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When Apple announced that the three year old iPhone 3GS was going to get iOS 6, that was a huge slap in the face to everyone who bitches and moans about not getting the latest version of Android on their non-Nexus device. Two weeks later Microsoft announced that Windows Phone 8 is going to require…
Last year, Apple filed a suit in Germany against Motorola Mobility’s Xoom Android tablet, claiming the tablet infringed upon their iPad design patent. In an effort to fight back, Motorola filed a counter-claim that suggested Apple’s design patents were invalid, a favorable ruling on which would deal a serious blow to Cupertino. A German court…
According to a screenshot that was discovered by 9to5Mac, it looks like the ability to have a FaceTime call over a cellular connection, a feature that’s standard in iOS 6, is going to be switched off by AT&T. They’re either going to disable the feature completely or find some way to nickel and dime you…
In mid-May we published the “Apple by the numbers” infographic, prepared by the good folks of Sortable. Two months later we have the same information presented in a new form – video infographic (or just videographic), made by Wyzowl. So instead of reading, you can “watch” the data. Again, here are the highlights: Apple’s 12-month…
Apple is going to ship a new iPhone this year and it’s going to run iOS 6. That’s pretty much all we know with 100% certainty. How large will the screen be? What chip will it have inside? Will it support NFC? Will it support 4G LTE? Will the back of the device still be…
When Apple launched the iPhone 4 back in 2010 it was the first smartphone to require a new smaller SIM card called the “microSIM”. Lots of people complained about the change and thousands of YouTube videos demonstrating how to cut your SIM card down to size with a pair scissors suddenly appeared. Earlier this year…
Apple is rolling out the third beta of iOS 6 to developers as an over-the-air software update for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The details of the update are unknown at the moment, but we’ll update this post when we have more information. If nothing else, the update will more than likely just squash some…
The United States has sanctions in place that prevent companies from doing business in Iran due to Iran’s active nuclear weapons program. The sanctions are in place to keep U.S. companies from aiding in Iran’s work on the program in any way, which the U.S. believes is a threat against both its own population and…
What do Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times have in common? They’re all highly regarded news organizations that have each independently confirmed what the internet already knows: Apple is going to launch a smaller iPad this year in order to compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Google Nexus 7.…
In a lengthy interview at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, CEO Steve Ballmer said the company is back in direct competition with Apple thanks to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. For a while it seemed like Microsoft was doing its own thing peacefully contributing to the mobile industry while Apple and Google battled…