Saturday, July 12, 2008

Sony Determined To Not Cut The PS3 Price, Even If Xbox 360 Goes $299 - eFluxMedia


PlayStation 3 unlikely to see a price cut
TechWhack (press release), India - 51 minutes ago
Sony has said that they have no plans to cut the price of the Playstation 3 gaming console. The company has made huge losses and they are now aiming to ...

Xbox 360 Premium Dropping To $299.99 Tomorrow
Kezins, WV - 1 hour ago
By Will Snizek • July 12, 2008 It looks like the rumors that Microsoft will be handing out price cuts for E3 are true. According tho the Wall Street Journal ...

Microsoft and its Xbox 360 franchise gets competitive with a price ...
BloggingStocks - 1 hour ago
Sorry, Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), but your problems just got worse. According to a Wall Street Journal (subscription required) piece, sources say that ...

Xbox 360 Can Do Whatever It Wants, PS3 Maintains Price
eFluxMedia - 2 hours ago
By Alex Garrel On Friday, during an interview at the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley , Idaho , Sony chairman Howard Stringer said there was no need ...

No Price Cut for PlayStation 3 Console
TechShout!, India - 2 hours ago
After the rumors regarding price cut for Xbox 360, now it was PlayStation 3, which has been surrounded by speculations. The rumors say that the price of the ...

Target Selling $299 Xbox 360
Next Generation, CA - 15 hours ago
By Kris Graft Ahead of an expected official announcement from Microsoft, Target has begun selling Xbox 360 Pro hardware at $50 less than the "official" ...

No PS3 Price Cut Planned for This Year, Says Sony
Shacknews - 15 hours ago
by Aaron Linde Jul 11, 2008 6:20pm CST tags: Sony, Price Cut Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda revealed that the company currently has no plans to reduce the price of ...

Sony Debunks PS3 Price Cut Rumors CFO says no to price drops.
IGN, CA - 15 hours ago
by Scott Lowe July 11, 2008 - The Sony Playstation 3 may be one of the less expensive BRD live-enabled Blu-Ray players on the market, but its certainly ...

No Price Cuts Planned for Playstation 3 - New York Times


Microsoft to cut price of Xbox 360 to $299
Reuters - 11 hours ago
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is set to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model to $299 from $349, ...

Sony won't cut price of PlayStation 3 to counter Xbox move
Bizjournals.com, NC - 15 hours ago
Sony Corp. won't counter a rumored $50 price cut in Microsoft's Xbox 360 Pro by dropping the price of its own PlayStation 3 game console. ...

Xbox 360 price cut coming July 13
CNET News, CA - 17 hours ago
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about rumors that Microsoft was planning to chop the Xbox 360's price in July. Well, that price cut was all but confirmed ...

Talk Of Price Cuts Heat Up Videogame Sector Ahead Of E3
CNNMoney.com - 18 hours ago
Rumors of price cuts on next-generation game consoles swirled ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the videogame industry's major trade event for the ...

Game|Life Predicts E3: Animal Crossing and Other Leaks
Wired News - 19 hours ago
By Chris Kohler July 11, 2008 | 12:53:07 PMCategories: E3 2008 In just a few days' time, Game|Life will be headed to the E3 Media and Business Summit in Los ...

Sony says to put virtual ads in PlayStation 3 games
AFP - 20 hours ago
TOKYO (AFP) — Sony announced Friday that it will start offering virtual advertising space in PlayStation 3 games as part of efforts to stem losses from the ...

Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 price tag
ZDNet - Jul 11, 2008
By Tom Magrino, GameSpot, News.com After weeks of rumors and leaked retailer adverts, it now appears as if official confirmation has arrived for a $50 price ...

No plan to cut PlayStation 3 price: Sony
AFP - Jul 11, 2008
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Sony has no plan to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console, the company's chief financial officer Nobuyuki Oneda said Friday. ...

Sony CFO: No Plan to Cut Price
Wall Street Journal - Jul 10, 2008
By SE YOUNG LEE SINGAPORE -- Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda said Friday the company has no plan to reduce the price of its Playstation 3 ...

E3 predictions
The Age, Australia - Jul 10, 2008
Screen Play next week will have all the big news from the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Microsoft's press conference will be first, held in the early hours ...

Microsoft to Cut Price of Xbox
Wall Street Journal - Jul 10, 2008
By NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft Corp. plans to cut the price on a popular model of its Xbox 360 game console to boost sales of the product in the face of ...

