Gadgets

Archos Bringing Movie Download Store To UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 08 Feb 2008 03:09 AM PST

Media player maker Archos is bringing its French movie download service to the UK, going head-to-head with the imminent European launch of iTunes Movie Rentals (via Pocketlint). Archos Movie Club…

Jobs’ Macworld Keynote: Movie Rentals, Apple TV ‘Take-Two’ Target Widescreen Viewers - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Jan 2008 02:08 PM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is making a big play for living room entertainment. Steve Jobs used Macworld to unveil a new iTunes Movie Rentals addition to iTunes Store and an update…

CES: Last.fm’s First Hardware Tie-Up Aims For Home Stereo Scrobbling - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 07 Jan 2008 08:18 AM PST

Music tracker and recommendation engine Last.fm today used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to announce its first partnership with a hardware maker - and its first assault on…

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T-Mobile Germany Offers IPhone Sans Contract For £713 - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 21 Nov 2007 06:07 AM PST

T-Mobile has announced it will now start selling iPhones with out a contract, for 999 euros (£713), as opposed to 399 euros (£285) with a two-year contract. Any customer can…

Carphone Expects To Sell 10,000 iPhones On UK Launch Day - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 01 Nov 2007 11:38 AM PST

So it hopes: Carphone Warehouse expects to sell 10,000 Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhones on launch day (Nov 9) in the U.K...Carphone has an exclusive third-party deal with Apple on the…

Audiovox to Buy Thomson Music/Video Business, Including RCA Brand; Includes MP3 players - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 17 Oct 2007 10:16 AM PST

Consumer electronics firm Audiovox is buying French electronics maker Thomson’s non-European audio video business for $19.7 million. The sale includes the once-storied RCA brand, and includes DVD and MP3 players,…

Interview: Echostar Buying Sling: What It Means For The UK And Europe - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Tue 25 Sep 2007 03:40 AM PST

US satellite operator EchoStar is buying “place-shifting” TV device maker Sling Media (see paidContent.org’s extensive coverage here). I caught up with Stuart Collingwood, the VP of Sling Media overseeing EMEA,…

Sling Media To Be Acquired By Echostar; Deal Valued At Approximately $380 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 24 Sep 2007 08:47 PM PST

EchoStar is acquiring Sling Media in a cash-and-options transaction valued at approximately $380 million. The deal was announced earlier tonight. The deal is subject to the usual closing conditions; it…

Apple iPhone’s German Deal Is With T-Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Wed 19 Sep 2007 04:31 AM PST

Today, the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) train made a stop in Berlin, where CEO Steve Jobs and T-Mobile executives officially announced what everyone had already expected: T-Mobile will be the exclusive…

Confirmed: Apple To Launch iPhone In UK With O2 In November - 1 Comment
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Tue 18 Sep 2007 04:44 AM PST

No surprises here...Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has chosen O2 (TEF.MC) to be its mobile operator for the UK launch of its iPhone and will use the retail chain Carphone Warehouse as…

iPhone: Price Slashed 33 Percent, Model Dropped; Headed To Europe Next Quarter; Asia ‘Probably’ 2008 - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 05 Sep 2007 04:36 PM PST

A rash of announcements from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Wednesday, including some repositioning for the iPhone as the company heads toward the holidays and a European launch.The price of the 8GB…