Wednesday, October 31, 2012

iPhone map flaws led to exec's firing

NEW YORK — The head of Apple's iPhone software development was asked to resign after he refused to sign a letter apologizing for the flaws in Apple's mapping application, according to a published report. The Wall Street Journal says Scott Forstall's ...

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Five iPhone 5s in five days: win a 16GB AT&T model with custom Engadget case ...

Need ideas for a holiday present for that special someone? We know your significant other would be completely enamored at the sight of a beautiful white custom iPhone 5 case... adorned with Engadget's logo on it (the actual iPhone 5 won't hurt, of course).

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Pandora Refreshes iPhone, Android Apps

In an effort to lure more mobile advertising dollars, Internet radio leader Pandora is bolstering its app offerings for Android and Apple devices. Pandora is essentially bringing the features of its web site to users of its apps. Pandora says the ...

CIO Today

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iPhone sales to reach nearly 200 million in fiscal 2013

Apple (AAPL) missed Wall Street's estimates last week when it posted results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, but it still managed a record profit of $8.2 billion thanks largely to the popularity of its iPhone lineup. The new iPhone 5 became the ...

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Apple: iPhone 5 sales top 5 million in debut weekend, 100 million iOS 6 upgrades

Shocking no one, Apple (AAPL) announced on Monday that its brand new iPhone 5 smartphone set a new record for opening-weekend sales. The company confirmed that during the device's first three days of availability, Apple and its retail partners managed ...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Head of iPhone Software out in Apple Shakeup

Launches in the past two months of iPhone 5, the mobile operating system iOS 6, iPad mini, iPad, iMac, MacBook Pro, iPod touch, iPod nano along with applications result from "relentless focus on tightly integrating world-class hardware, software and ...

IndustryWeek

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iPhone Loyalty on the Decline, Says Report

The report, titled iPhone Owner Loyalty Declines: Is Apple Losing its Innovation Edge?, found that 75% of iPhone owners in Western Europe this year say they are likely to buy their next smartphone from Apple. This may seem high (and it is), but that ...

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iPhone, Android Embraced at Department of Defense

Just two weeks ago, government consulting company Booz Allen dropped BlackBerry as its phone provider, stating that its 25,000 employees will be moved to Android or iPhone devices in the coming months. In September, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer ...

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iPhone apps hogging your data? Track their usage with Onavo Count

Onavo, the creator of popular data compression apps for the iPhone and Android, has just launched a new app to help you track apps that are eating up your cellular data. With the free Onavo Count app, you can view a 30-day history of how apps use ...

VentureBeat

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Cygnett Workmate Case for iPhone 5: Hybrid & Light

The result is that the soft silicone is left to protect the top, the camera aperture, and the bottom of the iPhone. A side effect of this is that it seems all too easy for the silicone layer to peel away from the iPhone at the top. While you have to ...

The Mac Observer

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Monday, October 29, 2012

How to get an iPhone 5 in less than 24 hours

My Verizon contract was finally up, and it was time to upgrade my slowly dying iPhone 4 to the long-awaited iPhone 5. October 26 was the day, and I was ready. I had heard I'd face some delays getting a new iPhone, but after calling a few nearby Apple ...

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iPhone 5 vs. Nexus 4 – Spec Sheet Comparison

Whenever a new flagship phone is launched by any other manufacturer, we love to compare it to our personal favorite. If only for interest's sake. LG and Google recently announced the long-rumored Nexus 4. Packing a "True HD", 1280 x 768, 4.7-inch IPS ...

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iPhone 5 Case Review: OtterBox iPhone 5 Defender Series Case Review

OtterBox has released five case series for the iPhone 5 and eh Defender Series cases are the strongest and most protective series in the line up. The Defender Series iPhone 5 Case is designed to protect the entire phone while keep out dust and moisture ...

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Kindle – Read Books, eBooks, Magazines, Newspapers ...

The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, giving users the ability to read Kindle books, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on ...

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Taiwan makers see decreased 3Q12 handset - Login to DIGITIMES ...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see decreased 3Q12 handset shipments · Digitimes Research: iPhone 5 demand expected to surpass supply in 4Q12 ...

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Danger lurks in counterfeit iPhone/iPad USB adapters

Similar to the iPhone charger, the iPad charger shows a lot of voltage sag. The voltage is about 5.1 V unloaded, dropping to 4.4 volts and 2.3 A (10.1 W) at the corner. Unlike the iPhone charger, the iPad charger has pretty good current stability. The ...

