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Samsung has decided to ratchet up the level of competition with Apple. The South Korea-based company will attempt to trump its iPhone 4S rival by offering up its popular Galaxy S II smartphone for just two bucks without a service contract (yes, you heard correct). This likely stems from Apple’s recent rejection of Samsung’s settlement offer,…
Think that dual-core 4G Android powerhouse of yours easily kicks iPhone ass? Think again, because AnandTech performed numerous benchmark tests on the iPhone 4S running iOS 5 GM. The combination of hardware and software made this device faster than any other in every single test. The Apple iPhone 4S scored a 2222 on the SunSpider…
Apple has just made iTunes 10.5 available for download, and along with it comes iOS 5 wireless syncing capabilities. This is all in preparation for the launch of iOS 5 on Wednesday, so if you’re beginning to grow antsy, this might help you right along. It’s available now for both Mac and PC, and here…
Facebook is probably the last to have released an iPad app–for itself. Up until now, we iPad users have been settling for other applications, like Friendly Plus for Facebook. The alternatives have worked out pretty well, for the most part, but sometimes you just feel a little better about yourself when you know you’re using…
When Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S there were some of you who felt disappointed by it but there appears to be a lot of people who are very, very happy with it. The next Apple smartphone went on pre-order last Friday for AT&T, Sprint and Verizon and Apple said it has already sold more than…
In case you wanted to protect your “investment” in Sprint’s iPhone 4 (or iPhone 4S), you won’t be able to do that through the carrier’s Total Equipment Protection plan. Apple’s handsets will be treated as exchange-only models and in order to get some piece of mind, you’ll have to go for AppleCare+. The additional $99…
Things are working up nicely for AT&T and Apple with the carrier announcing hitting the 200,000 pre-orders milestone in the first 12 hours, making for their most successful iPhone launch ever. Here’s the statement issued by AT&T: AT&T has seen extraordinary demand for iPhone 4S with more than 200,000 preorders in the first 12 hours…
The man. The company. Simple and effective. Love it. It’s the work of a 19-year-old designer Jonathan Mak… [Via: textually]
It’s only been a few days since Steve Jobs passed away but it’s clear that he had a huge impact around the world. We went to the flagship Apple store in San Francisco and saw a moving memorial filled with Post-it notes, flowers, and apples along the front walls of the store. Check out the…
When the iPhone 4 was released last year, I was incredibly eager to get one. I didn’t even have my 3GS for more than eight or nine months, but after seeing the design and new features on the iPhone 4, I was sold. When pre-orders became available, I tried to grab one, but the constant…