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The Apple iPad has been a smash hit this year but a new report from the hit-or-miss publication Digitimes suggests Steve Jobs’ company is preparing 65 million units for 2011. This would be a dramatic increase in the iPad sales and the tablet market in general, as research suggests that Apple will be extremely lucky…
The introduction of the Apple iPad and iBooks had some predicting that the Amazon Kindle and others e-readers were heading for a quick demise. That’s not the case, Amazon says, as many readers are purchasing an iPad and Kindle. “We’re seeing that many of the people who are buying Kindles also own an LCD tablet.…
What does it take to be a successful app? When it boils down to it, I think you just need to deliver what the people want in a technically proficient way. This is exemplified by the Bible.is app hitting more than 1 million downloads in about five months. The Bible app is available for the…
In a bit of a turnaround, Papa John’s has just released an iPhone app after previously saying it didn’t need to. While rivals like Pizza Hut had apps out years ago, Papa John’s previously called an iPhone app a “dud” and it instead focused on the mobile web. Now that there are more than 50…
We know that the HTC 7 Pro will be bringing Windows Phone 7 to Sprint and other CDMA devices but we haven’t got a good look at the device until now. The Unwired has snagged a bunch of high-quality shots of this QWERTY-sporting smartphone. The HTC Pro 7 has been spotted on Germany’s website, so…
We know that HTC is preparing a smartphone for the Verizon 4G LTE network and the ad picture in this post indicates that it could be called the Thunderbolt 4G. We have previously seen this device when it was code-named Mecha and some thought it would be called the Incredible HD, but this ad sends…
The Apple iPhone 4 has been a big hit in Japan but it’s lacking some key features that those users expect like NFC capabilities to pay for things like the subway. The carrier Softbank is trying to fix that by adding an NFC sticker to the case. The iPhone 4 NFC support is achieved through…
We already know that Skype plans to bring video calling to the iPhone 4 and other platforms but the VoIP provider may have just outed the oft-rumored Verizon iPhone. Skype published some support documents for this feature on the iPhone and one of these had the Verizon logo prominently displayed. The documents were quickly pulled…
While services like Foursquare and Facebook Places are still being used primarily by a tech-savvy few, these types of check-in services could be poised to hit the mainstream as companies like Carl’s Jr. adopts it. You foodies out there can laugh all you want at Carl’s Jr. and its Six Dollar Burgers but it is…
I was super excited to see that the Samsung Galaxy S was received Android 2.2 Froyo but my bubble was quickly burst when I realized it was Canada-only for now. Ah well, at least our friends to the north will get some new life out of their smartphones. The Galaxy S Captivate and Fascinate can…