April 3, 2009
Samsung’s 2.1-channel rocking N120 netbook now available for pre-order
Engadget
Tim Stevens writes about Samsung’s new N120 netbook product.
“(Samsung’s N120) is showing up at retailers across the Web for pre-order at prices falling in the $450 – $475 range and colours at either end of the light spectrum: black or white. With that keyboard, those speakers, and 10.5 hours of battery life, this sounds like a solid entrant to the netbook races, especially for anyone more interested in sound than colour.”
Microsoft UC Strategy: Telephones Will Die, Long Live Soft Phones
The VAR Guy
The VAR Guy writes that at the VoiceCon 2009 conference held in Orlando, Microsoft said it believes that unified communications and soft phones will eventually “kill” traditional desktop phones.
“Telephones are dead, long live soft phones? There’s only one problem with that thesis. It’s called Windows. Until Microsoft makes Windows a rock-solid desktop operating system, there’s no way businesses are going to fully transition from traditional phones to smart phones. Hopefully, Windows 7 will be a step in the right direction.”
Cisco, others, face much lower 2009 spending
Cisco Subnet
Cisco Subnet writes that according to Gartner Research, global IT spending will decline almost four per cent this year. Here’s what Forrester Research has to say and where they see Cisco fitting in.
“Forrester Research has revised its U.S. IT spending forecast sharply lower. The firm had previously projected a 1.6 per cent increase for 2009. But Forrester now expects U.S. business and government purchases of IT goods and services to decrease by 3.1 per cent in 2009. This will undoubtedly hit Cisco and the rest of the industry where it hurts: in the top and bottom line.”
