Sunday, July 31, 2011

Day 56 missives: iPhone 5 first look, release date, cases hit market

by Timmy Falcon Day 56 since Apple soft-launched the iPhone 5 by unveiling its iOS 5 operating system and giving beta copies of to developers along with any user who's both smart enough to figure out how to acquire the unfinished beta and dumb enough ...

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More Functions of iPhone 4 to Be Used in More Industries

Among these smartphones, the iPhone 4 holds a safe lead with its superior appearance, advanced applications and high-performance processor. As the quite important medium for interrelational communication, the iPhone 4 will unavoidably get old or ...

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Survey shows pent-up demand for next iPhone - CNN

It's a testament to your brand name and image when a plurality of consumers are willing to buy your product without even trying it... or even seeing it with ...

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iPhone 4, 3GS to see price cuts

by Amir Ariff | posted: August 1, 2011 0 comment Target has started to announce the price drop of the respective models of iPhone 4 and 3GS. The reason of the price cuts of the current iPhone models is still unknown, but many believed that it is as a ...

Myona News

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Apple Grows Dozen Times Faster Than Global Phone Market: Thanks to iPhone Sales

The financial results of Q2 shows iPhone shipment increased by 141.8 percent year over year, while the global phone market grew just 11.3 percent. With the drop in the feature phone market with growing demand of the smartphone market, LG's shipment ...

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

How to Enable NFC Payments On Your Current iPhone 4

s S users think they're so cool with their built-in NFC chips, but now there's an easy hack that anyone can do to enable NFC Payments on an iPhone 4 (among others).
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Android This Week: Galaxy S2 vs iPhone; AT&T bakes Gingerbread ...

ung and Apple are set for a show-down between the Galaxy S 2 and next iPhone model. Few Android phones have gone head-to-head with Apple so far. AT&T will offer Gingerbread updates to several phones, while the impressive T-Mobile ...
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Entering the No iPhone Zone | Psychology Today

ve-week iPhone diet cures all. By Christine Louise Hohlbaum...
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Vatican Unveils New JPII iPhone App For World Youth Day

rancis X. RoccaReligion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pilgrims at next month's Catholic World Youth Day in Madrid will have some high-tech help in their devotions, thanks to a new iPhone app unveiled at the Vatican on Friday (July ...
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Report: iPhone 5 Cases are “Everywhere” in China

again, we bring you news of iPhone 5 cases. According to MIC Gadget, iPhone 5 cases are now everywhere in China. The site has another gallery of the new.
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Friday, July 29, 2011

AT&T welcomes iPhone 5 with new data throttling policy

Yet, this particular problem has plagued the carrier since the iPhone launched on its network in 2007. But after four years of improvements to its existing 3G network as well as building a new 4G/LTE network, AT&T would presumably be able to handle ...

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Windows Phones to Take on IPhone 5

By MOBILEDIA A slate of new Windows phones, running Mango software, is set to launch in September, according to speculation, an attempt to build momentum that may go head-to-head against Apple's iPhone 5. Phone makers such as Acer, HTC, Huawei, LG, ...

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Apple iPhone 5: First Look?

It happens every time: When Apple drops hints it has a new product about to hit the market -- in this case the iPhone 5 -- the blogosphere lights up. The new phone, if you believe what they're saying...will be out Sept. 5...will have a rounded back...a ...

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Griffin Beacon Universal Remote: Hey This iPhone Universal Remote Doesn't Suck

So why bother dealing with stupidity when you already have the perfect device to control your system: an iPhone. See, smartphones are not stupid. With the Griffin Beacon, you can control everything with your phone. Like the Peel before it, ...

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iPhone Remedies Communication Woes at Texas Hospital

To cure its communication ailments, TCH turned to a wildly popular consumer device: the Apple iPhone. What They Did: TCH selected Voalté as its communications provider and set up a community charging station where nurses grab an iPhone at the start of ...

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

New Mobile App Makes Mark with Graffiti Spotters

By Nick Wingfield A Seattle startup called Trover LLC released a "mobile discovery" iPhone app several months with the idea that people could use it as a photo-rich guide for finding nearby attractions such as a cool bar or a hidden neighborhood ...

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Sprint feels strain of not carrying the iPhone

They could be selling the iPhone. That's not me saying that either. It's Sprint. Shares in the non-iPhone provider are down almost 15% today after the company announced larger than expected Q2 loss per share. The reason for this was while Sprint did ...

