). Steve Jobs’ bid to create a new product category with the iPad includes a ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/why-you-can%e2%80%99t-use-your-phone%e2%80%99s-sim-in-the-ipad/ Image courtesy of Lefsetz.com (This article appears here with the permission of Bob Lefsetz, an opinionated music industry insider who’s newsletter, The Lefsetz Letter, has been published in various forms for over 25 years.) I’m not convinced I need one! I remember vividly the moment I knew I needed an iPod. I ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/bob-lefsetz-isn%e2%80%99t-sold-on-the-ipad/ HELSINKI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - New models are helping Nokia and Motorola recapture market share in smartphones but while Nokia is able to profit from the gains, Motorola predicted a loss in the current quarter. Shares in top phone maker Nokia posted their biggest one-day gain in nine months ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/iphone-loses-market-share-as-smartphone-wars-heat-up/ One of the most interesting things that didn’t happen when Apple announced its iPad on Wednesday is that AT&T didn’t get the boot. It was widely believed that Apple was going to drop the carrier because of its poor service and go with Verizon instead. Instead, Apple reaffirmed its relationship ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/no-verizon-on-the-ipad-is-there-a-map-for-that/ First it was Rosie the Robot Maid, the prototypical mechanical housekeeper who, clad in a frilly apron, pressed cartoon character George Jetson’s shirts. Then came Jeeves, the online butler deferentially offering to fetch answers to questions typed into a desktop browser. Now the dream of an automated personal assistant ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/web-30-rosie-jeeves-that-thing-in-your-pocket/ So, let’s cut through the hype about the iPad. 1) Would I buy one? Yes. Why? Because it’s better than Amazon’s Kindle, costs about the same and does so much more – games, photos, videos, e-mail. I might eventually ditch my laptop for it too. I played with one this morning for ... http://www.fenixnordicgroup.com/tvfenix.html/the-ipad-will-violate-the-kindle%e2%80%99s-space-and-other-first-impressions/