Archive | February, 2012

It's Not Easy Predicting the End of the iPhone

by on 28. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

Looking at the future of the iPhone, two articles, one from the Wall Street Journal's Anton Troianovski the other from The New York Times' Kevin J. O'Brien, out of the Barcelona's  Mobile World Congress reach some differing conclusions

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iPhone 4 most acquired device in 2011 in US, EU5

by on 26. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

Apple's iPhone 4 was the most acquired phone in both the USA and the EU5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK) according to a February 23 report by analysts comScore. 

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iPhone (still) saving the mobile industry

by on 24. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

FORTUNE — The iPhone has been, by many measures, one of the most successful products in business history. Nearly 200 million iPhones have been sold in four and a half years, 37 million of them in the last three months of 2011

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'Antennagate' class action lawsuit resolved, iPhone 4 owners entitled to $15 or bumper

by on 20. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

Remember “Antennagate?” A year and a half after Gizmodo first reported reception problems with iPhone 4, a class action lawsuit against Apple has finally come to a settlement. According to CNet, iPhone 4 owners in the US will soon be entitled to $15, or a $30 iPhone bumper case.

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Settlement reached in iPhone 4 antennagate suit

by on 18. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

Original iPhone 4 buyers can get either $15 or a new bumper case from Apple as part of a newly settled class-action lawsuit.

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There's an Easy Fix to Apple's Latest iPhone Privacy Problem

by on 16. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

Apple can make this whole iPhone address book fiasco all better with a simple fix. Following last week's Path scandal, amid the blogger fighting, turns out tons of other apps are also uploading user address book information to servers without asking the phone owner's permission.

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Split personality: iPhone by day, iPad by night

by on 14. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

When the sun goes down, that's when the iPad gets busy for folks with news readers. The iPhone? It's more of a daytime habit

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iPhone subsidies hurting phone carriers

by on 13. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 11 (UPI) — The subsidized iPhone sold by phone carriers is taking a significant bite out of the profit margins of big U.S. telecommunications firms, data indicates.

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iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Feb. 10

by on 11. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

In the iOSsphere calendar, Valentine's Day 2012 will be in June. Bring your sweetheart to San Francisco.

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The iPhone is a nightmare for carriers

by on 09. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

The iPhone may be great for consumers, but takes a nasty toll on wireless carriers' bottom line.

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Apple's iPhone hot but Android handsets 'on fire'

by on 07. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google's Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market.

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iPhone 4S sales resume online in China, shipments by March 2

by on 05. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

(Credit: Apple) The iPhone 4S launch in China did not go quite as Apple had planned.

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iPhone 5 could see June debut at Apple confab, report says

by on 03. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

Apple could announce its next-gen phone at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, according to the latest scuttlebut from Daiwa Securities.

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Tipard Newly Released iPhone 4S Transfer Platinum

by on 02. Feb, 2012 in iPhone News

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