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White plastic iPhone 4 pops up, possibly '4S' model

Macrumors today picked up on a forum post from Vietnamese site Tinhte--the same outlet that got a hold of the iPhone 4 ahead of its official announcement, and more recently a 64GB iPhone 4 model--with what it says is a new variant of the iPhone 4. ...

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For Sprint, landing customers won't get any easier

On a conference call today to discuss its quarterly results, executives attempted to reassure investors and analysts that those additional costs weren't a lingering trend, and that the first full quarter of the Verizon Wireless iPhone and a heavily ...

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Macs infringe S3 patents, could face US import ban

But US International Trade Commission (ITC) Judge James Gildea also ruled that the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch do not infringe the S3 patents. If the full six-member commission upholds Gildea's decision, the ITC could block imports of Macs that are not ...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Expedia Hotels (for iPhone)

Simple, Clean UI with iPhone-specific eye-candy. TripAdvisor Recommendations. Pins results to Google Maps. Annotates deals on slider. Without website integration, customers must manually enter guest and billing information. Pricing deals don't rival ...

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What Should Be Your First iPhone App?

Apple could release an iPhone 5 in the fall, but that's not stopping people from buying iPhones now and trying to figure out where to begin in the app world. By Lance Ulanoff There are countless lists that tell you which iPhone apps to install, ...

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Azumio collects $2.5M to turn smartphones into health monitors

But with the rise of smartphones, he wondered why he couldn't just use his iPhone to take care of the task. So along with Peter Kuhar, he built Instant Heart Rate, an iPhone app that measures a user's heart rate through a smartphone camera. ...

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AT&T Wireless Prepping Staff for iPhone 5 Launch in September?

BGR is reporting today that AT&T has begun communicating internally to employees its plans for the release of Apple's iPhone 5 in early September. According to the report, AT&T has asked its managers to promptly finish employee training in the upcoming ...

Art of the iPhone

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How to Set Up a New iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad

If iTunes doesn't start up automatically, start it up and click on your iPhone, iPod, or iPad in the left-hand sidebar. When prompted, pick "Set Up as a New iPhone/iPod/iPad". From there, you'll be able to choose whether you want to automatically sync ...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Features Android Had Before iPhone

e are several features iPhone has today that started out on Android first. While many are simple concepts that Apple wanted to wait to perfect before launching (such as multitasking), the fact remains that Android had a lot of these ...
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Apple releases another security update for iPhone, iPad

Do note that the 4.3.5 version is intended for the AT&T iPhone 4, the iPhone 3GS, the iPad 2, the iPad as well as third and fourth generation iPod Touch devices. Folks who own a Verizon iPhone 4 will find an update labeled 4.2.10instead — but it'll ...

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Blind Faith: 35 Percent of Consumers Want iPhone 5, Sight Unseen

A recent survey of close to 3000 people found that 35 percent were willing to purchase Apple's next-gen iPhone when it hits the market. Altogether, 2852 consumers responded in the Experian PriceGrabber survey. Of respondents, 7 percent said they'd nab ...

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Book-like iPhone Case Doubles as Wallet [VIDEO]

In a world full of excellent iPhone 4 cases, Twelve South's new BookBook for iPhone might just one of the most versatile. Like the BookBook for the MacBook Pro and iPad, the BookBook for iPhone is designed to mimic a real vintage, leather-bound book. ...

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Signs, exec comments all point to Apple iPhone 5 in September

By Larry Dignan | July 26, 2011, 11:09am PDT The evidence, offhand comments and rumor mill are all pointing to a next generation iPhone in September. Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet's ...

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Monday, July 25, 2011

Apple Testing Voice Control for IPhone 5

By MOBILEDIA A new report suggests Apple will equip the iPhone 5 with voice control, giving the company a feature that could set it apart from the competition. A new screenshot from an iPhone test unit posted by 9to5 Mac shows Apple experimenting with ...

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RIM to Cut 2000 Jobs as BlackBerry Loses Market Share to IPhone

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg An Apple iPhone 3G, left, and a BlackBerry Curve. The company is losing market share in the US to Apple 's iPhone and handsets running Google Inc.'s Android software. An Apple iPhone 3G, left, and a BlackBerry ...

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Comcast switches to Portland's Elemental Technologies to power iPhone and iPad ...

Portland video processing specialist Elemental Technologies has won over another big customer, convincing Comcast to use Elemental's software to adapt its cable TV programming for the iPad and iPhone. But six months later Comcast has switched. ...

OregonLive.com

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China's Apple frenzy triggers wave of smuggling

A customer holds a Apple Inc iPhone 4 smartphone on display behind the company's iPad tablets at a registration desk at the headquarters of South Korean mobile carrier KT in Seoul April 19, 2011. By Lee Chyen Yee HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a crowded ...

