According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple is poised to discontinue the infamous iPhone 4 Bumper Case as the launch of a new iPhone looms upon the horizon. The report cites an anonymous source and theorizes that the reason behind the discontinuation might be because the next incarnation of the iPhone, possibly called the iPhone [...]
In some rather unfortunate news, Sprint has gone ahead and closed the door on the Sprint Premier program and has also announced that Gold customers will not be able to take advantage of an annual upgrade once the end of 2012 rolls around. Sprint Premier services will still be available until the end of 2011 [...]
Kensington has a new iPhone 4 case out that adds a number of nice features to your iPhone without adding significant bulk. The BungeeAir Protect Wireless Security Tether and BungeeAir Power Wireless Security Tether for iPhone help you remember your iPhone, secure your iPhone and can find your keys. The Power model adds a battery [...]
While we’re pretty sure that the next iPhone will be launching in the next few weeks, we still have no idea what Apple has up its sleeve in terms of, well, the iPhone. Unfortunately, we’ll probably be in the dark as to what the iPhone 5 looks like until Apple makes an official announcement. Or [...]
Despite pressure from investors and lackluster Nintendo 3DS sales, Nintendo’s Chief, Satoru Iwata, has gone on record again, saying that the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch won’t be playing Mario and other Nintendo games while he has anything to do with it. Iwata recently responded to the continual question by saying, “That is absolutely not under consideration.” [...]
Future updates to iMessage, iChat and Lion may integrate the two built in chat features, bringing a chat solution that spans across your iPhone and your Mac so that messages show up in each location. iOS 5 will bring a new messaging solution to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, that allows you to chat [...]
The iPhone is generally thought of as a leading smartphone, one the competition learns from and copies, but this time around, there are several features that I hope the iPhone 5 learns from the Droid Bionic. The iPhone 5 is even more anticipated than the iPhone 4, but it is facing stiff competition from several [...]
Apple has a long history of over-shadowing major rival trade shows. When the company participated in the MacWorld expo years ago, that show had coincided with the International CES convention held in the early part of January in Las Vegas. Apple had strategically utilized the original aluminum-clad iPhone’s announcement at MacWorld in 2007 to lure [...]
In the past, there have been rumors that Apple would be abandoning its circular home button on a speculated next-generation iPhone 5 hardware, but in making the move would Apple give Samsung ammunition in a lawsuit? The two smartphone-makers have been engaged in a bitter and public legal dispute spanning multiple countries since April where [...]
According to a recent survey Steve Jobs’ resignation as the CEO of Apple will have a very small affect, if any, on the consumer demand for Apple products like the iPhone 5. ChangeWave Research asked 2,297 consumers if they would be “less likely” to purchase an Apple product now that Steve Jobs has retired. Of those surveyed, [...]
A new report from 9to5Mac suggests that Sprint and Apple have completed their work on a Sprint version of the iPad 2 that will apparently launch alongside the iPhone that Sprint is said to be getting. It’s still unclear whether or not Sprint’s version of the iPad 2 will launch on the carrier’s 4G WiMax [...]
If you want your iPhone to stand out in a crowd, you should check out this glowing Apple logo mod which can be yours, for a price. iPatch, a British repair shop, has perfected a procedure that illuminates the Apple logo on the back of the iPhone 4. iPatch tells Wired that the process is, [...]
One of the predominant rumors about the iPhone 5 is that it will have a larger home button which would support gestures, but an iPhone 5 part up for sale on a Chinese website casts doubt on this change. How To Arena dug up this iPhone 5 replacement part, which claims to be compatible with [...]
While iOS 5 is believed to be coming on October 10, Apple may be launching its hardware five days later. According French wireless carrier Orange head Stephane Richard, Apple will debut the iPhone 5 on October 15th. Richard says, “If I believe what we heard, the iPhone 5 will be released on October 15.” It’s [...]
The moment many of you have been waiting for has arrived. Turntable.fm, the social DJing platform that has taken the music world by storm, is now available for consumption on the iTunes App Store for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. No, there is no standalone iPad application yet so those of you who have [...]
Acting president of HTC America Martin Fichter went on record to criticize both Apple’s and Microsoft’s approach to mobile at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Washington. Ficther says that Apple’s success is its own curse while Microsoft fails to capitalize on the boom over 4G networks. In speaking about Apple, Fichter says that [...]
The launch of the Motorola Droid Bionic has come and gone and now, we turn our attention to the next big device that is supposed to be headed to shelves at some point in the next few weeks. That device of course is Apple’s iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S, depending on whom you ask. Unlike [...]
The iPhone and iPad are known for having high priced accessories, but if you don’t want to spend an arm and a leg to accessorize your iPhone, you need look no farther than the dollar store. On a recent trip to the Dollar Tree, a bargain shopping staple in the Midwest, I found a collection of iPhone and [...]
The iPhone 5 release date is still unknown, but as the wait continues, we have a better idea about what to expect from the next iPhone. Despite the rumors, we all have our own wishlist of iPhone 5 features and specs. While we all try to hang in there for an official announcement, I invite [...]
We’re still not exactly sure when Apple is going to announce or release the next iPhone, or iPhones, but we have a pretty good feeling that a launch will be taking place in September or October. If true, the iPhone 5 is going to be up against some stiff competition, arguably, the most serious competition [...]
