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There is no denying Apple’s lead and command of the tablet market with the iPad and iPad 2. One could even argue that Apple itself created the market — prior to the iPad’s announcement, many industry analysts were skeptical that such a device would even be made. And when it seemed all but certain that…
The white iPhone 4 was finally released last week but there were scattered reports that the ivory version was a tad bit thicker than the original black version, causing some snug cases to not fit. Well, the watchdogs at Consumer Reports say this isn’t the case. According to the consumer advocacy agency: But when we…
After a few short weeks of heavy criticism, Apple is rumored to be releasing iOS 4.3.3 soon to address a location tracking issue. For quite some time now, iPhone and iPad 3G devices had been logging and time-stamping its users’ location information and storing it in a file within its system. That information would then…
The bean counting analysts at IDC have just released their tally up of first quarter mobile phone sales, and they’re impressive, but not if you’re in the list of top 5 handset makers. Just how many phones were sold during the first 3 months of this year? About 371.8 million or roughly 2,870 phones per…
All of you gamers out there may want to check out the updated GameFly iPhone app because the company has added some nifty social networking features to enhance your gaming. Basically, GameFly is a Netflix for games – you pay a monthly subscription fee and the company sends you your choice of games for the…
Hot off the rumor that Apple will be offering a cloud service under the “iCloud” name, we’re now hearing reports that it will be offering much more than just music. Until now, many expected the Apple iCloud service to be a digital locker for music. You’d be able to access your purchased iTunes tracks on…
South Park certainly didn’t waste any time in poking fun at the Apple location controversy. Recently, Apple has come under fire for its iPhone and iPad 3G tracking practices. It turns out that the devices will log and record its location – invariably logging its user’s location, too, – and included time stamps. Using an…
Some questionable apps have passed through Apple’s filtering process in the past, like that weird baby-shaking application, but luckily the folks in Cupertino are often on their toes. Smuggle Truck, a highly offensive game where a user’s objective is to drive a truck load of immigrants safely across the desert without getting them thrown out,…
When the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 was announced in January, many were certain that it would be a huge hit for Verizon. Disgruntled AT&T customers would flee by the masses and flock over to a more reliable network. Well, it didn’t quite work out that way, and now there are rumors that Apple…
While at App Nation 2011, we got to get a quick little look at a video editing app that may give Apple and its iMovie app a run for its money. The Video Edit app is a $3 program which claims to render videos up to 10 times faster than Apple’s product. The Video Edit…