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iPhone App Video Review: Captain America

Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty is the dreaded movie tie-in game, which is becoming much more common in the App Store. It is actually a pretty well-made game which does some unexpected things, but it's also very repetitive and has plenty of flaws. ...

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

iPhone 5 Getting Voice Control Powered By Siri

feature isn't in the current developer beta version of iOS 5, so it's possible that Assistant will be exclusive to the iPhone 5. (Just like Voice Control was exclusive to the 3GS when it launched.) The leak suggests Assistant will ...
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Bluetooth 4.0 to Replace NFC in Next iPhone?

has been a popular topic of discussion in the tech world over the last several months. Near Field Communications technology has already been introduced in.
iDownloadBlog - iPhone iPad iOS
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App for That: How to use your iPhone as an external keyboard for ...

e are hundreds of thousands of iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps for just about everything -- so how come the one you need, the one you know just has to.
TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and...
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Will Apple's iPhone 5 Feature Fully-Integrated Voice Control?

By Leslie Horn Will you be able to control the iPhone 5 with your voice? According to a screenshot discovered by 9to5Mac, Apple is brewing a fully-integrated voice control feature called Assistant. Assistant isn't yet available in the developer beta of ...

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We Expect iPhone 5 Release This Fall: Verizon COO

NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc. is benefiting from being able to sell the iPhone, but investors were looking for even stronger results in the second quarter. On a call with analysts, incoming CEO and current Chief Operating Officer Lowell ...

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Apple Planning Big Things for the iPhone in China

iPhone's presence in China is about to get supercharged, thanks to an alleged agreement between the nation's largest carrier, China Mobile, and the folks.
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Verizon's Bet on iPhones Brings a Slow Return

By JENNA WORTHAM When Verizon began selling a version of Apple's iPhone, analysts and industry experts alike expected that customers, weary of congestion on AT&T's network, the only carrier then selling the sleek device, would flee to Verizon in droves ...

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iPhone 5 Coming but 'Old' iPhone Still Impresses

As industry observers point to a September release date for the iPhone 5, surprising analysis shows that the previous iPhone is still selling strongly on US carriers. The sell-through of the iPhone 4 at Verizon and AT&T last quarter are "quite ...

International Business Times

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iPhone 5 Set For September 5 Launch? Swisscom Thinks so

The much-awaited next generation iPhone (dubbed iPhone 5) from Apple will debut on September 5, followed by a global release a month later, according to a senior Swisscom executive. According to iPhone Italia, a senior executive of Switzerland carrier ...

International Business Times

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iPhone and iPad security: 4 tips to stay safe

July 23, 2011, 7:45 AM — Are you worried about all the ruckus over the Jailbreakme.com 3.0 vulnerability for your iPhone and iPad? While you're waiting for Apple to come out with a fix, there are a few safety precautions you can take. ...

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Friday, July 22, 2011

T-Mobile Offers iPhone Users Micro SIM Card To Access Service

T-Mobile this week began offering a Micro SIM card that lets iPhone users access the network. The card, available here, carries a $9.99 suggested retail price, but is free with a two-year contract with the carrier. iPhone users have been able to access ...

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New iPhone 5, iPad 3 Coming Soon?

Next-generation iPhone and iPad models likely coming this fall. Here's how they'll look and act. What and how will the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 look like and act? Thinking of buying a new iPhone 4 or buying your first iPad? The latest rumors have Apple ...

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AT&T Outpaces Verizon in iPhone Sales

By Ed Oswald, PCWorld Jul 22, 2011 12:40 PM Verizon's quarterly results, released on Friday just after AT&T's, give us yet another look at how the iPhone is doing across both networks. They seem to continue to show that Verizon iPhone 4 sales are ...

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iPhone reads blood glucose level with nanosensor tattoo

Now a research team at Northeastern University has developed a method of reading blood glucose levels with an iPhone and a nanosensor tattoo. The team's method works this way: they inject a patient with subdermal nanoparticles containing "fluorescent ...

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Patch iPhone App

By Liz Spear In case you didn't know, there's a free Patch iPhone app that can keep you connected and up-to-date with what's going on in Patch communities, including Manhattan Beach. Indeed, the Patch Tech Elves have worked their magic and the mobile ...

