Garmin announced the immediate availability of updated version of its Navigon and Garmin Street Pilot Onboard apps for the iPhone with public transportation data, iOS 6 Maps integration, and support for the iPhone 5 4-inch display. Navigon for iPhone Adds iPhone 5 support, Public Transportation info The public transportation information comes via Garmin's new Urban…
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Virtual Teardown Estimates iPhone 5 Part Cost at $199
Prerelease iPhone 5 Parts Leak via Nowhereelse.fr Apple’s new iPhone 5, set for release this Friday, carries a bill of materials (BOM) of US$199 for the low end model, according to an analysis and virtual teardown by IHS iSuppli Tuesday. With an estimated $8 manufacturing cost, Apple’s total cost to build a 16 GB iPhone 5…
The Curious Evolution of the iPod nano’s Design
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” — George Bernard Shaw The iPod nano, now in its 7th generation, has traveled a convoluted journey through time. While first conceived as a smaller, more convenient iPod for youngsters and for exercise, its various incarnations have transmogrified according to shifting technical winds, never quite settling…
iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Push $AAPL over $700 After Hours
Shares in Apple Inc. crossed the US$700 mark for the first time in after hours trading on Monday. The stock ended the regular session up just shy of the $700 mark, but crossed that line after the markets closed. AAPL's official closing price for Monday was $699.781, a gain of $8.501 (+1.23 percent), on moderate…
iPhone 5 Geekbench Results Show 150% Increase Over iPhone 4S
The iPhone 5 has over twice the overall processing performance of any previous iOS device, including the third generation iPad, according to Geekbench results revealed by Primate Labs Sunday. The results, if authentic, show that the iPhone 5 is powered by a dual-core ARMv7 processor with 1 GB of RAM. Despite the iPhone 5’s relatively…
iPhone 5 Lines Begin, But Not Everyone is There for a Phone
Continuing a trend dating back to the first iPhone, customers have begun lining up days early outside of high profile Apple Retail Stores for the launch of the iPhone 5. According to Fortune Tech, however, not all of the early arrivals are eager customers; many are there for promotional purposes, hoping to take advantage of…
Samsung Galaxy S3 Fires Shot at iPhone 5 with National Print Ad
Earlier today we provided a spec comparison between the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S3. Starting Sunday, Samsung will make its own comparison between the two best selling smartphones with a large print ad in national and local newspapers across the United States, CNET reported. With the headline “It doesn’t take a genius,” Samsung…
iPhone 5 Still Available for 9/21 Delivery from US Carriers, Not from Apple
Apple's iPhone 5 went on sale at 3am EDT this morning, and within an hour Apple's own online ordering system went from showing a Friday, 9/21 delivery date to “2 weeks.” For those who weren't burning the midnight oil but are up now, though, you're in luck. All 3 US carriers, AT&T, Verizon & Sprint,…
iPhone 5 International LTE Support: Necessarily Confusing
Apple introduced its new iPhone 5 Wednesday as a “world phone,” capable of utilizing high speed cellular data networks in many countries. Like many things international, however, restrictions and limitations apply, especially when it comes to high-speed LTE support. Thankfully, Apple has updated its iPhone product information to assist LTE-obsessed customers with planning their next…
Scosche’s RH656m Headphones With Microphone Are Wonderful
Scosche has released the reference grade RG656m headphones that include the tapLINE III control and mic, and the product is awesome. Scosche RG656m Headphones The headphones present a balanced sound and have been equalized to create highs, mids, and lows that compliment each other. The RH656m is only available in white. Rather than position over…
Scosche’s boomSTREAM BT Speaker: Features & Compromises
The Scosche boomSTREAM Bluetooth Wireless Media Speaker is an extremely convenient compromise between sound quality, portability and utility. The unit is tiny, measuring only 6.7-in long, 2.5-in. high and 2.13-inches deep, and it’s quite light to carry around. (Scosche doesn’t specify the weight.) The Scosche boomSTREAM Media Speaker What It Does: With built in Bluetooth…
HTC: We Won’t Settle with Apple
“Samsung’s defeat does not mean that Google Inc’s Android camp is defeated,” she told reporters, according to Taipei Times.Much like its legal fight with Samsung, Apple has squared off in the U.S. against HTC over claims the company’s smartphones infringe on iPhone and iPad-related patents. HTC filed its own counter suit alleging Apple’s devices infringe…
