Toshiba makes a lot of things, but they’re best known in the mobile industry for their memory chips. They’ve just announced a 32 nanometer based, 30 micrometer thick, 64 GB chip that will begin mass production during the first quarter of 2010. You can expect them to be in the upcoming 64 GB and 128…
Conspiracy Theory: Google Phone rumours were started by Apple; it’s all lies
Eldar Murtazin, Editor in Chief of Mobile-Review, is calling bullshit on this whole Google Phone (aka Nexus One, aka HTC Passion) saga. Here are several of his tweets: “Hmmm Google Phone is a kind of fake finaly. Just finish conversation with some guy from Google, story looks in other way then it was discuss” “Google…
The 13 patents Apple is saying Nokia has violated
Just a few moment ago Apple filed a countersuit to Nokia’s charge that the company has violated 10 of their patents essential to the GSM, UMTS (WCDMA) and WiFi standard. Apple has said that Nokia has violated 13 of their patents. I’m surprised how old some of these are, especially the 10th patent which dates…
Apple Countersues Nokia: Oh. My. God. [Update: AAPL calls out Anssi Vanjoki’s “copy with pride” quote]
A little less than 2 months ago Nokia sued Apple for violating 10 patents the Finnish company deemed critically for making GSM, UMTS, WCDMA and WiFi work. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said Apple may be looking at paying $200 to $400 million in damages, while Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston said that figure was…
Brief: Twitter Rumour: Foxconn has been given the order to start producing the next generation iPhone
Eldar Murtazin, Editor in Chief of Mobile Review, one of the internet’s best sources of mobile news, especially when it comes to leaks, recently revealed in a tweet that: “Foxconn received order for next generation iphone” When asked by @ShethK what he thought of the iPhone, Eldar responded: “dont see specs or device itself, know…
Apple using RSS to keep iPhone developers up to date on review process
While Apple’s AppStore might be brimming with all kinds of iPhone apps, the iPhone maker itself is struggling to keep up with the flood of new iPhone apps being submitted to the AppStore. Developers are hitting the internet en masse, complaining of rejected apps and apps that are taking longer than the standard two-week review…
Apple posts AppStore Rewind 2009 – The hottest iPhone apps of 2009
The iPhone AppStore may be brimming with tens of thousands of iPhone apps, but most of them end up dying a slow death of iPhone-neglect. Some apps, though, shine like the Sun and end up performing incredibly well on the AppStore. It’s these apps that Apple is highlighting in their year-end AppStore Rewind 2009 list…
Apple Rejected Me gathers iPhone app developers rejected by Cupertino
By now, you’re probably aware of questionable practices involved in Apple’s iPhone application approval process. Apparently, there are quite a few apps that were rejected by Jobs & Co, hence a dedicated website was created to share the pain and, I guess, help in lobbying for more open procedure. The site is called “Apple Rejected…
15% of smartphones sold in South Korea were iPhones in Q3
While the Chinese market seems to be largely ignoring the iPhone, their neighbors in South Korea are embracing the iPhone with open arms. According to Digital East Asia, wireless carrier KT sold something like 60,000 iPhones on launch day. In that one November day, Apple sold 15% of the 400,000 smartphones sold in South Korea…
Apple bans iPhone developer and pulls 1000 apps for faking app reviews on AppStore
With something like 100,000 apps now available for the iPhone, the AppStore is a solid target for iPhone developers without scruples looking to scam the system. The good news is that Apple isn’t going to stand by and allow these kinds of iPhone devs to sully the AppStore’s good name. One iPhone dev house has…