This week, Vern Seward shows us someone who drinks for a living, lives on a really big boat, an has a lot of time on his hand. They are not all the same people.
Now that Blu-ray has triumphed over HD DVD, the issue of movie title pricing is vexing both the studios and retailers. Retailers, who make very little money on DVDs don’t want to see Blu-ray movie prices plummet. Despite that, customers are pushing back on the studios that price Blu-ray movies in the $40+ stratosphere.
While Apple’s current iPhone SDK doesn’t permit it, Sun continues to push for the implementation of Java ME. The two companies are in discussion.
Vertical integration, controlling key component costs, and creating more competition amongst chip suppliers are the themes behind what Apple is doing with P.A. Semi, according to Forbes on Friday.
After a recent price reduction, the 8 GB iPhone is completely sold out in the UK, according to PocketLint on Friday. The 16 GB iPhone at the standard price is still available.
AT&T and Starbucks officially announced the rollout of the cell carrier’s Wi-Fi service at the ubiquitous coffee shops in the United States on Friday. AT&T is replacing T-Mobile at company operated Starbucks locations, and will be appearing at the stores throughout 2008.
Tennessee is considering supplementing its revenue shortfall with a tax on digital downloads. The state’s Digital Products/iPOD Tax, which is part of the "Technical Corrections" bill, is still in preliminary stages and plans to include nearly any type of digital media download.
DLO rolled out updated versions of its TransDock, TransDock micro and TransDock Classic on Friday. The new versions of the FM transmitters and car chargers are compatible with all of Apple’s new iPod models.
O2 and Carphone Warehouse’s decision to drop the price of the 8GB iPhone has paid off in the U.K. It took only a week for Carphone Warehouse to run out of stock, and it looks like O2 is about to run out as well.
iPod sales appear to be peaking. Apple reported the sale of 10.6 million iPods in FY Q2 on Wednesday, but that reflected only a one percent growth year over year. Even so, Apple is doing a amazing job of dealing with the situation, according to Saul Hansell with the New York Times.