Tag archive: cost

If you tried to snag an iPhone 4 through Verizon Thursday, before they hit stores on February 10, you had to act fast: Less than 24-hours after Verizon and Apple began taking pre-orders, they halted sales. The exact duration of the sale, which began at the unholy hour of 3 am (EST) on Thursday and was available to pre-existing Verizon subscribers only, reportedly lasted around 17 hours total. Whether or not the companies were forced to stop… Read More

Back in January Apple promised it would cut the cost of tracks purchased on iTunes in the UK to bring them in line with the rest of Europe. It made the concession under pressure, following the announcement that the EU was set to investigate the pricing under competition laws. At that time UK tracks cost 79 – 99 pence ($1.60 – $2), as opposed to 67-87p ($1.35 – $1.75) elsewhere in Europe – still drastically higher… Read More

July 1 was the deadline set by the European Union for mobile operators across the continent to cut the roaming cost of sending text messages across the EU. Additionally, operators had been told to slash the cost of phone data usage, including Internet access, when abroad. If the mobile operators don’t change their prices voluntarily, the EU has warned it will enact legislation to force the issue. No details about co-operation had… Read More

“French residents will be able to receive the digital channels at no cost but they will have to buy a digital television set or a set-top box, the least expensive of which costs

Quote from the review at Beyond3D: “As the specifications show, the configuration of R430 actually appears to be exactly the same as the higher cost R423 and R480 chips, however it saves cost on the process used. Whilst the R423 and R480 are based on the 130nm low-k process R430 uses the lower cost 110nm process, which is an optical shrink of TSMC's 130nm process. Using 110nm reduces cost in two ways as it both lacks a higher… Read More

The cost of spam has more than doubled for enterprises in the past 10 months, costing an average of $1,934 per employee a year based on lost productivity, according to a survey released Monday by Nucleus Research Inc. The cost in July 2003 was $874 per employee a year. The latest figure is based on a May survey of 82 Fortune 500 companies, in which enterprise users reported receiving twice as many unsolicited messages as they had 10… Read More

Camcorders that would have easily cost $1,000 several years ago are now selling for as little as about $350. More fully featured units can be had for $500. 'Prices are way down,' says Jan Ozer, author of PC Magazine Guide to Digital Video (John Wiley, $29.95). 'And quality-wise, much better than the VHS camera of years ago.' Even the cheapest camcorders have long zooms with triple the magnification of… Read More

Quote from the review at Anandtech: “We continue to enjoy the use of ultraportable notebooks, even though they are taking longer to get into the market. The X300 is a great companion for any traveler, and we found it easy to take to our meetings, classes, and anywhere else. The great thing about ultraportable notebooks is their inherently small footprint, which makes the act of transporting the system hardly conscious.… Read More