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Samsung Galaxy S III has four of its best weeks after the iPhone 5 uneveiling

A boffo Q3 2012 and reports indicating that Samsung had shipped double the number of smartphones that Apple did during the third quarter confirm what Samsung said on Friday. The company said that its flagship Galaxy S III smartphone had four of its ...

Examiner.com

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iPhone 4/4S case roundup

You want an iPhone 5, but if your _____ [pick one or more: carrier/budget/spouse/green commitment] simply does not allow you to get Apple's latest (or if you need to protect your current phone just a little bit longer until you can justify the upgrade ...

TechnologyTell (blog)

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10 Travel Apps for iPhone

The use of technology has been increasing everyday with an exponential rate and even small applications hold big worth with them. In this article we bring some of the travel apps to you that you may want to have in you iPhone. Here are the list of 10 ...

Business 2 Community

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iPhone Mini Vending Machine Case Won't Eat Your Money

I have a love-hate relationship with vending machines. They're often loaded with tasty, junk food treats, but the type with those stupid turning wire racks often get stuck and you end up losing your money, or with a vending machine on top of you if you ...

Technabob (blog)

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Nokia Lumia 920 vs Apple iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3: Unlocked price ...

The Lumia 920 and the iPhone 5 have many things in common, some of which are the exceptional industrial design cues, top-notch build quality, top internal specs and most notably, the synergistic hardware-software implementation that boasts an extremely ...

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Should You Panic Over Apple's iPhone Trend?

The iPad may be rising, but the iPhone still sets the tone for Apple's (NAS: AAPL) results. The smartphone accounted for $17.1 billion of Cupertino's $36 billion revenue haul this quarter, or 47.5% of total sales. That's up from 46% a year ago, so it's ...

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Profits surge 24 percent at Apple

CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. technology giant Apple said the iPhone 5 has not been a flawless boon for the company, despite nearly every production measure going according to plan. In its report for the quarter ending Sept. 29, Apple said ...

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Mu Mu's stylish handcrafted wood Slide 2.0 iPhone cases

In my opinion, wood is one of the nicest materials you can make a computer case out of. Sure, it's not as durable as aluminum or stainless steel and it doesn't have the protective qualities of polyurethane or silicone. But for sheer beauty, the warm ...

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Fake iPhone 5 Cases Give Way To Fake iPhone 5 Charging Docks

Now that the iPhone 5 rumor mill has come to a close, we can say goodbye to the fake, el cheap-o cases that came out of China. Unfortunately, they've been replaced a by bogus accessories for the iPhone 5′s new lightning connector that are even more ...

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Friday, October 26, 2012

iFive for the iPhone 13 | TWiT.TV

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BGR | iPhone

Need more proof that the iPhone is still a juggernaut in the U.S. some five years later? Telcos consultant Benedict Evans crunched the numbers based on AT&T ...

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This Could Be James Bond's Next iPhone 5 Case [REVIEW]

Behold the Sector 5 First Edition by Element, a lightweight and intricately engineered aluminum iPhone 5 case that's sophisticated enough for 007 to carry.

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Screens test, part 2: Galaxy Note 2 vs. Apple iPhone 5

In the first test I praised the screen of the iPhone 5 as superior to that of the Note 2's too-red-headed stepchild, the Galaxy S3. The iPhone's biggest advantage over the S3 was in color accuracy, but according to my measurements its lead in that area ...

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iPhone 5 Launching in India and Other Countries on November 2

The Economic Times reports that Apple will be launching the iPhone 5 in India on November 2, one week from today. The launch had previously been rumored for today, but the new report claims that shipping delays forced Apple to push the launch back by a ...

Mac Rumors

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Apple Earnings: iPhone Seasonality, iPads And China In Focus

Apple is set to announce its results later today. During the earnings call, we will closely watch the company's iPhone numbers to see the seasonal impact that the iPhone 5 launch might have had on sales. Softness in iPhone 4S demand ahead of the ...

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Sprint Q3 iPhone Activations: 1.3 Million

Sprint announced its third fiscal quarter for 2012 on Thursday ahead of Apple's earnings report, and the cell service provider said it activated 1.5 million iPhones during the quarter. Some 40 percent of those activations were new customers, showing ...

