| Gadgets DoCoMo, Apple Discuss iPhone Launch in Japan
DoCoMo wants to become the official provider of the Apple iPhone in Japan Apple is in negotiations with NTT DoCoMo, the top mobile phone carrier in Japan, but the two sides are unable to reach a subscriber revenue agreement. Japan has nearly 100 million mobile phone subscribers and DoCoMo controls a bit more than 50 percent of the market. Apple claimed it would launch the iPhone in Asian nations during 2008, but did not offer any further details. A successful launch on the competitive and lucrative Japanese mobile market could temporarily silence all iPhone critics. Since the current iPhone wouldn't work in Japan, a possible phone launch would include the 3G iPhone, which the AT&T CEO promised will be available in the U.S. sometime next year. DoCoMo President Masao Nakamura held a meeting with Apple CEO Steve Jobs in San Francisco in early December, with a possible iPhone launch in Japan being the most important topic of discussion.
Welcome return to the days of the va-va-voom boys
Yet, such is the charisma and effortless pizzazz which the 22-year-old Englishman has brought to an otherwise sterile Formula One cavalcade this season that Bernie Ecclestone and his minions will surely be celebrating the imminent coronation of the first rookie ever to win the world championship. In the old days, when James Hunt partied until dawn and Ayrton Senna wasn't afraid to punch the lights out of any impertinent arriviste who threatened to rain on his parade, F1 luxuriated in personality clashes and giant egos. .
Warning! Dangerous Toys Online!
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CMS Watch Finds User Interface Dilemmas for Enterprise Portal Buyers
2nd edition of the "Enterprise Portals Report" critically evaluates 15 enterprise portal products. Silver Spring, MD (PRWEB) October 10, 2006 -- Enterprise portal software customers must invest substantial resources to create usable and accessible user interfaces, according to the latest semi-annual release of the "Enterprise Portals Report" from independent analyst firm, CMS Watch. Despite all the hype about SOA, portal tools are designed to make enterprise systems more accessible to humans. But portal technology adopters today face several usability challenges, including complicated, dashboard interfaces, as well as tools generating non-standard code that fails common accessibility tests. "Most enterprises blindly adopt the default 'building block' approach to layout found in contemporary portals -- a leftover from the early days of public portals." according to Lead Report Analyst, Janus Boye.
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