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Timer Minutes to Go Puts a Countdown Timer on Your iPhone Home Screen

annoying issue with iOS is its lack of home screen widgets, forcing you to launch an app to get simple tidbits of information. Timer Minutes to Go is a free app that solves that problem by placing the minutes remaining in your timer ...
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AT&T Does Just Fine Without iPhone Exclusivity - Arik Hesseldahl ...

mp;T shows that it's willing to compete for iPhone subscribers. It sold 3.6 million iPhones in the second quarter plus another two million Android phones.
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TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Reckless Getaway | TUAW - The Unofficial ...

less Getaway is a fun little arcade/physics stunt racer from Polarbit and Pixelbite that's been climbing the App Store charts recently. The premise.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
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BGR for iPhone updated

recently-redone BGR for iPhone app has been incredibly popular with iOS users ever since we relaunched it, but there were a few things that could hav.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
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25 Crazily Best Free iPhone Games

grab your iPhone and start checking these Best Free iPhone Games. iPhone has a treasure of amazing games developed specially for you.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

iPhone, iPad Drive Apple's Sales To New Records

By Mark Long Apple broke its own iPhone and iPad sales records in its latest quarter as revenue jumped 82 percent. "We sold every iPad we could make," Apple's Peter Oppenheimer said, with Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies adopting the iPad. ...

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Asshole Boyfriend Forced His Girlfriend to Eat an iPhone

Casey Chan —Brian Anscomb, a 37-year-old patent lawyer and dickhead of the week, supposedly "force-fed" an iPhone to his 23-year-old girlfriend in an attempt to make her eat it. That's, like, really not cool man. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE. ...

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Apple's Stellar Quarter; Google's iPhone App

Google(GOOG) launched a new mobile version of its Google + social network for the iPhone Tuesday. The service, which debuted last month and is still invite-only, has more than 10 million users, according to Google. Shares of Google ticked up 0.3% in ...

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Sonos New Play:3 Speaker – Compatible with iPad and iPhone

To manage the Sonos units, the company provides its own Sonos Controller software for Mac and Windows, and it has also released iOS apps for the iPad and iPhone/iPod. If you're an existing Sonos customer, the company has also updated its equipment ...

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Video-calling app Tango raises $42M

The Tango app lets tablet and smartphone users make video calls to other Tango users, much like Apple's FaceTime app for the iPhone 4. The service works over 3G and 4G networks. The company also announced that it is releasing a desktop version of the ...

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Apple posts $28.57 billion quarter fueled by iPhone

by Josh Lowensohn Apple today once again passed estimates, posting record revenues for its most recent fiscal quarter and beating expectations in sales of its products across the board. Apple reported a profit of $7.31 billion, or $7.79 per share, ...

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Apple Destroys Q3 Earnings Estimates With Record Revenues, iPhone, And iPad Sales

MG Siegler has been writing for TechCrunch since 2009. He covers the web, mobile, social, big companies, small companies, essentially everything. And Apple. A lot. Prior to TechCrunch, he covered various technology beats for VentureBeat. ...

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Google+ branches out to iPhone users with new app

By Rachel King | July 19, 2011, 9:32am PDT Google+ is expanding its mobile reach with today's debut of an iPhone app dedicated to the new social networking site. Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ...

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Apple Smashes Through iPhone Sales Records Once Again, Sold 20.34M Last ...

Greg Kumparak is the editor of MobileCrunch.com, a mobile industry blog within the TechCrunch Network. Greg has been writing for the TechCrunch network since May of 2008. Greg was born in the outskirts of San Jose, CA, and now lives in the East Bay. ...

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MicroFinancial Incorporated Announces the Release of a New iPhone App

With the introduction of the iPhone App, TPC's vendors and brokers will now have three different ways in which to access TimePayment Direct to process credit applications (iPhone, iPad and computer). This new application means that TimePayment Direct ...

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Survey: iPhone leads Android among new buyers

by Lance Whitney The iPhone is the No. 1 choice among consumers planning to buy a new smartphone over the next 90 days, according to data released today by ChangeWave Research. In a poll conducted in June surveying 4163 smartphone consumers in North ...

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CNN Starts Live Streaming to the Web, iPad and iPhone

Select cable subscribers will be able to access 24-hour live broadcast streams from CNN and HLN on CNN.com, the CNN App for iPad and CNN for iPhone, CNN has announced. Right now, the live access to CNN is only available to AT&T, Comcast, Cox, ...

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Prepaid and Cheaper iPhone Rumors to Take On Android

By Jared Newman, PCWorld Jul 18, 2011 1:22 PM Apple may be preparing to assault the prepaid side of Android with a contract-free iPhone of its own. According to Boy Genius Report, an anonymous source says Apple plans to launch a prepaid, ...

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Will Apple Kill the iPod?

