Sunday, October 31, 2010

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Apple Countersues Motorola Over Multi-Touch Patent Infringements

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT

Just when we were beginning to wonder if Apple had no response to Motorola's patent infringement suit against it, Apple has responded in kind by filing two lawsuits against Motorola. The two lawsuits allege a total of six patent infringements by Motorola related to various technologies originally used in the...


Sprint CEO Attributes Increase In 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot Sales To Apple's iPad

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:31 PM PDT

In an interview with GigaOM, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse revealed that Sprint is benefiting from the high demand of Apple's iPad even though they're not selling it in their retail stores like AT&T and Verizon. According to Hesse, most people buy the Wi-Fi only model of the iPad and use...


Fast Copy: Tweak Makes Copy & Paste Feature Snappier

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:31 PM PDT

Comex, iPhone developer and hacker famous for jailbreaking tools like Spirit and JailbreakMe has released a tweak called Fast Copy on Cydia App Store. As the name suggests, the tweak makes copy and paste feature in iOS snappier. Here is a brief description of the jailbreak app: The editing menu...


Fortune: Verizon To Sell CDMA-Based iPhone 4 From Early 2011

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:43 AM PDT

With two major publications - Wall Street Journal and New York Times already reporting about the arrival of the CDMA iPhone on Verizon's network, rumors regarding its arrival on Verizon had gained considerable credence. A week later, it is the turn of yet another publication to talk about Verizon, Apple,...


Saturday, October 30, 2010

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Apple Becomes Fourth Largest Mobile Phone Manufacturer In The World; Beats Microsoft In Revenues

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:35 AM PDT

Apple has overtaken Research In Motion to become the world's fourth largest mobile phone manufacturer. This finding has been reported by IDC in its latest Mobile Phone Tracker Report where the research firm has noted that Apple registered a record sale of 14.1 million units worldwide during the study period....


Next Generation iPad to Get Front and Rear Cameras?

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:39 PM PDT

Research Firm Detweiler Fenton in its latest report is claiming that the next generation Apple iPad would get 5-megapixel camera at the back as well as a front facing VGA camera. According to them, OmniVision Technologies are the chosen ones who'd be supplying image sensors for both these cameras. With...


iPhone Hacktivation Using Phonebook SIM Card Blocked By Apple

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:30 AM PDT

iPhone developer and hacker, Sherif Hasim had figured out an easy way to activate iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G without needing the official iPhone carrier SIM. He had discovered that using any phonebook SIM card it was possible to activate your iPhone. He has just reported that Apple...


Apple Working On Nitriding Technology To Make Devices Scratch-Proof

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:45 AM PDT

Future models of Apple devices could come with a thin nitride coating on the exterior to make them scratch-resistant. A patent application from Apple that has been made public recently elaborates on this cost-effective solution to fix one of the pertinent problems faced by owners of electronic gadgets that have...


Friday, October 29, 2010

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iOS 4.2 Jailbroken Using Sn0wbreeze

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:53 AM PDT

iH8sn0w, developer of Sn0wbreeze, which is the Windows version of iPhone Dev team's PwnageTool has just revealed that he has managed to jailbreak iOS 4.2 for the iPad. iH8sn0w has jailbroken iOS 4.2 beta 3 that was seeded to developers of Apple's iOS Developer Program two weeks back. iH8sn0w announced...


White iPhone 4 Vanishes From Apple's Online Store

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:31 AM PDT

MacRumors reports that Apple has removed all entries related to the white iPhone 4 from its online store. All local websites of Apple Online store now only show the availability of the black iPhone 4. In its earlier avatar, the order page had both the black and white iPhone 4...


Verizon And AT&T Start Selling Apple's iPad

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:50 AM PDT

Apple had announced couple of weeks back that Verizon and AT&T will start selling the iPad in their retail stores on October 28. So as expected, AT&T and Verizon have started selling Apple's iPad today. Verizon is offering the Wi-Fi only version of the iPad, while AT&T is offering only...


Foxconn May Join Pegatron To Manufacture CDMA iPhones; Secret iOS 4.2 Conference Scheduled Next Week?

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:49 AM PDT

A report on the Taiwan Economic News claims that Foxconn may have bagged a contract to supply a CDMA variant of the iPhone 4 to Apple in 2011. According to sources quoted by the newspaper, Foxconn could be shipping as many as 15 million units of the CDMA iPhone next...


Future iPhones To Come With Embedded SIM Card?

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:36 AM PDT

Apple is reportedly working with SIM card manufacturer Gemalto to come up with a "special" SIM that would give options to customers to select the carrier of their choice at the time of purchase of the phone. Using this method, users would buy a phone first, select the carrier of...


Thursday, October 28, 2010

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


White iPhone 4 Will Be Eventually Cancelled?

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Time for yet another White iPhone 4 rumor! This time, folks over at Boy Genius Report seems to have come across a source who is claiming that the white iPhone 4 in fact will be eventually cancelled. According to the source, Apple has more or less made up its mind...


Report Claims White iPhone Delay Is Due to Camera Performance Issue

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:26 PM PDT

As Apple continues to delay the launch of the white iPhone 4, rumor mills too continue to churn out new versions of the possible causes behind it. Just a day after Apple confirmed that there would be no white iPhone 4 until the Spring of 2011, folks over at Cult...


The PlayStation Phone: Photos And Hardware Specs Leaked

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:01 PM PDT

We have seen a number of smartphones launch in the past three years since the original iPhone hit the American market. While not all these phones were positioned as potential iPhone killers, there is no doubt that a good majority of these new phones still adopted the core mantras that...


Apple In Early Talks To Acquire Spotify? Spotify Says "No" Acquisition Talks

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:11 AM PDT

According to Techcrunch, Apple and Swedish music streaming service Spotify are involved in a very early stage discussion about a possible acquisition by the former. Techcrunch has received an e-mail tip off from an anonymous source which read, "Apple, Inc. (AAPL) in negotiations to acquire Spotify," As soon as they...