Apple’s App Store Downloads Surpasses 40 Billion Downloads, 20 Billion in 2012

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Apple has passed yet another milestone in App Store downloads since its launch in 2008 with the iPhone 3G. The Cupertino, California company announced that the App Store has surpassed 40 billion downloads, with 20 billion of those downloads in the year of 2012 alone. In December 2012, Apple surpassed a new record of 2 billion downloads in a month, … Read More

AT&T Planning to Shut Off 2G EDGE Network by 2017

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AT&T’s 2G EDGE network is one of the oldest mobile networks and it appears that the company is now ready to retire the network to give way for faster 3G and 4G LTE networking. The EDGE network was the only available network for accessing the internet on the original iPhone, often referred to in blogs as the “iPhone 2G”. EDGE … Read More

iOS 6 to Bring National Emergency Alerts to iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

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Apple’s popular iPhone has been on the market since 2007 and has picked up a number of new features since then, including video chat capabilities, and even Siri, a voice controlled personal assistant. However, even with a variety of innovative technology, the iPhone always fell short when it came to emergency notifications or access. As a result, Apple is now … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Hires Former Xbox Live Marketing Executive to Push iPhone / iPad Gaming

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Following the release of Apple’s iPhone in 2007, Apple Inc. (AAPL) experienced heavy adoption of its first smartphone, leading to the release of the second generation phone. After initial support for web apps AAPL also announced the App Store, which revolutionized the landscape of gaming on mobile devices. Many third-party app developers created apps tailored to the iPhone and iPod … Read More

Apple’s iPhone Turns 5 Years Old, Leading Smartphone Market Since 2007

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On Monday, Apple’s iPhone officially turned 5 years old, marking a historic moment, when Steve Jobs took introduced Apple’s revolutionary mobile phone. On January, 9, 2007, Late Apple CEO Steve Jobs came on stage with a huge presence, ready to introduce the product that would change the smartphone market forever. About 20 minutes into the presentation, Mr. Jobs introduced the … Read More

Korean Family Sue Apple over iPhone 3G Water Damage Issue

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are in court again, but this time with what looks like a lawsuit that is more altruistic than opportunistic. The case is being brought against Apple by the parents of a 13 year old Korean girl who owns an iPhone 3G. Out here in Asia the humidity is very high indeed most of the year. And the little pads … Read More

Has Apple Removed AirPlay for the iPhone 3G from iOS 4.2?

Unfortunately for users of Apple’s iPhone 3G, a nasty little list is beginning to build up of new features that are introduced to iOS, but aren’t available on the two-year-old device. Along with Game Centre, multitasking, and home screen wallpapers, it now seems that AirPlay could be another feature that 3G users will miss out on. Whilst playing around with … Read More

Install Android on your iPhone 2G or 3G Using Cydia [Jailbreak]

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Around 7 months ago there was a flurry of videos on YouTube of people jailbreaking and installing Android on their iPhone. Some were fake, but eventually a real one emerged. And Hacker “planetbeing” showed us all an iPhone 2G running Android! David Wong even showed us a way to dual boot an iPhone with both iPhone OS (as it was … Read More

iOS 4.2 Improves Apple iPhone 3G Performance?

Hands-on tests of the iPhone 3G with the golden master of Apple’s iOS 4.2 software installed have indicated that performance on the second-generation device is much improved. The iOS 4.2 software which is due for release later this month was tested in the video below and seems to be an improvement upon previous firmwares while web browsing in Safari, using … Read More

Steve Jobs Promises iOS 4 Speed Fix for iPhone 3G Soon

Many iPhone 3G users have been complaining of speed issues running iOS 4 on what is now the oldest iPhone model that Apple sells. But in reality, apart from some loss of graphics performance, the horsepower under the iPhone 3G’s hood should really be able to cope with what iOS 4 throws at it. Especially as Apple’s 4th iteration of … Read More

Apple Investigating iPhone 3G slow performance after iOS 4 Upgrade

iPhone 3G users have been complaining about slow performance after upgrading to Apple’s iOS 4. The second gen iPhone reportedly becomes slow and the battery drains faster than before after the upgrade. WSJ today published a news story where they reported that an Apple spokeswoman confirmed that they are aware of these issues: Apple is investigating reports that the latest iPhone … Read More