The Mac Observer

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Zombiewood Review (iPhone, iPad, Android)

We've seen some unlikely genre mash-ups on the App Store in 2012 but it's safe to say we've never seen one quite like Zombiewood. It's a top-down shooter that borrows its movement and firing mechanisms form any number of twin-stick shooters, there's ...

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Sprint Posts $767M Loss, but iPhone Sales Adding Customers

It also sold 1.5 million iPhones during the quarter, 40 percent of which went to new customers. (By contrast, AT&T announced the day before that it had sold 4.7 million iPhones during its third quarter, though only 18 percent had gone to new customers ...

eWeek

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Is It Immoral to Own an iPhone 5?

Is It Immoral to Own an iPhone 5? So many things are made in China: DVD players, handbags, adorable shoes, kitchen gadgets, watches, t-shirts, laptops, and more. Some of them are made in happy, shiny factories. Some are born out of deplorable labor ...

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Facebook Earnings Signal Apple iPhone 5 Rebirth

After previous earnings failed to impress and Google's (GOOG) recent weaker-than-forecast quarter indicated some in Silicon Valley are struggling to go mobile with earnings, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg spent most of an ...

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iPhone 5 Supplier Beats Estimates And Is Heading Higher

Goldman Sachs came out yesterday saying Apple is showing robust demand for the iPhone 5 and should be able to substantially increase production of the latest version of its juggernaut franchise. RFMD supplies components for the phone so this is a ...

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Apple earnings preview: All eyes on iPhone, iPad

Apple may disappoint investors tomorrow with fiscal fourth-quarter results that show weaker sales of its key iPad and iPhone product lines. Wall Street is expecting Apple to report $36.27 billion in sales, with earnings per share of $8.91. Apple's own ...

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AAPL: Street Tweaks iPhone, iPad Numbers Ahead of FYQ4 Report

Analysts today were tweaking their estimates for Apple (AAPL) in advance of the company's fiscal Q4 report tomorrow afternoon, incorporating AT&T's (T) remarks from this morning about iPhone sales, and remarks by Apple's CEO Tim Cook yesterday that ...

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Smartr Contacts (for iPhone)

However organized your iPhone address book may be, rest assured that list of people doesn't match your Facebook friends list, the people you follow on Twitter, your long list of LinkedIn contacts from careers past and present, much less your Gmail ...

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Apple: Pac Crest Sees Upside in iPhone 5, iPad Mini

Hargreaves, who has an Outperform rating on the shares and a $760 price target, thinks improving iPhone supply should help Apple beat on Thursday. He's projecting $37.09 billion in revenue and $9.55, per share in EPS versus a consensus of $36.1 billion ...

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IPhone 5 not dragging on telecom earnings -- yet

Verizon Communications' (VZ) stronger than expected third-quarter earnings cast doubt on the assessment of skeptics warning that Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 5 will be a drag on telecom-sector profits. Undeterred, some skeptics are reaffirming their ...

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Borderlands Legends Made Official, Shoots Its Way To iPhone And iPad October ...

We're always surprised to see console and PC franchises make the jump to mobile. The newest is Borderlands, as Gearbox Software and 2K Games plan to unleash Borderlands Legends on iPhone and iPad this Halloween, October 31. A rumor no more, the ...

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Verizon's iPhone Sales, comScore Data Portend Strong Apple Results

While estimating any company's quarterly results is tricky given all the potential variables, Apple's September quarter is even more difficult due to the launch of the iPhone 5 late in the quarter and its supply constraints. comScore tracks U.S ...

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Dropbox for iOS now supports iPhone 5, improves photo resolution

The app provides full support for the iPhone 5, but the biggest change involves how Dropbox for iOS handles photos. In the past, the app downscaled images when it was saving them to the camera roll. The Verge used an example of a 4,592 x 3,056 ...

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Borderlands Legends lands on iPhone and iPad later this month

You may be busy taking on Handsome Jack and his Hyperion goons in Borderlands 2 at the moment, but a new ad in the game's digital strategy guide suggests that the Borderlands franchise will be getting a new mobile installment later on this month.

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Federal agency to switch to iPhone, drop BlackBerry

(Reuters) - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) said it will end its contract with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd in favor of Apple Inc's iPhone, dealing a new blow to RIM just months before it launches a vital new device.

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A teen confronts her iPhone addiction

I just spent a week without one of the most important things in my life. It's something that I never go anywhere without, that I talk to when I'm lonely, that I stare at for hours upon end, day after day. It's there for me when my friends are not. It ...