Amid ever-growing buzz about the iPhone and the iPad, sales of the once-dominant iPod have been on a downward slide for years, and analysts predict that next week, Apple will report second-quarter figures down 7.2 percent from the same period one year ...

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Raise Your Hand If You're Sick of iPhone 5 Rumors

It's no surprise that the months leading up to an inevitable iPhone announcement are going to be saturated with alleged leaks and viral rumors. Unfortunately, with the iPhone launching later than usual this year, the rumor mill is spinning out of ...

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

FlickBooks App Turn iPhone Videos into Flipbooks — The Gadgeteer

#39;ve no doubt seen flip books before… They are small books with an image on each page that looks like an animated cartoon or movie when you rifle through pages sequentially. Now you can use a 5-15 second video that.
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Apple – iPhone 5 and iPad 3 To Release Together? Specifics ...

e's press event news about the launching of iPhone 5 is a good strategy. However, the launching should prioritize iPhone 5 either a solo hero or with other Apple products as its sidekicks, it would be better though, if iPhone 5 gets ...
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Flurry: iOS Pulling Developer Interest From Android

Rather, the launch of Apple's iPhone on Verizon and the launch of the iPad 2 itself have been large factors in the developer pendulum swinging over to iOS over the past quarter. Flurry's analysis looks at new projects started by developers between Q1 ...

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More of the same: Android, iPhone atop June '11 Millenial report

Android is still the top smartphone platform, and the iPhone is still the top single device. While the iPhone is still the top device, Android has based its success on multiple handsets, not any single device. Thus, Android popped up one extra ...

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Is the iPod About to Kick the Bucket?

With the iPhone and the iPad becoming Apple's new bread and butter over the last several years, what is to become of its former child star – the iPod? Last week Christina Bonnington of Wired speculated that the music player line could be on its ...

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

12 Features iPhone 5 Will Not Come With

By Elias Samuel | July 16, 2011 1:06 PM EDT Apple iPhone 5 is the much anticipated device of the year and the rumors surrounding iPhone 5 focuses on what new features the upcoming handset will have, from cameras to chips. ...

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Split: iPhone 5 dual flavors for AT&T-T-Mobile, Verizon 4G plans loom

But the iPhone 5 faces the specter of having to put off such evolution for a generation thanks to the collective march to 4G LTE on the part of the biggest carriers having enough variance that Apple may yet still have to split the lineup in order to ...

Beatweek Magazine

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iPhone 5: Is a redesign in the cards?

July 16, 2011, 7:00 AM — It's a pretty good bet that the next-generation iPhone 5 is coming this fall. The latest Apple rumor has Apple ordering 15 million new iPhones from Taiwan-based Pegatron. "The cell phone market is moving so fast, I don't think ...

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Tech Ticker: Apple, Google, Zillow

A South Korean lawyer who is an avid user of the iPhone is waging a legal privacy battle against Apple (AAPL) over the device's tracking capabilities. Kim Hyeong-seok said Friday that he has gotten at least 16000 people in South Korea to join him in a ...

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Sprint iPhone 5 testing to begin next week

Los Angeles is one of the cities where Sprint's iPhone 5 will begin testing on Monday, July 18. Other cities testing the phone will be San Francisco, Dallas, New York City, and Chicago . It was believed that Sprint will eventually receive the iPhone 5, ...

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Open a Beer With The Opena iPhone 4 Case

39;ve seen a lot of bottle opener cases, but the Opena is one that seems to work well and look good at the same time.
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iPad 2, Verizon iPhone causing developer migration from Android ...

ry Analytics regularly studies new project starts among its clients, and its numbers for Q2 2011 show a decline in Android's developer support.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
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Foursquare Gives Its iPhone App a Newsfeed

continued effort to deepen engagement, Foursquare has added its new system for notifications to its iPhone app.
MashableMobile
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Gresso flaunts $30000 white iPhone 4, holds more ice than a ...

, you probably waited longer than you should have to get the elusive white iPhone 4. But, you know what's better than a boring regular.
Engadget
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iPhone video enhanced by rolling shutter effect: Digital ...

iPhone video enhanced by rolling shutter effect: A guitarist on YouTube has shot a video on his iPhone that elegantly demonstrates the 'rolling shutter' effect. It occurs because its CMOS sensor captures video one line at a time, ...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Gresso Develops A $30000 iPhone Mod For Those With More Money Than Taste

The self-declared luxury phone designers at Gresso, previously mentioned for cramming six ugly clocks into the back of the iPhone (for $6000) and wrapping an iPhone 4 in 200-year old wood (for $5000), are back with another one. ...

