iPhone News

IPAD NEWS

Apr 17, 2012

Google Might be Fined For Bypassing Safari Privacy Settings

Rounak Jain

A couple of months ago, WSJ reported that Google, along with a few other advertising companies, used a loophole in mobile Safari to bypass the default privacy settings and track browsing habits of users. (Google

ANDROID

Apr 17, 2012

Google to Launch iOS And Mac-Compatible Google Drive Next Week With 5GB of Free Storage

Jason

Google plans to launch its long rumored Google Drive service next week, according to the draft release The Next Web has received from one of Google's partner. The Next Web has provided the following

APPLE NEWS

Apr 17, 2012

Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel Star in New iPhone 4S TV Ads Featuring Siri

Jason

Apple has started airing two new iPhone 4S commercial featuring celebrities Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel. Apple has rarely used celebrities in TV commercials, so it comes as a surprise. The ads feature Siri -

APPLE NEWS

Apr 15, 2012

Apple Replacing Faulty White iPhone 4 With iPhone 4S Due to Supply Constraints

Nikhil

Due to supply constraints, customers who are seeking hardware replacements for their faulty white iPhone 4 may get a free upgrade to iPhone 4S, according to a report on 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac reports that Apple has

CARRIERS

Apr 11, 2012

Verizon Will Start Charging $30 Upgrade Fee From April 22nd

Jason

Verizon has announced that it will also start charging a $30 upgrade fee from April 22nd for current customers switching to new mobile phones at subsidized rates with a two-year contract. Here's an

AT&T

Apr 10, 2012

U.S. Carriers Working On Centralized Database To Track Stolen Mobile Phones

Rounak Jain

The Wall Street Journal carries a report on the major four U.S. carriers working with the government to build a central database of stolen or lost mobile phones. This database would then be used

IPHONE APPS

Apr 9, 2012

Facebook Acquires Instagram For $1 Billion

Jason

Facebook has just announced that it is buying Instagram, the hugely popular photo-sharing service. According to reports, Facebook may have bought Instagram for a whopping $1 billion. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced

AT&T

Apr 8, 2012

Has AT&T Unlocked Your Off-Contract iPhone Yet? [Updated]

Rounak Jain

It's April 8th, and according to AT&T's statement issued a couple of days back, the carrier plans to unlock users with off-contract AT&T iPhones starting today. AT&

AT&T

Apr 6, 2012

AT&T to Unlock Off-Contract iPhones From April 8th

Jason

Couple of days back, we reported that best option to get your AT&T iPhone unlocked after the contract period was to send an email to Tim Cook. At that time, we had mentioned

IPHONE 4

Apr 5, 2012

iPhone Spontaneously Combusts In Moscow

Rounak Jain

While the entire blogosphere argues over how "hot" the iPad exactly is, the folks at Planet iPhone bring us news about a spontaneous combustion of an iPhone 4 in Moscow, at an Apple service center.

APPLE NEWS

Apr 4, 2012

More Regional Carriers to Offer Apple’s iPhone on April 20th

Jason

Earlier today, we reported that nTelos - a U.S. Regional carrier was going to start offering Apple's iPhone from April 20th. It looks like, nTelos was not the only regional carrier to get Apple'

APPLE NEWS

Apr 4, 2012

U.S. Regional Carrier nTelos Wireless to Offer Apple’s iPhone With $50 Discounts On April 20th

Jason

Apple now has one more carrier partner in the U.S for the iPhone. Unfortunately, it's not T-Mobile USA nor is it large regional carriers such as MetroPCS or Cricket. The regional U.

APPLE NEWS

Apr 4, 2012

Tim Cook Gets AT&T to Unlock Customer’s iPhone

Jason

One of the problems of buying a subsidized iPhone from a carrier like AT&T is that even after completing the 2-year contract, they won't unlock your iPhone for free (or for

ANDROID

Apr 3, 2012

iPhone Users Twice As Likely To Use Wi-Fi Than Android Users

Rounak Jain

A new study by ComScore reveals that more than 50 percent of Android users in the U.S. rely solely on mobile networks for their Internet needs as compared to a third of iPhone users.