Holiday titles, price cuts in focus at game show
Reuters - Jul 10, 2008
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Jennifer Martinez TOKYO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As top video game makers gather next week in Los Angeles for the E3 trade show, ...

Is This Really the Xbox 360 'Wii-mote'?
PC World - Jul 10, 2008
British games market media site MCV claims it's found official footage of the Xbox 360 'Wii-mote', even though the tabloids broke the news about the ...

Dean’s most anticipated games of E3
VentureBeat, CA - 1 hour ago
For the first time in a few years, I’m not one of the E3 judges who evaluate the best games of the video game industry for GameCritics.com. Not to worry. ...

Sony Decided To Not Cut The PS3 Price, Even If Xbox 360 Goes $299
eFluxMedia - 2 hours ago
By Anne Shaw It seems like Sony is decided to keep its “most expensive” label for its PlayStation 3. While Microsoft is expected to announce a new price, ...

Top PS3 pre-E3 lineup Part 1: What’s hot and what’s not
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - 2 hours ago
By Mike Ferro Okay folks, a few weeks ago I went through the pre-E3 Xbox 360 lineup straight down the list from what’s hot and what’s not. ...

Sony Will Not Cut the Price of PS3
Game Guru, India - 3 hours ago
There are lots of sources on the internet that have pointed out that Microsoft apparently would soon be slashing the price of its next generation gaming ...

Xbox 360 Pro Now $299.99 At Target
Video Game Generation, NC - 4 hours ago
By Jared Black 07/11/2008 21:04:46 PST Target isn't waiting for Sunday's super-secret Xbox 360 Pro price drop, as it has already dropped the price on its ...

Update 1: Microsoft To Announce $299 As Xbox 360 New Price
eFluxMedia - 6 hours ago
By Max Brenn The Wall Street Journal has revived an old rumor about the imminent Xbox 360 price cut. As other gaming and technology sites have already ...

Xbox 360 hits US$299.99, Sony to drop PS3 price?
iTWire, Australia - 7 hours ago
by Mike Bantick Though not officially official at this point, retailers are already advertising the new US$299.99 tag for the Xbox 360 20GB Pro. ...

The next evolution in motion-sensitive gaming — maybe
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - 7 hours ago
By David Sheets It’s called Darwin, and it’sa motion-sensitive game controller rumored to work with Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and maybe Sony’s PlayStation 3. ...

FCC Chief Would Bar Comcast From Imposing Web Restrictions - New York Times


US regulator's criticism of throttling an important precedent, Net ...
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 5 hours ago
A decision by the chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission could ensure the Internet remains open to all and that companies such as Bell Canada ...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to stop Comcast file-sharing limits
Los Angeles Times, CA - 6 hours ago
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said Friday that he wanted to stop Comcast Corp. from hampering subscribers' ability to share big ...

FCC Gets Firm with Comcast
BusinessWeek - 7 hours ago
by Olga Kharif Consumers may be nearing a victory in keeping the Internet open. Under pressure from advocacy groups, the Federal Communications Commission ...

FCC Chairman Seeks to End Comcast's Delay of File Sharing
Washington Post, United States - 11 hours ago
By Cecilia Kang Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said yesterday he would seek to stop Comcast from its practice of slowing ...

FCC chief hopes Comcast sanction serves as warning
The Associated Press - 14 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — A recommendation to punish Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic should serve as a warning to other service providers, ...

FCC's Martin Won't Seek Fine
Wall Street Journal - 16 hours ago
By FAWN JOHNSON Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Friday he would not seek to fine cable giant Comcast Corp. for slowing some ...

FCC rules against Comcast on network throttling
VNUNet.com, UK - 16 hours ago
The head of the Federal Communications Commission has said that Comcast did break the rules of internet traffic management when it decided to throttle or ...

FCC: Comcast Broke Rules, But Will Not Face Fines
PC Magazine - 17 hours ago
by Chloe Albanesius Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Kevin Martin will not recommend a fine against Comcast regarding its network management ...

CAGW Opposes FCC-Imposed Net Neutrality
MarketWatch - 17 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Jul 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today expressed its opposition to news that the Federal Communications ...

FCC head wants Comcast penalty
Bizjournals.com, NC - 22 hours ago
Kevin Martin, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, wants Comcast Corp. to be held accountable for not allowing customers open access to the ...

FCC chief plans to recommend sanctions against Comcast
CNET News, CA - 23 hours ago
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin will recommend sanctions against cable company Comcast for allegedly blocking access to file-sharing ...

