Sep
30
Briefly: No Zen Neeon for Europe, Samsung YP-T7F, iTunes for Windows Mobile 5.0, Apple’s stock down, MTV’s deal with Warner, Senators against P2P pirates
- No Creative Zen Neeon for Europe (Creative says they want to focus on the Zen Micro and Zen Micro Photo, so you’ll only find this in Asia and in the US)
- Samsung releases YP-T7F (a successor the mid-level flash-based YP-T7X; 1.2-inch color TFT to view your JPEG pics and MPEG-4 videos; audio support: MP3/WMA/OGG; FM tuner, voice recorder; 256MB for ~$175, 512MB for ~$210, 1GB for ~$250)
- iTunes for Windows Mobile 5.0? (if this is true—and the guy offers further details and pictures—, this is
hugegreat news; still, I remain skeptical cause this would be a surprising move from Apple’s part) [via] - Merrill Lynch downgrades Apple’s stock to “neutral” from “buy” (arguing that its amazing growth streak may have set investor expectations too high and that the iPod line’s growth rate would have to decelerate)
- MTV licenses Warner’s music videos to provide to cellphone carriers (in addition to the network’s own programming which is already there; the two parties will share the fees from the carriers; the last ones will determine the price of the content—question: would you pay to view a music video on your cellphone? though so) [via]
- Senators turning up heat on P2P pirates (“”Why not go after both levels?”—ed. note: meaning both the network owners and those that use them—Specter asked. “Why not get tough? That’s what Sen. Feinstein wants to do, and I think it’s a good idea.””)
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