Apple Could Hold Separate Media Events for iPhone, iPad Mini
The Apple Rumor Mill LoopInsight’s Jim Dalrymple and Daring Fireball’s John Gruber set the Mac blogoshpere abuzz on Thursday with a one-two punch that strongly suggests Apple will introduce the iPhone 5 (or whatever it’s named) on September 12th. At some point later in the Fall, the company would then have a second event where…
Microsoft’s iPad Rival Surface Tablet to Launch in Oct. at $199
Theories on price ranged from around $500 all the way to $1000. While Microsoft still has yet to announce the official price, Engadget reports that the Redmond company is getting ready to launch the ARM-based Surface tablet on October 26 for a surprisingly low price of $199. At a sub-$200 price, the Surface would line…
Fix Your iPad’s RSS Reader When Using Google’s 2-Step Authentication
How 2-Step Authentication WorksWhen you set up 2-Step authentication, you gave Google a phone number that can accept text messages. When Google sees that there’s an attempted login with your account name from an unauthorized computer, it will send a verification code in a text message to your phone. Presumably only you have your phone,…
Apple Stores Reportedly Begin iPhone Price Matching
Price drops on Apple’s iPhone are not uncommon in the weeks leading up to an expected refresh as retailers and carriers work to clear out inventory before the switch. For Apple’s retail partners and carriers, this can be extra tricky because Apple isn’t known for for its generous channel return policies or in giving those…
Samsung Documents Support Apple’s Copycat Claims
Apple gets documents showing Samsung as copycat entered as evidenceThe document is a 2010 internal report from Samsung detailing a feature comparison between the iPhone and the Galaxy S smartphones. It also details what Samsung could do to make its smartphone more like Apple’s iPhone, according to AllThingsD, and that’s a bit of information that…
Samsung on Evidence Release: We Didn’t Do Anything Wrong
“Contrary to the representations Apple’s counsel made to this Court, Samsung did not issue a general press release and more importantly, did not violate any Court Order or any legal or ethical standards,” Samsung’s legal team said in a court filing, according to CNET.Samsung says sending journalists excluded evidence was OKSamsung had hoped to convince…
All About Mountain Lion’s Power Nap Feature
The idea behind Power Nap is that there are all kinds of things that may be happening while your Mac is snoozing. You may have new email, iCloud may want to update your contacts, and so on. If the Mac waits until you wake it from sleep, there could well be a flurry of activity…
Apple Wants Amazon Executive’s Testimony in App Store Name Dispute
The legal battle started in March 2011 with Apple filing a lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court in Northern California claiming Amazon “unlawfully used the App Store mark to solicit software developers.”Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet said at the time that Apple “asked Amazon not to copy the App Store name because it will confuse and mislead…
How To Understand Why Apple’s Stock Dipped 4.3%
The stock opened at $570, and then traded in a fairly narrow band throughout the day, as shown in the chart below. Investors were punishing the stock for a miss on both gross margins and earnings per share ($9.32 EPS reported vs. consensus of $10.35). In addition, Apple offered much lower than expected guidance for…
Bitdefender’s Clueful iOS App Pulled From App Store
Clueful was developed to address the issue of iOS apps using personal data in ways unbeknownst to the user. Between “locationgate” and the uploading of Address Book data, knowing what your apps are doing with your data seemed like a good idea. Bitdefender rose to the challenge and developed Clueful to analyze your apps and…
Qantas Dumps BlackBerry for iPhone
“Transition from the BlackBerry to the iPhone is part of Qantas’ broader mobility strategy and, once complete, will result in significant cost savings,” a Qantas spokesperson told the Sydney Morning Herald.The airline will also support employee provided Android-based phones, but will provide iPhones as standard gear.The move is yet another blow to RIM as the…
iPad Newspaper ‘The Daily’ Could Face Chopping Block
Launched in February of 2011, The Daily was a big gamble by News Corp. when it was envisioned in 2010. News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch bought into then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s vision of the iPad as the future of media consumption long before the iPad was the massive success it is today. The company built…