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Previous MobileMe users were given the gift of an extra 20GB of storage space from Apple in their new iCloud accounts once they made the transition. Today is October 1st and many of those users saw their iCloud storage capacities drop to 5GB, which is on par with all other free iCloud accounts, but others…
Verizon owners of the iPhone 5 may be in for a bit of a surprise when they look at their data usage statistics. A bug in the software on the Verizon iPhone 5 caused cellular data to be used in some instances when a user was also connected to WiFi. Fortunately, Verizon caught the bug…
If you bought an iPhone 5 and noticed when you get a phone call or text message while your phone is on silent that the vibration sounds different and in most cases louder than the iPhone 4 or 4S, you aren’t alone. It turns out Apple did include a new vibrating motor inside. I thought…
Anyone who has followed Apple news over the last few weeks has undoubtedly heard of mapgate, the company’s often embarrassing foray into mapping technology in iOS 6. Last week, acknowledging the in-house built Maps app fell short of the Google Maps technology it replaced, the company suggested that the more people used maps and reported…
Regional wireless carrier Cellcom announced that it will start selling the iPhone 5 on Friday, September 28. To compete with the bigger carriers, Wisconsin-based Cellcom has chopped $50 off the price of the iPhone 5 and will sell the 16 GB model for $149, the 32 GB for $249 and the 64 GB for $349, each…
Display experts from DisplayMate claim that the new iPhone has the highest contrast rating of any mobile device they have seen. Moreover, they say that the iPhone 5’s screen also has improved screen reflectance and significantly improved color quality and color accuracy. The iPhone 5’s screen is “not perfect and there is plenty of room…
TechThoughts prepared an excellent analysis predicting the number of iPhone 5 units Apple will sell in the next year. Here are the highlights… Based on the Q4 sales estimate of 22 million units and the QoQ shipment growth trends, Apple could sell 60-70 million units in the Americas over the next four quarters. In Europe,…
Gadget insurance company ProtectYourBubble.com released the results of a poll fielded in New York City of over 150 Apple fans in line for the new iPhone 5. The research reveals 51.7% of Apple fans value their iPhone over their wallet. That’s crazy, but that’s not all: Of the Apple fans waiting in NYC lines, 74%…
iFixit and Chipworks used their high-tech imaging equipment to dissect Apple’s new A6 processor. Besides producing a handful of pretty pictures that detail the die, the two companies also uncovered the unique design of Apple’s processor. Rather than a traditional computer software-based chip design, the A6 appears to be laid out by hand. This manual…
Word on the street is that as soon as Apple announced the iPhone 5 on September 12th, the team that works to approve or deny incoming apps shifted into maximum overdrive to start pushing through apps that add support for the larger 4-inch display on the iPhone 5. Many apps made it ahead of the…