All Posts Tagged With: "Apple"
A third party company has created an unauthorised clamshell version of the iPhone for sale in China, whoever said clams and apples wouldn’t mix.
One of the most interesting leaks of late came to us from the mobile phone news website site shanzhaij, with images that are truly amazing and we hope are for real.
They’ve compared [...]
The latest fix for the iPhone has just arrived, version 2.2 hits the Google streets from today.
The new firmware update includes the likes of Google Street View, with public transport guides and walking directions. These allow virtual walking tours at street level for one, with the ability to check transport timetables too.
Although not everyone will [...]
A report just came out that the iPhone has slashed the RAZR’s three year record as the number 1 selling phone in the USA, according to market research firm NPD.
Appleinsider.com covered the report in great detail, but it appears the bloodbath culminated in the third quarter of this year. This was the same time when [...]
I had a note in from Rachel at The Internet Team this afternoon:
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Dear Ewan
My partner recently got a T-Mobile USB HSDPA dongle for his Windows laptop.
I tried the Mac software for this on my Macbook (one of the latest models before they went metal again) but it keeps crashing.
I really want [...]
Just recently, during the Q4 Conference Call, Apple announced that it had sold 6.9 million iPhones in Q4 of 2008. Today, Canada’s leading telecommunications operator Rogers has declared an 84% jump in the 3rd quarter profits.
Rogers has reported a net income of USD 386 million, compared to USD 210 a year ago and the operator [...]
Apple’s Q4 Conference Call announcement brought us some astonishing iPhone news today. While the company posted a profit of $1.14 billion on revenues of $7.9 billion for the quarter, their sales figures for their devices were off the roofs. In the Q4 of 2008, Apple managed to sell 6,892,000 iPhone 3Gs compared to the 1,119,000 [...]
Continue ReadingBusiness Week has the details.
And oh, what interesting details they are.
INQ, a subsidiary of Hutchison, is going ballistic. On the back of the success of the S2 Skypephones, they’re lining up a big, big market challenge.
“We’re tired of paying a fortune for phones that are unusable,” says Frank Meehan, the chap in charge.
Unusable in [...]
The design gurus over at Cupertino might just get a huge task on their heads, if the EU goes ahead with a ruling. The European Union is currently considering a requirement according to which, all cell phones sold should have batteries that can be easily replaced. No points for guessing which phone lacks this ability.
If [...]
Continuing with its game of Cat and Mouse, Apple has seeded a beta build of the firmware version 2.2 for the iPhone to its developers recently. However, unlike the previously seeded builds, this one was seeded with only “compatibility testing” in the release notes.
Even though Apple cleverly avoided any mention of bug fixes or new [...]
Hey you! Yes, yes you. That iPhone that you’re carrying and flaunting around, is that legit? You’d rather tell us, because the following might just interest you.
According to BGR, one of their loyal readers received a friendly email from AT&T, which goes like this.
Subject: Important information regarding your iPhone 3G
The new AT&T - Your world. [...]
I love my iPhone. Yes, it does lack many of the features found in phones much cheaper phones in the market. But the UI and the design makes up for what is lacking in the phone. Whether you agree with me or not is a different discussion altogether.
The iPhone lacks a physical keypad and there [...]
I’m sure you’ll agree with me over the fact that Google Earth is a remarkable software. The ability to virtually find and browse to any point on the earth has been implemented exceptionally well. However, being an iPhone user, I particularly miss Google Earth on the phone, more so for the sheer simplicity that the [...]
Continue ReadingWSJ, or the Wall Street Journal for those living in the 1998s, have sent out a wave of speculations today after publishing a report, according to which Google’s first Android Phone aka the HTC Dream will cost $199 on USA’s T-Mobile and will take the iPhone head on with its price tag.
The phone will feature [...]
Today, if you have connected your iPhone to the computer, you might have noticed that Apple has made the iPhone firmware version 2.1 available via iTunes. And if you haven’t already done that, well, now would be a good time. As promised by Steve Jobs at the company’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event recently, the 2.1 version [...]
Continue ReadingYes, we’re reporting news about the iPhone 3G again. If you’re not the iPhone type, we’d still suggest that you be all ears for this. Apparently, even after having its fair share of problems and different lawsuits being filed against it, the Apple iPhone 3G is doing fairly well in the UK, reports MobileToday.
The device, [...]
This had to happen, didn’t it? If you thought Orange paid Polish actors to make fake queues outside their shops just so that it would seem that they were having a good sale, then you are wrong my friend. Or at least that’s what Orange wants us to believe!
After the furor that was caused caused [...]
Every once a while, there comes across a day in your life and things start going haywire enough to make you wonder what did you do wrong to deserve that day. Today, it turns out, is such a day for our very own Steve Jobs.
Not too long after we reported that the Apple Ads which [...]
It’s all a bit gloomy for Apple really. Julia reported last week about Apple being sued, and today the Advertising Standards Authority have rapped them for some dodgy advertising.
Apparently the claim that the iPhone can access “all the parts of the internet” is giving a misleading impression to consumers, according to ASA. This has led [...]
According to a notice on O2’s website, there appears to be a bit of a shortage of the Apple devices: there’s no iPhones to be had online according to the operator, and stores are also running a bit short.
The operator says:
We are experiencing unprecedented demand for the device and whilst we are confident that all [...]
Two of India’s biggest mobile service providers, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have now officially announced the availability and pricing for the iPhone, ending over 2 months of rumors and speculations. The iPhone 3G goes on sale on August 22nd, 2008 throughout the country.
India, a country of over 350 million mobile subscribers has long waited [...]
It had to happen, really. After all the to-ing and fro-ing with the iPhone’s 3G problems
Continue ReadingA first generation Apple iPhone is making its way to Samantha’s place. Tomorrow she’s due to get her GCSE results — and we wish her every success with that.
Samantha isn’t your average 16 year old. She’s blessed with a critical brain and an unusual amount of mobile related intellect.
Ask your [...]
Apple has released a new firmware update for the iPhone, OS 2.02.2, promising rather obliquely ‘bug fixes’. Apple being Apple isn’t saying what the bugs are and how they might need fixing, but more than a few commentators are pointing the finger at the 3G problems that seem to have plagued users.
If that was the [...]
It looks like Apple is trying to restore itself in users’ good graces after a series of access problems and outages with its MobileMe online back-up service. After offering subscribers an extra 30 days on their subscription last month, the company has announced it’s now giving away another 60 days free.
From Apple’s support website:
The transition [...]
Mobile Industry Review Show - 19 from Ewan MacLeod on Vimeo.
Here, then, is Mobile Industry Review on location.
Yes! This Saturday, we headed down to sunny Brighton on the south coast of England, to visit the inaugural social media cafe (”Tuttle Club”) establishing itself in the town.
We’ve got a packed episode of pure joy for [...]
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