By the end of this year, Apple will likely have sold 86.4 million iPhones. This will put them up 82 percent when compared to last years numbers of 47.5 million. Last year Nokia shipped over 100 million smartphones although they will likely drop to 74.4 million for 2011.
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iCloud is Powered by Amazon and Microsoft – Rumour
September 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Over the weekend some details were revealed suggesting that Apple is using Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS services as the backend of the new iCloud service that is about to launch. The initial report says that Apple has barred both companies from discussing the deal.
iPhone 5 Cases Show Hints at a Thinner Smartphone
September 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Some pictures circulating today show suposed iPhone 5 cases that reveal the iPhone 5 will be slimmer but a fraction wider than current models. The case has been pictured with an iPhone 4 inside which stands out of the case by a few mm.
Foxconn to Make 20 Million iPad 2s In Third Quarter
September 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Digitimes is reporting that Foxconn will be shipping about 20 million Apple iPad 2 models to Apple in the 3rd quarter of this year. This amount is more than double what it was for the previous quarter which was estimated at 9.25 million.
iPhone 5 Found in a Bar – No Pictures
September 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
CNET has reported that an iPhone 5 was lost then found and sold on Craigslist towards the end of July. The iPhone 5 was lost by an employee and when found, it sold for about $200 on the Craigslist website.
It reminds us of what happened last year when Gizmodo purchased an iPhone 4 for $5000 and put pictures of it up on the Internet. This time around Apple was a little more lucky in that no pictures have been released.
Amazon Tablet to Launch in October – Rumour
August 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A report today from Digitimes is hinting that Amazon could be launching one of its tablets sometime in October this year. At the moment it is believed that two Amazon Tablets will launch with one having a 7 inch screen and the other having a 10.1 inch screen. The 7 inch tablet is the one that is rumoured to be arriving in October with the 10.1 inch model launching early next year.
More iPhone Leaks
August 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The iPhone 5 release date is expected to fall in the next 4 to 6 weeks. As we continue to get closer to the launch date we continue to see more leaks and information about the device. As Apple is very secretive about products the only information comes from small leaks which sometimes are correct and other times not at all. Rather than being just 1 device launching this time around, we have heard that Apple will be launching 2 devices which includes the new designed iPhone 5 and a budget iPhone 4s.
What we see next are a few parts on what are believed to be an iPhone 4s. This new device is believed to be codenamed the N94 and be a smaller 8GB version of the iPhone 4. We also hear there’s an N97 model being tested which is believed to be the iPhone 5.
iPhone 5 Likely to be Dual-Mode for CDMA and GSM Networks
August 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When the iPhone 5 is announced, one of the details that will likely be included is the device supporting both GSM and CDMA networks. Since the launch of the iPhone 4 on Verizon earlier this year that particular model has used a Qualcomm chip inside for CDMA. It is believed that Apple will use Qualcomm in a dual-mode device so that it is compatible on both types of networks.
Fake iPhone 5 Unboxing
August 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A fake, but interesting video of the iPhone 5 being unboxed has been posted on Youtube. The video is just a minute or so in length and shows two guys sneaking around an Apple office where they find an iPhone 5 and unbox it.
56 Million iPhone Orders Made for 2H11 – Half to be iPhone 5
August 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Apple is believed to have increased its order of 50 million iPhones for the second half of 2011 up to 56 million. Digitimes reports that about half of these orders are for the new iPhone 5 model which could launch next month. The other half are expected to be a mixture of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS.
Galaxy Tab 10.1 Pre-Orders on Vodafone Suspended
August 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Pre-orders for the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the UK have been suspended by Vodafone. The reason for it is due to the problems between Apple and Samsung over in Germany where a court ruling has prevented sale of the tablet in the European Union.
Motorola Want a Windows Phone 7 Deal Like Nokia
August 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Motorola is currently focussed on using Android in its smartphones. This could change in the future though as the CEO Sanjay Jha has recently commented that they would be willing to use Windows Phone 7 as an OS if Microsoft was willing to give them a similar deal as to what Nokia has.
Before signing any deal with Microsoft the company would need to evaluate the future of the Windows Phone 7 operating system:
However, he said that beyond Android and Apple’s iOS, it’s not clear which smartphone platforms will survive in the long term. He said he does not think all three competing ecosystems–Windows Phone, Hewlett-Packard’s webOS and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry–can survive.
