Sunday February 17, 2008

- Toshiba is at the point of renouncing HD-DVD? - Lionel - 08:13:39

Source : PC Inpact

The Hollywood Reporter has learned from various sources that Toshiba is on the point of giving up in the war HD-DVD vs Blu-ray. They will probably wait until the stocks of HD-DVD readers have been depleted, especially in the US. These units being sold off, even though they have no future with the HD-DVD format, are nonetheless very good DVD readers (as emphasized by Toshiba). A consolation for those who buy them without knowledge of the issue of the battle.

This news has been given credence since Wal Mart officially announced the abandonment, pre and simple, of HD-DVD from the month of June.

[translation by crispin]

- 400 000 unlocked iPhones in China - Lionel - 08:01:40

Source : Alleyinsider

For the first time a telephone operator, China Mobile, revealed the number of iPhones connected to its network. The figure is impressive: 400 000 at the end of 2007, and certainly exceeds any numbers one might have guessed at.
At present, some pessimistic analysis estimates there to be 1,5 million unlocked iPhones on a total of about 3.7 units sold. This is an enormous rebuff to the economic model decided upon by Apple. It has created a significant parallel market whose intermediaries are making very considerable profit margin (for the first time in years with Apple products).

[translation by crispin]