Yesterday Reuters ran a story regarding Apple’s dismissal of a cheap iPhone, which many outlets sourced to the Shanghai Evening News. TNW had also confirmed with Apple that Schiller had given an interview with the Chinese newspaper. Despite the confirmation, this morning Reuters pulled their story … [Read more...]
Phil Schiller Talks Cheap iPhones As Not Being The Future of Apple
January 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The past week has seen rumors percolating that Apple might be looking to release a cheap iPhone, a move that would help Apple compete with Android phones in markets where cheaper phones are doing very well. Most notably this has been occurring in the Chinese market, which holds huge potential for … [Read more...]
Apple Settles Dispute With Photographer Over Use Of ‘Retina’ Image
January 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Sabine Liewald, a Swiss photographer has reached a settlement with Apple. The two parties had been in litigation over the use of Liewald's eyeball image, which had been used during an Apple keynote in June. … [Read more...]
Apple to Take a Stab at Fixing Scam Apps by Locking Images
January 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A lot of us have been there. You see an app in the app store that looks great, maybe you even pay for it (hopefully not). When the app finishes downloading, however, it's completely different than as advertised in the App Store images. If you're curious how this happens, put simply, the … [Read more...]
iPhone 5 Very Popular on Verizon, Tops 5.3M Activations During Holidays
January 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It's no surprise that the iPhone 5 is wildly popular on Verizon, as it is wildly popular in general. Verizon released sales numbers of 9.8 million smartphone activations over the holidays. Though they did not release iPhone specific sales numbers, based on their 2011 4th quarter sales of 4.2 … [Read more...]
Case-Mate iPhone 5 Cases Use Premium Materials, Loved By Selena Gomez
January 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Case-Mate is here at CES 2013 and we got a chance to look at their line of premium iPhone 5 cases. The focus of their Craftsmen line is to incorporate high quality natural materials sourced throughout the world. High quality woods, mother of pearl inlays and other distinct cases that Case-Mate hopes … [Read more...]
Incipio Atlas Waterproof Case for iPhone 5 First Look
January 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here at CES 2013, we had a chance to check the new Incipio Atlast Waterproof case. This case is a rugged fashionable design that is waterproof up to 3 meters. The tempered glass screen protector avoids any bubbling when interacting with the iPhone. Incipio designed the buttons to make it easy for … [Read more...]
Walmart’s Straight Talk Prepaid plans Soon Offering iPhone 5
January 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Walmart's popular Straight Talk plans will include the iPhone 5 and 4 as eligible devices starting on January 11th. Straight Talk is the highest rated no contract provider in the US. They offer a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Model wherein the customer obtains their own device elsewhere, and … [Read more...]
Seagate To Sell Wireless Streaming Hard Drive for your iOS Device
January 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Available on February 1st, Seagate will be offering a 1TB hard drive which features the ability to stream to 3 different iOS Devices at one time. This means your 64GB limit on your iOS Device worries are somewhat gone. Because this hard drive will broadcast it's own network and allow up to 8 … [Read more...]
Pebble Smartwatch Shipping January 23rd
January 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
For the 85,000 or so Kickstarter backers of the Pebble Smartwatch, good news comes from the CES show floor. The massive response to the campaign had the company re-thinking their intitial plans of producing the watches in San Francisco. With manufacturing shifted to China, Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky … [Read more...]
