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Rumors have put the iPhone 5 out for release some time this fall, or perhaps even next year. I’m still hopeful that it will come this summer, as it has for every summer since 2007, and that it will be a universal iPhone. What do I mean by that? It will support 3G bands for…
Oh no! Our iPhones and iPads are collecting data about us and storing the info in a secret file! Sound the alarms! Oh, you didn’t already know? Last week it was revealed that the iPhone and iPad 3G collect location data from its users and time-stamps the data, then it stores the information in a…
Say you’re one of the millions of people who purchased Apple’s latest tablet device, the iPad 2. Chances are you want to protect your investment, especially since your little toy set you back a pretty penny. There’s always the official “Smart Cover” that uses magnets to stick itself to the side of your iPad, but…
Will the iPhone 5 shed the boxy good looks of the iPhone 4 for the svelte lines of the iPod touch? If this above rendering turns out to be correct, then the answer to that question wold be a resounding yes. A rendering generated by Joshua Topolsky purports to show the iPhone 5 with a…
The unicorn of the smartphone world seems to have arrived. The white iPhone 4, long-delayed, elusive and once believed to be a thing of lore and legend, appears to have made its way to the UK already. Word is that it’s in Vodafone’s inventory, and one managed to slip into the hands of one lucky…
Some new data out of Good Technology shows that the iPhone and iOS is outpacing Android among enterprises. If you don’t know, Good Technology provides enterprise mobility tools and it used to be owned by Motorola. Now that it’s an independent entity, it can offer business mobile solutions that include various platforms. The company says…
AT&T came clean in an FCC filing and admitted its network cannot handle the traffic from the iPhone and iPad. Of course, the admission comes in an FCC filing that Big Blue is using to justify its acquisition of T-Mobile. By bemoaning the faltering state of its network, the wireless carrier may be able to…
When Apple said it sold 4.69 million iPad 2 units last quarter, some analysts were a bit underwhelmed by the sales numbers. It turns out that Apple’s iPad 2 demand is vastly outstripping supply and the company says it could have sold many more if it had units out there. According to iSuppli, there are…
Apple recently filed a lawsuit against Samsung for its Galaxy line of phones and tablets for patent, trademark and design infringement. Apple claims, “Instead of pursuing independent product development, Samsung has chosen to slavishly copy Apple’s innovative technology, distinctive user interfaces, and elegant and distinctive product and packaging design, in violation of Apple’s valuable intellectual…
We may not get an iPhone 5 until September but don’t loook forward to an iPhone 4G LTE until 2012, according to analysts. The 4G LTE chipsets for the Verizon next-generation network just aren’t at the point where Apple would be comfortable with how its phone is designed, analysts say. The first batch of chips…