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New iPhone Risks Same Old Same Old
Can the iPhone bring sexy back? With more than 128 million iPhones sold since 2007, the device’s ubiquity has created a marketing and design challenge for Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL – News): how to wow consumers in a maturing smartphone market where many alternatives now look and feel like Apple’s gadget. That’s a challenge Apple [...]
Apple Raises The Stakes In Patent Battle With Samsung
Apple has amended its existing complaint against Samsung over intellectual property-rights violations, removing a few infringement claims but adding many more. FOSS Patents’ Florian Mueller thinks the action is in response to Samsung’s requests to see samples of the upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3 ahead not only of their release but also of official [...]
With no new iPhone, Apple rocks music industry with iCloud
For the first time since 2006, Apple did not show off a new iPhone to open the company’s annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference. Instead, Steve Jobs today officially unveiled Apple’s iCloud music and media storage service as well as new operating software for Macs and mobile devices. “We’re going to move the digital hub, the center [...]
Introducing the iWatch!
According to Retrevo, this is the next generation Apple product! iPhone & iPod on your wrist. Coming Soon? Apple, you listening?
Apple Slammed Over iPhone, iPad Location Tracking
According to Jordan Robertson of the Associated Press: Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple Inc. about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users — records that cellular service providers routinely keep but require a court order to disgorge. It’s not clear if other smartphones and tablet computers are logging such [...]
Per Sources, Apple To Ship New iPhone In September
Per Kelvin Soh of Reuters: Apple’s next-generation iPhone will have a faster processor and will begin shipping in September, three people with direct knowledge of the company’s supply chain said. The production of the new iPhone will start in July/August and the smartphone will look largely similar to the iPhone 4, one of the people [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook Can Succeed In Market Dominated By Apple iPad
According to The Canadian Press: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion launched its new PlayBook tablet to little fanfare Tuesday, but experts say the Canadian gadget can still be successful in a growing industry dominated by hoopla surrounding Apple’s rival iPad. Few people lined up at downtown Toronto electronics stores to buy the tablet, a stark [...]
Office 365 Isn’t Mobile Enough
According to Tony Bradley of PCWorld: One of the most compelling aspects of Office 365–aside from its overall value–is that you can access it from virtually anywhere. Because it is delivered from the cloud, the tools and services in Office 365 are not tied to a single PC or device, and data can be accessed [...]
Report: Next iPhone might be cheaper, but not smaller
Is the next iPhone going to be smaller? Bigger? Or maybe cheaper? “Cheaper” is the latest in a series of confusing and seemingly contradictory rumors about the nature of the next iPhone Apple has in store. Today the New York Times chimed in to say that contrary to a previous report in The Wall Street [...]
Apple to expand iPhone screen size to 4-inches
Apple reportedly will change the screen size of iPhone to 4-inch for its fifth generation iPhone to compete with the Google Android platform in the 4- to 7-inch smartphone market, according to upstream component suppliers. The component suppliers noted that the production lines for Apple’s next generation iPhone have begun testing, and Apple is interesting [...]