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In a recent note to investors, analyst T. Michael Walkley of Canaccord Genuity told investors that iPhone 4S sales are slowing in “certain developed markets.” According to him, the slowdown is an attribute to a fresh crop of dual-core and quad-core Android offerings that are set to release in the near future. It was also noted that some customers are beginning to wait for the next ...

The iPhone 4 brought FaceTime to the iOS lineup and it has been introduced to every new iOS device since then, Macs included. FaceTime allows us to video chat with other iOS or Mac OS X users and it couldn’t be easier to use – or could it be? A new application dubbed FaceTime QuickPick by iOS developer tripkip makes it much easier to invoke a FaceTime video call with your contacts.

The point of FaceTime QuickPick is to make an address book-like application dedicated only to FaceTime. Normally when you want to FaceTime with a contact on your iPhone, you have to go into the Contacts ...

Snapseed is a popular photo editing application by Nik Software for iOS and Mac OS X; it was also awarded the iPad app of the year recognition. Snapseed includes photograph adjustment tools for focal points, filters, borders, and much more. Today, Snapseed version 1.4 was released to the App Store with improvements for iOS and it is a free update for all current customers or $4.99 for any newcomers. ...

Without saying definitively that Apple's sixth generation iPhone can't be released this summer, prominent Piper Jaffray analyst and well-known Apple watcher Gene Munster said it is difficult to see how a pre-October iPhone refresh is even possible.

According to Munster, if Apple were to unveil the next iPhone in June or July, it would likely still take another three months or so for supply issues with ...

On Thursday, Verizon Wireless reported earnings that not only topped Wall Street analyst expectations, but proved once again that the addition of the iPhone to the mobile operator's menu has been a big boon for business.

Verizon reported a respectable 7.7 percent year-over-year increase in mobile service revenues. And interestingly enough, of the 6.3 million smartphones that the carrier ...

Everyone has probably heard by now that Sprint is one of the few cellular carriers in the U.S. offering truly unlimited data these days. In that, consumers see a ton of value in their network. One thing you may not have known is that Sprint has also been evading taxes in New York state, failing to bill customers for almost $100 million in taxes over the course of seven years.

New York Attorney ...

Artistic approximation of the next-generation iPhone


The Korean publication ETNews threw out a “welcome to the future” Apple rumor today claiming Apple will use “liquid metal” technology in the next-generation iPhone.


Apple acquired the rights to the patented amorphous metal alloys when they purchased Liquidmetal Technologies in August of 2010. While there hasn’t been ...

The latest issue of Fast Company features an excellent in-depth feature on the “wilderness years” of Steve Jobs penned by Brent Schlender.

Schlender has covered Jobs for Fortune and The Wall Street Journal since 1985, and pieced together the story after discovering nearly three dozen tapes of interviews with Jobs.



The article is titled “The Lost Steve Jobs Tapes” and ...

Remember that French designer that claimed he was working on a “revolutionary” new Apple product, but it turned out he was lying? Well he wasn’t completely full of it, turns out Philippe Starck was working the Jobs family yacht.



No better way to get millions of page views, and a little notoriety than implying you’re working on the next great thing to come out of Apple. Starck’s verbiage couldn’t have link baited any ...

It's going to be a big weekend for Verizon and its customers.

Verizon Wireless today confirmed that its 4G LTE network will cover more than two-thirds of the U.S. population this weekend when 27 new markets come online and another 44 markets are expanded as of April 19th.

“This year represents a year of growth and investment in our 4G LTE network," Verizon says, "which stands out by ...

No case is ever protective enough, yet we have been able to drop a naked iPhone 4 from an airplane up in the air and find it on the ground unscathed. Interesting concept; right?

If the Otterbox or Tank iPhone cases aren’t protective enough for you, then maybe it’s time to question your way of life – or at least to get a heavier, larger iPhone case. This case (pictured above) is very thick, very heavy, and it’s bulletproof. ...