Alaska Communications gets the iPhone on April 20The carrier’s service plans start at $90 for unlimited voice minutes, a 2GB data cap and no text messages. For $101, subscribers get unlimited voice minutes and text messages, and a 5GB data cap.Alaska Communications will sell the 16GB iPhone 4S for $150 for, the 32GB version for…
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Research In Motion Hiring an iPhone App Developer [Update]
According to AllThingsD, which found the ad, RIM is working on bringing BlackBerry Mobile Fusion to Apple’s mobile platform. Such a move would mark a departure for RIM, which built its empire with a proprietary model similar to that employed by Apple for iPhones and iPads. It should be noted that a departure is precisely…
Sterne-Agee Bumps AAPL Price Target to $740 on iPad, iPhone
AAPL chart for Tuesday, March 20th Source: Yahoo! Finance A rally in the last two hours of trading propelled Apple to yet-another-record close of US$605.96 per share, a gain of $4.86 (+0.81 percent), on what has become moderate volume of 28.9 million shares trading hands. The new close gives Apple a market capitalization of $565…
olloclip Lens Kit for iPhone: Great at Any Angle
It’s almost a cultural certainty that the point-and-shoot pocket camera is dead. With our smartphones having 5 to 8 megapixels and support systems, like email, to get those photos moved around, posted, and albumized, there’s no point in carrying s small camera around anymore. Close up, only 35 mm tall I should point out,…
Steve Jobs’s PR Guru: ‘1984’ More Successful than the Mac
Regis McKenna with Steve Jobs in the 1980s Photo Published under Creative Commons Mr. McKenna was a local Silicon Valley public relations consultant tapped by a young Steve Jobs to help Apple in its early years. The two maintained a relationship through Steve Jobs’s career, Mr. McKenna is known to have played a role in…
Battle Pocket Bulge With The Hint for iPhone
Women who carry large purses can get away with lugging around tech stuff, which can be literally buried in those sacks and yet the girls still manage to look chic. Of course, finding anything in those bags is a whole different story. Men, however have few fashionably acceptable alternatives. We can get cargo pants (big…
Germany Overturns Injunction, Apple Resumes iPhone Sales
Apple overturns injunction blocking iPhone and iPad salesApple told SlashGear that it appealed the injunction “because Motorola repeatedly refuses to license this patent to Apple on reasonable terms, despite having declared it an industry standard patent seven years ago.”The patent in question relates to 3G/UTMS technology and has been deemed critical to the industry.Motorola won…
Analyst: ‘UBS on AAPL: Let Me Get a Q1, Supersized’
In the note, which was obtained by TMO, Mr. Um wrote: “While we expected iPhone to drive [fiscal] 1Q due to a holiday quarter launch and accelerated distribution, the magnitude of upside is quite impressive. iPhone has legs into the March quarter as supply/demand remains imbalanced exiting December and [international rollouts continue into countries such…
Mysterious GameStore App for iPhone Hits App Store
The app’s complete description states, “This application allows you to buy different things from within the app.”GameStore’s screenshot on the App Store shows a list of games available for purchase, although the image doesn’t match Apple’s usual style of showing just the app and excluding the iPhone’s status bar. Considering the app seems brand new,…
4 Free Booktrack Books for iPhone & iPad
When I had a long commute I used to listen to books-on-tape. Of course, that was back when the cassette was considered to be state of the art in portable audio.There was a particularly memorable audiobook I listened to back then, The Golden Compass, the first in a set of three novels aimed at young…
iPhone 4S: Trident Kraken Case is a Fortress
The Trident Kraken is the kind of case you buy if you have an active, outdoor lifestyle and need ultimate iPhone protection. It’s literally built like a fortress and includes a built-in display protector. In terms of the iPhone cases we’ve already reviewed, this case is most similar to the OtterBox Defender. It has an…
iPhone 4S: Summary of Case Reviews [UPDATED]
1. OtterBox Commuter Case’s Dual Layers Rock, 2 Nov 2011, rated 4.5/5 (Great!), US$34.95. A dual layer case with an inner silicone cushion and an outer hard shell. It’s good looking and almost perfect. 2. OtterBox Impact Case is Minimalist, 3 Nov 2011, rated 3/5 (Solid), US$19.95. A single layer of silicone. Tends to pick…
