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Here we go again. A few days after hearing that the Apple iPhone 5 won’t have NFC, a new report from Forbes says that the next generation Apple smartphone will have NFC for things like mobile payments and syncing. According to a Forbes report: From what I hear, it is possible the iPhone 5 will…
How many times have you spotted an item on sale at Best Buy and wondered if it was available somewhere else or if it received positive reviews? If you are an iPhone owner, you can now fire up Google Shopper for all your on-the-go product information needs. A post on its mobile blog confirmed that…
It’s the end of the year, so many publications are putting together their top 10 stories (check out ours here, here and here) and CNN has listed the Apple iPhone 4 ‘Antennagate’ as the top fail of the year. Do you agree? If you remember, the Apple iPhone 4 leaked online a few months before…
The Apple iPhone 4 has been a big hit in Japan but it’s lacking some key features that those users expect like NFC capabilities to pay for things like the subway. The carrier Softbank is trying to fix that by adding an NFC sticker to the case. The iPhone 4 NFC support is achieved through…
We’re still in the gift-giving season and AT&T decided to surprise its existing and potential customers with an even better iDeal. The carrier is slashing the prices on refurbished iPhone 4 by $50, while keeping the good ol’ free shipping. To find these new deals, visit this page on AT&T’s website and click on the…
It looks like Sam’s Club will be offering the Apple iPhone 4 for $147 this week. I’d like to make a joke about picking up a gallon of mayonnaise with your new smartphone but this is just too much of a good deal to laugh about. The Sam’s Club deal will require signing a new,…
Mobile geeks adore the Japanese mobile phone industry because their devices, although nothing more than glorified dumb phones, come packed with features including ultra high resolution cameras, the ability to capture 1080p video, NFC to pay for items at a grocery store, hop on public transportation, or even open your front door, and they also…
The iPhone fanboys now have a devastating bit of ammunition to pull out against their Android counterparts, as an iPhone CPR app has helped save the life of a young basketball player. According to the LA Times, Xavier Jones was playing high-school basketball when his heart stopped due to a pre-existing medical condition. Luckily, coach…
We all know that Apple is already working on the followup to the iPhone 4 and analysts are already speculating that the iPhone 5 will have a pico projector and access to live TV. I think these are both nonsense predictions for multiple reasons. Analyst Brian White with Ticonderoga Securities is not outright saying that…
Verizon is rolling out LTE and the carrier may be modifying its current data plans to reflect the changes that accompany this next generation mobile broadband service. Rather than keep conventional data plans which are tiered according to MB or GB of usage, the wireless carrier is considering plans that are tiered by speed in…