Last evening RIM rebranded itself as BlackBerry and launched BlackBerry 10 OS with Z10 and Q10 Smartphones. Here are BlackBerry 10 Highlights: BlackBerry 10 is a robust and reliable platform that is smooth and responsive. It has a modern design and a gesture-based interface that is highly discoverable. It is designed to support, learn, and adapt [...]
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Apple to hold event on Wednesday, September 12th — To unveil iPhone 5 & iPad mini
July 29th, 2012
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iMore has just published some interesting news about iPhone 5 – Apple is planning to debut the new iPhone at a special event on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, with the release date to follow 9 days later on Friday, September 21. iMore says that this information comes from sources who have proven accurate in the past. As [...]
iPhone Developer Program Reads “Need to update this for the 27th Launch”
January 27th, 2010
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This seems to be a big mistake. Apple’s iPhone Developer Program leaked some important information about this evenings Apple Event with this text in the license agreement – “Place holder Agreement — Need to update this for the 27th launch” Now what does this mean? Will the iPad/iSlate run the iPhone OS or will there [...]
iPhone is the leading smartphone not only in the Americas, but in Europe too
January 23rd, 2010
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Another interesting report released by AdMob states that the iPhone is the No.1 smartphone not only in the Americas, but its No.1 in Europe too. “Alongside the iPhone growing to 54 percent of all smartphone Internet traffic in North America, it now makes up more than half of all handheld traffic in Latin America (56 [...]
Vodafone UK sells over 100,000 iPhone within 1 week
January 23rd, 2010
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iPhone seems to be still rocking in the UK. Vodafone UK has just announced that it has sod over 100,000 units within the 1st week of launch. Over 50,000 iPhones were sold on the first day alone. And guess what, Google was able to sell only 20,000 Nexus One in its first week of launch. [...]
Apple Might Cover iPhones and iPods In Solar Cells
January 22nd, 2010
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This interesting Apple patent named “Power Management Circuitry and Solar Cells” was filed in August 8, 2008, shows that Apple is looking in to the use of solar cells on their mobile devices like iPods and iPhones as an alternative primary power source. The patent describes a series of internal switch components that would allow [...]
iPhone and Android together account for 81% of US smartphone web ads
January 22nd, 2010
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According to AdMob‘s latest report, Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android accounted for 81% of mobile ad impressions on smartphones in the US in the fourth quarter of 2009. Thats a jump of over 55% from the first quarter of 2009. Most of that growth comes from the Android, which has almost doubled its market share [...]
Apple Fires Back – Requests US ITC To Back Import of Nokia Phones
January 17th, 2010
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Bloomberg has covered this interesting story about how Apple responded to Nokia’s ITC request to ban Apple device imports with a US embargo request of its very own. The notice to Nokia asking International Trade Commission (ITC), a government agency tasked with protecting the US market from unfair trade practices on the ITC website. To [...]
Photo App Contest For The iPhone Announced – APPOS
January 15th, 2010
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APPOS is going to be an annual iPhone photography contest launched by Adorama. This annual APPOS Awards are designed to spotlight the rapid rise in popularity of the iPhone as a new platform for digital point-and-shoot photography and to recognize developers of outstanding photo apps, according to Ahron Schacter, Adorama spokesperson. The Adorama Photo APPOS [...]
App Store Piracy Costing Over $450 Million
January 14th, 2010
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Did you know that once you jailbreak your iPhone, you invariably end up using it as a piracy tools. A report estimates the total cost of pirated apps to be at around $450 million. This report was shared by 24/7 Wall St. Their estimate is based on a slightly older report from Bernstein analyst Toni [...]
Mplayit Report: iPhone, Android and Blackberry users use the same apps
January 14th, 2010
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There is this app discovery service on Facebook called Mplayit that has come out with an interesting discovery, ‘iPhone, Android and Blackberry users use the same apps’. Here is that report. Mplayit tracked 42,000 visitors and the apps they preferred for a set of ‘genres’. TUAW covered this news: Turns out that for the various [...]
