Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and its mobile associates will bring Apple Incorporated’s popular iPhone to Southeast Asia’s largest phone company in Singapore, Philippines, India, and Australia later this year.
SingTel said that it is with Bharti Airtel Ltd, Globe Telecom Inc. and Australian’s Optus had signed an agreement with Apple.
With the popularity of Nintendo Wii and with the increase on it sales, Nintendo Wii game machine had made Hiroshi Yamauchi a former Nintendo chairman, the richest man in Japan with over $7.8 billion worth according to Forbes Magazine.
His net worth ballooned up to $3 billion in the past year surpassing the richest man last year Akira Mori.
The milestone comes about two months late, but for Apple TV owners—myself included—it’s a welcome development. Still, iTunes has a ways to go before it can catch up with the likes of Amazon Unbox and Vudu.
Macworld (by way of Ars Technica) recently reported that the iTunes video store finally passed the 1,000-rental mark—and as of Monday, I counted a total of 1,022 titles, including a total of 18 shorts and/or movies under an hour in length. Also, about 200 movies are available in HD (albeit only on Apple TV).
At long last, TV shows are coming to the Zune—including some of the very shows you can’t get if you’re an iPod user. Still no movies, however, and the selection of 800 episodes pales in comparison to the Xbox Video Marketplace and iTunes.
Launched earlier this week in 58 markets (including Atlanta, Dallas, L.A., New York, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.), AT&T’s new video service gives you about 10 channels of streaming TV—but is it worth an extra $15 a month? Also: AT&T’s TV-ready phones, the Access and the Vu.
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