Report: FCC to Punish Comcast Over Web Blocking
PC Magazine - 23 hours ago
by Chloe Albanesius The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reportedly ready to rule that Comcast's network management policy has resulted in the ...

Glitches delay sales of the Apple iPhone 3G - Los Angeles Times


Activation glitches, an overhwelmed iTunes don't slow iPhone purchases
MLive.com, MI - 1 hour ago
Press Photo/Adam BirdMichael McDermott takes the payment pad to sign for his new iPhone late Friday morning at the Apple Store in Woodland Mall. ...

Crush of traffic stymies Apple iPhone 3G debut
Detroit Free Press, United States - 1 hour ago
BY MIKE WENDLAND • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • July 12, 2008 What should have been a spectacular day for Apple had a pretty shaky start Friday. ...

iPhone wrong number
Edmonton Sun,  Canada - 1 hour ago
By IAN MCDOUGALL, SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA The launch of Apple's eagerly awaited iPhone had Edmontonians lining up outside Rogers Wireless stores early ...

Long lines, network problems mar debut of Apple's enhanced iPhone
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago
By Jonathan Sidener An iTunes network meltdown took the shine off Apple's much-anticipated worldwide release of its upgraded iPhone yesterday. ...

Overnight iPhone wait 'worth it'
Vancouver Sun,  Canada - 1 hour ago
A cheer went up at 8 am Friday outside the first store in Vancouver to sell the hotly awaited Apple G3 iPhone as more than 100 people started to flood ...

iFiasco: Phone launch flawed
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 2 hours ago
BY KEVIN ALLEN kjallen@suntimes.com Excitement gave way to frustration Friday morning when hundreds of people who waited in line at the Michigan Avenue ...

'Worth the wait'
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 2 hours ago
By John Boudreau Lines for what the faithful call the "Jesus phone" started forming early Friday outside Apple Stores from Silicon Valley to Hong Kong, ...

Crush of new iPhone owners puts iTunes store on mute
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 2 hours ago
Howls of frustration drowned out whoops of joy yesterday when the global launch of the new 3G iPhone descended into chaos. What should have been a day of ...

For Apple, a taste of humble pie
Boston Globe, United States - 3 hours ago
About 50 people were outside the Apple store on Boylston at 6 am yesterday awaiting the 8 am opening to purchase the new iPhone. (George Rizer/Globe Staff) ...

Widespread iPhone hangups at 3G launch
Seattle Times, United States - 4 hours ago
Customers who lined up early Friday for a new iPhone 3G were expecting to walk away making calls and surfing the Web on the hot new mobile. ...

Brier Dudley Really cool advances of iPhone 3G are subtle
Seattle Times, United States - 4 hours ago
Excerpts from the blog After spending Friday morning playing with an iPhone 3G, I can see why Apple enthusiasts lined up again for Steve. ...

New iPhone?
Hartford Courant, United States - 4 hours ago
As at other stores, Apple technicians at Westfarms ran into problems trying to activate phones using the company's iTunes software. ...

LIers flock to stores to buy latest Apple iPhone
Newsday, NY - 4 hours ago
Hundreds of Long Islanders lined up to purchase Apple's latest iPhone released Friday, as overburdened servers prevented some buyers from using the phones ...

AN IPHONE FLURRY
Chicago Tribune, United States - 4 hours ago
A day intended to celebrate a second coming-out party for the world's most-talked-about phone turned into a frustrating snarl of glitches and shortages for ...

Apple bruised by rotten start for iPhone 3G
Indianapolis Star, United States - 4 hours ago
I'm no Apple fanboy (or fangirl, as it were). I don't expect perfection. But I certainly didn't expect the kind of chaos and seeming lack of preparation ...

Apple iPhone 3G is a hit here, at least
Indianapolis Star, United States - 4 hours ago
By Erika D. Smith Computer servers slowed and tempers flared around the world, but customers in Central Indiana escaped many of the problems that ...

Rough start for the 3G iPhone
Financial Times, UK - 4 hours ago
Some Apple fans were finding it hard to make use of their new 3G iPhones on Friday as a flood of shoppers trying to activate their new handsets overwhelmed ...

AT&T server hangs up on newest iPhones
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 5 hours ago
By Dawn House An AT&T sales consultant, left, transfers information from Buz Richmond's old cell phone onto his new iPhone 3G just after 8 am Friday. ...

Apple Bumbles its iPhone 3G Launch
TIME - 5 hours ago
A customer looks at a new Apple iPhone 3G at the Apple retail store in Regent Street, London. Sang Tang / AP Anticipation quickly turned to frustration on ...

