Brazilians think different.
Why, only last night I had dinner with the great Brazilian-American chef Berenice de Araujo of Miami's Standard Hotel. She explained to me there's a certain "bats*** crazy" that flows through Brazilian veins.
So why be surprised that Brazil has an iPhone that isn't, well, an iPhone?… Read more
Brazil-based electronics company IGB Eletronica on Tuesday announced a new line of devices bearing the name "IPHONE."
The first of those devices will be called the Neo One, the company said inside a press release spotted earlier today by Reuters.
Product pages that went up later in the day provided more details about the quad-band device, which costs 599 Brazilian real (about $287 U.S. dollars), runs Google's Android 2.3.4, and sports a 320x480 screen.
The name is sure to draw the ire of Apple, which recently settled a multimillion dollar issue over the rights … Read more
Amazon has finally launched in Brazil, tapping a burgeoning population of emerging-market users.
The retail giant's new Web site launched overnight. In a separate statement, Amazon said it has launched the Kindle Store in the country, allowing users in the region to tap into the company's 1.4 million books, including 13,000 Portuguese language books.
The company confirmed that its Kindle e-reader will soon go on sale in the country for BRL$299 (around US$149).
Amazon is reported to have finally resolved a dispute with an IT firm based in the country, named Amazon … Read more
The electronics giant will open its first retail store in Brazil, it confirmed in an email to Brazilian press.
The company didn't specify when the store will open or where it will be located in the city.
Here's the full statement from Apple, via Brazilian reports:
"We look forward to the opening of the first Apple Store in Brazil, where we have longstanding customers and hope to win many more every day. We cannot wait to offer the unique Apple retail experience to the people of Rio de Janeiro and … Read more
Microsoft is spreading its reach to South America with plans to invest roughly $100 million in a technology center based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to Agencia Estado.
The center will have support from the Brazilian government, but the lion's share of funding will come from Microsoft. It's unclear exactly what the center will do, such as develop products, train Brazilians, act as a research hub, or something else.
According to The Next Web, Microsoft also invested $5 million in its Sao Paulo outpost earlier this year but the Rio de Janeiro center is a far bigger … Read more
Apple has begun mass production of a new tablet pitched as a smaller alternative to the iPad, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The paper cited Asian component suppliers within Apple's supply chain, referencing two people familiar with the device who declined to be named.
According to the sources, Apple's rumored product, dubbed the "iPad Mini," will have a 7.85-inch liquid-crystal display -- noticeably smaller than the 9.7-inch screen of the existing iPad, now in its third generation. It will also be lower-resolution than the iPad 3's Retina display.
The iPad Mini is … Read more
A smaller version of Apple's iPad is already in production according to a new report.
Citing an anonymous source, Japanese Apple blog Macotakara today says that production of the product is under way in a "Brazilian factory."
No other details on parts of physical form factor or offered, short of that the same source says the unit is missing a microphone on its backside, a rumored design cue currently found in Apple's iPhone 5.
Apple has been rumored to be splitting up production of a smaller iPad between two manufacturers, Foxconn and Pegatron. Foxconn began assembling … Read more
Google today bowed to demands from Brazil to restrict access to a YouTube video that had attacked a mayoral candidate.
"Late last night, we learned that our final legal appeal has been denied and so now we have no choice but to block the video in Brazil," Fabio Coelho, head of Google's Brazil operations, said in a post today. "We are deeply disappointed that we have never had the full opportunity to argue in court that these were legitimate free speech videos and should remain available in Brazil."
The move came a day after Brazilian … Read more
A Google executive who was arrested in Brazil over YouTube videos critical of a local politician has been released, the Associated Press reported today.
Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, head of Google's Brazil operations, was released after agreeing to appear in court at an undetermined date. He was detained after the company declined to remove two videos that a judge said violated laws that limit public criticism of political candidates.
A search on YouTube shows several videos of Alcides Bernal, who is running for mayor of Campo Grande, including one about documents he's allegedly hiding and another accusing him … Read more
Brazil made good on its promise today and detained the country's head of operations for Google, according to the Associated Press.
The debacle began last week when Google refused to remove denigrating video clips of a politician from YouTube as ordered by a Brazilian judge. Laws in the country limit public criticism of political candidates.
Since Google failed to remove the clips, Judge Flavio Peren initiated a statewide, 24-hour suspension of Google and YouTube, while also ordering the arrest of Google executive Fabio Jose Silva Coelho.
According to the Associated Press, Brazil's federal police said that Coelho should … Read more
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