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Although the Apple iPhone 4 sold out in just hours online and in stores, with long wait times afterward for those who wanted one, it didn’t really seem to help Apple’s decline in market share. Between April and July of this year, Apple’s market share declined 1.3% according to ComScore. Unsurprisingly, Google took a 5%…
It looks like Apple may soon introduce the ability for app makers to charge on a subscription basis, which would make devices like the Apple iPad an ideal device for newspapers and magazines. Sources say that Apple will share the demographic data with the publishers and this is critical because that’s what a newspaper or…
It seems like only yesterday that the Apple iPhone 4 was released, and rumors are already abound for the next iPhone. Apple is apparently going to be ditching its long-time partner Infineon for Qualcomm according to China’s Commercial Times. But this rumor is two-fold, since Qualcomm does manufacture CDMA chipsets, it could make that Verizon…
Now that the whole Antennagate fiasco for the iPhone 4 has simmered down, it’s time to revisit the case program. As a result of all the bickering and banter about the iPhone 4’s fickle antenna, Apple decided to give free cases to users who purchased, and will purchase, its latest smartphone before September 30. For…
Videotron, a regional operator from Quebec, Canada, launched its mobile service today with a bang. An executive VP hinted that the newly formed wireless carrier may carry the iPhone, freshly manufactured with support for the 1700MHz AWS band. The VP also suggested the same handset would land at Wind and T-Mobile. The crowning moment came…
Yesterday, Apple released iOS 4.1 and fixed many bugs with the iPhone and brought along new features like HDR photography and the ability to rent or purchase TV shows and movies in iTunes. Perhaps one of the bigger features added was Game Center, an application that allows users to befriend other iPhone gamers and earn…
Apple issued a statement this morning about their well-established stance on using third-party development tools for iPhone apps. Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 was hurt most from the decision to ban developers from using such software, as it had tools for converting Flash creations into iPhone applications, but it looks like Apple will be reversing their…
So you got yourself a brand spanking new iPad and soon you quickly realized that none of the files you grabbed off those semi-illegal sites on the internet work. What is a movie aficionado such as yourself going to do? Luckily the folks at Applidium are trying to help out by porting the open source…
Filed under “oh look, another bloody Apple rumor”, we’re hearing that Apple may be buying their baseband for the next generation iPhone from Qualcomm. The baseband is the part of a mobile phone that talks to mobile networks; think of it as a modem. Qualcomm has historically been the number one provider of baseband chipsets…
If you recall during Apple’s press conference last week, the iPhone maker said Game Center would be released with today’s scheduled release of iOS 4.1. Since the update just went live moments ago, it looks like all iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation can now take part in Apple’s…