The iPhone price war has at last begun in the UK, with Apple’s original exclusive partner, O2, introducing a new low-cost tariff for the device, a SIM-only contract.
The move is O2’s attempt to meet competition from Orange and Vodafone, both of which also now distribute the iPhone. Tesco Mobile also offers the device, under arrangement with O2.
The new SIM-only deal means customers who already have an iPhone can adopt a SIM-only tariff beginning at £15 per month for 300 minutes, unlimited UK texts, data & Wi-Fi on a 12-month SIM-only contract, or from £20 per month on a 30-day rolling contract. Unlimited UK calls, texts and data are also available from £45 a month.
UK Music fans this morning are reeling at news the BBC will order the closure of the extremely highly regarded BBC 6 Music radio station and the Asian Network.
There has long been talk that 6 Music, which has an annual budget of £6m, is set to close as part of spending cuts: a report by the BBC trust earlier this month said that the station needs to become more cost effective by growing its reach without increasing costs.
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy I & Final Fantasy II are available now through the iTunes App store at just $9 each, well worth messing with to kill your weekend.
iTunes sold its 10 billionth track this week. Announcing this, Apple also revealed the 25 most purchased tracks sold since iTunes opened for business in April 2003.
Plastic Beach 2010 – “Stylo” the first music video from the Gorillaz’ forthcoming album Plastic Beach will make its international debut on YouTube at 5am GMT on March 2nd, 2010.
Apple’s shareholders meeting today, and coverage is beginning to emerge, focusing at present at the company’s preference for sitting on a cash hoard to paying out dividends.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs told investors he prefers having the security of cash on hand to the inherent risk of large takeovers or shareholder dividend distribution.
He believes having cash to hand gives the company more flexibility and security. Otherwise, shareholders voted to re-elect all seven directors. There were no major issues on the agenda – though iPads were in full view for showing to those who made the meeting.
Apple has shipped yet another developer seed of the in-development Mac OS X 10.6.3, and once again this release seems to have few critical issues, at least according to the Seed notes provided by World Of Apple – in a separate report, UK iPad prices may now have been slipped, read on…
“Last week, shortly after Avner’s post on the updated Beta version and the unfortunate lack of AppleTV support (unless you have your SSH teeth fully grown in), the powers that be resurrected the atvusb-creator for Mac.
“Yep. You can now, once more, pwn your AppleTV following these super simple instructions, and get the Boxee Beta on that shiny Apple box. In fact, if you already have Boxee Alpha installed, you should be able to just update Launcher and then update Boxee to achieve the same result
Apple has come up with a fresh approach to the camera in mobile phones, including the iPhone and iPod touch – a solution in which your camera lens becomes an interesting new element in the touch-based user interface.
We live in a connected world and there’s an increasing awareness among consumers that basic rights must be preserved, even if it impacts product prices. Now over to the iPhone factories, where previous reports claiming workers at Apple partner Wintek were exposed to hazardous chemicals when manufacturing iPhones were this morning confirmed Chinese government-controlled media reports.
The iPhone price war has at last begun in the UK, with Apple’s original exclusive partner, O2, introducing a new low-cost tariff for the device, a SIM-only contract.
Apple has shipped yet another developer seed of the in-development Mac OS X 10.6.3, and 
