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It’s no surprise that Apple has a large loyal following, something other companies probably cry themselves to sleep at night over. But just how large and loyal is this following? Statistics for the iPhone are in, and they’re huge as always. It turns out Apple has an astounding 89 percent retention rate, according to a…
The bean counters at Gartner have published their predictions for where the tablet market is heading. Before we look ahead though, let’s look at 2010. An estimated 17.6 million tablets shipped during that year, of which 83% of them were iPads. By the end of this year it’s estimated that 63.6 million tablets will ship,…
It looks like two iPhone models will be coming in October, presumably the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S that everyone’s been yapping about. Forget what I said this morning about how tiring and obnoxious iPhone rumors are, because if we’re to talk about sources familiar with the matter, this one happens to sit on the…
Rumor has it that Apple is holding its iPhone 5 event on October 4, and quite frankly, I just really don’t care anymore. It’s not that I don’t care about the iPhone 5’s release, but how many announcement and launch date rumors have we heard in the past two weeks along? Five? Eight? So before…
Word is that the iPhone 5, which may launch alongside a souped-up version of the iPhone 4, an iPhone 4S, is going to find its way into the four major carriers in the U.S. However, T-Mobile CMO Cole Brodman, speaking at a town hall meeting for the carrier, might have inadvertently outed the possibility of…
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…
The long-awaited iPhone 5 is getting agonizingly closer to being real and a leaked photo may give us a bit more insight into what we can expect from Apple’s next smartphone. According to some leaked component shots over on PhoneArena, the iPhone 5 will sport an A5 processor, a larger battery and a slightly larger…
Apple is hiring fresh personnel to beef up its security in the fight against counterfeiting and theft of its products, following yet another incident of a lost iPhone prototype. The Cupertino-based company is searching for two experienced professionals to bump up its “new product security”. These workers would join a team at the $350-billion company that has…
Apple is without question the overlord of the tablet world with its dominance over the competition, and for that reason, an early release of its updated version of the iPad (this year) may not be necessary. For months now, predictions of an early iPad 3 release have swirled around the internet, suggesting a thinner and more efficient battery…
Samsung and Apple are embroiled in 23 different lawsuits. Some over patents, some over designs, some just because a Samsung employee told an Apple employee a Yo Mama joke that was so offensive that lawyers had to be called in and handle the situation. After Apple’s success at getting the Samsung Galaxy Tab banned in…