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iPhone app puts your message in the movies

by Eric Smalley The PercyFX app for the iPhone won't make you a star or even let you deliver a line, but it will let you insert bits of text into clips from movies. All you do is insert text at designated points and then add the personalized clip to ...

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Apple Pays Off First 'Victim' of iPhone Tracking

By Sara Yin Apple has paid $1000 to a South Korean lawyer who sued the company for collecting location data without his permission, stemming from the "iPhone tracking" scandal that made waves in April. According to Reuters, Apple Korea was ordered to ...

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Mid-August iPhone 5? Don't Bet On It

By Jared Newman on July 14, 2011 The latest scuttlebutt says that Apple will release the iPhone 5 in mid-August, based on several UK job postings for iPhone sales specialists. According to CNet UK, the posting by recruitment firm Reed seeks "full-time ...

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iOS Accessory Roundup: Everything is everything

Another week, another round of iOS accessories that prove the versatility of your iPhone, iPod, and iPad. If you believe the hype, music, golf, driving, and even your health can all be improved with the right add-on. Read on for all the details and ...

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Intego Releases VirusBarrier Malware Scanner for iPhone, iPad

Security-conscious Apple users now download an antivirus scanner from the App Store to scan for malicious files on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Mac security firm Intego launched an iOS version of its VirusBarrier malware scanner to protect user ...

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Report: iPhone 5 Coming to Sprint and T-Mobile, AT&T Already Testing

By Sara Yin This week's "iPhone 5" rumors focus on the carriers. According to Piper Jaffray analyst Chris Larsen, via CNET, the "most noteworthy" change to Apple's next-generation iPhone is that it'll be offered by Sprint and T-Mobile, ...

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Five Factors that Could Determine a Motorola Droid Bionic Victory Over iPhone 5

By Elias Samuel | July 13, 2011 2:23 AM EDT While the ever-growing list of specifications the next iPhone will boast has kept the media guessing, it hasn't hurt sales of the iPhone 4 -- which is still the best-selling phone in Verizon network. ...

International Business Times

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The Beer Nut: Thirsty? There's an app for that

Southborough's John Muggeridge and friends have created Brew Gene, a free iPhone application for beer lovers. The app complements their website, BrewGene.com. By Norman Miller When you're buying an unfamiliar beer, one of the toughest things about the ...

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Inside the iPhone 5: Light Reading's Sister Company Predicts Components, Design

By Light Reading, Inc. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 13, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The next version of the iPhone is predicted to offer a Qualcomm Inc. baseband chip for CDMA and GSM connectivity, a Broadcom Corp. component and a much simpler system integration ...

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

iPhone App Makes Facebook Friends More Like Google+ Circles

By Peter Pachal A new iPhone app will organize your Facebook friends into groups for easier sharing with select people. Created by startup Katango, the app of the same name is an easy way to make Facebook friends work more like Google Circles, ...

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The Move Lets You Wear Your iPhone Sans Straps, Look Like Tony Stark

First, you hold the Move behind a layer of clothing wherever you want the iPhone to sit. Then you place your iPhone on top of both the layer of clothing and the Move and push it into place, allowing the tension of the Move and that layer of cloth to ...

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How to set up Find My iPhone on your iOS device

by Jason Cipriani Find My iPhone is a powerful utility that every iOS device owner needs to take advantage of. Whether you have gone through the experience of losing your beloved Apple device in the past, or you just want to err on the side of caution, ...

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LogMeIn Gives Ignition Access Boost

By Michael Burns, macworld.co.uk It allows Apple iOS device owners to copy videos and photos stored on their PCs and Macs directly to their iPad or iPhone - and vice versa - over the internet without having to sync devices. LogMeIn Ignition lets you ...

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Popular Android task manager Astrid lands seed funding, coming to iPhone, Web

And to top off the good news, the company, an alum of startup incubator AngelPad, also said that iPhone and Web versions are on the way as well. In an interview with VentureBeat last week, Astrid CEO Jon Paris said he's noticed that many productivity ...

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Report Claims Apple Orders 15 Million iPhone 5 Units for September ...

iPhone 5 announcement mockup Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! A new report claims that Apple has placed an initial manufacturing order for 15 ...

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With iOS 5 Beta 3, The iPhone Finally Gets Custom Text Message Alert Sounds

And yet, it's a feature that Apple has somehow managed to avoid bringing to the iPhone for four years. This morning, Apple released Beta 3 of iOS 5 — and, as with every iOS Beta release, the Easter egg hunt began immediately. ...

