Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg recently sat down with the The Wall Street Journal to talk about the future of Sony Ericsson as a company and player in the smartphone market. Nordberg was quoted as saying that the company “should have taken the iPhone more seriously when it arrived in 2007.” You think, Nordberg? TUAW notes that Norberg didn’t elaborate further on the comment in the interview, but it’s clear that he [Read More...]
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The alleged victim of tactics used by Apple security employees seeking to recover an iPhone prototype is considering filing a lawsuit against the tech giant. Sergio Calderon, a 22-year-old San Francisco man claims Apple workers impersonated police officers during a search of his home. Calderon has hired San Francisco attorney David Monroe, who up to now has handled commercial and business cases, according to CNET. Monroe questions whether Calderon was at [Read More...]
Despite Sprint reportedly taking a $ 20 billion gamble to get into the iPhone game, Apple’s new iPhone 5 won’t work on 4G networks. The new handset won’t operate on LTE or other 4G networks which are just starting to roll out, according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s something we’ve been saying for a year: an LTE or 4G iPhone is impossible until 2012 at the minimum. “According to people [Read More...]
Apple’s flagship Covent Garden store in London has been gutted today to make room for European journalists who will be flocking to catch a live-stream of the Cupertino company’s iPhone media event.These images were published by Matt Brian of The Next Web and show that Apple’s popular London store — which is usually bustling with visitors playing with the company’s latest gadgets — is unusually quiet for a Tuesday afternoon. Tables filled with [Read More...]
Case company Hard Candy is busy manufacturing 50,000 cases for a mystery Apple device. The device probably looks like the mockup above. It might be the iPhone 5 or a new, bigger iPod touch. It has a 4.44-inch diagonal screen, which is much larger than most observers are expecting for a new iPhone. Whatever it is, Hard Candy expects Apple CEO Tim Cook to unveil the device at today’s press event. And the company [Read More...]
Samsung’s desperate bid to save its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia has been turned down by Apple, and could mean that one of the iPad’s biggest Android rival never sees its launch down under. It’s still unclear what Samsung actually offered Apple to settle the dispute, other than it would “help ensure an expedited court hearing,” but it clearly wasn’t enough for the Cupertino company. Apple’s attorney, Steven Burley, told the Federal [Read More...]
Okay, we all know the next iPhone is going to be announced in a little under three hours… but which one? The iPhone 4S or the iPhone 5? Claiming they have been “briefed” on today’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event by “sources familiar with Apple’s plans, the guys over at The Next Web say they’ve confirmed the iPhone 4S, which will have the same form factor, an A5 processor, 1GB of RAM, [Read More...]
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It’s incredible what Apple can manage to keep secret about its most anticipated devices, right up until zero hour. For example, even after months of consolidating rumors, this is the first time that we’ve heard that not only will the next iPhone have artificial intelligence thanks to Assistant, but can be hurled in a boomerang attack, expand into a working lightsaber, perform nanosurgery and even double as a tasty chocolate bar.
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Barely an hour away from Apple’s new iPhone unveiling and media event today and a few reports out of traditional media outlets seem to be tempering expectations. Notable is the Wall Street Journal, who taps their sources near Apple to announce that there will not be 4G LTE or WiMAX connectivity on the next-generation iPhone, and instead the device will continue to operate on the existing 3G networks. According to [Read More...]
It was reported earlier today by the Wall Street Journal that Sprint was in an agreement with Apple to purchase over $20 billion worth of iPhones over the next four years, which is equivalent to around 30 million iPhones. According to analysts, Sprint won’t even be breaking even on the transaction until 2014, which is a large risk on Sprint’s part. The folks over at BGR are claiming to have a solid industry contact that is bringing new information to the table. [Read More...]
