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Sprint, presumably in an effort to turn the iPhone profitability train around, is offering a $100 iPhone trade-in program.

Any customer who trades in an ANY iPhone will receive at least $100 instant credit toward the purchase of a new iPhone 4S as long as it’s accompanied by the activation of a new line of service. The program starts tomorrow and runs through the end of June.

While ...

According to Nielsen’s latest poll, people not only have more apps on their iPhone but they also spend more time in these apps than they did before. The latest report from the organization shows that the number of apps on the average smartphone increased from 32 to 41 – a 28% jump – over the past year.

The Nielsen infographic shows that the percentage of time spent by smartphone ...

Whatever Apple wants, Apple seems to get. As MMi reported May 7th, Apple has made an effort to secure the rights to iPhone5.com through the World Intellectual Property Organization. Until now, that domain was owned by another non-Apple entity.

What a difference a month can make. On Thursday, published reports indicate that the World Intellectual Property Organization is going to help Apple ...

Apple has started censoring the word “jailbreak” in the US iTunes Store. Seriously, go search for any song or album with “jailbreak” in the title and it will come up “j*******k.”

Notable iOS hacker @planetbeing made the jailbreak censoring observation last night. However, Apple appears to be only censoring the use of the word jailbreak in the US iTunes store. Additionally, not every instance is censored. ...

New job listings for Apple Retail store leader positions in Shenzhen and Chengdu hint at the company’s plan to expand its retail operations to new cities in China. In 2010 Apple reportedly revealed to its shareholders plans to open a total of 25 stores over the course of two years. Although the company doesn’t appear to be on track, the stores it did open in Beijing and Shanghai quickly rose to become ...

Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo explaining to Verizon customers why they don't matter.


Verizon is killing unlimited data for anone upgrading to their 4G LTE network. Which, will eventually be everyone.

Verizon's CFO Fran Shammo announced during the 40th annual J.P. Morgan Technology that consumers moving onto the company’s 4G network will be forced to give up their grandfathered unlimited data plans. It seems rather fitting ...

If you are like many who thought iOS’ App Switcher could do with some major improvement, then perhaps a new jailbreak tweak dubbed Switchy by iOS developer John Coates will give your eyes the most relaxing massage they’ve ever had. The new App Switcher-adjusting jailbreak tweak comes from a concept posted on The Verge – Rethinking the iPhone's App Switcher this week. Switchy is in its developmental stages with much more to come in the near future, however the beginning results ...

Although Apple only sells smartphones, Apple represents nearly 8% of all worldwide mobile phone sales, making it the third-largest handset maker. Gartner announced its latest mobile device data for the first quarter of calendar 2012 and it found that Apple’s 33.1 million iPhones sold accounted for 7.9% of the total mobile phone market.

It should be noted that Gartner’s data represents worldwide ...

iOS is a very quiet operating system. Unlike desktop operating systems, iOS doesn't make noises when you click on things (or tapping, in the case of iOS) and it doesn't make noises when error or prompt messages pop up. Some tweaks have been released to try and make iOS a little more fun in the noise aspect by playing noises for when you page through each page on the home screen or when you launch applications.

If random noises aren't your cup of tea, then a new free jailbreak ...

If it's true that "good things take time," then Sprint must have something amazing in store. Because it will have taken a veritable eternity in the mobile world for the iPhone to become profitable for the nation's third largest mobile carrier.

According to published reports Wednesday, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse isn't an impatient man. In fact, he sounds more than willing to wait another three years for the ...

A new Wall Street Journal report claims Apple’s next iPhone will indeed feature a larger 4-inch screen.

Citing sources “familiar with the situation” the WSJ claims Apple has been looking to its suppliers for larger screens for the next iPhone with sizes of at least 4-inches. Rumors surrounding the next iPhone, and even the iPhone 4S before it, have long speculated that Apple has plans to increase the size of their iconic ...