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Average iPhone Owner Will Download 83 Apps This Year

Great news for Apple, which stands to collect an estimated $538 million in revenue from the App Store in calendar 2011. iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users are now downloading over 32.3 million apps per day, says Munster — nearly triple the 11.9 ...

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Mobile Patent Wars See Apple Targeting HTC Again

The move came as Apple's iPhone continues to gain market share. Nokia also filed a complaint with the ITC. Apple has also been on the other side of the suit. In March, Nokia alleged Apple was infringing on additional Nokia patents in virtually all its ...

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Lee Enterprises Newspapers Deploy Advanced iPhone Apps

Now we have taken another significant step by upgrading iPhone apps for our larger newspapers and introducing them in all of our markets." Joyce Dehli, Lee vice president for news, said the apps feature breaking local news, along with top stories, ...

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

My Little Pony Is Somehow Making Friendship Ponies For Your iPhone

ittle Pony is reaching critical mass. Mash-ups everywhere. But this isn't clear to me. What are they selling here? Ponies? Apps that act like ponies? Ponies with touchscreens? This is making me uncomfortable. [Wired]
Gizmodo
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Essential iPhone Photo Apps – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily ...

VER SINCE the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone has become my primary camera. Aside from its terrific image quality, it's the abundance of photo apps that make it shine. I get asked a lot about what apps I use, which are good, etc. ...
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The...
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China Mobile iPhone 4 Prototype Spotted

ivers.com has published an image of an iPhone running on China Mobile's 3G network. The English translation of their article can be read here.
Techie Buzz
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Hard Candy Street Skin for iPhone 4 makes for a decent everyday ...

Candy, the folks behind the Street Skin line of tire tread-like rubber cases for Apple's iDevices we've talked about before, also has an iPhone 4.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
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Plus: Google+ invites in thousands (get yours here) but no iPhone app

Meanwhile, tens of millions of iPhone users continue to ask where the Google Plus iPhone app is, even as one Google employee claims it was submitted to Apple last week and is merely awaiting the latter's approval before surfacing in the App Store. ...

Beatweek Magazine

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Verizon snaps up one-third of US iPhone market

By Nathan Olivarez-Giles / The Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — About 32 percent of the Apple iPhone 4 handsets being used in the US were running on the Verizon Wireless network as of July 1, according to a new study. "Despite AT&T's nearly eight-month ...

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RetinaPad: HD Your iPhone Apps On Your iPad (Jailbreak Tweak)

When you download an iPhone app on your iPad, because there isn't an specific iPad app (iPhone and iPod touch apps: about 450000 and iPad apps: about 100000, eg Facebook and Skype), it comes in a small window and very pixelated especially when you ...

The Gadgets

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Navigate Pitchfork Music Festival With an iPhone App

Lovely, image-based scheduling app Diacarta has partnered with Pitchfork Media to create the first-ever iPhone app for the annual Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. "The festival grounds aren't overly complicated and are simple to navigate," says ...

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Split: iPhone 5 release date cometh as Verizon nabs 1/3 iPhone 4 share

Even as scores of Verizon customers have publicly vowed to wait for the iPhone 5 instead of plunking down on the Verizon iPhone 4 in the mean time, the carrier has already scored a whopping one-third of all iPhone 4 sales despite rival AT&T having had ...

Beatweek Magazine

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3G iPod Touch 5 Coming This September (Or Is This The iPhone 4S)?

You are here: Apple 3G iPod Touch 5 Coming This September (Or Is This The iPhone 4S)? Given that Apple has delayed the launch of the iPhone 5 and the rumor mill suggesting it will be landing in September, this surprisingly hasn't changed the views of ...

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Friday, July 8, 2011

Curb Your Enthusiasm with these pretty, pretty, pretty good iPhone apps

No need to hire a companion to ride shotgun in the carpool lane with this handy iPhone and Android app that helps you beat traffic. Waze relies on user-submitted information to let drivers know about upcoming congestion and the best routes to take. ...

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Crave giveaway: SRS iWOW 3D for iPhone/iPad

by David Carnoy Post a comment for a chance to win this SRS iWOW 3D audio-enhancement adapter for iPhone, iPod and iPad. First, congrats to Drew P. of Battle Creek, Mich., who won last week's awesome Toshiba HDTV/Bluray player combo. ...

CNET

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Apple Set for Summer of iPhone, iPad Love

(TheStreet) -- Forget the delayed iPhone and this week's revelations about an iOS security flaw, Apple(APPL) is set for a summer of major iPhone and iPad sales, according to analysts. "Our June channel checks indicated strong sell-through trends for ...