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Monster Mansion Review (iPhone, iPad)

With Halloween around the creepy corner, vampires, werewolves and other creatures of the night need a place to crash. With this in mind, developer Meridian4 hopes they'll take up residence on your iPhone and/or iPad in Monster Mansion, a free-to-play ...

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Light up Greenwave Reality's smart bulbs with your iPhone

Here's how it goes: I say, "It feels like we're living in the future," and you all yell, "So where are the jetpacks?" There are plenty of missing pieces from the Jetsons-style view of the future, but at least the smart home -- controllable, reactive ...

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S3: It's Payback Time!

We finally have a bigger iPhone 5 screen – 4" from 3.5". This means a widescreen display with a 16:9 ratio. It's bigger but no wider, as Apple is still big on ergonomics. This new size might fox apps for a while, as they may have to display black bars ...

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Thefts of cell phones rise rapidly nationwide

Another robber grabbed an iPhone from an oblivious bus rider — while she was still talking. And, in nearby Oakland, City Council candidate Dan Kalb was robbed at gunpoint of his iPhone Wednesday after he attended a neighborhood anti-crime meeting.

Jefferson City News Tribune

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Hey, Obama, Romney, there's a lot of US stuff in the iPhone 5

So, I decided to ask a different question to IHS iSuppli: How of much the stuff inside the iPhone 5 is provided by U.S. companies -- regardless of where it's made. That's a fair question since focusing on where something's made -- though certainly a ...

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Sprint's iPhone 5 Leading The Way In Call Quality: Study

But a new iPhone 5 study is revealing that Sprint's iPhone 5 is leading both AT&T and Verizon's iPhone 5 models in terms of call quality, giving them a much-need pr boost boost for their services. According to Apple Insider: "While the examination is ...

The iPhone 5 News Blog (blog)

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Path for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Description. Path is the personal network where you connect with family and close friends. By limiting you to 150 connections, Path is a safe and trusted place to ...

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Win an iPhone 5 from Heritage!

ou want the absolute best in conservative policy analysis, The Heritage Foundation is the place to be. Not only does Heritage provide informative backgrounders, resourceful charts, and easy-to-comprehend fact sheets, but we also have our ...
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iPhone 5 Glitch Messes With Date And Time | WebProNews

em>iPhone apparently is doing something weird and reverting to 8/26/12 + 30 minutes while I (and it) sleep. It throws off iMessage and I'm sure the rest of the date/time dependent apps, so I've turned off the automatic time setting for now, and ...
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The Cure for the Common Case: An iPhone 4S Case Round-Up

Despite what that recent line at your local Apple Store may have led you to believe, not all owners upgraded to the iPhone 5. There are many of us who are still content with our 4/4S models that simply didn't feel the need to cough up any additional ...

Wired

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The future of Passbook. Apple's bid to replace your wallet with iPhone

About a month back, Apple released a new version of iPhone and an updated version of iOS, which powers the device. iOS 6 introduced over 200 new features including deeper social networking integration, a more powerful Siri, but a sub-par version of ...

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The iPad mini: Rumor round up

Apple has just announced an October media event scheduled for October 23. If they don't announce the iPad mini, the internet will quickly become a refugee camp for confused and bewildered journalists… myself included. Much like the run up to the ...

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Friday, October 19, 2012

iPhone sales may be better than expected, says analyst

In an investors note out yesterday, Munster called those numbers "a positive read for Apple." Though he expects Apple's non-iPhone 5 sales to decline 35 percent from a year ago, he's pegging a drop of just 4 percent for total iPhone sales in the third ...

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Review: Dr. Fone brings iPhone files back from the dead

As an iPhone or iPad user knows, it's all too easy to accidentally delete information from your device simply by touching the screen the wrong way. And once that data is gone, it's gone for good—unless you have Wondershare's Dr. Fone, a $100 program ...

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iPhone hacker 'Comex' let go from work with Apple

Comex is widely respected in the iPhone hacker realm for his work with the JailbreakMe applications, which exploited Apple's software to allow the installation of programs not vetted by the company in its App Store, a modification known as "jailbreaking.

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Striiv launches standalone iPhone app for 40-somethings

The maker of the portable fitness tracker Striiv just launched its first iPhone app, Striiv Smart Pedometer, which does about the same thing as its $99 device. The app, which doesn't require any additional hardware to use, lets users compete with ...

