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Apple had an amazing third quarter and the company was never going to lay out its plans for the next iPhone or iPad but it did release a nugget of information by saying that it will be having a “product transition” soon which would impact its next quarter. “We have a future product transition that…
Apple had another monster quarter for its third-quarter and the company exceeded expectations for sales of its iPhone and iPad on its way to $28.57 billion in revenue. The company sold 20.34 million iPhones in the quarter and I’d imagine that the bulk of these were iPhone 4 units but I’m sure that it gets…
Apple is reportedly launching a contract-free iPhone this year for the low price of $350. Typically, an out-of-contract iPhone model fetches anywhere between $600-700, so this is a pretty big deal for those who want the Apple smartphone without the burden of signing a contract. Last month, Apple decided to start selling the iPhone 4…
Apple iOS 5 beta 3 dropped a few hours ago and we weren’t expecting to find too much in it but we’re happy to report a few new goodies including enhanced gesture controls which could eventually lead to an iPhone without any physical buttons. You’ll be very happy to know that the Apple iOS 5…
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could share files between an iPhone and iPad simply by making a pouring motion from one to the other? Or by gesturing as if one is sucking up the info from the other device? It looks like that just might happen, as patents have been uncovered that show Apple’s…
Apple has just announced that it plans to fix or patch an iPhone and iPad security issue, where PDF files can be maliciously used by hackers to gain access to user data, and infect their devices without their knowledge. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security warned of “critical weaknesses in iOS, and Apple has responded…
We recently heard that the iPhone 5 was going into production starting August for a September or October release. Now we’re hearing reports that the company is planning on producing 25 million units before the end of this year. The iPhone 5, according to the Wall Street Journal, will be thinner and lighter than the…
Google Plus has been all the rage the past week, with some users saying that it’s a pretty formidable alternative to Facebook. The social network already has a fully working Android app, but the iOS app has yet to land in the iTunes store. On the bright side, it seems to be waiting on Apple’s…
Remember back when Steve Jobs announced the iPhone in January 2007? Everyone thought it was a phone from the future, and it completely upended the smartphone industry. We’d seen touchscreens before, but none quite as elegant or responsive as the one Apple used for the iPhone. Why did it take so long for competitors, namely…
While some of you may be aware of Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that makes everything Apple sells in working conditions that made several employees commit suicide last year, few of you may be aware of Pegatron. They too are a Taiwanese company and Apple chose them to build the CDMA (read: Verizon) iPhone. According to…