TheStreet.com

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'Free' iPhone games make the most money

You might want to read the fine print the next time you download a so-called 'free' iPhone game. In the long run, chances are it will end up costing you more than a game that has a price attached to it. In fact, according to analytics firm Flurry, ...

TG Daily

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Things We Don't Need: EA's Origin On iPhone And iPad

Few major game publishers have embraced iPhone and iPad game development like EA. Since the launch of the iPhone, EA has brought just about every one of its major franchises to iOS platforms, from "SimCity" to "Madden" to "Battlefield. ...

MTV.com (blog)

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Report: Verizon already accounts for nearly one-third of U.S. iPhone 4s

7, 2011, 11:43am PT No Comments Verizon's early success with the iPhone 4 could very well be something to write home about, according to recent findings shared with us by app analytics firm Localytics. The company discovered that of all traffic through ...

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PDFs that exploit iPhone, iPad zero-day available on the Web

iPhone and iPad users steered to a malicious PDF -- via a link embedded in an email, for instance -- would not receive any warning or be required to take additional action. "This is a click-and-pwn kind of situation since the user is not prompted to ...

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Little iPhone, big lenses

by Lori Grunin While I don't understand why you'd want to do it, other than because you can (and a desire to be able to say in your Flickr stream that you did), you can now attach Canon and Nikon lenses to your iPhone. Photojojo, a source of ...

CNET

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Report: iPad 'HD' to sit alongside iPad 2

DigiTimes noted that Apple was pulling together components for both a next-generation iPhone and an iPad sporting a so-called "Retina Display" with noticeably higher pixel density, though lower than what can be found on the iPhone 4 and ...

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Stop & Shop launches iPhone checkout

Are you the kind of person who'd like to get away with cutting in the supermarket checkout line? Stop & Shop announced Thursday it's launching a mobile app that runs on Apple iPhones, which lets shoppers scan goods, bag them, and pay as they browse ...

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Is Sprint Next to Get the iPhone? - John Paczkowski - News ...

that Apple has embraced carrier agnosticism in the States, who will be next to get the iPhone?
AllThingsD
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Apple Preparing 'Thinner and Lighter' iPhone for Third Quarter ...

Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is indeed preparing a new iPhone for a launch during the third quarter of this year, with an initial...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...
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iPhone 5 Launch Expected in Q3 [REPORT]

e has placed orders for key components of the iPhone 5 and plans to sell 25 million units of the phone this year, a report says.
Mashable!
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iPhone 5 Details Kinda, Sorta Leak | Fast Company

iPhone shadowApple's upcoming iPhone 5 will be "thinner and lighter" than the iPhone 4 and also sport an 8 megapixel camera, according to sources who spoke to official Apple leakbucket the Wall Street Journal.
Fast Company
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WSJ: Apple prepping thinner, lighter iPhone 5 | TUAW - The ...

Wall Street chimed in with its insider information on the rumored iPhone 5. According to the report, Apple's next generation iPhone will be.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Verizon's Tiered iPhone Data Plans to Debut on July 7th - Mac Rumors

before the iPhone launch on Verizon earlier this year, the carrier had announced that the unlimited data plans being offered with the device...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...
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Rumor: 15 Million Apple iPhone 5s Set To Ship In September

e rumors surfaced a couple weeks back suggesting that Apple had TWO new iPhone models in the works, at least one thing is ...
MobileCrunch
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Why a 15M iPhone 5 order placed now makes sense — Apple News, Tips ...

e has reportedly placed an order for 15 million next-generation iPhones with supplier Pegatron. While Apple obviously isn't commenting, a big order now makes sense for a number of reasons, not the least of which is how long Apple ...
Mobilize — Mobile Technology...
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AT&T will offer standard insurance for iPhone owners as of ...

rding to MacRumors, iPhone owners may sign up for an Asurion Mobile Insurance plan for US$5 per month starting July 17th. The Insurance plan can be.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
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15 million iPhone 5 units said to be on order for September launch

e has reportedly placed an order for 15 million iPhone 5 units with Chinese electronic manufacturer Pegatron. Pegatron's plants underwent a major exp.
BGR: Boy Genius Report
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Monday, July 4, 2011

Is Samsung Galaxy S 2 the best Apple iPhone 5 alternative?

By Carl Bagh | July 4, 2011 8:54 AM EDT Apple's delay in launching iPhone 5 has been Samsung Galaxy S 2's gain as the ultra-thin smartphone recorded phenomenal global sales of 3 million units in five months. Galaxy S 2 was released at the Mobile World ...

International Business Times

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