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Most handset vendors have a portfolio of devices that spans across multiple points. Said portfolio gets refreshed every 12 to 18 months. Apple on the other hand, they come out with one phone a year. Their “midrange” device is the iPhone from last year. And their “low-end” device is the iPhone from two years ago.…
What’s better than an iPad or a glass filled to the rim with beer? It’s an iPad that can serve a full glass of beer from a seemingly never-empty keg, of course. In the video below, you can watch magician and artist Simon Pierro put on a show at the world famous German “Hofbraeuhaus” in…
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung will be sitting down this week as part of a court-ordered mediation between the two companies, according to a Reuters report. Back in April, the warring companies were ordered by a federal judge to appear in a court-supervised mediation to attempt to settle their differences before their…
Apple’s going to release a new iPhone this year. Everyone knows that. According to several anonymous sources who have spoken to Bloomberg, the sixth generation iPhone was one of the last things Steve Jobs worked on before he passed away last year. The exact quotes from the piece: “Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had worked closely…
Apple is taking this locked down mobile operating system thing a little too far. Users are reporting that the Cupertino-based tech giant is filtering the term “Jailbreak” from the iTunes items. Apparently, all the listed categories are affected with this filter including Apps, songs, albums, podcast episodes, and iTunes U episodes. Don’t try to find…
TechnoBuffalo reports that Sprint will begin offering at least $100 off the iPhone 4S to customer who trade in any previous iPhone model. The deal will reportedly run from May 18th through June 30th, and applies to both new and existing customers, and requires that you sign a new two-year contract with the Now Network. The branding does indicate…
The iPhone has kind of been a double-edged sword for carriers, as you need it to attract customers but the subsidies can really eat into margins. Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse recently took a pay cut to offset the iPhone costs but he’s confident it will pay off. It may take a little while though. In…
It looks like people are starting to hold back from purchasing the latest phone to hit the market. Gartner today dropped some figures that detail the worldwide sales of mobile phones were down by 2 percent this quarter. This is the first time the market has declined since the second quarter of 2009. The way…
China Mobile is in talks with Apple to carry the iPhone, according to a report from Bloomberg. No agreement has yet been reached between the two companies, and China Mobile can’t predict whether the companies will be able to come to agreement in 2012, making it likely the company would start carrying the next iPhone…
In just a short time, smartphones will undoubtedly change the way we interact with the world, even moreso than they already have. One of the biggest potential impacts of this trend is on the medical industry, as more and more doctors and nurses are turning to phones and tablets from Apple and Android to help…