Did you wait in line for 12 hours at an Apple Store, get an iPhone 4, run out of the store in glee with your new toy held high only to drop it and watch it fall in what must have been the lonest 1.5 seconds of your life? Some would feel really sorry for…
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Apple may have sold 1.5 million iPhone 4 units yesterday
Judging by the lines and by the jerk moves Jason Bateman is willing to make, it’s pretty clear that the iPhone 4 is a success. We haven’t heard official word from Apple but analysts are already suggesting that it could have sold about 1.5 million units on launch day! In a note to clients, Oppenheimer’s…
BlackBerry Traffic App by RIM Spotted in Beta Zone
A lucky private beta tester has shared a new traffic application for BlackBerry that RIM is working on. We’ve been hearing a lot about how RIM has trademarked BlackBerry Drive and will be collecting anonymous GPS data to estimate traffic conditions; combined with their acquisition of Dash Navigation, this app seems to fit the bill.…
FarmVille Released on the iPhone; Say Goodbye To Your Girlfriend
During Apple’s WWDC keynote a couple of weeks back, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus revealed his company’s wildly popular Facebook game Farmville would be making its way to the iPhone later this month. Who knew that later this month really meant in time for the iPhone 4 launch because that’s exactly what happened. If you haven’t…
HTC Vision: Dual-core processor, Android Gingerbread, 4.3-inch display, coming to T-Mobile?
With the launch of the Sprint HTC EVO 4G well underway, you’ve got to wonder what else the king of Android smartphone makers has up their sleeve for this holiday season. With devices like the Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant), and Motorola Droid X almost upon us, is HTC just going to sit on it’s EVO…
Jason Bateman cuts in line for iPhone 4
So, there are a few way to ensure that you’re a douche and cutting in line to get an Apple iPhone 4 is definitely one of them. It looks like Jason Bateman can be considered a douche, as he allegedly used his star power to cut in front of hundred of rabid fans to get…
Hands-On: Ford Takes Us For A ‘SYNC AppLink’ Ride [Update]
Earlier this week, I was invited by Ford to check out some of their new upcoming vehicles, as well as take a sneak-peek at the new SYNC AppLink. Ford debuted this technology earlier this year at CES, but now they’ve got a snappy new name for it and trusted developers have had 5 months of…
Will the Apple iPhone 4 Blend?
If you love your Apple iPhone 4 more than your own family members and friends, be warned: the following video is graphic! In typical Blendtec fashion, the popular blender maker put the new iPhone through the ultimate (and ultimately unsurvivable) stress test – for the blender, that is. In a word, yes. The iPhone 4…
BlackBerrys in Enterprise to Become More Consumer Friendly?
As hinted at in their conference call last night, RIM will be rolling out a new feature for BlackBerry Enterprise Server that will allow employers to maintain the secure, locked-down BlackBerry experience they want, while letting end-users take advantage of the open, install-whatever-you-want experience your average consumer gets to enjoy. How this will be specifically…
Analyst: 77% of iPhone 4 owners are upgrading from other iPhone
It looks like a lot of those who lined up for the iPhone 4 probably already had an Apple smartphone in their pockets, as an analyst survey said 77% of first-day buyers were upgrading from a previous iPhone. The survey said that 6% of those buying an iPhone 4 were previously on a BlackBerry, while…