According to a recent product listing on UK carrier Vodafone, Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5 will maintain the current 16 and 32 GB storage capacities that’s been offered on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. The carrier’s website mentions that the new flagship Apple smartphone would be offered in both black and white color variants, similar [...]
Ahead of the launch of the flagship iPhone 5, AT&T may be looking to stem any losses from current subscribers who may switch to rival Verizon, because of that carrier’s famed and robust network, or Sprint, as that carrier is the lone carrier of the big national cell provider that still offers unlimited data plans, [...]
An AT&T corporate retail store employee in the Northern California area had informed me that area employees are beginning their iOS 5 training this weekend, suggesting that the elusive iPhone 5 may be launching soon. According to recent chatter, the iPhone 5 is rumored to be made available for purchase in the early October time [...]
Earlier today, we learned that Sprint was likely going to be offering up the iPhone 5 with unlimited data plans. That’s pretty exciting news. Well, that’s not the only exciting Sprint iPhone 5 news today. Nope. SprintFeed has gotten their hands on an internal Sprint document that indicates that the carrier is expecting a major [...]
So far, there’s no official iPhone 5 announcement, but as the iPhone 5 release date approaches, we do have plenty of opinions about the device. Over the past month, we’ve asked our readers for their opinion about the iPhone 5, and as we expected, you have a wide range of opinions about Apple’s next device. [...]
Adobe has finally found a way to bring flash to the iPhone and iPad. Tim Cook isn’t kicking Steve Job’s Anti-Flash mantra to the curb though. Adobe has announced a new tool that processes the Flash video on the server, sending video to the iPhone and iPad even though they don’t support Flash. The new [...]
Sprint has been rumored to be among the U.S. carriers scheduled to offer the next iPhone and according to Bloomberg, it will employ a weapon to ensure that it has something to use against the the competition. AT&T and Verizon will definitely be getting the iPhone 5, however, both offer tiered data plans. Sprint, according [...]
Oh, my. When tech and gadget stories start getting parodied in the main stream media, you know there’s fun to be had. That’s exactly what this Conan O’Brien parody does with Apple and its latest lost iPhone caper. I’m not sure the Geneva Convention regulations on torture apply to gadget companies or not.
The announcement didn’t come with any big announcement but I have a feeling this might actually be a pretty big announcement for some of you out there who love Google Music and own an iPhone or an iPad. Google, rather slyly, announced that it has released a web application for devices running iOS 4. If [...]
If you are thinking of purchasing an iPhone 4, you’ll have to wait an extra 1 to 3 days for it to arrive, a jump in ship time that is evidence of low inventory levels. Low inventory levels are typical before Apple releases a new product, like the iPhone 5. Typically iPhone orders ship within [...]
Apple has begun releasing new versions of iOS 5 to carrier partners for testing, which reveals new information about voice command and the company’s partnership with Nuance, FaceTime Over 3G for video chat and communications, as well as training information for iCloud. According to 9to5 Mac, Apple has been working with carriers to develop training [...]
What you are looking at is a photo of sushi. However, this isn’t any old photo of sushi. This picture, according to Pocketnow, very well could be the first photo taken with Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5. The photo claims to be taken from an iPhone 4 but there is some evidence that disputes that. The [...]
Ahead of the much speculated launch of the iPhone 5, U.S. wireless carrier AT&T, which had been the exclusive iPhone partner until earlier this year when Verizon joined the iOS party and began to sell the CDMA iPhone 4, is trying to generate goodwill with its customers by giving out 1,000 free rollover minutes. The [...]
The iPhone 4 has been out for over a year now and there are rumors swirling about a new iPhone launching later this month or at some point in October however it appears the iPhone 4 is still the best selling smartphone on both AT&T and Verizon Wireless. According to Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley, [...]
The iPhone is known as a phone without a physical keyboard, and it will likely never have one built-in, but that hasn’t stopped designers from trying to add a physical keyboard to the iPhone. Most of these are bulky and boxy, but the SmartKeyboard concept from Jing Yang is an impressively thin and inventive way to add a physical keyboard to the iPhone. Taking design cues from [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
As exciting as it has been to talk, postulate, and speculate about the Galaxy S III’s hardware and specs before the third-generation Galaxy flagship smartphone was announced on May 3rd in London, once the device was announced one thing became apparent: Samsung is now a software company. That doesn’t mean that Samsung is shying away [...]
Autumn Dynasty Review: A Great RTS for the iPad
With its large touchscreen, the iPad seems like the perfect platform for Real Time Strategy games, and Autumn Dynasty proves it, mostly. Autumn Dynasty is an RTS iPad game with art that looks like tradition Chinese painting. The story involves quelling a rebellion while solving a mystery of shady noblemen. The story though, just serves [...]
Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Review: Record Your Jams with Ease
The Griffin GuitarConnect Pro interfaces with your Guitar and your iPad or iPhone so you can record your music easily using apps like Apple’s GarageBand. My son Daniel, who’s learning to play guitar, helped me test it out and he loved it. When he gets as good as Jimi Hendrix, I’m sure he’ll steal my [...]
Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
