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White iPhone 4s spotted in AT&T's system

White iPhone 4s spotted in AT&T's system

18 September, 2011 | comments (68)

While perusing the AT&T customer service system, someone has come across a rather interesting tidbit of information. As you can see on the side, there is mention of a certain iPhone 4s White, along with the current iPhone models. It has been...

Tags: Apple, iOS, Touch UI, AT&T


Apple iPhone 5 to go on sale on October 15th, Orange confirms

Apple iPhone 5 to go on sale on October 15th, Orange confirms

13 September, 2011 | comments (234)

We can imagine Apple won't be particularly happy about that, but the CEO of Orange might have just spilled the beans on the availability of the iPhone 5. He said that if he believes what he hears, the next iPhone will be out by 15th October on his...

Tags: Apple, iOS, Touch UI


Samsung is the top smartphone vendor in Western Europe in Q2

Samsung is the top smartphone vendor in Western Europe in Q2

09 September, 2011 | comments (117)

The premier market intelligence firm IDC released its Q2 2011 mobile phone shipment estimates in Western Europe today, marking a fundamental shift in the market for mobile phones. For the first time, the smartphone shipments outnumbered the feature...

Tags: Samsung, Apple, Nokia, Misc


German court upholds Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban after hearing

German court upholds Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban after hearing

09 September, 2011 | comments (264)

Apple scored a pretty big victory in their ongoing court battles with Samsung in Germany. The Dusseldorf court just confirmed the ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 shipments in Germany, as the slate was found guilty on infringing Apple's patents. If you...

Tags: Samsung, Apple, Misc


Apple sues Samsung in Japan, wants sales ban and money

Apple sues Samsung in Japan, wants sales ban and money

08 September, 2011 | comments (264)

Apple has filed yet another lawsuit against Samsung Electronics - this time with the Tokyo District Court in Japan. The Cupertino-based company wants the suspension of Galaxy S, S II and Galaxy Tab 7.7 sales in Japan as well as 100M Yen - or...


HTC uses patents purchased from Google to sue Apple

HTC uses patents purchased from Google to sue Apple

08 September, 2011 | comments (102)

The legal battle between Apple and the Rest of the World™ continues, with one of their opponents - HTC - making a surprising move. It is suing Apple back with its own patents, but not just any patents but patents purchased from Google. Yes,...

Tags: Apple, HTC


Leaked Best Buy doc says iPhone 5 preorders start this week

Leaked Best Buy doc says iPhone 5 preorders start this week

05 September, 2011 | comments (179)

This week could see the official introduction of the iPhone 5, if a leaked document from Best Buy is to be believed. The retailer’s internal document talks about an upcoming Sprint version of the iPhone 5, which would launch in October. The rumor...


Apple: Android's framework inspired by creator's time at Apple

Apple: Android's framework inspired by creator's time at Apple

03 September, 2011 | comments (221)

Apple is continuing to fight HTC over Android and have pulled an ace out of their sleeve - Andy Rubin, a.k.a. the man behind Android, worked at Apple when the company was working on a key patent. A patent that Android might be infringing on. The...

Tags: Apple, HTC, Android, Misc


iPhone 5 3.7-inch screen confirmed by the latest iOS beta?

iPhone 5 3.7-inch screen confirmed by the latest iOS beta?

01 September, 2011 | comments (279)

While some of us are looking at the just released beta 7 of the upcoming iOS as a fresh delivery of bugfixes for our iPhones, some are taking a more serious approach to it. Obviously someone took the effort to go through most of the files (or at...

Tags: Apple, iOS, Touch UI


Android US market share growth continues, comScore reports

Android US market share growth continues, comScore reports

31 August, 2011 | comments (127)

td { font-size: 12px !important; } .bgdark td { background: #F7F6F1 !important; } .bglight td { background: #C5C5C5 !important; } The marketing research company comScore has just published its report on the US mobile phone...


iPhone front panel leaks, is it from a 4S or 5?

iPhone front panel leaks, is it from a 4S or 5?

30 August, 2011 | comments (49)

Welcome to the latest next-gen iPhone rumor roundup. This time we get a glimpse of a front plate (and other stuff too) that looks almost identical to the one used in the current iPhone 4. The plate belongs to the N94 prototype, which reportedly...


Steve Jobs steps down as Apple CEO, remains Chairman

Steve Jobs steps down as Apple CEO, remains Chairman

25 August, 2011 | comments (235)

Less than an hour ago Apple's Board of Directors announced that Steve Jobs resigned as the company's Chief Executive Officer. His place will be taken by Jobs' trusted Tim Cook, who up until now was Apple's Chief Operating Officer. Steve Jobs'...

Tags: Apple, Misc


Cheaper iPhone 4 8GB in the making, launch within weeks?

Cheaper iPhone 4 8GB in the making, launch within weeks?

23 August, 2011 | comments (158)

It seems a cheaper 8GB version of the iPhone 4 has entered its manufacturing stages. According to two unknown sources for Reuters, Asian suppliers are assembling the iPhone 4 with a lower memory capacity and the new 8GB flash drive is being...


Apple sued by HTC over three more patents

Apple sued by HTC over three more patents

17 August, 2011 | comments (154)

Here we go again. In a move that is hardly going to surprise anyone anymore, HTC has now decided to sue Apple over infringement of their patents and stop the import and sales of the Macintosh, iOS and other devices in the US. This move comes just a...

Tags: HTC, Apple


Gartner Q2 report: Nokia still top smartphone maker

Gartner Q2 report: Nokia still top smartphone maker

12 August, 2011 | comments (107)

Gartner released their report on the mobile phone world in the second quarter and have something very interesting in their numbers - Nokia is sill number one in smartphones, rather than third as other analysts have stated. The difference comes...


Apple becomes most valuable publicly traded company

Apple becomes most valuable publicly traded company

11 August, 2011 | comments (101)

Some might say it was only a matter of time, but it finally happened - Apple is the most valuable publicly traded company, beating ExxonMobil for the top spot. Apple temporarily overtook ExxonMobil on Tuesday, but ended the day second. Yesterday,...

Tags: Apple, Misc


German court blocks shipments of Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe

German court blocks shipments of Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe

10 August, 2011 | comments (232)

The patent struggle between Apple and Samsung is really heating up - after the initial victory for Apple that prevented Samsung from launching the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, now a second Apple victory will prevent Samsung from selling the Tab...


comScore reports on market and OS marketshare in the US for Q2

comScore reports on market and OS marketshare in the US for Q2

05 August, 2011 | comments (65)

td { font-size: 12px !important; } .bgdark td { background: #F7F6F1 !important; } .bglight td { background: #C5C5C5 !important; } comScore released their report on the mobile phone market in the US for the second quarter of...


Apple largest smartphone manufacturer in the world

Apple largest smartphone manufacturer in the world

05 August, 2011 | comments (229)

According to the latest report by the International Data Corporation Apple is now the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer. Apple shipped 20.3 million iPhones by Q2, 2011, up by 141.1 percent from last year’s 8.4 million and its...

Tags: Apple, Samsung, Nokia, RIM, HTC


OmniVision launches the slimmest 8MP module yet, Apple smirks

OmniVision launches the slimmest 8MP module yet, Apple smirks

04 August, 2011 | comments (79)

OmniVision has just announced their latest and greatest mobile camera module. The 8 megapixel unit measures 1/4" in diagonal and it is the slimmest in its class to date. That was achieved with the use of the 1.1-micron technology for the...