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On the morning of September 12th before the Apple event kicked off, I have to admit I was way too excited. I kept talking about the iPhone 5 announcement with my friends and they all thought it was hilarious, but after I kept talking and talking about it, I’m honestly surprised I didn’t see my…
Motorola was handed a legal setback today when a Munich judge ruled that its devices infringe upon Apple’s over-scroll bounce patent. This patent describes the slight bounce-back that occurs when a user drags a web page or other onscreen element past the screen’s boundaries. As part of his ruling, Judge Peter Guntz ordered a recall…
Apple confirmed today that it will start accepting pre-orders of the iPhone 5 at 12:01 AM PT on September 14. Besides Apple, customers can also secure their handset by pre-ordering directly from Sprint or Verizon. Sprint announced it will kick off sales at 12:01 AM, while Verizon will start a minute earlier at 12:00 AM…
Earlier this year, the iPhone dabbled in the prepaid market, offering non-contract iPhone 4 and 4S devices on Cricket and Virgin Mobile. As you’re probably aware by now, Apple announced the iPhone 5 yesterday, and we’re happy to report that Cricket has announced it’ll carry the iPhone 5 sans contract just one week later than…
For a company who goes nuts over patent infringement, and was just awarded $1+ billion dollars from Samsung for just that, the new iPod Nano revealed at the Apple event today looks remarkably similar to the Nokia Lumia. While they may look similar however, “thugtacular” on Reddit.com has pointed out that it just looks “like…
AT&T has decided to be a little less evil than usual today. It turns out that if you’re lucky enough to still have AT&T’s old unlimited data plan tied to your account, you’ll still be able to use that plan with the 4G LTE-compatible iPhone 5. “We offer customers the flexibility to keep the iPhone data…
The Wall Street Journal is reporting from sources that claim to be “people familiar with the matter” that Apple is currently in talks to possibly create a custom radio streaming service to rival Pandora. Pandora Radio was launched in January of 2000, using the information gathered from the Music Genome Project, an ambitious project designed…
Apple announced the iPhone 5, its sixth version of the popular handset. The iPhone 5 will have a four-inch retina display, Apple’s latest A6 processor, a new dock connector and LTE connectivity. It also has a new 8-megapixel, back-illuminated camera with panorama mode and a front-facing FaceTime camera with 720P recording. Now that we know…
Apple took to the stage at the Yerba Buena Center and introduced a handful of new products including the new iPhone, iPod and more. Here is a full rundown of the goodies coming soon to Apple retail shelves: iPhone 5 : the iPhone is a step from the iPhone 4S. It features a 4-inch display,…
The new iPhone is here and once again we prepared a chart to show you how much it’s better than its predecessors. You’ve heard it will come with a bigger screen, improved positioning (with inclusion of Glonass), better front-facing camera, support for LTE connectivity and a brand new A6 processor. And while we don’t have…