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Even as it struggled for years, Nokia could still say that it was the largest smartphone seller in the world. That is no longer the case, as Apple has surpassed Nokia in smartphone sales for the last quarter for the first time. Nokia had an awful quarter where it shipped 16.7 million smartphones. Apple is…
You know, there might be something to this Google+ social networking thing. About a day after the Google+ iPhone app landed, the program has sky-rocketed to the top of the free list in the App Store. With at least 10 million early tech adopters on it, it’s no surprise that the Google+ iPhone app has…
Apple had an amazing third quarter and the company was never going to lay out its plans for the next iPhone or iPad but it did release a nugget of information by saying that it will be having a “product transition” soon which would impact its next quarter. “We have a future product transition that…
Apple had another monster quarter for its third-quarter and the company exceeded expectations for sales of its iPhone and iPad on its way to $28.57 billion in revenue. The company sold 20.34 million iPhones in the quarter and I’d imagine that the bulk of these were iPhone 4 units but I’m sure that it gets…
Google Plus, or Google+, is now available for iOS in the iTunes App Store. The social networking service, in which you divide up your friends, family and acquaintances into “Circles,” has taken off in the past few weeks and has even seen defectors from Facebook. When the service launched, we said that mobile users might…
Google’s Eric Schmidt decided to chime in on the Apple lawsuits brought against its hardware partners. The former Google CEO says that Apple is feeling threatened by its competitors, and instead of firing back with new innovations, the iPhone maker is just hitting everyone else with lawsuits. To be fair, Schmidt ought to look at…
Apple is reportedly launching a contract-free iPhone this year for the low price of $350. Typically, an out-of-contract iPhone model fetches anywhere between $600-700, so this is a pretty big deal for those who want the Apple smartphone without the burden of signing a contract. Last month, Apple decided to start selling the iPhone 4…
CNN is making a big push to have its news network be everywhere and the company will be streaming its broadcast 24 hours a day online and to its iOS app. You news junkie will now have more ways to get your fix. Don’t think that you can cut the chord quite yet, as you’ll…
Well, here we go again. Another report out of the Korean Times suggests that Apple is currently testing a high-resolution 9.7-inch display that will bring a Retina Display of sorts to the next iPad. The report said: “Apple’s upcoming iPad 3 will feature an improved display to support quad extended graphics (QXGA), a display resolution…
Last week we learned that Google was seeing 550,000 Android activations per day, but according to a recent ChangeWave study, it seems that the demand for iOS is beginning to outpace Android. The two platforms saw equal demand last year and early this year, except for the month of June 2010 when the iPhone 4…