New York Daily News

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Pac-12 Networks Expands 'TV Everywhere' Playbook to iPhone, iPad

The Pac-12 Networks -- comprising a national feed and six sub-regional sports networks mapping the conference's footprint -- are now available to subscribers on their iPhone and iPod Touch devices through the Pac-12 Now fan experience. The launch of ...

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Apple ordered by US court to reveal iPhone profit margins

Judge Lucy Koh has ordered Apple to go public with information about its sales, earnings, and profit margins on the iPhone. As a corporation, Apple does report unit sales on its various products each quarter. But it shies away from divulging how much ...

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Can iPhone and iPad be made in the USA?

Nevertheless, Japan's computer chip and electronic display makers are major suppliers of components to the iPhone and iPad as well as to the whole range of competing phones, tablets and computers. Furthermore, Apple and many global electronics ...

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Samsung Mobile Print (for iPhone)

Samsung Mobile Print (for iPhone) offers a decent feature set for a mobile printing app, and it's worth downloading by owners of Wi-Fi enabled Samsung printers and multi-function printers (MFPs) who want to print from or scan to their iPhone. It works ...

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Users experiencing graphical glitch with iPhone 5 virtual keyboard

Users experiencing graphical glitch with iPhone 5 virtual keyboard. By Neil Hughes. Users have noticed a glitch specific to Apple's iPhone 5 in which a portion of the display flickers when the touchscreen keyboard is invoked.

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Foxconn Thinks the iPhone 5 Is a Pain in the Ass

China's largest electronics manufacturer, the already-loathed Foxconn, is now taking the fall for the iPhone 5 shortage that's annoyed consumers and worried investors in recent weeks. What's the holdup? They don't have enough parts? They're training ...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

iPhone Web Traffic Smokes Samsung Smartphones

Pulling back a bit, Chitika said today that the iPhone 5 made up 3 percent of Web traffic on its entire network as of Oct. 9, while the Galaxy S III accounted for 2 percent. All other iPhones captured 43 percent, while other Samsung devices were at 15 ...

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iPhone Damage: SquareTrade Lists The Rooms Where You're Most Likely To ...

Where in the home are iPhone owners most likely to destroy, damage, maim, or crack their smartphones? According to a new study out by gadget warranty site SquareTrade, the kitchen ranks as the most dangerous room in the home for the iPhone, with 21 ...

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iPhone Drives Smartphone Users Up Over 1 Billion

The smartphone market hit a new milestone in the third quarter of 2012 when the total number of users worldwide topped one billion. That growth was spurred by Apple's iPhone, according to Strategy Analytics, and will help the market grow to over 2 ...

The Mac Observer

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Cute iPhone-powered robot rolls out upgraded hardware

The creators of Romo, a small robot that uses an iOS device as its brain, are returning to Kickstarter to create a new, more powerful device. If you've always wanted a robot around the house, this could be the one for you. The original Romo quickly ...

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Why The iPad Mini Could Be More Successful Than The iPhone 5

Just about six weeks after the iPhone 5 announcement, the long-rumored iPad Mini launch is now slated for October 23rd. Read why the iPad Mini could give the iPhone 5 a run for its money in sales — and maybe be even more successful. Apple's marketing ...

The iPhone 5 News Blog (blog)

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

'SNL' Satirizes iPhone 5 Complaints

And, above all, the uncomfortable collision of two groups -- producers, consumers -- whose interaction is normally mediated only by an iPhone's silent screen. This is actually painful to watch. But that's the point -- or, well, part of it. If advanced ...

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Apple iPhone 5 (Sprint)

The Apple iPhone 5 for Sprint ($199 and up) is the same physical model as is sold on Verizon Wireless. Like Verizon's phone, it takes the iPhone's traditional advantages, including a well-designed consistent interface, amazing apps, and robust retail ...

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T-Mobile could offer the iPhone in early 2013, says analyst

T-Mobile subscribers may finally get their shot at the iPhone, according to one analyst. The carrier could "announce official iPhone distribution in early 2013," according to Morgan Stanley analyst Nick Delfas. The analyst provided no further details ...

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iPhone 5, Mac concerns lead to lowered Apple estimates

William Blair's Anil Doradla: Tweaking Near Term Estimates Based on iPhone 5 Supply Constraints. "Since unveiling the iPhone 5 last month, consumers have faced significant delays in receiving the phone. In our opinion, Apple's inability to keep up with ...

