iPhone 4S still means trouble for rival handset makers
04.10.11
While Apple didn't clout anyone away with new hardware, it may not matter. Analysts say the company's software and services--including iOS and iCloud--still give Apple a outstanding edge.
"It's definitely the highest quality, highest piece smartphone that's out there," said Janney Capital Markets analyst Bill Choi.
Sprint is where most of the interest will be lost. With a reported $20 billion investment in Apple's devices , Sprint will be doing its most to get-up-and-go iPhones, likely to the detriment of other handsets manufacturers.
Thornton predicts Apple could take 30 percent to 40 percent of the due of new phone activations there and that HTC and Samsung, which supply a disproportionately thickset amount of phones to Sprint, could each lose half their share.
"That's a lot to pr," Thornton said. "They'll end up getting hit the hardest."
Samsung sent a communiqu touting its Galaxy S II smartphone, pointing out the advantage in riddle size, network speeds, a thinner design, and the skills to buy music from multiple services.
Source: CNET
Larkin routs rival Elgin in soccer match
05.10.11
In a way, the acute Elgin-Larkin rivalry may have led to a big blowout on the soccer players Tuesday night when the Royals got three goals from Tony Hernandez in an lenient 6-0 victory over the Maroons at Memorial Field.
Larkin scored 1:05 into the put together, and in the second half just kept adding goals before a in the main and raucous crowd.
“That’s been kind of our Achilles all year,” Larkin bus Ken Hall said. “We score early and then we discharge intensity. That’s happened four or five times.
“I think the fact it’s Elgin we were playing did not consent to us to drop our intensity.”
Only 1:05 into the match, Matthias Warren benefited from a untenanted kick that caromed around in front of the net. It came directly to him at a portion of the net that was unprotected and he tapped it in for a 1-0 female lead that stood up until halftime.
After the half, the goals came ancient and often, starting with Hernandez’s header off Manny Aguilar’s corner backlash only 1:05 into the half.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times