Apple Uncovers New TV Box For Movies & TV Shows

ShareApple unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of Apple TV, which connects to a high-definition television and can show rented movies and TV shows from Apple’s own service, plus content from Netflix, photos on Flickr, YouTube clips and a lot more, on Wednesday. The  $99 gadget is Apple’s previous attempt of a television set-top box which [...]

Top 10 Cellphones You Need To Know About

ShareHere is a list of the top and best cellphones in the market (without any random order): 1. iPhone 3GS: With its incredible features and high usage throughout the world, this smartphone is a post to have a spot on the top 10 list. Within its 3.5 inch touchscreen, you can find a world of [...]

Smartphones To Replace Credit Cards

SharePeople have been wondering about the idea of using smartphones as credit cards. For what they know, smartphones have a lot of functions and financing and banking aren’t exclusions. People can shop online with their smartphones and anyone, literally any individual, holding a smartphone can just do this. AT&T and Verizon, two network operators, have [...]

Android Overtakes BlackBerry and Iphones

ShareSmartphones running Google’s Android operating system have replaced BlackBerry’s place, according to a report on Wednesday. These Android-installed smartphones have been declared to be on top of the most bought phones in United States for the three months of April to June. NPD Group, the market tracking firm to have reported this news, stated that [...]

Legalized Jailbreak Saga Begins

Share Despite Apple’s remarks last week about the new law legalizing jailbreak in iPhones, iPhone Dev Team released Jailbreakme 2.0 Star which allows over a million iPhone users to gain access to thousands of third party free applications that are unauthorized by Apple. This new development caused many iPhone users to flock in the internet [...]

Roaming Costs: Yet Another iPhone Dilemma

ShareIn addition to the hefty complaints over the iPhone’s malfunctioning reception, users of the Apple smartphone have stacked their grievances to the problem tray. Some British iPhone owners have complained about the high roaming charges that have appeared on their bill after their visit to the United States and other countries. They claimed that they [...]

Steve Jobs talks about antenna problem of iPhone 4 – ‘We aren’t perfect’

SharePerfection is hard to find in this world. And that is what Apple CEO had to say on Friday morning. Apple Inc. has said that it will give free protective cases to all the buyers of its latest iPhone to prevent reception problems that occur when people cover a certain spot on the left side [...]

Apple iPhone 4 announcement to be on Friday morning

ShareApple Inc. will be holding a press conference at its Silicon Valley headquarters on Friday morning to discuss issues regarding the latest iPhone model. Although Apple has not specified what will be discussed about the iPhone 4, assumptions are the company will respond to complaints about the smartphone’s antenna and signal problems, and also the [...]

Consumer Reports Confirm iPhone 4 Reception Problems After Tests

ShareConsumer Reports’ completed testing the iPhone 4, and confirmed that there is a problem with the reception of the new smartphone released by Apple Inc. They said that when an individual’s finger or hand touches a spot on the phone’s lower left side, which is very likely for left-handed people, the signal can significantly degrade [...]

iPhone Book Apps Disappears From iTunes Store

ShareA number of iPhone apps that had received top rankings on the iTunes Store have disappeared from the top 50 book applications after complaints were made from developers. A variety of applications by the same author were seen in the top rankings, although the applications frequently had few or no user reviews and appeared to [...]

Apple ‘stunned’ at iPhone flaw

ShareOn Friday, Apple Inc. said it was ”stunned” to find a flaw in their highly-successful smartphone –  iPhones have for years been using a “totally wrong” formula to determine how many bars of signal strength they are getting. The reason of the complaints made by users of the iPhone 4 – a plunge in signal strength [...]

iPhone 4 becomes most successful product of Apple Inc. as sales escalate over 1.7 million in 3 days

ShareApple Inc. announced on Monday that it had sold more than 1.7 million units of its new smartphone – iPhone 4 – in the first three days of its release. This made it the most successful product launch in the company’s history from the standpoint of sales. Steve Job’s, CEO of Apple, announced the news [...]

iPhone 4′s users report ‘color problems’… Is this another shortcoming for iPhone 4?

ShareApple’s iPhone 4 wnr on sale on Thursday and were a major success throughout the US. But after the first day, enthusiasts began seeing problems in the highly-anticipated phone. After cell reception problems, complaints about display discoloration have been made. The brand new smartphone is said to have a prominent problem, which is that yellow [...]

