This embed is invalid ” /> Being based in Canada means that I’m often traveling for work, and that means fiddling with SIM cards. A new Kickstarter project from the same people who brought you the X-Wing joke campaign proposes to make keeping track of those SIMs and navigating international border-crossing much easier, with a [...]
That iOS 6.1 jailbreak that was maybe probably definitely supposed to come out today, courtesy of evad3rs? Bad news; it’s not coming until tomorrow. Despite the rumored (and hoped) Super Bowl-day launch date, we’ll all have to wait just a little longer. Final count down toward tomorrow’s release has begun! — evad3rs (@evad3rs) February 4, [...]
Apple Inc.’s “Q1 was hardly a ‘bad’ quarter. Revenue rose 18% as reported, and when adjusted for weeks (last year had an extra week), revenue was up 27%, about in line with the last few quarters. Gross margins dipped to 38.6%, well below Apple’s 40%+ numbers for the past 3 years. This should be little [...]
Verizon activated a record number of iPhones in the fourth quarter, about half of which were the LTE-enabled iPhone 5. Reporting fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday morning, Verizon said that, of the 9.8 million smartphones it sold during the period, 6.2 million were iPhones. So about two-thirds of new smartphone activations at Verizon were attributable to Apple’s [...]
Earlier today we provided a spec comparison between the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S3. Starting Sunday, Samsung will make its own comparison between the two best selling smartphones with a large print ad in national and local newspapers across the United States, CNET reported. With the headline âIt doesnât take a genius,â Samsung [...]
Apple Inc. AAPL +1.22% has made it official: Smartphone screens are expanding. The trend is sending developers and others with a stake scrambling over how to use the extra space. Apple said Wednesday the new iPhone 5 will have 18% more digital real estate than previous models by extending the screen’s diagonal length by half [...]
Pre-orders for the iPhone 5 start in a few hours, so itâs time to make sure you are ready when the ordering light turns green. Below, you will find a few tips thatâll make sure things go smoothly during the ordering process. 1. Determine which carrier you want as soon as possible. Do you want [...]
While some might consider the the latest, greatest 2012 iPhone 5 a no brainer when it comes to their next purchasing decision, Apple keeps the 2011 iPhone 4S and the 2010 iPhone 4 around for a reason. For some people, up-front price really does matter. However, over the lifetime of a typical contract, you’ll be [...]
“By all accounts, Apple’s new iPhone 5 is a fine product, a line drive down the middle. It will easily sell millions and likely even break some records – the massive iPhone ecosystem alone will guarantee that,” Nilay Patel writes for The Verge. “It’s also a little boring, which has led to serious questions about [...]
Wow, if there was any doubt about how popular the new iPhone would be, the initial sales have put that to rest. By 4 am this morning, the first day that pre-ording was available, Apple’s website was already saying that delivery would be two weeks rather than next Friday, as announced. As usual, those who [...]
