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Phone nerds were let down when Tim Cook showed off the iPhone 4S because it didn’t deliver on the wild expectations that they built up in their spec sheet obsessed minds. The screen stayed the same tiny 3.5 inches, the cellular radio got bumped up to only 14.4 Mbps max theoretical download speeds, and worst…
Speculation arose last night that in addition to Android using Carrier IQ to track users’ actions, iOS also had it implemented. Today, Apple has released an official statement for clarification: “We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update. With any…
This was a very tumultuous year around the globe with natural disasters, uprisings, crazy reality TV divorces and more, so what do you think was the most-searched for term on Yahoo in 2011? It was “iPhone,” the company said in a post. Apple’s iPhone is always something that garners a lot of traction online –…
I believe the iPhone 4S is a very nice device, but is it worth breaking your existing contract and paying fees to get? Well, data from the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners suggest that up to 45 percent of broke their contract to get the latest Apple smartphone. The report found that more than half (52…
There’s been a bit of a scuttlebutt the last few days because the iPhone 4S’ Siri wouldn’t provide information on birth control or abortions even though it would respond to requests about drugs, murder and other things. Apple said this was a glitch and it shouldn’t be interpreted as the company endorsing any side of…
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…
When Infinity Blade was released last year, I was very impressed by not only its breathtaking visuals, but also how addictive and fun its gameplay mechanics are. Month after month, ChAIR Entertainment improved the game through various updates which included new weapons, equipments, and enemies, an entirely new area to explore, and a multiplayer mode.…
Gameloft has been going on a free-to-play craze lately ever since they first dipped into the business with Sacred Odyssey: Rise of Ayden. Shortly thereafter, the company started making a number of its most popular games freemium, such as Let’s Golf 3, and now it looks like the company will be releasing their upcoming Red…
Oh Siri, is there anything she can’t do? Well, actually there’s a lot the voice-control system on the iPhone 4S can’t do out of the box but enterprising hackers and tinkerers have made her do a lot of wild of things. One many is even using Siri to start his car. Brandon Fiquett is using…
Analyst Chris Whitmore and his team at Deutsche Bank did some research regarding Apple’s Black Friday sales this year. They assessed over 100 Apple retail stores and over 100 authorized Apple resellers, such as AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target. Whitmore declared that about 75 percent completely sold out of iPhone 4S stock…