Apple works to keep up with the high demands of iPhone 4

ShareThe iPhone was released this week on Thursday, and though many people were lucky enough to get their hands on the new smartphone by Apple, some have to continue to wait as the company tries to race up to its high consumer demands of the new gadget. Many stores in Tokyo all the way to [...]

iPhone 4 owners complains of reception problem

ShareEarly iPhone owners were said to complain of the new gadget. Complaints were related to reception problem and according to owners, holding the iPhone 4 a certain way can interfere with calls. The iPhone 4 which was redesigned by the Apple Inc. replacing sloping edges with a stainless steel band that wraps around the more [...]

Another iPhone 4 drawback uncovered… Poor signal!

ShareAfter users swarmed stores on Thursday to grab the new iPhone 4 by Apple Inc., they uncovered a new shortcoming the smartphone had. Users complained about the lower left corner of the iPhone 4′s antenna-housing stainless-steel rim being sensitive to human skin… as soon as your hand covers this part of the smartphone, the AT&T [...]

iPhone 4 has a few shortcomings…

ShareThe new smartphone by Apple – iPhone 4 – is going to be major success. The phone is set apart from other phones in its style as is has a sleek glass and stainless steel design, and is going to be loved by users for its multitasking software and improved screen. The Apple iPhone 4 [...]

Does the next-gen iPhone have sharper display & a bigger battery?

ShareAccording to Engadget, the upcoming and ‘leaked’ fourth-generation iPhone might be dubbed the iPhone HD by virtue of a new, higher-resolution display. Following such rumors, the Taipei-based tech site, Digitimes, has reported that the next iPhone display will boast a resolution of 960 by 640, which is twice that of the iPhone 3GS. Digitimes said [...]

Another iPhone prototype found

ShareApple has somehow managed to let another iPhone 4G prototype be lost-and-found. A Vietnamese tech forum Taoviet (taoviet.vn) has just posted pictures and videos of what looks like another, refined version of the next-generation iPhone which Gizmodo revealed the world last month. There is yet no way t verify if this newly found phone is [...]

Nokia Sues Apple for Infringement of 5 Patents

ShareNokia has filed a lawsuit against Apple based on allegations that the iPad 3G and iPhone has infringed five of its patent. The infringements, Nokia claims, involve technology used to enhance speech and data transmission and antenna innovations for compact devices. “We’ve taken this step to protect the results of our pioneering development and to [...]

Apple iPad sales hit 1 Million, higher than its first iPhone sales

ShareOn Monday, Apple Inc. announced that it had sold 1 million of its new iPad tablet computers in a month since its launch. This means that it has been selling more than twice as fast as the iPhone did when it was new. Apple said that on Friday, they had reached the milestone, the day the new [...]

Identity of iPhone finder & seller disclosed

ShareA 21-year-old guy from Redwood City, California, named Brian J. Hogan has been identified by Wired.com as the guy who found and later sold Apple’s missing iPhone in a bar last month. Wired named Hogan on Thursday after following a trail of “clues” on social-networking sites and confirming his ID with a source “involved in [...]

Apple may unveil new iPhone in June

ShareApple announced the dates of its Worldwide Developers Conference on Wednesday, where the company may introduce the new iPhone which was spoiled by the blog Gizmodo a few weeks ago. The five-day conference will take place from June 7 to June 11 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. It will include hands-on sessions for software developers [...]

Police seize computers, cameras, cell phone from Gizmodo iPhone blogger

ShareComputers, digital camera, a cell phone and other items were taken from the technology blog editor who posted pictures and details of a lost iPhone prototype by authorities on Friday. A computer-crime task force, Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, searched the Gizmodo editor and blogger Jason Chen’s house and car in Fremont, California, on Friday, according to a statement and [...]

Apple tries to get iPhone 4G back from Gizmodo

ShareA letter was received by Gizmodo from the Apple Inc., who requested the return of the iPhone 4G it attained for $5000. The letter was signed by Apple’s senior vice-president and general counsel Bruce Sewell, and was posted on the Gizmodo website by Jason Chen. “It has come to our attention that Gizmodo is currently [...]

Can IT ever be green?

