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Earlier today, MMi reported that Cricket will become the nation's first prepaid wireless carrier to offer the iPhone on June 22nd with an unlimited plan costing $55-per-month.

But with all the talk of Apple charging carrier partners a huge subsidy for the device, will the deal for Cricket be profitable? Analyst Brian Marshall of ISI Group believes that Leap - Cricket's parent company - will pay Apple ...

In less than one month, the first prepaid iPhone in the U.S. will become available.

On Thursday, Cricket Wireless confirmed that it will become the nation's first prepaid wireless carrier to serve up the iPhone. Beginning June 22nd, the touchscreen Apple smartphone will be launched with an unlimited plan costing $55-per-month.

As of this writing, plans call for Cricket to sell the 16-GB ...

This week’s iPad Kickstarter projects feature a little bit of functionality, nostalgia, and cuteness all wrapped into a money-grubbing package.



Brydge iPad laptop Accessory
Funding goal: $90,000
Funding raised: $696,073
Days to go: 4


The Brydge iPad laptop accessory quite literally acts as a bridge between the notebook and tablet worlds. The keyboard add on creates a nearly seamless laptop appearance when attached to the iPad. The anodized and ...

Just last week we showed you an awesome new jailbreak tweak dubbed Unlockize that brought more unlocking animations to iOS. This week, we are bombarded with even more unlock animation options to choose from with a new jailbreak tweak dubbed PaperLock by iOS developer Apocolipse. Some of the graphics have been created by graphic designer, Surenix. PaperLock brings a few new paper-like animations that Unlockize doesn't include. Examples of the animations are displayed in the ...

If you like using Siri for hands-free use of your iPhone, especially when driving, then you might be a little annoyed when you have to actually use your hands to control her. After you invoke Siri (holding down the home button) and ask your first question, you will have to tap on the microphone once more to ask your next question. Luckily, iOS developer Bradley Friedman has fixed this issue by making Siri listen to you, without the need to use your hands to operate ...

Plug “iPhone” into the search function of Kickstarter and you’ll get 37 pages of funded, unfunded, and in the process of being funded projects. Search iPad and the search throws up 26 pages. A lot of projects, some worthy, some not, but a ton to wade through for interested investors and curious minds alike.

Which is why we’re going to do the work for you by highlighting a few worthy or simply interesting projects each week. The posts will be organized by device type and will include their funding status.


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During a recent interview at the All Things D conference, Tim Cook hinted at the future of Siri stating that the company has “a lot going on” in its development that users will see in the upcoming months. After stating the obvious that Siri is one of the most popular features of the iPhone 4S, Cook hinted that Apple is nowhere near done with its development for the feature. The Cupertino California ...

Tim Cook spoke with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at D10 tonight in California, and number interesting tidbits came up regarding Facebook, Apple TV sales, and the future of Siri.

Cook hinted during the interview that Apple would continue to improve Siri claiming Apple has a large number of people working on it and that he thinks people “are going to be really pleased with where we take Siri.” Cook ...

While the iOS 5 banner system is nice, we just can’t help ourselves but to find even this great notification method to get in the way of our phone usage. It’s pretty annoying when you’re playing a good iPhone game or watching a video and then a banner comes up in your face and starts eating up your pixels until it goes away. Fortunately, iOS developer Ron Melkhior has been able to reduce the size of iOS 5’s notification banners to half of the original ...

Google is a valuable tool that many of us use on a daily basis, sometimes without even realizing it. It’s often considered the go-to Web browser site as well, since it’s such a popular search engine. Now, with a free Dashboard X widget dubbed GoogleDaSH by iOS developer iMokhles, you can search Google from your home screen or from Dashboard X’s Activator-based interface. Unfortunately, the widget is not a Notification Center widget, so while the widget ...

Cinema aficionados and learned professionals in the film industry may have a soft spot in their heart for the innovations Technicolor brought to early cinema, but to Apple, HTC and Samsung, the company is now another patent troll nipping at their heels.

Technicolor is the latest company in financial trouble hoping to leverage their army of 40,000 video, audio, and optical patents against tablet and phone makers. Technicolor ...