Archive | May 25th, 2011
Verizon iPhone was codenamed “ACME” and prototypes required secret pin entry every 12 hours
By Sarah Petit: After nearly 4 years of waiting, the iPhone finally came to Verizon earlier this year and ended years of speculation as to when Apple would release a CDMA model of its popular smartphone. Verizon and Apple’s joint efforts to deliver a CDMA iPhone began in earnest in 2008 and kicked off a […]
Continue reading...Apple’s note on its Apple retail store 2.0 upgrade
25. May 2011
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Apple this weekend rolled out a number of changes to their entire line of retail stores, changes which included the addition of iPads running specialized software to each table of Apple products. In conjunction with the retail overhaul, Apple printed up this little note. We’re not sure if this was intended for retail staff or […]
Continue reading...France Telcom CEO Stephane Richard claims next iPhone will be “smaller and thinner”
25. May 2011
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In a wide ranging interview with All Things D, France Telecom CEO Stephane Richard discussed a host of issues relating to the mobile market and Apple’s role in spearheading the smartphone revolution. “They just created smartphones with the iPhone,” Richard bluntly explained. “Everybody should be grateful to them to have put such a product in […]
Continue reading...AT&T to launch LTE in 5 US cities this Summer
25. May 2011
AT&T today issued a press release announcing the impending launch of its LTE network in five markets this Summer – Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Antonio. Following that, AT&T has plans to add on another 10 cities during the second half of 2011 with the ultimate goal to provide LTE coverage to 70 million […]
Continue reading...Judge approves Apple request to see “unreleased” Samsung hardware
25. May 2011
Samsung last Wednesday was ordered to hand over to Apple five as-of-yet unreleased products so that Apple can compare them to their own offerings ahead of litigation. Update: To be clear, the Judge approved Apple’s request. However, the products in question will be for “outside counsel eyes only.” In other words, Apple and its legal […]
Continue reading...NFC on the Nexus S 4G is about to go operational
25. May 2011
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With all of the rumors swirling around the potential for NFC functionality on the next iPhone, it’s sometimes easy to forget that there’s already a popular smartphone out on the market with that very feature. We’re talking, of course, about the Nexus S – Google’s flagship smartphone manufactured by Samsung. It’s most recent incarnation is […]
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25. May 2011
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