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Steve Jobs knows what is cool. Apple's new iPhone was selected as the Invention of the Year by Time Magazine. Story follows.

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Invention of the Year

Invention Of the Year: The iPhone

Time Magazine
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2007
By LEV GROSSMAN

Stop. I mean, don't stop reading this, but stop thinking what you're about to think. Or, O.K., I'll think it for you:

The thing is hard to type on. It's too slow. It's too big. It doesn't have instant messaging. It's too expensive. (Or, no, wait, it's too cheap!) It doesn't support my work e-mail. It's locked to AT&T. Steve Jobs secretly hates puppies. And—all together now—we're sick of hearing about it! Yes, there's been a lot of hype written about the iPhone, and a lot of guff too. So much so that it seems weird to add more, after Danny Fanboy and Bobby McBlogger have had their day. But when that day is over, Apple's iPhone is still the best thing invented this year. Why? Five reasons:

1. The iPhone is pretty
Most high-tech companies don't take design seriously. They treat it as an afterthought. Window-dressing. But one of Jobs' basic insights about technology is that good design is actually as important as good technology. All the cool features in the world won't do you any good unless you can figure out how to use said features, and feel smart and attractive while doing it.

An example: look at what happens when you put the iPhone into "airplane" mode (i.e., no cell service, WiFi, etc.). A tiny little orange airplane zooms into the menu bar! Cute, you might say. But cute little touches like that are part of what makes the iPhone usable in a world of useless gadgets. It speaks your language. In the world of technology, surface really is depth.

2. It's touchy-feely
Apple didn't invent the touchscreen. Apple didn't even reinvent it (Apple probably acquired its much hyped multitouch technology when it snapped up a company called Fingerworks in 2005). But Apple knew what to do with it. Apple's engineers used the touchscreen to innovate past the graphical user interface (which Apple helped pioneer with the Macintosh in the 1980s) to create a whole new kind of interface, a tactile one that gives users the illusion of actually physically manipulating data with their hands—flipping through album covers, clicking links, stretching and shrinking photographs with their fingers.

This is, as engineers say, nontrivial. It's part of a new way of relating to computers. Look at the success of the Nintendo Wii. Look at Microsoft's new Surface Computing division. Look at how Apple has propagated its touchscreen interface to the iPod line with the iPod Touch. Can it be long before we get an iMac Touch? A TouchBook? Touching is the new seeing.

3. It will make other phones better
Jobs didn't write the code inside the iPhone. These days he doesn't dirty his fingers with 1's and 0's, if he ever really did. But he did negotiate the deal with AT&T to carry the iPhone. That's important: one reason so many cell phones are lame is that cell-phone-service providers hobble developers with lame rules about what they can and can't do. AT&T gave Apple unprecedented freedom to build the iPhone to its own specifications. Now other phone makers are jealous. They're demanding the same freedoms. That means better, more innovative phones for all.

4. It's not a phone, it's a platform
When apple made the iphone, it didn't throw together some cheap-o bare-bones firmware. It took OS X, its full-featured desktop operating system, and somehow squished it down to fit inside the iPhone's elegant glass-and-stainless-steel case. That makes the iPhone more than just a gadget. It's a genuine handheld, walk-around computer, the first device that really deserves the name. One of the big trends of 2007 was the idea that computing doesn't belong just in cyberspace, it needs to happen here, in the real world, where actual stuff happens. The iPhone gets applications like Google Maps out onto the street, where we really need them.

And this is just the beginning. Platforms are for building on. Last month, after a lot of throat-clearing, Apple decided to open up the iPhone, so that you—meaning people other than Apple employees—will be able to develop software for it too. Ever notice all that black blank space on the iPhone's desktop? It's about to fill up with lots of tiny, pretty, useful icons.

5. It is but the ghost of iPhones yet to come
The iphone has sold enough units—more than 1.4 million at press time—that it'll be around for a while, and with all that room to develop and its infinitely updatable, all-software interface, the iPhone is built to evolve. Look at the iPod of six years ago. That monochrome interface! That clunky touchwheel! It looks like something a caveman whittled from a piece of flint using another piece of flint. Now imagine something that's going to make the iPhone look that primitive. You'll have one in a few years. It'll be very cool. And it'll be even cheaper.

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Cellphone user confronts the problem of text spam

By Ronette King
The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune
Monday, November 5, 2007 - Page updated at 02:00 AM

My introduction to cellphone solicitation recently arrived in the form of a note from "Roman."

It said, "Get software 80 % o.f.f. 9fast-secure-immediate download) visit:" and it listed a Web site that I wasn't even able to reach.