APPLE NEWS

Apr 3, 2012

Hacker Chronic Clears Up Misconceptions About Two-Minute iPhone Passcode Cracking Claims

Jason

Last week, a Swedish company - Micro Systemation claimed that they had developed an application called XRY that is used by law enforcement to access information from passcode protected iPhones and Android based smartphones of criminal

APPLE NEWS

Apr 2, 2012

Nokia Takes a Dig at Apple’s iPhone in Lumia 900 Advertising Campaign

Jason

Ahead of the Lumia 900 launch, Nokia has just kicked off the advertising campaign by taking a dig at Apple's iPhone and Android-based smartphones. Nokia has launched a new website 'Smartphone Beta Test' (

APPLE NEWS

Mar 30, 2012

Apple Working on 3D Camera For iPhone, iPad

Jason

Ever since the launch of the iPhone, Apple has improved the camera with every iPhone release. Patently Apple has discovered an Apple patent application, which suggests that it planning to take things to a different

APPLE NEWS

Mar 30, 2012

ETSI Postpones Vote on Nano-SIM Card Standard

Jason

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) was supposed to vote on the new nano-SIM standard. As we had noted earlier, Apple, which has the backing of European carriers, is up against rivals such as Motorola,

APPLE NEWS

Mar 29, 2012

Apple Hit With Second Class Action Lawsuit Over Siri

Jason

Apple has been hit with second class action lawsuit over Siri's poor performance. Two weeks back Apple was sued by an iPhone 4S customer in New York for 'misleading and deceptive' Siri ads. The

ANDROID

Mar 29, 2012

Apple May Abandon Its ‘Thermonuclear’ War Against Android

Jason

In the last two years or so, Apple has launched a patent war with manufacturers of Android based smartphones such as Samsung, Motorola and HTC for blatantly copying their products, which has shows no sign

APPLE NEWS

Mar 29, 2012

iPhone 4 Users in The U.S. Can Now Claim $15 Antennagate Settlement

Jason

When Apple launched iPhone 4, users reported reception issues when they held the iPhone in a particular way. The issue which was dubbed Antennagate received so much negative publicity that Apple had to call a

HACKS

Mar 28, 2012

Here’s How Easy it is to Crack Your iPhone’s Passcode [Video]

Jason

If you thought that the data on your iPhone is secure because you've set the four-digit passcode, then check out the video after the break. The video shows how easy it is for

4G IPHONE

Mar 28, 2012

Sprint Free to Offer 4G LTE iPhone if Apple Launches it Later This Year

Jason

Now that the 4G LTE iPad is out, it is widely speculated that the next generation iPhone that will be launched later this year will also support 4G LTE networks. But since the 4G LTE

APPLE NEWS

Mar 26, 2012

Apple Offers Royalty Free License For Its Nano-SIM Patents

Jason

Last week, we reported that Apple was fighting for an even smaller SIM card for future iPhones and iPads and was up against rivals such as Motorola, RIM and Nokia who have proposed "nano-SIM"

APPLE NEWS

Mar 26, 2012

Apple to Include Baidu Search in iOS in China

Jason

Chinese website Sina Tech via Tech in Asia reports that according to their "knowledgeable sources", Apple is planning to include Baidu as one of the search engines in iOS. This doesn't come as a

APPLE NEWS

Mar 25, 2012

Apple Rejecting Apps That Are Still Using UDIDs

Jason

Back in August 2011, Apple announced that it was phasing out developer access to unique device identifier (UDID) and requested developers a unique identifier specific for their app. There have been some privacy concerns raised

APPLE PATENTS

Mar 23, 2012

Apple Working on Haptic Touch Technology for Future iPhones And iPads

Jason

Few hours before the new iPad event, a report claimed that Apple's third generation iPad will feature Senseg's haptic feedback touch technology. We soon found out that it was a case of wishful

IPHONE CONCEPTS

Mar 22, 2012

New iPhone Concept: 4.6-Inch Screen, Retina Displays, Aluminium Back Panel & More

Jason

Yesterday, a report claimed that the next generation iPhone will sport a 4.6-inch screen. Though it is hard to believe that Apple would want to add another vector of fragmentation, folks at ADR

APPLE NEWS

Mar 21, 2012

Air Display Will Allow You to Use Your New iPad as a Wireless HiDPI Retina Display For Your Mac

Jason

Avatron - developers of Air Display - a popular iOS app that allows users to use their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch as a wireless display for their Mac or Windows computer have just announced that they

APPLE NEWS

Mar 21, 2012

Apple Fighting For Even Smaller SIM Card Standard For Future iPhones

Jason

Back in May 2011, Apple has proposed a smaller SIM card standard to (European telecoms standards body) ETSI. The proposed SIM card was smaller than the micro-SIM card used in iPhone 4, iPhone 4S