Hang-ups mar iPhone 3G debut
Houston Chronicle, United States - 5 hours ago
By BRAD HEM Technical glitches with activating Apple's iPhone 3G dampened spirits for some of the hundreds of eager buyers who waited hours in line before ...

Busy signal for new iPhone launch
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 6 hours ago
Although Apple didn’t release the new iPhone until 8 am Friday, people were lined up at Ridgedale Mall at 4:45 am As for the glitches? ...

• Faster iPhone Gets Off to a False Start - Washington Post


Glitches mar debut of iPhone
Dallas Morning News, TX - 53 minutes ago
By ANDREW D. SMITH / The Dallas Morning News Shortages, slow lines and software glitches tormented consumers who tried to buy the second-generation iPhone ...

Glitch keeps iPhone customers waiting on big day
Boston Herald, United States - 1 hour ago
By Warren Allen The excitement surrounding the new iPhone 3G was dampened yesterday as server problems left hundreds of customers standing in the sun for ...

An iPhone customer at the Apple Store in Manhattan
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The new Apple iPhone went on sale Friday morning, but early reports of software problems overshadowed the debut of the faster, ...

Activating your iPhone 3G: What you need to know
Macworld, CA - 4 hours ago
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld.com No, it’s not a lot of fun standing in line for three-and-a-half hours to buy and activate an iPhone 3G. ...

The IPhone Makes It into a Business
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 4 hours ago
This blog has been skeptical about the rate at which businesses will adopt iPhones. Our take is that most corporate information-technology departments are ...

Problems mar Apple iPhone launch
VNUNet.com, UK - 4 hours ago
Registration problems and stock shortages have marred the launch of Apple’s new 3G iPhone. Purchasers in many countries were disappointed that they could ...

IPhone 3G Delays Ease as Day Goes on
PC World - 5 hours ago
People buying the hotly anticipated handsets in New York and San Francisco on Friday morning had to wait longer than expected to get them working, ...

Nielsen: iPhone In Fourth Place Among Smartphones, First In ...
Washington Post, United States - 6 hours ago
Nielsen Online is publishing stats about the mobile industry in general and the iPhone in particular today. They note that Apple still trails HTC, ...

Original iPhones come back to life as iPod touches
Macworld, CA - 6 hours ago
by Dan Moren, Macworld.com A lot of people have come to us with questions, and one of the most common is this: what do I do with my old iPhone when I buy a ...

iPhone glitches derail Apple's launch event magic
CNET News, CA - 6 hours ago
Dale Larson, the first person in the San Francisco iPhone 3G line, deals with activation headaches Friday morning. Apple's singular ability to whip up ...

UPDATE 2-Apple hits activation snags with some new iPhones
Reuters UK, UK - 7 hours ago
By Ritsuko Ando and Edith Honan NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - Activation problems marred the US launch of Apple Inc's (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) new ...

Gadget lovers flip for iPhone 3G but glitches mar release
AFP - 8 hours ago
NEW YORK CITY (AFP) — Gadget lovers around the world on Friday crammed into stores to buy the latest super-fast iPhone G3 only to find activating the ...

AT&T Says Apple Breakdown Delays IPhone Activations (Update3)
Bloomberg - 8 hours ago
By Connie Guglielmo July 11 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc. said a breakdown in Apple Inc.'s iTunes service prevented customers from activating their new iPhone 3G ...

Dude, now is not the day to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 software
ZDNet - 9 hours ago
Can there be any surprise that with the huge demand for activation of iPhone 3G, Apple’s and AT&T servers might be overwhelmed on Friday? ...

West Coast Report On iPhone Mania
CBS News, NY - 9 hours ago
I've been at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif. all morning watching the crowds snap up the new iPhone. Some people spent the night in line but there ...

iPhone 3G Lures Determined Buyers To NYC Apple Store
InformationWeek, NY - 9 hours ago
iPhone 3 customers in New York City came from as far as Russia and endured long lines and delays caused by activation glitches to get their new phones. ...

Lining Up For The 3G Apple iPhone
CRN, NY - 10 hours ago
Like a lot of other tech reporters this morning, I got up early and went to my local Apple Store to see what kind of circus was taking place on the streets ...

I see you, iPhone Remote
Macworld, CA - 10 hours ago
by Jason Snell, Macworld.com While I'm waiting for my iPhone 3G to arrive, I thought I'd point out an amusing thing I've noticed on the local network here ...