Clearly the note indicated trouble because I don't know anyone named Roman, and if I did, he probably wouldn't send me a text message written in such salesman-speak.

A few days later, "Rex" was offering me investment advice.

I decided it was time to figure out how to keep Rex, Roman and their solicitous friends out of my electronic universe. These messages were more than just an annoyance. Unlike telemarketing calls at home, these unsolicited cellular messages were costing me money since my cellular service plan charges for each message beyond a certain number.

It's against Federal Communications Commission rules for telemarketers to use automated dialers to call cellphones, but that brings me little comfort after the communications I've gotten from Roman and Rex.

Here's what I learned after talking to representatives of both the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission, the two agencies charged with enforcing the laws and protecting consumers in the electronic world. The FCC and FTC Web sites offer a trove of information on blocking unwanted phone calls and Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Market, or CAN-SPAM as it was termed in a 2003 law passed by Congress; the rules took effect in March 2005.

Putting your cellphone number on the national Do Not Call Registry will stop most but not all telemarketing calls. You can register free online at www.donotcall.gov or by dialing 888-382-1222 from the telephone you want to register.

It takes seconds and the registration will last five years. In 31 days most telemarketers are required to stop calling, according to the recording I accessed. Later, you can confirm that you are registered by dialing the same number or checking the Web site.

Still, the Do Not Call Registry doesn't equal Do Not Send Text Messages.

The FCC ban includes messages sent to cellphones and pagers only if the message uses an Internet address that includes an Internet domain name, generally that part with the "@" symbol.

The ban doesn't cover a couple of critical areas: short messages like those sent from one mobile phone to another that don't use an Internet address; and e-mail messages that you get forwarded from your computer to your wireless device.

Calls from or for political organizations, charities and telephone surveyors are still permitted, as are calls from companies with which you have an existing business relationship. Commercial e-mail messages to your wireless phone or pager are allowed only if you've given express prior authorization, according to the FCC. That's where you have to be careful. When ordering anything online, it's common for the box asking to receive "e-mail updates" to be prechecked. So be sure to find and uncheck that box before sending along your order.

Beyond that, the two federal agencies charged with policing the ban on making unsolicited phone calls say there is little that can be done about unwanted text messages.

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Motorola Commences Tender Offer to Acquire Controlling Interest in Vertex Standard Co., Ltd., to Form Joint Venture with Tokogiken

Transaction to Enhance Motorola's 2-Way Radio Product Offering, Development Expertise and Channels to Market

November 05, 2007: 03:46 AM EST

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and TOKYO, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/— Motorola, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, MI, Inc., will launch a tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ: 6821), a global provider of 2-way radio communication solutions. Upon successful completion of the tender offer and subsequent restructuring process, Motorola will own 80% of Vertex Standard and Tokogiken, a privately held Japanese company, controlled by Jun Hasegawa, current president and CEO of Vertex Standard, will retain 20%, forming a joint venture. On 5 November 2007, the Board of Directors of Vertex Standard expressed their support of the tender offer.

"As a leading provider and pioneer in 2-way radio communication solutions, Motorola is an excellent strategic partner for our business," said Jun Hasegawa, president and CEO of Vertex Standard. "The joint venture will give Vertex Standard access to Motorola's global distribution channels, presenting considerable opportunities for Vertex Standard to drive growth. We also expect to reduce costs, as we will benefit from Motorola's global scale and resources. With Motorola, Vertex Standard will be stronger and better positioned to deliver new and innovative 2-way radio solutions for professionals and consumers around the world."

"This joint venture will enable Motorola and Vertex Standard to deliver an enhanced combined product offering to new regions and customers worldwide," said Mark Moon, senior vice president of Motorola's Government and Commercial Markets. "We are extremely pleased to announce this transaction, which will improve our ability to address the growing needs of our 2-way radio customers worldwide. We look forward to the continued leadership of Jun Hasegawa and making this new joint venture a success."

The tender offer price is 2,214 yen (approximately US $19.38) per share of common stock. This price represents:

• A premium of 38.4% over 1600 yen, the closing price of Vertex Standard's shares on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Inc. on 2 November 2007
• A premium of 40.8% over 1573 yen, the average closing price of Vertex Standard's shares on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Inc. over the last three months to 2 November 2007

The total purchase price for 80% of the outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis will be approximately 12.3 billion yen (approximately US $108 million).

Vertex Standard is a leader within the Land Mobile Radio segment, where the company continues to demonstrate particular brand strength in high value, entry level solutions. The joint venture will develop and sell Vertex Standard branded products and develop select Motorola branded products. The Motorola brand will continue to focus on higher featured, higher tier products and continue to utilize existing Motorola distribution channels.

