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Photos of the month - September 2007
Photo The iPod Touch features touchscreen controls, much like the iPhone, and the previous version - now available with 160GB - has been rechristened the iPod Classic. Apple launched an updated range of iPods this month with... [27 Sep 2007]
Apple sells one millionth iPhone
News The touchscreen phone was released on 29 June in the US - and is due to arrive in the UK before the end of the year. Apple has sold one million of its iPhones in just 74 days - compared to the two years the iPod took to... [10 Sep 2007]
Photos: Apple unveils new iPods
Photo In trademark black turtleneck, jeans and trainers Jobs built up to the big announcement gradually first unveiling a new feature allowing customers to create their own ringtones from songs in the iTunes Store for 99 cents before moving... [06 Sep 2007]
iPhone: Is your business ready for it?
News Mark Blowers, senior research analyst at Butler Group, told silicon.com just as the BlackBerry was once the "cool device to have" in the office, the iPhone will be a "a very usable business device" because of its... [31 Aug 2007]
iPhone's touchscreen just the beginning for Apple?
News Apple could have a lot more in mind for the multitouch user interface found on the iPhone. A recent Apple patent filing spotted by Macsimum News, among others, covers technology described as a "multitouch gesture dictionary". [03 Aug 2007]
Second open-source mobile unleashed
News The touchscreen GSM phone, made by FIC, boasts Bluetooth 2.0, integrated assisted-GPS, microSD-based expandable storage and a Samsung processor. Another fully open source-based phone has gone on sale, offering developers... [10 Jul 2007]
Are iPhone-style touchscreens mobile's future?
News With two weeks to go until the US launch of Apple's much-anticipated iPhone, research suggests consumers are warming to the idea of touchscreen handsets. In a survey of 2,000 European mobile users conducted by research... [15 Jun 2007]
CIO Essentials: Underwater Google Earth, Microsoft's Milan and BlackBerrys
News Photos: Microsoft's touchscreen tabletop PC Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past... [05 Jun 2007]
Revealed: US D-Day for Apple's iPhone
News Apple announced the date via three television adverts in the US demonstrating the iPhone's touchscreen and its ability to display photos, play music via an onscreen iPod, surf the web and show videos. [04 Jun 2007]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo Microsoft has made a move into the hardware arena and launched its touchscreen tabletop computer. A man-in-a-van approach may not seem like the most tech-savvy solution but the images and data that end up on numerous... [30 May 2007]
Photos: Microsoft's touchscreen tabletop PC
Photo Milan's touchscreen capabilities present all sorts of possibilities for visual effects. Mark Bolger, director of marketing for Microsoft's surface-computing effort, shows off the company's new 'Milan' at a briefing in... [30 May 2007]
Microsoft unveils touchscreen-PC-cum-tabletop
News To make the touchscreen work, Microsoft crams a lot of other stuff into its tabletop unit. The Microsoft Surface tabletop PC, for which Redmond has created both the hardware and software, offers shades of the technology... [30 May 2007]
Boots aiming to shave £30m off annual IT costs
News Just over £200m of that new investment went into the in-store IT infrastructure, which includes a new pharmacy system that will link to the NHS' e-prescription service, 15,000 new touchscreen tills to replace the... [25 Apr 2007]
Rob Fraser, IT director, Boots
Comment About two-thirds of that total investment - just over £200m - went into the in-store IT infrastructure, which includes a new pharmacy system that will link to the NHS' e-prescription service, 15,000 new touchscreen tills... [25 Apr 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: How the iPhone changed the world
Comment The iPhone, as a touchscreen multimedia device, already has some similar rivals - looks-wise and gimmick-wise. Jo Best says it's the pact between these two tech heavyweights that really makes the iPhone stand out. [12 Mar 2007]
