Steve Job’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011 keynote has come and gone. Just as many suspected, Apple did not announce a next-generation iPhone, bucking a trend that had lasted for three years. The wait for the iPhone 5 begins anew. So, now that we know that Apple won’t have an iPhone in stores this [...]
Earlier today, the new Motorola Droid Bionic leaked out in some photos which gave us a glimpse at its new design and revealed a couple of its features. However, those photos have nothing on a new leak which confirms the Droid Bionic to have a massive 4.5 inch qHD display, new 3D MotoBlur as well [...]
Steve Jobs didn’t announce the iPhone 5 at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference at WWDC, which is a bad thing if you ask Apple fans. But it might be a good thing if you have an ounce of patience. The longer it takes Apple to release the iPhone 5, the better it’ll probably be. My [...]
Go to T-Mobile’s website and look for the G2. Can’t find it huh? That’s because it has disappeared completely. It doesn’t even have the “Out of Stock Temporarily” badge stuck to it. It’s gone. The reason? It’s simple. There is evidence that suggests that the G2 is on its last legs and will be hitting [...]
Right after Steve Jobs introduced iCloud, iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion at WWDC 2011, Apple’s stock prices reacted to the new services and the lack of an impressive , “One more thing,” namely no iPhone 5, by dropping 4.57% or $5.40 by 4:30 pm. Also dropping alongside new cloud competition was Google (GOOG) [...]
At the WWDC conference Apple announced a collection of new iCloud features that will arrive this fall with iOS 5, but they also announced a few new features that are available today for all users. The iCloud app, music and book features of iTunes in the cloud can be installed on your iOS 4.3 device [...]
As part of the new iCloud service announced at WWDC today, Apple also announced a cool new way for you to get your music into the cloud without spending a week or two uploading it all — iTunes Match. Yes, we are talking about, your music, as in the music you have ripped or purchased [...]
Along with the release date of the HTC EVO 3D smartphone, Sprint also announced the availability of its HTC EVO View 4G tablet aka WiMax HTC Flyer that will be available on June 24th, the same day that the EVO 3D makes its heralded arrival. We had known that the 24th was a likely candidate [...]
For the past three years, Apple’s announced a new iPhone at its World Wide Developers Conference and made them available for purchase soon after. But Apple failed to announce the iPhone 5 at WWDC, leaving many early adopters with nothing to upgrade to as their contracts come up for renewal with AT&T. AT&T typically allows its subscribers to [...]
As Apple presented iOS 5 at WWDC 2011, they had the rabid Apple fans licking their lips in anticipation, but probably disappointed the crowd and other observers when they confirmed that the new mobile OS won’t ship till some time “this fall” meaning anywhere from September 1 to November 30. For the developers present, they can get [...]
Apple announced their new iCloud service at WWDC 2011 confirming the rumors that have swirled for months that a cloud storage and syncing feature will become a free part of Apple’s device ecosystem. iCloud is free unless you want access to a new part of the music portion of the cloud version of iTunes. The [...]
Apple had announced that it was going to abandon Mobile Me and price iCloud at the amazing price of $0.00, but will iCloud’s free price come with some hidden and implicit costs? The service is being promoted beyond the calendar, contact, and email synchronization as the consumerization of push email when Mobile Me initially debuted. [...]
There had been some speculation that Apple might announced a new iPhone at the WWDC keynote, however, Apple stayed true to its word and focused on the three products that it had said it would reveal just a short time ago: iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud. We had touched on a bunch [...]
Steve Jobs took the stage at the end of the WWDC conference to unveil iCloud, a way to store and sync your content to all of your devices without wires. iCloud will replace mobileMe and will include a collection of new iCloud apps and support for third party apps. iCloud is available for free and includes [...]
There was a nasty little rumor prior to WWDC that stated that iOS 5 would not be coming to the iPhone 3GS. Luckily, Apple has just confirmed that the new software will in fact be coming to Apple’s aging phone and it will be doing so at some point this fall. Prior to the event, [...]
iMessage is Apple’s new messaging command center that allows iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads to communicate with each other. As the latter two products lack text messaging and picture messaging–SMS and MMS–capabilities, this will allow those devices to send text or feature-rich messages to iPhones and with each other. The service will definitely allow iOS [...]
Apple’s new iOS 5 will bring a dramatic improvement to the typing experience with something they call “Grab Handles” which is a split keyboard. This will be benefit those who need to type with their thumbs while holding their iPad or iPad 2 with two hands. Previously, one would have to have pretty large hands [...]