The joint venture will expand and develop a comprehensive suite of products to address the rapidly growing demand for 2-way radio solutions. Vertex Standard's strength in the Amateur, Marine and Airband (Avionics) segments will also provide Motorola with access to new business opportunities. In addition, Vertex Standard's solutions are highly complementary with Motorola's products and will add greater depth and breadth to Motorola's Government and Public Safety business. The venture will also provide additional engineering talent for Motorola.

Additional Transaction Details

Upon successful completion of the tender offer and subsequent planned restructuring, Vertex Standard will be de-listed from the JASDAQ. The joint venture company will continue to be called "Vertex Standard Co., Ltd" and will become a subsidiary of Motorola, with headquarters in Tokyo.

The shareholders of Vertex Standard who do not tender their shares in the tender offer will receive cash consideration for the shares which they hold as a result of the restructuring following successful completion of the tender offer.

The tender offer, which is subject to regulatory and other customary conditions, is expected to close in early January 2008. In addition, Motorola must complete the tender offer within 60 working days of its commencement, as required by Japanese law.

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Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of seamless mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you connect simply and seamlessly to the people, information and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks — along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $42.8 billion in 2006. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com.

About Vertex Standard

Vertex Standard Co. Ltd is a company primarily engaged in radio communication products for land, marine, airband, and amateur Since the company was incorporated in 1956, Vertex Standard has become a global two-way radio manufacturer with advanced technologies. With customer satisfaction as its number one priority, the company has supplied products that meet the changing demands of the 2-way radio communications market. Sales for the fiscal year-ending March 2007 were approximately 21,983,000,000 yen. Details for Vertex Standard are available at http://www.vxstd.com/jp/.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release, including the expected timetable for completing the proposed tender offer, future financial and operating results, benefits and synergies of the transaction and any other statements regarding Motorola's or Vertex Standard's future expectations, beliefs, goals or prospects, and any statements that are not statements of historical facts might be considered forward-looking statements. While these forward-looking statements represent managements' current judgment of future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, include: (i) Motorola's ability to consummate the tender offer; (ii) the conditions to the completion of the transaction may not be satisfied, or the regulatory approvals required for the transaction may not be obtained on the terms expected or on the anticipated schedule; (iii) the possibility that the parties may be unable to achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies within the expected time-frames or at all; (iv) revenues following the transaction may be lower than expected; (v) operating costs, customer loss and business disruption (including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees, customers, clients or suppliers) may be greater than expected following the transaction; (vi) the retention of certain key employees at Vertex Standard; and (vii) the other factors described in Motorola's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and its most recent quarterly report filed with the SEC. Motorola assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement in this press release, and such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof.

This press release is a public news statement for announcing the tender offer and is not for soliciting to sell the share certificates or stock acquisition rights of the target company. When you plan to apply for the tender offer to sell the share certificates or stock acquisition rights, you would apply for the tender offer at your judgment after reading the TOB explanatory statement prepared by the tender Offer. This press release shall not correspond to nor partially constitute an offer or a solicitation to sell securities and a solicitation of the offer to purchase securities. This press release shall not constitute the agreement regarding the tender offer, nor be relied in signing of the agreement. In some countries or regions, announcement, publishing and distribution of this press release would be restricted. In this case, please take note of the restriction and comply with the rule. In the countries where the tender offer is regarded illegal, if this press release is received by someone, it shall not constitute solicitation of the offer to purchase or sell securities concerning the tender offer and it shall be regarded as strictly distribution of the information.

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Sony CEO Calls Next-Gen DVD War a Stalemate

By Barry Levine
November 9, 2007 8:58AM

Sony CEO Howard Stringer's use of the term "stalemate" is a far cry from the days when Sony was confidently predicting that Blu-ray would beat out HD DVD in the next-gen DVD wars, said Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg. But there's no evidence at the moment of serious discussions for merging Blu-ray and HD DVD, he said.

When the top general of one army says the war has been fought to a draw, can serious peace negotiations be far behind? That question was raised Thursday when Sony CEO Howard Stringer said that the war between the Blu-ray and HD DVD formats is now "a stalemate."

In comments to the Associated Press, Stringer described the struggle as "a difficult fight" that was primarily a matter of prestige for the winner.

That fight was made more difficult for the Blu-ray camp in August, when Paramount switched exclusively to the HD side. Stringer indicated that the switch had a major impact on Blu-ray's momentum. "We were trying to win on the merits, which we were doing for a while," he told AP, "until Paramount switched sides."