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Woes with iPhone 5 Go Far Beyond Maps

The imperfect Apple Maps app has CEO Tim Cook apologizing, but that's not the only complaint consumers have about Apple's new iPhone 5. Customers are fretting about a variety of problems -- from intolerably slow hang times when e-mail is loading to ...

Sci-Tech Today

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Monday, October 15, 2012

iPhone Privacy: How To Stop Apple And Advertisers From Tracking You On iOS 6

Much of your iPhone activity -- including your web browsing, app store downloads and more -- is transmitted to advertisers through various channels so that they can serve up relevant advertisements and offers for you. Although these services have ...

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Big, whining nerds: 'SNL' offers its take on iPhone complainers

Meow! "Saturday Night Live" has taken on the tech bloggers who complained about the iPhone 5, and it isn't pretty. If you've ever complained publicly about Apple's latest smartphone, you may wish you hadn't. The skit offers some perspective on ...

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iPhone 5 popular in Gaza despite poverty

GAZA - Apple's new iPhone 5 is selling well in the Gaza Strip despite inflated prices, reaching the Palestinian enclave via smuggling tunnels even before high-tech hub Israel next door. The cutting edge smart phone is being snapped up for almost double ...

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Video: SNL's iPhone 5 Bit and 10 Other Hilarious Tech Skits

Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live took aim at the tech world and some of PCMag's competitors for their nit-picking reviews of the Apple iPhone 5. (We would never do such a thing.) The sketch could have been tagged with #firstworldproblems, as the ...

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Breaking News Is Broken, and Circa Wants to Fix It

View by Writer. Trending – Tech Pundits Take iPhone Complaints Directly to the Source on "Saturday Night Live" · Follow on Twitter »Subscribe on Facebook »Like on Facebook »Get the Daily Newsletter » · Eric Johnson. ethics statement; bio; e-mail · RSS ...

All Things Digital

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Best iPhone 5 cases on the market

After getting a launch-day iPhone, I tested cases now available from every major brand. As of now, I've looked at all available models from: Belkin, Incase, Otterbox, Speck, STM, and Incipio. Other brands including Ballistic, Case-Mate, Element Case ...

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Purported iPad mini battery shows up, three times more powerful than iPhone 5′s

MacRumors, the site dedicated to rumors and speculation regarding anything Apple-flavored, has images of what its source claims is the battery for the iPad mini. Obviously, the smaller iPad is still nothing but a mythical, unreleased product. However ...

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Consumers dismiss Apple Maps uproar; plan to buy iPhone 5 in record numbers

Almost one in five polled -- 19% -- said they were "very likely" to buy an iPhone 5 for themselves or for another person in the next 90 days, while 13% said they were "somewhat likely" to do so, for a combined plan-to-purchase of 32%. That was ...

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Samsung Galaxy S3 beats the iPhone 5

Last evening, CNN's Technology Minute said that the Samsung Galaxy S3 is still a threat to Apple, mostly because the iPhone 5 isn't that much better. However, this column agrees with other users who believe that the Galaxy S3 is actually better than ...

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Best iPhone apps for moms

Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29Best iPhone apps for moms. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out. SITE SEARCH WEB SEARCH BY Google. **Home · Mobile Apps, Text Alerts · Seen On TV · Watch ...

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Did the iPhone 5 really overtake the Galaxy SIII in 18 days?

FORTUNE -- Chitika Insights, a search-targeted advertising and research outfit that has made its share of mistakes in the past, generated a flurry of headlines Friday when it reported that Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 5 Web usage had surpassed Samsung's ...

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ATT iPhone Customers Hit With Massive Data 'Sipping' Bug

It starts innocently enough -- with AT&T customers getting a text that they have used half their data plan. For most users, the initial reaction is,"that's weird." But then, in just a day or so, even casual data users are in 'overage' -- being charged ...

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iPhone 5 deliveries around the world are big business for air cargo industry

Must Read Rumors. iPhone 5 deliveries around the world are big business for air cargo industry. The cost of air freight has reportedly increased due to requirements of delivery for millions of iPhone 5s. iPad Mini media event rumored to focus on iBooks ...

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Typical Twitter user: Has iPhone, likes purple

She's American, 28, has 208 followers, loves her iPhone, talks endlessly about her family and fashion – and her favorite color is purple. She's also, according to new research, the average Twitter user. This composite character was pieced together ...

