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The Apple iPhone 4S is officially here and it will be landing Oct. 14 but this one hasn’t seemed to have generated as much excitement as previous versions. Maybe it’s the delay or maybe it’s the competition but many of you have expressed a sense of disappointment with the latest Apple smartphone. Before I dive…
While many of you were disappointed with the introduction of the Apple iPhone 4S, the major analysts were taking a more measured approach. The general consensus is that these analysts weren’t blown away by what Apple unveiled but they expect it to sell well. JMP Securities analyst Alex Gauna was the most lukewarm, as he…
Siri, the “humble personal assistant”, took center stage at the iPhone 4S announcement yesterday, and though it might be easy to brush off the feature as something Apple just plugged in following its acquisition of the app developers, speech recognition is actually something they’ve been thinking about since 1987. This video shows the Knowledge Navigator,…
Less than 24 hours after Apple’s new CEO, Tim Cook, got on stage and announced the new iPhone 4S, Samsung called up their lawyers and told them to make sure the fifth generation Jesus Phone doesn’t land in Italy and France. The company’s announcement, titled: “Samsung to request preliminary injunction orders against Apple iPhone 4S“,…
Yesterday was an important moment in Apple’s history, not because of the iPhone 4S, that’s probably the most boring product they’ve ever announced, but because it was the first time when we saw Apple’s new CEO on stage. Tim Cook is a man few of us are familiar with, though in time we’ll no doubt…
Apple has just introduced a new extended warranty plan called AppleCare+ that’ll cover your iPhone for two years after you’ve purchased it for just $99. Should anything happen to your iPhone that wasn’t your fault, Apple will replace it. Now if you’ve actually done something stupid, like gone swimming in the ocean with your iPhone…
Due to time zone issues I opted to skip following the live blogs that were meticulously documenting every single announcement Apple made yesterday and instead decided to start today, less than 12 hours after the big unveiling of the iPhone 4S, watching the keynote over breakfast. It’s a little over 97 minutes long, so if…
Investors obviously expected much more from Apple with the company’s stock falling as much as 5% after the iPhone 4S announcement. To be fair there are some neat services that were also announced, some of which pretty much open new businesses for the Cupertino-based company. However, few words we wanted to hear never came out…
If our “iPhone 4S vs competition” chart is not good enough for you, maybe you’ll like Samsung’s own chart. They’ve prepared a table that compares their flagship smartphone, Galaxy S II, with the brand new iPhone 4S. Needless to say, the Korean company wants to show us their product is superior in many aspects. For…
Apple made the iPhone 4S official today and you’ll be able to pick up the next Apple smartphone Oct. 14 but for the first time in a long, long time, it appears that many are disappointed with what the company has done. Are you disappointed with the iPhone 4S or are you eager to pick…