Analyst Mark Moskowitz of JP Morgan is putting his two-cents into all the rumors regarding the iPhone 5. He is fairly confident Apple will announce two new models. The big brother will be the iPhone 5 and the little brother will be something along the lines of an iPhone 4 Plus. While he expects the…
Samsung Galaxy S III to feature quad-core CPU?
An anonymous 4chan user is either leaking some seriously mind-boggling information about the Samsung Galaxy S III, or is just trying to troll us (which they’re well-known for). Either way, it’s caught our attention. Apparently, this random person has a huge inside scoop on the upcoming handset thanks to a briefing with some Samsung reps.…
Seven states join forces with U.S. Justice Department to stop AT&T, T-Mobile merger
Seven states are banding together to prevent the merge between wireless carriers AT&T and T-Mobile. California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington along with the U.S. Justice Department all believe this deal would do more harm than good. The government already expressed its concern in a recent lawsuit that took AT&T by surprise.…
Apple axes “Jew or not Jew” iPhone app in France
After finding the app controversial, Apple decided to ban an iPhone app called “Jew or Not Jew” in France. As you might expect, the app allows users to search for a specific person and find out whether or not the person is Jewish. The database contains over 3,500 well-known people. The developer, Johann Levy, says…
Rdio music service soon going completely free — without ads
Is Rdio feeling the heat from Spotify in America? Perhaps, but let’s enjoy it now and ask questions later. The subscription music service will soon launch free access with — are you ready? — absolutely no advertising. Rdio sent out emails the other night announcing the news, calling it an “industry first”. Yes it’s true,…
Google goes on another shopping spree, buys over 1,000 patents from IBM
Lately, Google can’t get enough of the patent goodness. The company acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion recently and gained over 17,000 patents as a result, and now they just bought exactly 1,023 patents from IBM. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recorded the transfer on August 17th. The amount Google paid for the patents was not…
Controversial “Phone Story” game banned from iOS, moves to Android
A man by the name of Michael Pineschi submitted his new app for iPhone and iPod touch to the App Store just a few days ago. It’s called “Phone Story“, and it’s a pretty graphic game involving the making of smartphones in China. 20 hours after Apple approved it, they changed their minds and pulled…
Apple iPad is outselling RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook 19 to 1
It appears RIM’s iPad killer is not so murderous. The situation is quite the opposite, actually. The latest estimate indicates RIM sold around 490,000 BlackBerry PlayBook units during the first full quarter on the market. RIM is expected to confirm this number tomorrow along with earnings. By comparison, Apple shipped 9.25 million iPads in that…
Advertising authority decrees iPhone 4 is thinner than Samsung Galaxy S II
For a while, the Samsung Galaxy S II supposedly claimed the title of world’s thinnest smartphone – thinner than even the iPhone 4. We all just assumed this was true but Apple knew the real truth and it continued to advertise the iPhone 4 with this title in commercials. So, the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority…
T-Mobile due to get 1.5 GHz dual-core Samsung Galaxy S II
Leave it to none other than Galaxy S Support on Twitter to confirm T-Mobile will get their own variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. We already knew the Galaxy S II is coming to T-Mobile, but two specifications we didn’t know about are processor model and speed. One Twitter user…