The days of Verizon calling the iPhone “a tiara wearing digitally clueless beauty pageant queen” may now well be in the past. But the fact that it has taken close to four years for Verizon to announce the iPhone raises our curiosity levels about what transpired behind the scenes even further. Both Apple and Verizon [...]
Apple is a company that is constantly under media spotlight. One major factor that has contributed to this level of media scrutiny is the secrecy that Apple manages to maintain ahead of its new product launches. No wonder then that product leaks often generate massive debates in the blogosphere. Here we will take you through [...]
Folks at RedmondPie have made a pretty interesting discovery. They are speculating that the next version of jailbreak software from George Hotz, more popularly known as GeoHot, could be named Rubyra1n. GeoHot has released easy to use tools to jailbreak and unlock iPhone like blackra1n, limera1n and blacksn0w that have been very popular. This revelation comes from the WhoIs [...]
Various news reports over the past few months have hinted at the imminent arrival of the CDMA iPhone on Verizon. Now, according to a new report on Bloomberg Businessweek, Apple could be holding a special media event “by Valentine’s Day” to unveil the new Verizon iPhone to customers. The report does not provide specific dates [...]
Japanese Mac blog, Macotakara had come up with some interesting details regarding the next generation iPad last week. The website had claimed that according to their anonymous Chinese sources, iPad 2 could be equipped with a wide-range speaker that shall be positioned at the rear bottom of the device. You might recall that folks at [...]
If you are a frequent traveler, you must have definitely realized the importance of the Maps application on your iPhone. The navigation apps available with such modern day smartphones make it extremely simple for users to explore new places. However, until now, iPhone users have had to contend with a two-dimensional view on the pre-installed [...]
Apple may be working on a new technology that could bring a functionality similar to Google Voice Search to iOS. The company has posted a number of new job openings that hint at such a possibility. The job postings are for the positions of an iOS Speech Application Engineer, Speech Recognition Engineers and a Senior [...]
Imagination Technologies, a UK based video chip manufacturing company, has completed an acquisition deal that could pave the way forward for enhanced 3D imagery on next generation iPhones. The company has announced that it has acquired Caustic Graphics for $27 million. Caustic Graphics owns technology that is capable of rendering cinema-quality 3D graphics to mobile [...]
The latest version of iOS, iOS 4.2.1 gives users the ability to stream and watch videos from any iDevice to a television. While this is without doubt one of the coolest offerings in the new update, the AirPlay functionality is however limited to users who own the latest Apple TV. This means that unless you [...]
There has been a deluge of rumors and speculations surrounding the Verizon iPhone in the past few weeks. We had written yesterday about a job posting on the Apple website that hinted at the possibility of a CDMA iPhone. Now folks at MacDailyNews have published some more interesting details supporting the rumor. Before we proceed [...]
In what is being seen as yet another indication of Apple’s plans to eventually bring the iPhone to Verizon, the company is learned to be scouting for engineers who have experience with Verizon’s CDMA technology. In a fresh posting on the Apple Jobs portal, the company has sought for a “Cellular Systems Perf Engineer” who [...]
Jailbreaking is popular with iPhone users as it enables them to unlock the potential of the iPhone but it is fraught with some risks. Besides voiding your iPhone’s warranty and potentially setting off performance related issues, one of the biggest concerns has been increased vulnerability. There have been a number of malware attacks in the past [...]
Apple’s launch of the FaceTime video calling feature in iPhone 4 followed by iPod Touch 4G has led to speculations that the next generation iPad will get front-facing camera. However, opinion continues to be divided on the possibility of an additional rear-facing camera. In October this year, research firm Detweiler Fenton had published a report [...]
The popularity of smartphones like the iPhone has soared in recent times. This has subsequently led to an explosion in wireless data usage as various studies conducted in the past couple of years have shown. While this presents additional monetization opportunities for wireless carriers, the sudden surge has also meant an increased spending on building [...]
Long time users of Apple’s MobileMe service will swear by its utility. However, a number of free and low cost alternatives have launched in recent times. These services offer similar hosting and syncing features that have led to a lot of debate among Apple customers over MobileMe’s $99 annual fee and if that may be [...]
Google yesterday unveiled Nexus S, the successor to the Nexus One smartphone that was launched early this year. The new Android phone will be manufactured by Samsung and will be hitting the American stores on December 16. This is expected to be followed by a launch in the UK on December 20.Writing about the new [...]
We had recently written about the upcoming launch of a new smartphone from Sony Ericsson that could be dubbed the PlayStation Phone. This smartphone, rumored to roll out early next year, is expected to integrate an Android phone with the gaming capabilities of a PSP – including the trademark gaming controls. Engadget had recently managed to [...]
Apple introduced folder management back in June this year with the release of iOS 4. The feature let users organize the apps on their homescreen into folders for quick and easy access. While this feature is without doubt very useful, a number of users have complained all along about a bug that causes folders to [...]
The smartphone industry has come a long way since the iPhone was launched back in 2007. With the wide array of platform alternatives on offer, customer retention is surely one of the biggest challenges facing manufacturers today. Little wonder then that a recent GFK survey report has found that smartphone owners show little loyalty to [...]
We have written about a number of third party back cases for the iPhone in the past. You may remember the beautiful titanium alloy back casing for iPhone 3GS and the aluminium backplate for iPhone 4 quite distinctly. Such mods are becoming increasingly popular for iPhone 4 and are also among the easiest to perform if [...]
