The much anticipated debut of the iPhone in South Korea finally took place on Saturday and it was a huge hit. The actual “opening day” had been delayed on several occasions, but once KT Corp starting taking pre-sale orders, it looked as though the day was finally here. With about 60,000 units flying out of [...]
The question of who is getting rejected and what makes one app better than another is something that is being asked quite frequently lately, and we now finally have a way to find out who is getting rejected and can see for ourselves what their apps are all about. While this will not change the [...]
Some recent numbers were released by AdMob that claim that the iPhone is taking up close to 50% of the traffic for mobile phones worldwide. At first glance, one would think that it means that the iPhone is in the hands of 50% of mobile phone users that are using the web, but that is [...]
The App Store is making the news just as much as the iPhone is these days and it is no wonder. iPhone ads are constantly bragging about how many apps are available on the iPhone, but Senior VP of Apple, Phil Schiller, recently did an interview with Business Week (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2009/tc20091120_354597.htm) where he hinted that maybe [...]
As odd as it sounds, the iPhone is doing its share to alleviate some of the unemployment by putting people to work making apps.
While Apple may not be directly employing the latest wave of tech entrepreneurs, the iPhone is responsible for quite a few startup companies that are seeing college whiz kids cash in [...]
IvySkin have released their new SmartCase for the iPhone featuring a battery as part of the packaging for the iPhone and makes the claim to offer double the amount of battery life that the regular battery currently offers.
For anyone who has been out on a long night or that has used their iPhone a [...]
While there are still quite a few die hard traditional phone users out there, the smart phones have all but taken over the industry. Blackberry and the iPhone are far and away the two most popular, but while most Blackberries still feature a keyboard, the iPhone is strictly a touch screen. Its success [...]
To think that most people complain about a phone that costs a few hundred dollars when it has all of the abilities that the iPhone has!
Well if you were living in China, you would really be shaking your head because the iPhone splashed into China stores with a hefty four figure price tag. [...]
It was only a matter of time before someone else jumped into the ring to face off against the iPhone. Up until now, Blackberry and the iPhone have been getting along fairly well in the battle for phone supremacy. Both cater to different markets and seem to be quite happy with where they are [...]
Several blogs have published claims indicating that Apple has pushed up its manufacturing orders for the iPhone 3GS by up to 20%, definitely suggesting people are not tired of the device, and demand and sales continue to be very strong.
According to one article from DigiTimes (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091027PD219.html):
“Apple has increased fourth-quarter orders for the iPhone 3GS to [...]
Apple’s now famous App Store has passed the 100,000 approved iPhone app mark. Truly amazing to think about.
The mark is an “unofficial” milestone of sorts, however, as the count of currently available apps stands at only 92,000 or so. The difference results from the removal of applications from the App Store by either Apple or [...]
AT&T published its much-awaited earnings report for the third quarter 2009, where they activated an astounding 3.2 million iPhones,the highest such number in the iPhone’s brief history.
AT&T even stated (in a figure that must be scary even to them) that 74% of their “smartphone device” activations last quarter were iPhones, and 40% of those [...]
If you can’t really beat ‘em, sue ‘em. That’s apparently what Nokia has decided in the latest lawsuit against Apple filed today.
Nokia announced that it is lodging a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the iPhone violates 10 Nokia-held patents related to cellular and Wi-Fi technologies. Odds are it’ll get settled with some amount of legal [...]
Microsoft exec Steve Ballmer has been known to talk major smack about the iPhone in general, and this time he states that the internet wasn’t designed for the iPhone. Really? An invention created decades ago wasn’t made for a smartphone that came out 2 years ago. Imagine that.
Here’s his exact quote: “Let’s face it, the [...]
Apple’s latest financial report was pretty much nothing but good news, including setting an iPhone sales record with 7.4 million units moved last quarter, along with a 100% increase in iPod Touch sales, despite relatively flat iPod sales during the quarter. Dropping the price and advertising the Touch a bit more did the trick, helping [...]
Apple’s latest financial report also featured COO Tim Cook stating (in response to a question about competitors like the new Android phone, Palm Pre, etc) that: “Frankly, I think people are still just trying to catch up with the first iPhone 2 years ago.”
Now that’s quite a statement, given that phone didn’t have any of [...]
AT&T’s announcement that it will allow iPhone VoIP services over its mobile network was met with mostly good reaction from customer and commenters on blogs around the web, and now Apple and provider Skype have issued statements reacting to the announcement, and their reactions have been quite positive as well.
The AP recorded Apple’s reaction:
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“We are [...]
We’re not quite sure about this report, but ComputerWorld is saying that tech research firm Gartner is forecasting huge growth in the now quite low-on-the-totem-pole Android OS for smartphones, predicting Android to pass Apple’s iPhone to claim the number two spot behind Symbian OS with 14.5% of the smartphone market in the world by 2012. [...]
MacRumors (and various other blogs) now are reporting that AT&T is planning to support Skype, Google Voice, and other voice related software on their network, something they previously hinted they would never do.
A quote from the original article in the Washington Post:
“One source close to the thinking of AT&T executives said the company has been [...]
AppleInsider is reporting a rather curious (and interesting) trend; exclusivity starting to end for the iPhone in various parts of the world. Now that includes Canada.
An excerpt from the report:
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Apple’s exclusive carrier contracts for the iPhone in each country continue to fall, as a new report has claimed that two new carriers in Canada will [...]
