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Apple surpasses RIM in US smartphone marketshare
The latest data courtesy of Nielsen shows that Apple’s iPhone OS now commands a larger marketshare than RIM. And keep an eye out for Android, they’re catching up quickly. And per usual, the consortion of Windows Mobile, Nokia’s Symbian OS, and the Palm OS continue to lag noticably behind.
Continue reading...Study: iPhone owners are the most loyal
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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GfK, a German market-research firm, recently surveyed 2,653 smartphone owners in Brazil, Germany, China, Britain, Spain, and the US and found that iPhone owners are by far the most loyal measured against all other mobile device owners. 59% of iPhone owners indicated that they plan on sticking with Apple for future phone purchases. 35% of […]
Continue reading...Apple ups the ante in its fight against jailbreaking
Saturday, November 27, 2010
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iPhone jailbreaking may have been legalized by the Library of Congress, but that doesn’t mean Apple has to make things easier for would-be hackers and tinkerers. In it’s most recent effort to thwart jailbreaking, TIPB reports that the most recent iOS update (iOS 4.2.1) now comes with a boot level signature check that precludes a […]
Continue reading...Apple snatching up RIM’s enterprise sales talent
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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It’s hard to argue with the fact that Apple has the consumer end of the smartphone market on lock down, but one area where App still has lots of room to grow is in the enterprise. As Apple continues to push forward in an attempt to increase iPhone marketshare and corporate adoption, the company is […]
Continue reading...Woz clarifies statement re: Android – “Almost every app I have is better on the iPhone”
Thursday, November 18, 2010
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Earlier today, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak caused a stir when he reportedly claimed that Android was on pace to become the dominant smartphone platform. Apparently, though, the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf lost the gist of Woz’s comments in translation. Engadget reports: Woz says he gave the De Telegraaf reporter a lengthy demonstration of voice commands on […]
Continue reading...Gaming titles for iOS DWARF gaming titles for all other consoles combined going back 25 years
Thursday, November 18, 2010
It took Nintendo and Sony a while to wake up and realize just how much gaming on the iOS was affecting their bottom line and changing the way folks play and view video games. The iTunes App Store together with the millions of iOS devices out on the market is a 1-2 punch that no competitor […]
Continue reading...Woz: Android will be the dominant smartphone platform
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Speaking to the Dutch-language De Telegraaf newspaper, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak threw his two cents in regarding the ongoing battle for smartphone supremacy between Apple and Android. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, Woz thinks Android is the platform that will ultimately win out, likening the situation to how Windows emerged victorious over the Mac back in […]
Continue reading...Verizon removes tweet hinting at iPhone arrival
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Over the past few months, rumors regarding the iPhone 4 hitting Verizon in early 2011 have begun to crystallize. It’s no secret that Apple has had CDMA variants of the iPhone in its labs, and John Gruber reported back in August that the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 had reached EVT status (engineering verification […]
Continue reading...New iPhone 4 commercial touts long battery life
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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The latest iPhone 4 commercial, apparently from AT&T, touts the iPhone 4’s long battery life.
Continue reading...iPhone 4 is the most reliable smartphone, just don’t drop it!
Monday, November 15, 2010
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SquareTrade is an independent US provider of warranties who recently compiled data from over 50,000 incidents of smartphone failure reports. As laid out in the chart below, the iPhone 4 has the lowest percentage of reported non-accident related malfunctions, coming in at just 2.1%. The iPhone 3GS lags slightly behind comprising 2.3% of reported malfunctions. […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 features unveiled! [Comic]
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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The iPhone 4 by all accounts is headed to Verizon in early 2011, but come summertime, Apple will no doubt unveil the 5th iteration of the iPhone since the original first took the smartphone market by storm in 2007. So what features will this magical device have? An RFID reader? Mobile payment options? It’s still […]
Continue reading...Bank of America and Citigroup explore iPhone for corporate use
Monday, November 8, 2010
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The iPhone quickly became a consumer sensation when it first debuted in June 2007, but supplanting Blackberry as the smartphone of choice in corporate America has been a noticeably slower process. Still, Apple continues to make inroads in the business world, with the latest news being that two of the biggest banks in the US, […]
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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