Schneider Expands iPhone Photography Options with iPro Lens System
The first component is a study metal case that both protects your iPhone, but also provides two tripod mounts, as well as enabling the attachment of the additional lenses contained in the kit. The second component is a combination handle/lens case. It can be a handle, when attached to the case, to help stabilize shots,…
LifeProof Case for iPhone 4/4S: Protection Without Bulk
Some people can’t seem to keep a personal device dry. They could be in the middle of the Mojave Desert in the middle of its dry season with an empty canteen and barely enough body fluids to keep blood flowing yet their electronic devices will, at some point, manage to get sopping wet. Then there…
In-store iPhone 4S Purchases Limited to Reservations
Apple’s retail store Web site now tells customers the iPhone 4S is available on a first-come, first-served basis, and that they must reserve their new phone after 9PM the night before they come in to make their purchase.iPhone 4S: By reservation onlyIt’s no surprise that Apple is already strictly controlling the flow of iPhones out…
iPhone 4S Launch Weekend Sales Top 4 Million
Customers wait in line outside Apple’s San Francisco Apple Store for the iPhone 4SApple unveiled the iPhone 4S during a media event earlier this month. The new model uses the same body design as the iPhone 4, but includes a dual core A5 processor, a new antenna design, better battery life, built-in combination GSM and CDMA…
Siri Drives 55% of iPhone 4S Purchases in NYC
The survey was offered to Mr. Um’s clients as a snapshot look of what was driving early adopters to buy Apple’s new iPhone 4S. Among those 195 respondent, the survey found that 39% planned on getting a 32GB model, while 19% planned on buying a 64GB mode. The remaining 42% planned to buy the 16GB…
iPhone 4S Deliveries Landing Early in Germany
Apple introduced the iPhone 4S on October 4, and began accepting preorder sales on October 7. The official release date for the new smartphone is set for October 14, which is also the same day Apple scheduled for preorder deliveries.Image courtesy of MacerkopfThe new iPhone uses the same body design as the iPhone 4, but…
Apple, Carriers Sell Out iPhone 4S Preorders
iPhone 4S preorders from Apple sold out fastAT&T, Verizon and Sprint are all showing shipping delays of up to three weeks for new iPhone 4S orders.Apple introduced the iPhone 4S during a special media event earlier this week. The new model uses the same body design as the iPhone 4, but includes a dual core…
Tech Press Gets It Wrong on iPhone 4S
We’ve seen this Apple did this once before. It released a somewhat modest upgrade from the first iPhone model called the iPhone 3G. But you see, Apple called the new phone an iPhone 3G instead of an iPhone 1S. And its shape was a bit different, so that must mean it’s new! Later, Apple upgraded…
Unlocked iPhone 4S: What You Need to Know
Apple’s new iPhone 4S Availability The carrier-locked version of the iPhone 4S will ship on October 14, but the unlocked version won’t be available until some time in November. Apple isn’t saying exactly when in November its new smartphone will make it into customer’s hands. Compatibility Just because Apple designed the iPhone 4S to be compatible…
Apple Launches iPhone 4S Preorders
iPhone 4S available for preorderThe iPhone 4S is available in black or white and is priced at US$199 for the 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model, and $399 for the 64GB model. In the United States, the iPhone is available on the AT&T, Verizon and Sprint cell networks and requires a two-year contract to…
Sprint Intros iPhone 4, iPhone 4S Preorder Programs
Sprint starts iPhone preordersApple’s newest iPhone partner will be selling the 8GB iPhone 4 for US$99, and the iPhone 4S starting at US$199. Subscribers will get unlimited 3G data as part of their service package — a feature that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer.Apple CEO Tim Cook took the wraps off of the iPhone…
Apple Offers Up to $200 on iPhone 4 Trade-Ins
First, pick the product you wish to turn in. In the figure below, we picked a 32GB black iPhone: Choose your product Apple will then ask questions specific to the product that you picked. If it’s a computer, it will ask about your display and the case, for instance, but in the case of our…