iFixit have done their usual sterling job of ripping Apple’s newest offering apart. And the reveal has exposed some interesting facts about the “Verizon iPhone 4″. Most notably, it uses the same Qualcomm chipset as the Droid Pro, which is both GSM and CDMA compatible. This means that technically the … Read the Full Story →
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has hit another all time high today, and as of writing this piece is sitting at just over $350 per share. That is a quite meteoric rise in share value from a little over $100 a few short years ago. It is worth noting that ARM (the … Read the Full Story →
AppleBitch has spotted a “vanilla” booking for the Moscone West Convention Centre at about the time that the Apple World Wide Developers Conference is normally held. Based on previous Apple WWDC bookings it seems likely that this is the date for WWDC this year. WWDC used to be the event … Read the Full Story →
Copy Apps have been an issue for a while in the iOS App Store. But these usually come about in the form of low quality copies of existing successful apps, where artwork has been ripped off, gameplay aspects have been copied, and the app has been given a similar name. … Read the Full Story →
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has contacted publishers of newspaper and magazine style Apps who use the App Store, and clarified its existing Terms and Conditions, explaining that their interpretation of the existing publisher / developer agreement is that all in-app payments should be carried out through Apple’s iTunes infrastructure after the 31st … Read the Full Story →
In a leak somewhat reminiscent of a Microsoft launch event (i.e. What we are all waiting to hear leaks 5 minutes before the event!) details of News Corp’s “The Daily” digital newspaper for the iPad have been outed by Gizmodo – who ironically were not invited to the event! The … Read the Full Story →
The Samsung Galaxy Tab has not sold anywhere near as well as Samsung initially hoped, or boasted that it would. But that is not all the bad news for Samsung. In countries like the US they have an option for shoppers anecdotally referred to as “Buyers Remorse”, where people can … Read the Full Story →
Two percent does not seem like a huge number. But when you consider that 2% of the entire world’s internet browsing (that’s including desktop computers) is done using iOS today, that tends to put that figure in sharper focus. It is an impressive achievement for a mobile operating system. And … Read the Full Story →
ZEN Pinball Rollercoaster Rating: I am a pinball and retro arcade game fanatic! I almost paid an ungodly sum for a real pinball table the other day at a local market in Thailand. That table had been imported about 15 years ago, and even so was being offered for sale at … Read the Full Story →
Samsung have been a long time partner with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), despite also being rivals in several extremely important and strategic marketplaces to both companies; most notably smart-phones and tablets. Apple’s own A4 processor was actually a joint development project between Samsung and AAPL, which Apple forked off to produce … Read the Full Story →
You may remember that we recently reported that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was fast gaining ground in the Personal Computer market league table for who was the biggest computer manufacturer. At the time they were sitting around 5th place, but very close to 3rd and 4th, and some expect them to … Read the Full Story →
CineXPlayer for iPad Rating: With VLC now a distant memory on the App Store, for legal reasons, and the very limited set of movie file formats available to us natively in iOS from Apple, CineXPlayer for iPad may well be the answer to your AVI / XVID blues. CineXPlayer allows you … Read the Full Story →
Eastman Kodak, one of the grandaddies of photography, has lost key parts of its case against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and other mobile device manufacturers where it claimed that their use of an image preview feature in the included digital camera functionality of those devices infringed its own patents. Judge Paul Luckern … Read the Full Story →
We’ve know for some time that Apple has a concept which aims to turn your iPhone into a virtual wallet – as well as your camera, gaming device, web device and phone! Near Field Communications (NFC) components have been expected to make an appearance in the iPhone 5 for some time. … Read the Full Story →
Now here is a rumor that I believe. In fact I was discussing this with our editor just before the weekend. If you want my final prediction on the iPad 2 then here it is… More RAM with same CPU (perhaps slightly faster – not dual core), new GPU (a … Read the Full Story →
