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PostSecret app for iOS removed due to user abuse
Postsecret is one of those websites worth checking in on regularly. In case you haven’t yet had the pleasure of perusing the site, Postsecret provides an avenue for people to anonymously express their inner most secrets and thoughts to the world via postcards that they send in via snail mail, which are subsequently scanned and […]
Continue reading...The problem with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 sales strategy
Thursday, January 12, 2012
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I don’t want to needlessly bash on Microsoft here, but I simply don’t get all of the hoopla surrounding Windows Phone 7. Sure, it’s a huge upgrade from Windows Mobile, and sure, it offers a unique UI, but overall, it doesn’t grab me. Truthfully, I’m sort of perplexed at the heaps of praise that seem […]
Continue reading...Analyst sees iPhone 5 with larger screen and 4G connectivity as huge growth driver for Apple in 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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According to Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu, Apple’s biggest growth driver in 2012 will be the iPhone 5, a product that doesn’t officially exist yet, but one that Wu claims will feature 4G LTE technology along with “a sleeker, thinner form factor, and a slightly larger screen.” Now 4G smartphones are already plentiful in the […]
Continue reading...Don’t fret, Sprint doesn’t throttle iPhone users
Monday, January 9, 2012
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Coming to the iPhone party late, Sprint found itself unable to stop subscriber churn customers flocked to AT&T, and more recently, Verizon. Apple was subsequently able to leverage the popularity of the iPhone to extract some favorable terms from Sprint when the nation’s third largest carrier finally did agree to get into the iPhone game. […]
Continue reading...Verizon sold 4.2 million iPhones during recent holiday quarter
Thursday, January 5, 2012
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Verizon CFO Fran Shammo told attendees at a Citigroup conference yesterday that the nation’s largest carrier sold 4.2 million iPhones during company’s fourth quarter, a figure which is more than double the number of phones they sold during the third quarter – 2 million to be exact. Clearly, the launch of the iPhone 4S together […]
Continue reading...Samsung’s Galaxy Ace Plus is a blatant rip off of the iPhone 3GS
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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Samsung’s smartphone and tablet strategy, which seemingly consists of copying Apple at every turn, continues to get deeper by the day. After looking to Apple’s iPad ads for “inspiration”, it was revealed this past weekend that a new Galaxy Tab ad uses the exact same actress who prominently appeared in a recent iPhone 4S ad. […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 with complete redesign on track for Fall 2012 launch – Rumor
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Well, the iPhone 5 rumors are back, just in time for the new year. BGR “confidently” reports that Apple’s iPhone 5 will feature a complete redesign, and contrary to previous reports we’ve seen, will launch sometime in the Fall of 2012 rather than during the Summer. We have also learned that Apple is planning to […]
Continue reading...Thieves have taste – go after iPhones exclusively
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Apparently thieves have exquisite taste, or at the very least a grasp on the resale value of varying smartphones. That’s the lesson we can extract from a recent story here thieves accosted three Columbia students in upper Manhattan whereupon they demanded the duo hand over their iPhones. After the first victim handed over his iPhone, […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4S sales in Europe slowing down due to slowing economy – Report
Friday, December 23, 2011
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No doubt aided by a build-up that took a few more months than expected, the iPhone 4S stormed out of the gate with a vengeance this past October as Apple sold over 4 million units in just the first weekend the device was on sale. Following that, CEO Tim Cook said during Apple’s October earnings […]
Continue reading...Apple wins ITC import ban against HTC’s Android smartphones
Monday, December 19, 2011
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After a few legal setbacks over the past couple weeks, the most glaring being Judge Lucy Koh’s rejection of Apple’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Samsuing, Apple today was finally on the receiving end of a significant legal decision. The International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled today that HTC’s Android-based smartphones infringe upon two claims in […]
Continue reading...Santa Claus gets into the Siri spirit in Apple’s new Christmas ad
Monday, December 19, 2011
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It turns out that even Santa Claus is an iPhone owner, and more than that, he relies quite heavily on Siri to get the job done Check out Apple’s latest holiday themed iPhone/Siri ad below.
Continue reading...NYPD busts 141 merchants for purchasing stolen iPhones
Monday, December 19, 2011
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The New York Post is reporting that the NYPD recently nabbed 141 merchants – from newsstands to barbershops – for purchasing what they believed to be stolen iPhones and iPads. Undercover NYPD officers sold the electronics to merchants at more than 600 stores around the five boroughs this week — asking from $50 to $200 […]
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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