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Pegatron Hiring Spree Points to Possible Entry-level iPhone Coming Late This Year
More evidence of an entry-level iPhone has surfaced. The Taiwan based manufacturer Pegatron, which produces the iPhone 4S and the iPad mini is ready to hire 40,000 new workers in its Chinese plants in the second half of this year, according to Reuters. Pegatron CFO Charles Lin told Reuters that the company would post sixty percent of its annual revenue in the second half of this year, which could be due to manufacturing of Apple’s next device. This also lines up with Tim Cook’s previous statement about Apple releasing their … Read more
Ian Kersey
AT&T Launches Aio Wireless, BYOD Pre-Paid Services
AT&T has announced today the launch of a new pre-paid, BYOD subsidiary called Aio Wireless. The new wireless service will offer unlimited talk text and data options with no annual contract. The service is launching in select stores Houston, Orlando and Tampa, with the service coming to other U.S. markets across the U.S. over the next year. The pre-paid plans, which closely resemble the recent T-Mobile Simple Choice plans. The plans offer unlimited talk, text and data, with data speeds being throttled after a certain amount of usage. The plans … Read more
Ian Kersey
Pegatron CEO refutes report that iPad mini demand is falling
Pegatron announced its quarterly earnings yesterday and held an investors conference to discuss its results. Out of this event came a report from Business Insider that claimed iPad mini demand was on decline. Pegatron CEO Jason Cheng talked to Philip Elmer DeWitt of Apple 2.0 and refuted this report. Bloomberg’s Tim Culpan quotes the Pegatron CEO as saying “A decline in revenue from the iPad Mini ‘is more on demand, while price has been stable.” Cheng, however, says he made the second half of that that statement, but did not … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Golden Dreams unveils a trio of luxury iPhone 5′s
Swiss Golden Dreams is out with three luxury “versions” of the iPhone 5, each looking friggin’ awesome and each costing a small fortune. First comes the CarbonGold iPhone 5 which boasts a real carbon fibre coated with 99.9% pure gold. Making this happen wasn’t child’s play, requiring Golden Dreams to develop an advanced technique to deposit the gold onto the carbon fibre textile. The result is more than impressive, and we’re sure your friends will notice the difference between this and their “plain vanilla” iPhone. Next in line is the … Read more
Dusan Belic
Hipstamatic Releases Oggl, New Photo Sharing App
The creaters behind the well-known photo sharing app, Hipstamatic has announced the release of a new app called Oggl. Oggl is basically the same app as Hipstamatic, but with a bevy of new photo editing options. Oggl is free to use, with the free version coming pre-loaded with five “favorites” for shooting, including nightlife, food, portraits landscapes and sunsets. Users who would like to access more lens and film options will have to pay however, with a subscription service that costs $.99 a month or $9.99 a year. Oggl will be … Read more
Ian Kersey
Instagram Support Comes to SoundTracking Android and iOS App
SoundTracking, an awesome music sharing service has added Instagram support today, which allows users to share their Instagram photos directly to their posts on the SoundTracking app. Users can also share their SoundTracking posts to Instagram as a “music postcard” image. The update is available for both the Android and iOS versions of the Soundtracking app. SoundTracking is gaining popularity with the teenage demographic in the U.S., but forty percent of its traffic is coming from overseas, with Brazil and the U.K. topping the international user base. The app combines the … Read more
Ian Kersey
Japanese Report Points To iPhone 5S Screen Production, Same Size as iPhone 5
According to Venture Beat, a report from Japan is pointing to iPhone 5S production, with Sharp, Japan Display and LG beginning their screen production runs in June of this year. The screen production timetable line up with Tim Cook’s earlier statements, where he indicated that there would be no new product launches until after the summer. Apple added Sharp to the list of screen manufacturers last year in an attempt to met the overwhelming demand for its devices. Japan Display and LG have manufactured screens for Apple devices for some time … Read more
Ian Kersey
Twitter Kills TweetDeck For iOS, Android And Adobe AIR Today
One of the best Twitter clients around, TweetDeck is facing an untimely demise of its app on iOS, Android and AIR. Twitter had announced last month that it would be sending the mobile version of TweetDeck to the guillotine, but the desktop and web versions are still intact. Twitter is also cutting Facebook integration from the remaining versions of Tweetdeck. This marks a sad day for TweetDeck users, but there are plenty of other Android and iOS apps out there that provide functionality similar to TweetDeck. But for those of … Read more
Ian Kersey
Rovio adds new account feature so you can sync your Angry Birds and more
Rovio added a new feature that’ll have Angry Birds fans around the world cheering. The company is rolling out support for accounts that’ll let you sync your gaming progress across different devices. If you live in Finland or Poland, you can sign up for a Rovio account today and start slinging your original iOS Angry Birds on one device and then finish up the round on another. The new accounts feature is also available globally in The Croods game. You can read more about the Rovio accounts in this FAQ. … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
New Samsung Galaxy S4 Commercial Makes Fun Of iPhone 5
Samsung has released a new commercial that showcases the features of the Samsung Galaxy S4 , at Apple’s expense. The video, which is in line with Samsung’s earlier commercials lightly bashes the iPhone 5 by showcasing some of the bells and whistles that are packed into the Samsung Galaxy S4. The theme of the commercial is a graduation party, where we see the Galaxy S4 take a picture of a belly flop, and a rib-eating user answering his phone by simply waving over it. The most amusing part is when … Read more
Ian Kersey
Bill Gates dismisses iPad-like tablets, claims they’re frustrating without a keyboard and Office
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had a lot to say about tablets and PCs in a recent Squawk Box interview. Gates bemoaned the current state of tablets and claimed most users are frustrated with the experience of a keyboard-less device. “With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain market share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device. But a lot those users are frustrated. They can’t type. They can’t create documents. So we’re providing them something with the benefits they’ve seen that has made that a big category but … Read more