Whilst others may/may not (one for the courts) be copying apple, the fact remains their products are very over-priced. An article in The Times showed an iPhone 5 costs around £150 to manufacture and distribute, yet if you were to buy one off the high-street you’d be looking at paying around £530. That’s one hell of a mark-up.
The Samsung Galaxy SIII (arguably a better handset) is available for around £300.

it looked quite foggy?

Flights were being diverted from LCY this morning due to fog. I hadn’t noticed the fog, although at ground level there’s usually very little in London. Fog over the capital is usually at ~500-900ft. It’s too warm and built up at ground level for the fog to come any lower than that.

Despite the helicopter catching fire on impact with the ground – there were rivers of burning fuel running down Wandsworth Road – train services continued through Vauxhall Station (surface and underground rail) as normal.

No, they closed the line for 20 minutes as engineers inspected it for damage.

I wonder if Apple will have the same fate as Nokia? Once a mobile juggernaut, now a frail shadow of its former self. :diablo:

I’ve said for months now that apple risks a stock collapse and rapid sell off. The company is hugely over-valued (although it has fallen significantly on the NYSE over the past few months). I personally wouldn’t be surprised if 30-40% of apple’s share price was written off in a two-day period, such is the extent of their bullish price tag.

In Q4 2011 apple had a 85% market share in the tablet market with their flagship iPad. Today that figure stands at 45%.

Yeah that’s what the radio host at 08:20 this morning was suggesting.
RIP to the two who died but it could have been a lot worse, the country’s busiest train station, MI6 and several major pedestrian roads are all nearby.

I too agree with your sentiments. I find the Emirates décor a little tacky and over the top, the plastic wood veneer and spray-on-gold finishings remind me of a ’70s motel room.

The worst part is the complementary tube of pringles. Nothing screams despair more than a £0.49 tube of pringles standing next to a vase of synthetic orchids on an £8,000 ticket.

I think it’s value for money. For roughly 140 quid you get quality add-free broadcasting. 2 BBC HD tv channels showing well filmed and edited documentaries (the recent Africa springs to mind) as well as some great comedies. I also think, on the whole, BBC news is far better then its competitors – but that’s probably due to their size (4000 journalists!).

Also, although you don’t need a licence to view it, BBC iPlayer is far easier to navigate than itvplayer or 4oD