Platinum Wireless does wireless. It handles the national sales and distribution of Sprint and Boost Mobile wireless solutions, the PayGO prepaid product delivery system, and other integrated wireless solutions. And at CES, one of the things it’s introducing is its latest wireless solution partnership, M-Via, an integrated international money transfer credit card solution executed using mobile phone technology.
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Windows Vista Sees (RED)
The Product (Red) campaign to support the Global Fund combatting HIV/AIDS in Africa has a notable new product: Windows Vista Ultimate. Although the (Red) version of Vista Ultimate doesn’t pack many extras—just some custom wallpaper and perhaps some karma points—students can pick it up for just $64.96, which might make it a solid choice for students looking to upgrade to Vista and show support for a worthwhile cause.
Dell Minis Get New Case Designs
After busting out a new series of Art House case designs that support PRODUCT (RED), computer maker Dell has turned its attention to its Inspiron Mini 9 and Mini 12 subnotebooks, addint two new red and pink case colors to the line, along with three images by urban artist and toy designer Tristan Eaton.
Eaton joins contemporary artists Bruce Mau, Mike Ming, Siobhan Gunning, and Joseph Amedokpo in offering graphic design for notebook cases. In expanding the range of case options available, Dell hopes to expand the appeal of its computer product to consumers put off by staid, conservative designs. Of course, the sort of consumers who dislike boring laptops are likely to do their own decorating with paint, stickers, and other items…but the custom designs gift a hint of how the “pros” would do it.
Oprah Kuddles the Kindle
The power of Oprah Winfrey’s book recommendations is well-known: if the wildly popular talk show host and business magnate selects a title for her book club, the tome is virtually guaranteed bestseller status—even if some of the books she’s selected have led to their fair share of controversy. Oprah has decided to focus mostly on classic titles lately, but that doesn’t mean she’s turned her back on new developments: Oprah has blessed the Amazon Kindle as her “favorite new gadget”—and she’s offering her viewers a $50 discount on the device through November 1, 2008. Now, industry watchers are wondering if Oprah’s support will be enough to finally push electronic readers into the mainstream.
Sony Ericsson Windows Phone Delayed?
It was February when handset maker Sony Ericsson announced it would be coming out with its first smartphone to use a Windows OS, the Xperia 1, and that it would be available in the second half on 2008.
It still hasn’t appeared, and rumors in blogs and a Swedish newspaper have quoted unnamed sources to say that the product has been delayed and might miss the crucial Christmas sales time.
However, Sony Ericsson spokeswoman Merran Wrigley insisted to Reuters that "There is absolutely no delay. The product is on track. We have said it will roll out in Q4, and we are on target to do that."
Dell Acknowledges Upcoming Subnotebook
Although this week’s “D: All Things Digital” conference was supposed to focus on chit-chat with industry leaders, Dell CEO Michael Dell craftily managed to half-announce a new product as well when he briefly showed off a new subnotebook to Gizmodo. After a day of the impromptu product shots making their way around the Web, Dell gave it formal nod on Thursday night in the Direct2Dell blog.
Dell and Microsoft See (RED)
It seems that Apple and Motorola aren’t the only tech giants willing to jump on the PRODUCT (RED) bandwagon: Microsoft and Dell are reportedly planning to introduce a series of PRODUCT (RED) offerings at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland next week. While Microsoft itself is being coy on the matter—confirming only that “products” are on the way—sources have Microsoft and Dell teaming up to offer both desktop and laptop computers under the PRODUCT (RED) banner, with portions of each sale going to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
iPod shuffle Accessory Opens Beer Bottles
Product development firm mophie has rolled the first in a line of offbeat iPod accessories designed as part of a contest held earlier this year at MacWorld. This product is dubbed the Bevy and is available now for around $15.
The mophie Bevy is an iPod shuffle cover accessory which is made of crystal-clear polycarbonate with a stainless steel insert. It offers multiple functions to shuffle owners, including grooves to wrap your headphones, a key chain for holding keys and opening a bottle of your favorite drink. The Bevy was designed by Jared Fiovorich, a 17-year-old student and skateboarder from Santa Cruz, California.
Froogle Chased Into Hills
Google began the process today of trying to regain exposure for their online shopping site. The first major step in this is a name change from Froogle to Google Product Search.
Marissa Mayer, VP, Search & User Experience, and Jeff Bartelma, Product Manager, speaking on the official Google blog, got right to the point in talking about the name change by saying "Froogle offers a lot of great functionality and has helped many users find things to buy over the years, but the name caused confusion for some because it doesn’t clearly describe what the product does."
The iPhone Killer Lands at 3GSM
Boy, is the market for phones different than the market for MP3 players. I was there at the launch of the iPod, and I immediately saw it was a game changer. But it had a massive exposure; there were three other firms in the space — S3, Creative Labs, and Sony — and the iPod only worked on Macs. It took these competitors at least a year to understand what Apple had done and to come out with similar or better offerings. Now, over 5 years later, S3/RIO has exited the market, Creative Labs still doesn’t get it, and Sony seems to be doing its level best to commit suicide by overuse of DRM.
