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Apple has introduced a subscription service for its App Store and this will offer app makers and publishers a way to reach the more than 100 million iOS users on a recurring basis through the App Store. The move will give Apple a 30% cut of subscription services sold through the App Store and it…
Anyone who reads my posts here with any regularity knows I love photography, and the iPhone has been such an excellent camera because I always have it with me. Over the years, the quality of the iPhone’s camera has improved, and so have the apps that support it. Camera+ is definitely one of my favorite…
Taiwanese website Apple.pro has been correct with its rumors in the past and it is now stating that Apple is testing three different iPhone prototypes. One model reportedly incudes a side-sliding keyboard, a feature that has been hinted at in the past, but has never come to fruition. Other prototype models include variants of the…
The iPhone has always taken some pretty amazing photos, but only recently – with iOS 4 – did it allow digital zoom. Even then, using digital zoom can produce some pretty awful results: images tend to get pretty noisy or blurry, especially if you’re not holding your phone perfectly still. With a crazy telephoto zoom…
It’s no secret that Samsung is a huge company. Forget about their mobile phones for a second, and think about all of the other things they make. From kitchenware to the memory chips that store the naughty photos you take of your girlfriend and share with your closest friends, Samsung touches damn near everything. We’re…
Despite initial assertions to the contrary, the Verizon iPhone 4 is susceptible to the death-grip. The death-grip phenomenon emerged when the GSM iPhone 4 landed in the hands of consumers shortly after its launch in June 2010. Owners of Apple’s latest iPhone noticed a drop in signal bars when they held their handset tightly in…
It looks like AT&T is going all out to stop people from switching to Verizon, as the carrier is offering some iPhone users 1,000 free minutes on credit. According to 9to5Mac, some AT&T iPhone users are receiving text messages which say users can get 1,000 bonus rollover minutes at no cost. You simply have to…
It’s been quite a while since we heard the iPhone Nano rumor pop up but Bloomberg is stirring the pot again by saying Apple is aiming to release a smaller, cheaper iPhone this summer to help it combat the growing threat of Google’s Android. The report quotes an unnamed source who has seen the “iPhone…
After all these years of waiting, wanting and wishing, the Verizon iPhone is finally available in stores for the masses. Last week, the CDMA variant of the Apple smartphone went on sale for existing Verizon customers and it quickly sold out. The wireless carrier said that the event set the single day sales record, beating…
Will Carling, a former rugby captain in the UK, lost his iPad on a train and chronicled his journey to finding it with his Twitter account. But when he initially left the Apple tablet on the train, he just chalked it up as a loss until he remembered that he had MobileMe activated on it.…