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Another day another Apple rumor, this one courtesy of Japanese news publication Nikkei Business. They say that Apple’s next generation iPad will not ship in the spring, like previous generations of the iPad, but instead will come out in the summer. Same story with the iPhone 5, which will ship in the fall just like…
Microsoft is in the process of scaling down its massively popular Office suite of applications for the Apple iPad, one report says. Obviously the iPad gives developers a big market with proven success for selling apps, and Microsoft may be realizing that. Next to Windows, Microsoft Office is arguably the most successful suite of software programs…
iOS 5.1 was released to developers last night, and buried within were signs of two new iPad models – one numbered 3,3, and another 2,4. Though the details really end there, a separate source is indicating Apple has locked down production on 10-inch 2048 x 1536 displays. Richard Shim, an analyst with DisplaySearch has claimed…
Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa, which operates Three (brand) mobile networks, is reportedly offering 1.4 billion EUR for Orange Austria to merge it with its operations in the country (3 Austria). According to local press reports, a deal could go through as soon as next month, though none of the parties involved commented. At the moment,…
A new report about Zynga says the social gaming company tried to buy Angry Birds-maker Rovio for about $2.25 billion but it was rebuffed. Who would have thought that a bunch of little pigs and pigs could be worth so much? The acquisition attempt hasn’t been confirmed by Rovio or Zynga but it makes sense…
Scattered reports are indicating that RIM is cutting a pretty sweet deal on the BlackBerry PlayBook to those in the family. Employees will be able to snag up to five 16 GB tablets for $100 a pop, apparently. The 32 GB only costs $149, and the 64 GB version is going for $199. Those of…
The rumor is that Verizon and Motorola are working on a white version of the DROID RAZR. Nothing is still confirmed and all we have is a screenshot from Verizon’s device management system to prove the claim (brought to you by Droid-Life). Aside from the color change, there are no any other differences between the…
Well what do you know – Verizon Wireless may actually launch the DROID 4 on December 8th, as we reported before. Or at least the growing number of information we’re getting about the QWERTY keyboard Android smartphone suggests so. The latest info we got about Moto’s upcoming device shows us compatible accessories. As you’re about…
Peter Misek, an analyst at Jefferies, recently came back from a trip to Japan where he learned quite a few things about the future of Apple products. One of the major stories is that Apple has invested a serious amount of cash, upwards of $1 billion, into manufacturing equipment for one of Sharp’s display factories.…
File this under “heavy rumors” as we honestly think Verizon won’t launch the Motorola DROID 4 this year. It’s kinda too late to generate some buzz around it and my bet is they’ll use the upcoming CES in Las Vegas to unveil their first QWERTY keyboard-equipped LTE smartphone. But you never know… Droid-Life got that…