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The Weekly Round-Up: 04.07.08
Round-Up The last time the Round-Up was in a school IT lesson all the computers had Amstrad on the front and Prestel was everyone's idea of a great night in. And so, the Round-Up empties its rucksack of festival tat and puts away the tie-dyed t-shirt for... [04 Jul 2008]
Does the ZX Spectrum deserve its crown?
News Amstrad or Spectrum? Commodore 64 or Acorn Electron? silicon.com readers have posted a flurry of comments around a poll we ran recently asking the question, what was your first home computer? Not only was it a very popular poll - but the results... [30 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum
Comment That meant beating other classics such as the Apple II, BBC Micro, my own personal favourite the Amstrad CPC464, and others including the Commodore 64 and Dragon 32. Here at silicon.com we recently, rather unexpectedly, unleashed a tidal wave of... [22 Apr 2008]
ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics
News Another classic, the IBM PC got 10 per cent of the vote, and was joined by the Amstrad CPC 464 (eight per cent) and Apple II (seven per cent) in the popularity stakes. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum has been crowned the most popular first home computer... [18 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.06.07
Round-Up Perhaps Sugar and the Beeb are aware that winning a job at Amstrad isn't everybody's idea of winning. Given the name of the show - The Apprentice - perhaps the BBC and Sugar have grown fearful of the winner turning their back on Amstrad once their... [15 Jun 2007]
Apprentice winner takes on PC recycling
News The winner of Sir Alan Sugar's The Apprentice business talent TV show will be given the responsibility of setting up a PC recycling business for Amstrad. Michelle Dewberry, the 26-year-old telecoms consultant from Hull, will head up Sugar's Xenon... [11 May 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.05.04
Round-Up And finally, Amstrad chairman Alan Sugar is to take on the role made famous by Donald Trump when US reality show 'The Apprentice' comes to UK screens (see here). Sugar rose to fame with the launch of the affordable, mass-market Amstrad computer in... [21 May 2004]
Sir Alan Sugar to top the bill on reality TV
News Sir Alan first became famous with the launch of his affordable Amstrad computer, which aimed to make PCs available to the mass market. Amstrad later came adrift when it tried to make IBM-compatible machines - largely through the failure of... [19 May 2004]
Will you soon be sending texts from your landline phone?
News One notable device that does is Amstrad's converged, fixed line em@iler device. Fixed line telcos have been urged to exploit the demand for SMS services by encouraging the use of text messages on traditional wireline phones. [05 Mar 2003]
British men wear the trousers in public, stick a dress on in private
News The survey, which was carried out by Amstrad on a sample of 1,000 men, revealed the most popular current ringtones downloaded by men for their mobile phones include Mission Impossible, Eminem's Cleaning Out My Closet, the James Bond theme and... [15 Nov 2002]
Best of Reader Comments: ZX Spectrum users get dewy eyed
Comment Shortly after Amstrad acquired the Sinclair brand in 1986 until 1990 I had the pleasure of being the customer support consultant for the range. It seems quite a few of you have decided to join him. Here are just a few of your reader comments. [14 Jan 2002]
Thus losses grow
News Revenue jumped 36 per cent to £140.8m as the company added new customers including BT Ignite and Amstrad. Shares in Thus were up 5.63 per cent this morning despite the telco reporting higher than expected losses in its fiscal first half. [05 Nov 2001]
Amstrad CEO quits after £12m profit slump
News Amstrad chairman Sir Alan Sugar has taken over as the company's CEO following the resignation of RJ Watkins. In a statement, Sugar thanked Watkins for his work as CEO over the past five years and for his contribution during his 25 years as an... [02 Oct 2001]
Amstrad undone by Em@iler
News Amstrad has released full year results showing a slump in profits, mainly due to the subsidising of its Em@iler home messaging device. Amserve, the joint venture with electrical retailer Dixons which makes the Em@iler device, will continue to lose... [28 Sep 2001]
Napster no more and BT's shrinking world
News Amstrad has just unveiled a deal which will see it selling mobile handsets in the Far East, tells The Telegraph. The agreement, with Amstrad working with Haier CCT - a joint venture between Hong Kong telecom manufacturer CCT Telecom and China's... [13 Feb 2001]