Retail Wins and Price Wars

Blu-ray had been posting a string of victories this summer, such as June's announcement by Blockbuster that it would sell only Blu-ray players in its stores, although it would continue to stock both disc formats. At the time, BJ's Wholesale club also said it would stock only Blu-ray discs. And a recent industry report indicated that 2.6 million Blu-ray discs had been sold from January to September, compared to 1.4 million HD DVD discs.

But HD DVD has been grabbing some momentum as well. Most notably, last weekend Wal-Mart offered the Toshiba HD DVD A2 for $99 in a "Secret In-Store Special." The price included five free movies by mail. Best Buy also had recently offered the same model under $100, which sold out.

These were the first reported price tags for a high-definition DVD format that broke the $100 barrier. The least expensive Blu-ray player is about $375, with some industry observers predicting the price will be mid-$300 by the time the holidays roll around.

On Halloween, BetaNews reported that Kmart decided to drop the higher-priced Blu-ray players and offer only HD DVD machines for the holiday season.

90,000 Toshiba Players Sold

If the past weekend is any indication, the lower-priced HD DVD players are building a sales wave as they head into that all-important holiday season. Earlier this week, VideoBusiness.com reported that 90,000 Toshiba players were sold through several retailers in the last weekend alone.

But it also reported that Sony's $100 drop on the 80-GB PlayStation 3, to $399, had doubled that console's sales figures in the past 30 days. A major portion of Blu-ray's installed base comes from its inclusion in the PlayStation 3.

As the war swings back and forth, Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg cautioned that it's still early. But he said that Stringer's comments "do show that these guys are cognizant that HD DVD, at this lower price point, is now competing" mostly with higher-end DVD players instead of Blu-ray.

Stringer's use of the term "stalemate," Gartenberg noted, is a far cry from the days when Sony was confidently predicting that Blu-ray would be the dominant format. But there's no evidence at the moment of serious discussions for merging the formats, he said. The discussions that have occurred, he noted, have generally come down to "merge on my format."

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Apple’s iPhone Lands in UK And Germany

by Max Brenn
November 9th 2007

Apple’s iPhone will be on sale on the British and German markets beginning with this Friday, four months after it was launched in the United States.

The iPhone will be available in Britain at 6.02 pm tonight and it will cost 269 pounds ($567) for the 8-gigabyte model, which is cheaper than the price it had in the US in June 29 at its debut, but more than the actual price of $399 after Apple cut off the prices in September.

In Germany, the prices of the iPhone will be a little higher, meaning 399 euros ($585).

The mobile phone operator that will deliver the iPhone in Britain will be the O2 while T-mobile will be the exclusive carrier in Germany. More than 700 T-Mobile shops will have the miraculous phone on sale.

At the hundreds of other Telekom shops which opened around Germany at daybreak to sell iPhones, business was brisk Friday, but there were no crowd surges.

Rene Bresgen, representative for Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile said in a statement: "We assume that the device will find a very good reception on the market,” the Associated Press reports.

Rene Obermann, Deutsche Telekom Chief Executive has a very optimistic opinion about the success that the Apple’s iPhone will encounter in Germany.

"We're not giving out precise forecasts, but registrations on our Web site lead me to believe (the Christmas season) will be a strong sales period. The real question for me is whether we have enough devices and can meet customer demand," he told CNBC Europe.

The iPhone’s fans will have to pay from 49 euros to 89 euros a month ($72 to $131) and sign a minimum two years contract with the delivery operator.

Consumer-advice groups have warned at the follow-on costs for the gadget: a 24-month calling plan with Deutsche Telekom costing a minimum of 1,176 euros.

Customer in Britain will have to sign an 18-month contract with O2, paying 35, 45 or 55 pounds a month , but they will have unlimited mobile data usage and unlimited use of 7,500 public Wi-Fi wireless Internet connections in cafes, restaurants, airport lounges and other locations across the UK operated by The Cloud.

“Our strategy at O2 is to bring our customers the best products and experiences. The iPhone is a breakthrough that is changing the way people use their mobiles forever, and we're thrilled to have it exclusively for O2 customers in the UK,” Matthew Key, CEO, O2 said in a statement.

France is the next beneficiary of the Apple’s product. The iPhone will be available on its market beginning with November 29 and Orange is the lucky carrier for this country.

Apple’s expectations for 2008 consist in selling more than 10 million iPhones in the U.S. and Europe, and to start deliver the miraculous phones in Asia beginning with 2009.

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