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How Much Does it Cost to Power an iPhone 5 or Galaxy S III for a Year?

Comparisons have been made between Apple's iPhone 5 and its rivals — notably, Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III smartphone — across nearly every measurable point. So why not talk about battery life, too? But not the number of hours that each phone can ...

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Friday, October 12, 2012

Hands-on with the STM Bags Opera and Harbour cases for Apple iPhone 5

I am loving my new Apple iPhone 5 and when I am going into the field I protect it with an OtterBox, but also like to put a minimal case on it to protect the back and make it a bit safer to throw in my pocket. With the ever increasing Apple accessory ...

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iPod Touch review: It satisfies most iPhone envy

The fifth-generation iPod Touch borrows a bit from each of the recent iPhone generations. It has a display identical to the one found on the iPhone 5, guts equivalent to some of those in the iPhone 4S, and a camera system similar — but significantly ...

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Velti Report: With iPhone 5 and iOS 6, Apple Reclaims Ad Marketshare, While ...

Of all the ad impressions from the iPhone 5, 43 percent came from the United States, 14 percent came from Japan, and 8 percent came from the United Kingdom. As for what people were doing with their brand-new iPhones, Velti says 27 percent of usage in ...

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It's Crazy How Much The All-New iPhone Still Annoys Me

... phones and operating systems I've realized that the iPhone is lacking in several areas. I've had my iPhone 5 for three weeks now, and there are some key aspects of the hardware and software that just don't live up to what I've come to expect from ...

Business Insider

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AAPL iPhone 5 Interest Undaunted, Say 451/ChangeWave; Hope for Win Phone 8

The folks at The 451 Group's 451 Research division, in conjunction with ChangeWave Research, today offer up their assessment of buying intentions in the smartphone operating system market, and Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 5, in particular, and Microsoft's ...

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Apple reportedly to sell iPhone 5 cases later this month

iPhone 5 owners looking for cases at their local Apple store may finally see some in the next couple of weeks. Apple-approved third-party cases could reach store shelves the week of October 22, multiple sources reportedly told 9to5Mac. Though that time ...

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Testing Sprint's LTE on the iPhone 5

Sprint is the only carrier selling an iPhone 5 with unlimited LTE data, which would be a great deal if anyone could actually get Sprint LTE. Only Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, San Antonio, Waco and a few much smaller cities have ...

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Apple Has Quietly Started Tracking iPhone Users Again, And It's Tricky To Opt Out

Previously, Apple had all but disabled tracking of iPhone users by advertisers when it stopped app developers from utilizing Apple mobile device data via UDID, the unique, permanent, non-deletable serial number that previously identified every Apple ...

Business Insider

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Waiting for a refurbished iPhone 5 could save you $50 or more

For the iPhone 4, it took only two and a half months for refurbished deals to begin showing up with $50 discounts. And because the phone came out in June, refurbished models were available by the time the holidays rolled around, some being marked down ...

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Brewster Puts Your Friends On Speed Dial

Brewster is back with a huge update that not only optimizes for the iPhone 5's larger screen but also brings some cool new features. Now when you press and hold a contact, you can easily rearrange the people in your life like you would rearrange apps ...

Business Insider

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Did Chinese IPhone Workers Really Go on Strike?

News organizations worldwide, eager for anything iPhone- related, rushed to report the press release, and by the end of the weekend the event was international news, with some analysts going so far to blame the alleged strike for a 2.21 percent decline ...

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Brewster (for iPhone)

The Brewster iPhone app may be one of the most visually appealing contact managers you'll find, tapping into multiple social networks for images of people you know. It insists on having access to your iPhone Contacts and either Twitter or Facebook to ...

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Generation i? 40% of teens say they have an iPhone

IPhone fever is not just an adult affliction. It has trickled down to the younger population as well. Forty percent of U.S. teenagers now own an iPhone, according to a new survey of 7,700 teens by Piper Jaffray & Co. And the ranks of these young iPhone ...

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All Hail the Fifth Coming of the iPhone

A photo in the New York Post this past Sunday of an iPhone with bloody fingerprints on it lying on a blood-soaked patch of street in the West Village seemed to nail the new zeitgeist so perfectly that I felt compelled to repost it on social media and ...

