Tag Archives: iPhone

Apple (Barely) Passes Android in Q4 U.S. Smartphone Sales

by on January 26th, 2012 at 1:10 pm

Reuters (via MacRumors) is reporting that Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, a research firm, found that Apple barely squeaked past Android in U.S. smartphone shipments in Q4 of 2011. It was very close, with the iPhone taking 44.9% of the market, and Android taking 44.8% of the market. They also claim that …

Apple Seeds: Over Half of Verizon’s Smartphone Shipments in Q4 2011 were iPhones, In...

by on January 24th, 2012 at 6:57 pm

Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news: Virgin America Names One of Their Jets After Steve Jobs Here’s something kinda cool: 55% of Verizon’s Q4 Smartphone Sales Were …

Verizon to Require All Future Phones to be 4G LTE Compatible

by on January 13th, 2012 at 3:33 pm

CNet is reporting that Verizon has announced that they will require all future smartphones to support the faster 4G LTE technology. Some believes that this new requirement means the next-generation iPhone will come equipped with an LTE chip. There is room for an exception in the requirement however. These exemptions …

Behringer’s Soundscape Air for iPod and iPhone Premiers at CES; Offers Wireless Spea...

by on January 11th, 2012 at 11:38 am

One truism at CES is that you cannot throw a rock without hitting someone’s generic iDevice speaker dock, which are almost always pretty much one like another, save for the exterior design and pricing.   Innovation, however, is largely absent.   There are exceptions, however, such as Behringer’s Soundscape Air.   The …

T-Mobile USA Claims Next iPhone Will Be Compatible with their Network

by on January 11th, 2012 at 10:42 am

T-Mobile USA is the only remaining carrier amongst the big four carriers in the United States, without the iPhone. The biggest problem as to why T-Mobile does not have access to the iPhone in the United States is related to the carrier’s use of the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum …

Five Years Ago Today …

by on January 9th, 2012 at 7:03 pm

Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at Macworld – on January 9, 2007. I was very, very ill at the time, but I can still vividly remember how excited I was leading up to this event, and even more so once the iPhone was unveiled. Here are some of my recollections …

Verizon’s iPhone Sales Reach 4.2 Million in Holiday Quarter

by on January 4th, 2012 at 6:06 pm

Verizon’s Chief Financial Officer, Fran Shammo, has announced during today’s Global Entertainment, Media & Communications Conference (hosted by Citi) noted that iPhone sales through that company, were a nice 4.2 million units in Q4 of 2011. That is more than double the previous quarters 2.0 million iPhone unit sales. That …

Original iPhone Film Festival

by on January 4th, 2012 at 2:04 pm

Here’s an interesting little thing that has cropped up- The Original iPhone Film Festival. It has all of the trappings of a film festival, but there is a catch- the videos submitted for judgment must be filmed with an iPhone, iPod touch, or an iPad 2. Editing can take place …

Redesigned iPhone Reportedly Set to Launch in Fall of 2012

by on December 27th, 2011 at 1:54 pm

Proving that it is the end of the year and even the rumor mill is out of ideas, BGR is reporting that Apple is planning to introduce a redesigned iPhone in the fall of 2012. This of course suggests that the iPhone 4S’ fall release wasn’t a fluke, but rather …

A Samsung vs Apple Argument

by on December 22nd, 2011 at 4:00 pm

I have been an Apple follower and believer for many, many years. But when it actually comes to evangelizing about Apple I am usually one of the coolest cats on the block. I never preach to friends or acquaintances about Apple’s products’ attributes. I simply use my devices, others see …

Santa + Siri = Another Great iPhone TV Ad

by on December 19th, 2011 at 11:29 am

  This weekend a new iPhone 4S TV ad started showing. This one features Santa giving Siri a run for her money. He uses it to check how the weather is at a few stops along his route, and to ask for the naughty and nice list to be sent …