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Tag Archives: iPhone
Why single sourced rumours about Apple should be taken with a pinch of salt
You know, if you wanted two paragraphs to sum up the perils of tracking Apple’s supply chain ‘build plans’, they would be these: In Nov. 2011 DigiTimes reported that Apple had “slashed” orders for iPhone 4S parts 10% to 15% — a report … Continue reading
Why comfort and familiarity are features
Techpinions – It’s Good to be Back on the iPhone: Often I heard the battle cry from the Android community complaining that the iPhone 5 was just not innovative enough and lacked many of the cutting edge features common on … Continue reading
Whoa. IPhone accounts for more than 80% of AT&T smartphone sales
IPhone accounts for more than 80 percent of AT&T smartphone sales: AT&T posted its fourth quarter results for 2011 on Thursday and highlighted smartphone sales in particular, which reached a record high of 9.4 million devices, beating the standing company record by … Continue reading
Everything looks obvious in hindsight
Jim Dalrymple: Technology companies these days are scared to death to make a product that varies too far from Apple does because they fear being left behind. Some companies even go so far as to say that Apple’s inventions were … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, iPad, iPhone, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Group
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The future of Siri
Oh yes: Siri could be the interface to future products, like tiny little Nano-sized devices, or home entertainment systems. I think the people thinking of putting Siri on to the Mac, Apple TV or iPad aren’t thinking big enough. Imagine … Continue reading
Why can’t anyone match the iPad?
To put it simply no one can match the iPad because no one can match Apple’s prices with a tablet that matches its features: When better equipped (though bulkier) netbooks can be had for $250, tablet-makers need to set their … Continue reading
Android fragmentation
Nick Bradbury, author of the very fine FeedDemon, on learning Android and “the fragmentation thing“: Of course, I can’t write my first post about Android without mentioning its supposed “fragmentation” problem. It is a problem, but it’s mostly blown out … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Google, Web/Tech
Tagged Android, FeedDemon, iPhone, Nick Bradbury
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The unedifying arrogance of PC journalists
Barry Collins is angry. Specifically, Barry is almost splenetic about what he sees as “Apple’s unedifying arrogance” in its response to the brouhaha over the database which your iPhone carries of locations. In particular, Barry is vexed over what he … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Data, Database, Hotspot (Wi-Fi), IOS (Apple), iPad, iPhone, Wi-Fi
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Apple is dead in the water, redux
Charles Arthur, reporting for The Guardian on an IDC/Appcelerator survey of developers: “App developer interest is shifting back toward Apple as fragmentation and “tepid” interest in current Android tablets chips away at Google’s recent gains in momentum, according to a new survey … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Google, iPhone, Mobile, Web/Tech
Tagged Android, Apple, Charles Arthur, Fred Wilson, Google, Guardian, Henry Blodget, iOS, iPad, iPhone
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So what does that location database on your phone really do?
Jim Smith, who knows a thing or two about mobile, pokes around in the controversial consolidated.db database on the iPhone and comes up with this: “I’m pretty certain that consolidated.db is used to seed the assisted GPS used for iOS … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPhone, Mobile
Tagged Alasdair Allan, Apple, FourSquare, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iTunes
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