ShareIpad, I phone, Google, facebook, small and smart they may be but behind these devices lie huge energy hungry data centers. This week we at ENVIRONMENT column look at Green IT. They may be virtual but websites have a very real carbon footprint: their files are stored on servers and these banks of servers, need a [...]

Gizmodo Uncovers the Next iPhone

ShareAfter the 27-year-old Apple software engineer, Gary Powell, left his ‘top-secret’ and next-generation prototype at the Gourmet Haus Staudt – a bar in Redwood City, California – last month, Gizmodo obtained the device for $5,000 from a patron who found the device. The phone, which was camouflaged to look like to look like an iPhone [...]

iPhone demand boosts Apple profit

ShareStrong sales of its iPhone and Macintosh computers helped Apple profits to leap by 90% in the first quarter of 2010. It made a net profit of $3.1bn (£2bn) while revenue rose 49% to $13.5bn in the three months to 27 March. Apple said it sold about nine million of its popular smart phone – [...]

Apple iPhone & iPad to soon get multitasking

ShareBoth iPhone and iPad from the Apple Inc. are soon going to be able to run numerous programs at one time. The changes have been long-sought by iPhone owners, as rival phones of iPhone like Palm Inc. and Google Inc.  already offer this feature. The changes will be coming to iPhone this summer, followed by [...]

Apple fans finally get a hold of the first iPads

ShareThe iPad is finally in the hands of early adopters. Eager customers wanting to be the first owners of the tablet computer stood in long lines across the U.S. on Saturday. The enthusiastic crowds shown in lines seemed to want the device in their hands before discovering the usefulness of it. The lines, however, were smaller than [...]

Apple unveils thousands of apps for iPad

ShareThe applications for the much anticipated iPad by the Apple Inc. can be viewed in the iTunes App Store ahead of the tablet computer on Saturday. A sneak-peak of the applications and what’s to come for the device to teach users the way to utilize it are shown on the site. The iPad was unveiled [...]

Sensors turn skin into gadget control pad

ShareTapping your forearm or hand with a finger could soon be the way you interact with gadgets. US researchers have found a way to work out where the tap touches and use that to control phones and music players. Coupled with a tiny projector the system can use the skin as a surface on which [...]

Amazon Unveils Free Kindle iPad App

ShareAmazon unveiled its Kindle app for iPad and other tablet computers on Monday. Amazon said that the Kindle app will offer access to over 450,000 e-books. Its web site said, “Tablet computers, including the iPad, are coming and with our free app, you’ll be able to read more than 450,000 Kindle books.” The app will [...]

Apple starts taking pre-orders for iPad launch on April 3

Share  The highly anticipated iPad touch-screen tablet computer from Apple Inc. was to hit the U.S. store shelves on April 3, but Apple began accepting pre-orders on Friday for the gadget which allows users to read books, watch videos and surf the Web. After a slight delay in the launch, the iPads, with Wi-Fi wireless [...]

The verdict on Apple’s iPad

ShareThe new Apple iPad is intriguing, insightful, and inexpensive. But even with the numerous features it offers, several critics have pointed out its shortcomings that make it not as astounding as the hype made it… After years of rumors and anticipation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his latest creation, the iPad, last week. And even though [...]

Symbian phone operating system goes open source

ShareThe group behind the world’s most popular smartphone operating system – Symbian – is giving away “billions of dollars” worth of code for free. The Symbian Foundation’s announced that it would make its code open source in 2008 and has now completed the move. It means that any organisation or individual can now use and [...]

The new tablet computer: Apple iPad

Share The culture-changing company, Apple’s latest must-have device is a ‘magical and revolutionary’ touchscreen tablet computer called the “iPad”. Revealed by the Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on January 28th, 2010, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, the long awaited device has an unbelievable price, which starts from $499. The cheapest iPad [...]

iPhone 3GS : Review

Share The new iPhone 3GS is an improved and compelling upgrade of the iPhone 3G, and has quickly gained popularity as the finest iPhone Apple has yet made. Pertaining to the previous smartphones designed and marketed by the Apple Inc., this new version is being internationally applauded for its high speed and improved performance. The [...]

Google’s new phone

Share Google has said it is defending its online advertising empire with the launch of its own brand mobile phone. It is the first time Google has designed and sold its own consumer hardware device. Google said the Nexus One represented the next frontier in the company’s $20bn (£12.4bn) core business – selling advertising through [...]