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It’s hard to imagine that the iPhone 4 fiasco of 2010 was already over a year ago — it seems like only yesterday that the Internet erupted over the Apple smartphone leak and police were breaking down blogger doors. Over a year after its launch, the iPhone 4 is quickly aging with news that the…
The iPhone 5 is likely going to be released in September, and the iPad 3 may come shortly after that. According to rumors, components manufacturers and suppliers are beginning to prepare themselves for production. Apple will have small batches of the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 produced in August, with volume increasing during September and…
The ongoing legal battle between Samsung and Apple has taken a new turn as the Korean manufacturer has decided to drop its patent-infringement lawsuit against the iPhone maker in the U.S. Samsung alleged that Apple has infringed on several patents, including use of wireless radios and technologies for improved battery life, but it is dropping…
What really makes a tablet is its selection of apps, and this is the big reason the iPad is king. Otherwise, you just have a large piece of glass with a display and the 1GHz+ processors and cameras and everything else. What separates the iPad from the rest isn’t just its intuitive OS, but the…
For years, the possibility of a Verizon iPhone was all the rage, and when it finally came to existence in February this year, sales were a little more tepid than expected. However, it has done consistently well and some are arguing that it has been responsible for slowing the growth of Android sales for the…
Would you entrust capturing the memory of your wedding day, monumental as it is, to the iPhone 4? One couple decided to allow professional wedding photographer Brian Adams and videographer Rainer Flor to use just the Apple smartphone to shoot photos and videos on their special day. So, how did the pictures and videos turn…
News of the Samsung and Apple legal battle seems to be making weekly headlines. It started when Apple accused Samsung of “slavishly copying” its mobile designs (i.e. iPhone, iPad) and having no innovative products of its own. Samsung fired back by suing Apple for wireless patent infringements. Last week, we learned that Apple sued Samsung…
The iPhone 4 is a thing of beauty. Its industrial design and use of glass and steel sets it apart from other smartphones, but although it looks solid and feels well-built in the hand, it also gives its user a sense of delicacy. And unless you’re extremely careful or you just don’t care about your…
Apple iOS 5 is slowly but surely coming together as beta 2, which was released to developers recently, includes Wi-Fi sync and the framework for over-the-air (OTA) updates. These features were announced during Apple’s iOS 5 presentation at WWDC 2011, and it is really a nice overhaul of the operating system. Notifications have been improved…
When the iPad 2 was announced, we weren’t too surprised about the inclusion of front and rear-facing cameras for video recording and video chatting. It’s hard to say whether FaceTime has been a hit amongst iOS users, but it’s a nice option when a video call would be a better experience than a normal voice…