Archive | September, 2011
T-Mobile executive apologizes to subscribers for not carrying the iPhone
Unfortunately for T-Mobile users, they won’t be getting the iPhone in 2011. Despite rumors from a few months back pointing towards T-Mobile testing an iPhone on their network, T-Mobile CMO Cole Brodman allegedly told employees last week that the company wouldn’t be receiving the iPhone 5 before 2012. Now, in a much more public manner, […]
Continue reading...Amazon introduces $199 Kindle Fire
28. September 2011
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Bloomberg broke the news this morning regarding Amazon’s upcoming Kindle Fire Tablet. With a surprisingly low pricepoint of just $199, the Kindle Fire may prove to be the first real competitor to the iPad we’ve seen in the marketplace. Sporting a 7-inch display and running Android underneath the hood, Amazon is hoping to leverage their […]
Continue reading...Apple to discontinue the iPod Classic and iPod Shuffle – Rumor
28. September 2011
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Apple may soon be axing both the iPod Classic and the iPod Shuffle according to a recent report from TUAW. The article doesn’t relay much substantial evidence aside from the tried and true argument that iPod sales are slumping and that iPod sales as a whole only account for 8% of Apple’s total revenue. Further, […]
Continue reading...Verizon files brief seeking to block Apple’s motion for preliminary injunction against 4G based Samsung products
28. September 2011
Apple’s legal effort to block the sale of Samsung’s line of Galaxy smartphones and tablets has seen some success across Europe and in Australia. As for Apple’s efforts to win an injunction preventing Samsung from selling its allegedly infringing products in the US, well, we’ll have an answer to that in just a few weeks. […]
Continue reading...How a stolen iPhone 5 prototype from Foxconn begat the flurry of teardrop iPhone case designs.
27. September 2011
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Last year, an iPhone 4 prototype went missing, or perhaps stolen is a more appropriate phrase, after an Apple engineer accidentally left it at a bar. As a result, Apple’s brand new iPhone 4 design wasn’t all that new when Steve Jobs unveiled it to the public last Summer. And would you believe it, but […]
Continue reading...Sprint call center operators scheduled for “special training” on October 14
27. September 2011
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SprintFeed chimes in with a piece of news lending even more credence, not that any more is necessary, to the rumor that Sprint will finally be carrying the iPhone 5 this Fall. “We’ve received word from various sources,” the report notes, “that some of Sprint’s call center’s corporate trainers and management are being scheduled for […]
Continue reading...S3 Graphics sues Apple again for patent infringement
27. September 2011
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In late July, a company called S3 Graphics won a ruling at the ITC when US ITC Judge James Gildea said that Apple’s line of Mac computers infringed upon two of S3’s patents. Now, S3 Graphics, which is in the midst of being acquired by HTC, is suing Apple again, this time alleging that Apple […]
Continue reading...Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes ups stock target for Apple shares to $555
27. September 2011
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On September 6th, Apple shares were trading $369.90. But over the past few weeks, Apple shares have enjoyed a meteoric rise to +$400 levels, reaching as high of $422.70 last Tuesday. Notably, many analysts believe that Apple’s stock price is poised to rise even further.
Continue reading...It’s official – Apple iPhone event set for October 4, 10 am Pacific Standard Time
27. September 2011
Corroborating a report last week from All Things D, Macworld along with a host of other tech websites are reporting that they’ve received an official invite to a special event next week to be held on Apple’s Cupertino campus at 10 a.m. As with most Apple event invitations, details are scarce. But the invitation featured […]
Continue reading...Microsoft employees leave during Steve Ballmer speech
27. September 2011
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Well this certainly doesn’t sound too promising for the morale of the troops in Redmond. During Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s speech to Microsoft employees at the company’s annual retreat, Microsoft employees reportedly began leaving in droves, mid-speech no less.
Continue reading...Apple loses bid to trademark “multi-touch”
27. September 2011
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On January 9, 2007, the same day Steve Jobs announced the original iPhone, Apple filed a trademark application for the phrase “multitouch”. Now, nearly 5 years later, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has conclusively denied Apple’s efforts in securing that trademark. The ruling comes courtesy of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 rumored to launch in 5 countries on October 14
27. September 2011
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The Japanese-language Macotakara is reporting that Apple is gearing up to launch the iPhone 4 and/or the iPhone 5 on October 14th in the US, UK, France, Germany, and Japan. This certainly coalesces given recent reports that Apple has blocked out vacation time for retail employees during the middle of October. Moreover, with Apple’s special […]
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28. September 2011
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