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Just in case you weren’t convinced of an imminent 4-inch iPhone from all the rumors and speculation flying around the Internet, 9to5Mac dug into iOS 6 to all but confirm that the next-generation iPhone will in fact have a larger 640×1136 resolution display. For the first time, the UI elements within the OS are scalable. iOS…
Sprint today quietly dropped the price of the 16GB iPhone 4S to $149.99 with a two-year contract. That’s a $50 or 25 percent discount, which is a big deal considering its an Apple product. (If you want to see an Apple product on sale, avoid blinking.) Plus, a 25 percent discount is pretty much unheard…
Apple released iOS 6 beta 4 to developers just a short while ago and the biggest change is what’s no longer included: a YouTube app. 9to5Mac was the first publication to pick up on it and naturally, everyone started speculating. Is Apple continuing the war with Google? Is this just a bug? Will it become available…
Time is ticking on as we approach the stable release of iOS 6 for the masses. Meanwhile, Apple has been rolling out beta updates for developers and today iOS 6 beta 4 arrives via the standard over-the-air procedure. Not much is known about beta 4 at this time other than the build number, which is 10A5376e.…
The Samsung vs. Apple case is in full swing today, and Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller took the stand this morning. Among other topics, Schiller discussed the runaway and unexpected success of the iPhone, and as noted by The Verge’s courtroom reporter Bryan Bishop, Schiller had some interesting points to make regarding…
It looks like the jury will ultimately decide the victor in the Samsung vs. Apple patent dispute case after all. Yesterday, Apple filed a request with the Court to have Judge Lucy Koh essentially throw out Samsung’s counter-claims against Apple after Samsung’s lawyers leaked banned evidence to the press. Apple’s legal team felt the company…
Well, Samsung had to know there’d be ramifications for its decision to leak evidence that was rejected by the court to the press. Apple submitted a request to the US District Court today asking Judge Lucy Koh to dismiss the charges Samsung brought against Apple, and rule that Samsung did in fact violate Apple’s phone…
Last year, Apple filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office that the USPTO today made available to the public. The patent is for a beefed-up Smart Cover that would feature a small, flexible, secondary display in one or more panels of the smart cover to augment the display (room for extra icons),…
Today Sharp reported less than stellar numbers, but to end its earnings report on a high note, it decided to contribute to the Apple iPhone rumor mill. One of the Japanese manufacturer’s top executives decided to spill the beans on the next iPhone, saying the company is making the displays, and plans to ship them…
Apple and Samsung kicked off day one of their patent infringement trial with a banter of back-and-forth accusations that reveal how far apart the two companies are in this trial. Apple lawyer Harold J. McElhinny argued that Samsung deliberately copied the iPhone and showed internal documents in which Samsung noted “the beautiful design” of the…