Archive for June 2007

Samsung chips for AMD graphics cards

Jun 30th, 2007 | By The Daily Connect | Category: Gaming, Samsung

Samsung announced that its GDDR4 (Graphics Double Data Rate, version 4) high-speed graphics memory chip is being used in both the 1GB ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT and the 256MB ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics processing cards.



The Tech Week That Was

Jun 30th, 2007 | By The Daily Connect | Category: Announcements, Tech weekly

The face of humanity stands changed if Steve Jobs’ claims are to be believed. The iPhone was finally offered to the masses and they definitely lapped it up. With serpentine queues across the US and media frenzy bordering on psychosis, the iPhone reviews have started surfacing as have some problems. Check out our coverage of the iPhone in all its glory as we keep updating it with reports and reviews as they flood in!



Comscore releases “iPhone” search data

Jun 30th, 2007 | By The Daily Connect | Category: Apple, Surveys & Reports, iPhone

ComScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, released a study on US search activity related to the Apple iPhone, revealing that Americans have conducted an average of 274,000 iPhone-related searches per week since the beginning of the year.



iLounge launches iPhone accessory videos

Jun 30th, 2007 | By The Daily Connect | Category: Apple, iPhone

iLounge.com, the world’s largest and most popular web site devoted to Apple’s iPod, iTunes, and iPhone products, today debuted the latest innovation in its coverage of the iPhone: a series of five iPhone accessory videos, titled “The First iPhone Accessories,” designed to help inform new and prospective iPhone buyers about the wide variety of add-ons coming for Apple’s first mobile phone.



Netgear gets 802.11n (draft) certified

Jun 30th, 2007 | By The Daily Connect | Category: Wireless

Netgear announced that its RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router - Gigabit Edition (WNR854T) and RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router (WNR834B) have achieved Wi-Fi CERTIFIED status for 802.11n draft 2.0 products from the Wi-Fi Alliance.



New ‘iPhone’ Policies Needed: Consumer Watchdog

Jun 30th, 2007 | By The Daily Connect | Category: Apple, iPhone

In a letter today, FTCR founder Harvey Rosenfield warned Apple CEO Steve Jobs and the CEO of AT&T that they need to agree to new consumer safeguards in connection with the Apple iPhone introduced to much fanfare on June 29. The letter points out two major issues:

Battery replacement:  Unlike all other handheld phones, the iPhone […]



Motorola also launches a phone: Z8

Jun 30th, 2007 | By The Daily Connect | Category: Companies

At this moment, the world is revolving around Apple and their iPhone. And it would take a rather brave company to launch another cell phone at this time. But Motorola has done that albeit a continent away! In Spain, they have announced the launch of the Z8 ‘kick-slider’ with other parts of Europe and Asia […]



The iPhone is launched: Full Coverage

Jun 30th, 2007 | By The Daily Connect | Category: Apple, iPhone

Finally. After months of waiting and days of waiting in lines, people finally can get on with their lives. The iPhone is out and a lot of lucky ones already have their fill. Now to wait and watch for reports of “this doesn’t work” or “that’s falling apart”. Incidentally, not everyone is waiting for things […]