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Iphone is good....could be better
nowadays there are faster phones than the IPhone, even the new Iphone 4 is clocked at 800 Mhz while say an HTC surround is 1.2 ghz. The UI is starting to dwindle compared to other phones, apple priced it so high because of its breakthrough OS, which was a breakthrough...3 years ago...go for something more user-friendly like a windows phone.
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16 January 2012 11:41

Android is losing the smartphone war

Consumers are going to find that buying an Android smartphone locks them into an ageing operating system.

JOHANNESBURG - Fragmentation is busy killing Google’s OS, as Apple comes close to outselling Android for the first time.

Sales of Apple iOS and Android smartphones are now neck and neck in the US. According to research outfit NPD Group, iOS phones accounted for 43% of smartphones sold in the US in October and November. Android’s share? 47%. That’s the closest Apple’s operating system has ever been to Google’s “juggernaut”.

But, “Android is winning”.

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09 January 2012 15:36

Forget everything else, Timeline will keep Facebook ticking in 2012

Here's why...

JOHANNESBURG - Ignore all the rubbish about “serendipitous experiences” that Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have. Forget about his notion of “frictionless sharing”. The first iterations of sharing content or experiences seamlessly on Facebook are all wrong (witness the horrible real-time “ticker” that does not sit comfortably above “chat”).

But, Facebook got one thing very, very right. Its Timeline was the single biggest innovation in social media over the past few months. Sure, the New New Twitter changes everything, but the two spaces are conceptually so far apart that you cannot really compare them.

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18 December 2011 23:42

Could Yahoo!'s regionalised portals be a game changer?

Hilton Tarrant argues that they might just be.

Yahoo! has been rolling out regionalised and localised versions of its portals for years.This year it rolled out portals in emerging markets like South Africa and Romania. The multinational online publisher also has a presence in key emerging market Bric countries, including Brazil, Russia, India and China.

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12 December 2011 12:19

Six ways the ‘new new’ Twitter changes everything

Jack Dorsey is back.

JOHANNESBURG - The launch of a major new version of Twitter’s service signals one important thing: Jack Dorsey is back. And Jack is in charge. His strength has always been in the “product” and up until now, there’s been an obvious void at Twitter. In many ways, it was trying to do everything for everyone — Evan Williams’ strength was never in product (think “lists”), and temporary boss Dick Costolo was never going to be a visionary when it came to the platform.

1. Consistency
New New Twitter finally delivers a consistent experience across all platforms: web, mobile, apps.

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28 November 2011 10:45

Three things BlackBerry has to fix to stay in the game

Emerging markets are key.

JOHANNESBURG - BlackBerry is soaring ahead in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. In July, it disclosed that it had added 1m new subscribers across this region in less than three weeks. This is huge. Balance that out with a net decline in subscribers in its mature North American markets, however, and the outlook isn’t fantastic. Basically, it needs to keep adding more (net) subscribers in emerging markets than ones it’s losing. So far, it’s keeping pace. But the company and platform are undergoing a fundamental transition.

Right now, there are three things RIM needs to get right to ensure BlackBerry remains relevant.

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