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Walmart and Straight Talk Wireless are preparing to start offering the iPhone without requiring customers to sign a single piece of paper. Starting on January 11, interested users will be able to grab Apple’s smartphone in more than 2,000 Walmart stores and online at Walmart.com, and use it with Straight Talk’s $45 no contract unlimited…
Sharp is using CES to demonstrate its powerful IGZO (Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide) displays that are already used in several Sharp smartphones sold in Japan. We know these screens are pretty impressive as they not only deliver great colors, but are also power-efficient, using up to 90% less energy than other technologies out there (except…
Undoubtedly a cleverly timed press release during what is arguably the peak day of CES 2013, Apple nonetheless announced some impressive milestones for the iOS App Store. It has now passed 40 billion app downloads (excluding re-downloads and app updates) and the rate at which apps are being downloaded increases each day. In fact, half…
First, TechCrunch broke a news story that Apple was planning to acquire Waze and that negotiations between the two were in an advanced stage. Later on, MG Siegler took to TechCrunch for a second time to report that it turns out no negotiations are going on and Apple isn’t planning to buy Waze now or any time…
Apple could be readying a launch of an iPhone Mini next year, according to Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston. This claim was spurred from the belief that Apple feels pressure to overtake Samsung as the top manufacturer, and Mawston believes the best way to do that is to offer customers more different types of iPhones.…
We might already be in 2013, but 2012 is hardly in distant memory. Last year certainly proved itself to be an interesting one in the mobile space. We’ve saw quite a few hits and misses, and we’re going to recap some of the biggest stories of 2012. From wins to woes, the stories below are…
iOS 6 users, like myself, who schedule their Do Not Disturb mode to automatically turn on and off at certain hours woke up on New Year’s Day to find that it had not been shut off at the scheduled time. Ironically, that same day, Apple aired an add with famous tennis players Venus and Serena…
New year, new Apple rumors. There’s speculation circling the interwebs about the Cupertino based tech giant potentially testing the waters with different colors and screen sizes for its next iPhone. Of course, this all started from an analyst last month who came out with a bold proclamation that the iOS maker’s next-generation iPhone could launch…
A report coming from Chitika Insights keeps the Apple iPad at a very high position for web usage compared to the competition. Competitors like the Amazon Kindle line, Samsung Galaxy tablet line, and Microsoft Surface are all selling somewhat well (the latter not so much) but when it comes to actual usage, the iPad doesn’t…
If you’re like many other people who received an Apple iPad or iPad mini this year for the holidays, let me first congratulate you. It’s always fun to get a shiny new gadget and as an iPad owner for almost two years now, I can tell you that you will most likely be able to…