VICE

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Fitbit Aims at IPhone Couch Potatoes: Rich Jaroslovsky

At the moment, Apple's iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 are the only phones with the low-power Bluetooth features needed for direct syncing. You can even set the Fitbit app to automatically update itself in the background, though be careful of the potential ...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

iPhone 5 Battery Life: 11 Tips To Get More Juice Out Of Your iPhone

Yes, there are several tweaks and changes you can make to get better battery life out of your iPhone 5. Though by most accounts the iPhone 5 gets superb battery life -- in one test, it was bested among smartphones only by the still-undefeated champion ...

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Foxconn Denies Strikes at iPhone 5 Manufacturing Facilities.

Foxconn Electronics denies reports about disruptions in production of Apple's iPhone 5 in one its manufacturing facilities because of strikes caused by a conflict between production-line workers and quality controllers. The world's largest contract ...

X-bit Labs

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What's Going To Be Apple's Next Killer Product? Not A New iPhone - Artificial ...

What will be the biggest new Apple (AAPL) product introduced in the next 5 years? In the last 5 years, we've seen the introduction of the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple TV. Surely there will be many new and exciting products to come in the next 5 ...

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IPhone 5 Shortage Spooks Apple Investors

Every night for the last week, Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, or one of his co-workers has tried to buy an iPhone 5, logging on to Apple's Web site about an hour after the company begins letting people reserve one of the phones for next-day ...

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Multiple Foxconn labor disputes disrupt iPhone production

In the last week, Foxconn faced several rounds of labor disputes that threatened to slow iPhone 5 production, says a report by Bloomberg. The disputes occurred on October 1, October 2 and on October 5. In each case, the company had to stop production ...

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Monday, October 8, 2012

iPhone 5 is a 'winner,' says Consumer Reports

iPhone 5 is a 'winner,' says Consumer Reports. Despite the Apple Maps snafu, the iPhone 5 is the best iPhone Apple has made, says the consumer publication. Lance Whitney. by Lance Whitney. October 8, 2012 7:33 AM PDT Follow @lancewhit ...

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T-Mobile preps for iPhone 5 carrier defectors with nano-SIM cards

The nation's fourth-largest carrier, which does not sell the iPhone 5, began a marketing campaign last month to encourage buyers to bring their iPhones, from AT&T or Verizon Wireless, to T-Mobile, touting its unlimited data plan which starts at $69.99 ...

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T-Mobile USA wants your iPhone 5

Samsung Galaxy S III may be T-Mobile USA's all-time best-selling smartphone, but the carrier has other ambitions. The title is easily claimed on the network that doesn't offer iPhone, no thanks to Apple. But T-Mobile does want your iPhone 5, even if ...

BetaNews

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ReadyCase combines iPhone case with multitool

Pbbblllttt. Indiegogo project ReadyCase offers seven handy tools in one iPhone case. It's already well past the $15,000 goal the developers set, so now you just need to decide if you want to get one for an early-bird price. Despite measuring just 3mm ...

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iPhone 5 Case Review: Cygnett Slate Blue Workmate Case for iPhone 5

The Cygnett Workmate case for the iPhone 5 is a well designed case that provides good protection while keeping the form slim and light. The Workmate combines polycarbonate with silicone material and integrate both into one coherent form that fits the ...

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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Got an unlocked iPhone 5? T-Mobile has your nano-SIM card

T-Mobile is the only major US carrier not selling the iPhone, but even before the launch of the iPhone 5 it had more than 1 million Apple phones running on its network. With the iPhone 5 using the new nano-SIM cards, T-Mobile wasn't quite ready to lure ...

Ars Technica

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Two weeks with iPhone 5, Galaxy Note 2, and HTC announcements ...

Two weeks with iPhone 5, Galaxy Note 2, and HTC announcements (MobileTechRoundup show #278). Summary: I have had the iPhone 5 for two weeks and offered up some thoughts while Kevin tempted me with his new Samsung Galaxy Note 2. HTC also ...

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Some AT&T MicroCell Users Are Experiencing Problems With iPhone 5 and iOS 6

AT&T mobile customers who don't get good reception inside their houses have had the option of using a 3G MicroCell device that boosts the cellular signal through their existing broadband connection. I have been using this solution for a couple of years ...

Forbes

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Apple's new iPhone is popular – with crooks – Protect your info from identity ...

NEW YORK: In Apple's biggest-ever unintended product launch, a minicrime wave is rolling out across the nation as crooks, just like the rest of us, clamor to get their hands on the tech giant's latest gadgets. And the recently debuted iPhone 5, it ...

Kuwait Times

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