Apple has introduced the latest mobile software coming to the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad and one of the main features that will be coming along with it is PC Free, Apple’s nickname for wireless syncing a feature that Android users are familiar with and iDevice owners have been waiting for for quite awhile. This [...]
A new camera is app is coming to your iPhone soon as part of the iOS 5 update. Apple unveiled iOS 5 at its World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco today. The new camera app allows users to control the picture taking process and edit photos immediately without using third-party apps. Until now, iPhone [...]
WWDC 2011 included lots of numbers, including those for Macs with OS X and for iOS devices. We learned that Apple is claiming to have 44% of all mobile devices. This includes iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads. Other mobile operating systems account for the other 56% with Android taking second place with 28%, RIM’s BlackBerry [...]
Today at WWDC, Apple has introduced the latest version of its mobile software, iOS 5. One of the main features, and one that had been rumored leading up to the announcement at the conference, is the software’s integration with Twitter with features that include single sign-on, integration into apps, contacts and Safari and a lot [...]
At the WWDC keynote today, Apple introduced the a new app and service called Newstand, which allows users to manage their periodicals, including magazines and newspapers, on their iPad and iPhone. Users who subscribe to their favorite magazines and journals will be able to download new content as they become available automatically in the background. [...]
Apple has announced that its latest and greatest Mac software, Mac OS X Lion, will be available starting in July and will only be available to purchase on the Mac App Store. In the past, Apple had charged $129 for the software but they are dropping their price considerably making the software available for a [...]
Apple is announcing over 200 new features for iOS 5, which will come to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch soon. Of these 200 new features Apple is highlighting the top ten features for iOS 5 at WWDC 2011. iOS 5 will arrive this fall, for the iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, and [...]
During the WWDC 2011 keynote, Apple announced many new features in their next version of OS X Lion including Versions a new backup system that automatically saves multiple versions of a document so you can get previous edits back even after saving a document. The way it works, you can start a new document in [...]
At WWDC 2011 Phil Schiller took the stage after a brief into by Steve Jobs to announce the huge numbers of OS X users. Schiller said: We now have over 54 million Mac users around the world and growing. That is a big uptick since 2006 which saw an install base just over 20 million [...]
One of the new main features of Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is the ability to perform gestures which Apple’s Craig Federighi described as coming with a “incredible, physical realism that’s never been possible in a PC operating system before.” While there had been gestures on Macs before Lion, Apple has shown off the richer [...]
Apple announced that the Mac App Store will now be built into OSX Lion. That means every Mac sold will have a portal to the Mac App Store, just as every iPhone and iPad has built-in access to Apple’s mobile App Store and iTunes Store. According to Apple, the Mac App Store is now the number one [...]
Apple is busy announcing new Mac OS X Lion Features including a new full screen apps which are optimized for the full screen experience. Rather than simply scale up, Apple is focusing on a better full screen experience that takes advantage of the new scrolling and gestures that allow users to move easily back and [...]
At Apple’s WWDC Conference, Apple has shown off Mission control, which is accessible via a three-finger gesture by swiping upwards on the trackpad. Mission Control allows users to not only manage their multitasking, but also their workflow, combining two features of OS X into one–Spaces and Expose. Once you’re in Mission Control, it will show [...]
At WWDC today, Apple announced more about the new features for Mac OS X 10.7, or OS X Lion as it is also known. Of the 250 new features which Apple is announcing in OS X Lion, Apple is highlighting the following Top Ten OSX Lion features. Top Ten OSX Lion Features 1. Better Multitouch Gestures [...]
Apple’s online web store is still up as Steve Jobs has begun his WWDC keynote this morning in San Francisco, California. It’s unclear if there will be new hardware, or if an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 will debut today, but as Apple’s website is still up, it may mean that the Cupertino, California company [...]
Apple fans intent on having the latest iPhone in their pocket can sell their iPhone 4s for more than $300 through electronics buyback services, such as Gazelle.com. The iPhone 5 may or may not be announced at WWDC 2011, but one thing is for sure. Your iPhone 4 will be worth a lot less once the [...]
Apple has been pretty open with the content of the WWDC event today which will show off i OS 5, iCloud and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Apple was even fairly open in the setup of the Moscone center, leaving iCloud banners up for all to see. Well, it wouldn’t be Apple without a surprise [...]
Many of you have been anxiously waiting to see what the new Motorola Droid Bionic will look like after Motorola confirmed that the one we saw back at CES had been scrapped. Well, today, we apparently have our first images of Verizon’s upcoming 4G LTE Droid smartphone and as you can see, the form factor [...]
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