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The cycle begins again. Apple announces a new iPhone, it’s hailed as a huge disappointment and is doomed to fail, then it breaks sales records and all the complaints — save for a few — slowly dwindle away. Aren’t we all getting a little tired of hearing the same thing every year? Last year the…
sellcell.com, a website that lets you compare phone values, reports that in August 2012, iPhone trade-ins rose over 800 percent from the same time in 2011. It also saw a record $8 million worth of trade-ins so far this September. This can directly be attributed to the unprecedented demand for the now confirmed iPhone 5.…
Available for pre-order since the initial unveiling, Amazon’s latest line of Kindle tablets and e-readers are now in stock online at Amazon.com and in retail stores where sold. This includes the all new Kindle Fire HD tablet, which gets its name from having an updated high-resolution 720p display, updated standard Kindle Fire, and Amazon’s Paperwhite…
On the morning of September 12th before the Apple event kicked off, I have to admit I was way too excited. I kept talking about the iPhone 5 announcement with my friends and they all thought it was hilarious, but after I kept talking and talking about it, I’m honestly surprised I didn’t see my…
AT&T has decided to be a little less evil than usual today. It turns out that if you’re lucky enough to still have AT&T’s old unlimited data plan tied to your account, you’ll still be able to use that plan with the 4G LTE-compatible iPhone 5. “We offer customers the flexibility to keep the iPhone data…
At its press event today, Apple unveiled the new iPhone 5 with a 4-inch display and LTE connectivity. The iPhone will hit retail shelves on September 21 and will keep the same price points, with a 16Gb model retailing for $199, a 32GB model for $299 and a 64GB version for $499. The iPhone will…
With the iPhone 5 announcement set to take place in just a couple of hours, why not celebrate by watching a humorous and somewhat morbid rap song by the great Steve Jobs? That’s exactly what MondoMedia put together and uploaded to YouTube two days ago. Tim Cook gets on stage to announce the magical and…
RIM enthusiastically boasted toward the end of August that carriers love BlackBerry 10 so far, at least based on the progress RIM has made with the upcoming mobile OS. While the carriers’ opinions are presumably still positive, it looks like they’re being careful not to rely too heavily on it. Between the abundance of perfectly…
iOS 6 isn’t even out yet, but one airline is already taking a leap of faith on Apple by getting a head start on Passbook integration for customers who prefer to store their airline tickets on their mobile devices. Australian Business Traveler reports that one of its readers, Shaun Lorrain, checked in to a Virginia…
Today is a special day for T-Mobile for more than one reason. It marks the 10th anniversary of the T-Mobile brand in the United States. Its success so far isn’t too shabby, since it is the fourth largest wireless carrier in the country. In celebration of the big day, the carrier is launching unlimited nationwide…