It’s Tuesday. That means it’s iPhone 5 day, but one intrepid Apple fan isn’t waiting to get the skinny on what, when and where Apple plans to release. Instead, Rob Shoesmith set up camp to be first in line for the iPhone 5, sight unseen. Read more »
In a hearing in Australia to determine whether Apple can secure a preliminary injunction to stop the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet ahead of a patent infringement case between the two companies, Samsung’s attempt at a peace offering was rejected. Read more »
Sprint should be getting the new iPhone when it arrives, and according to a new report, the company is paying for the privilege. Sources close to the deal report that Sprint will pay around $20 billion for 30.5 million iPhones over the next four years. Read more »
Apple could prepping to unveil a new content delivery strategy for apps, according to some code uncovered in the latest iTunes beta. Specific references are made to app rentals in iTunes 10.5 beta 9, released on Friday, which could change the way we shop for apps. Read more »
Virtual training assistant apps on the iPhone can really help motivate a workout. Zombies, Run! is an app designed to help you get fit using the virtual threat of a zombie outbreak, and a rewards system that gathers items throughout your run to help you “survive.” Read more »
Apple’s iOS once again dominated the mobile OS market share picture in September, according to new data from Net Applications. The enterprise application maker and web monitoring company found that iOS accounted for 54.65 percent of mobile market share, up from 53 percent in August. Read more »
With Apple’s special iPhone announcement event coming up Tuesday, Vodafone Germany may have pressed the start button a little early on device listings. Its site featured six varieties of “iPhone 4S” in addition to existing iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS models Monday morning. Read more »
New reports surfaced late Thursday night that the next iPhone could come in a 64 GB flavor. A doubling of internal storage is a reasonable expectation for Apple’s iPhone 5, but how much of an impact will more storage capacity have on your buying decision? Read more »
It’s all fun and games until Apple shutters a section of the iTunes store. Apple has now taken down a link to the “iPod Click Wheel Games” section of the iTunes App Store. That could indicate the Mac maker is serious about discontinuing certain iPods. Read more »
AT&T retail stores are reportedly taking delivery of iPhone 5 cases a little early, according to a new report. New photos allegedly taken in an AT&T store show cases that back up rumors of a tapered-back design, and a relocated mute switch. Read more »
Friday marked the final day this week for a hearing in Australia over touch-screen patents held by Apple and allegedly infringed upon by Samsung. Samsung apparently took a very conciliatory approach to ending the injunction before it begins, offering Apple a proposal to resolve the dispute. Read more »
Amazon unveiled its new Kindle lineup Wednesday, and the first one available, the basic, simply named “Kindle,” reached my doorstep Thursday morning. Here’s what I think about Amazon’s latest reader, and how it stacks up so far to previous Kindles and other similar devices. Read more »
A new Apple patent published Thursday by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office reveals plans for a new type of hybrid drive that combines the benefits of both platter-based and flash storage. It’s not a new idea, but Apple’s patent contains a unique new twist. Read more »
It’s not LTE, but Apple’s iPhone 5 will support HSPA+ mobile broadband technology, according to reports. That will let it take advantage of AT&T’s faster, so-called “4G” network in the U.S., which is actually a bridge to true LTE tech and uses HSPA+. Read more »
Massive Damage, the company behind Please Stay Calm, has secured $325,000 in a angel funding round to support the growth of its location-based gaming platform. Please Stay Calm, the studio’s freshman project, uses real-world surroundings to set the scene for a zombie apocalypse. Read more »
Apple and Samsung clashed in a second day of hearings in an Australian court Thursday. Apple’s lawyers revealed that Steve Jobs attempted personally to avoid a legal battle between the two companies, and Samsung made a concession that could lead to hardware design compromises. Read more »
Enjoy “painting” on your iPad? It can produce some amazing results, but it doesn’t really feel like the real thing. That’s where Sensu comes in. It’s a new twist on the stylus that replicates real bristles using touch-screen compatible synthetic “hairs,” and looks good doing it. Read more »
Apple could win significant market share from competitors with an iPhone 5, according to a new report. A new smartphone survey found that 52 percent of BlackBerry customers–along with more than a quarter Android device owners–plan to switch to iPhone. Read more »
Amazon’s Kindle Fire is now a known quantity, thanks to details from Amazon executives. The Android-based tablet has an attractive price, but to get there, it cut so many corners it probably won’t make much of a dent in Apple’s market lead. Read more »
Apple is almost the coolest brand in the world, according to the latest CoolBrands survey, but the top honor goes to fast cars. Aston Martin ranked as the coolest overall brand, but Apple ranks second, beating out any and all of its closest competitors. Read more »
Apple is reportedly close to permanently cutting the iPod classic and shuffle from its line of media players. It isn’t the first time we’ve heard that, but now it makes more sense, and it might actually be great news for iPod fans in the long run. Read more »
Grey Area co-founder and CEO Ville Vesterinen, at GigaOM’s Mobilize 2011 on Tuesday, discussed a growing trend: location-based gaming. One of the company’s most significant discoveries about mobile games has to do with how little they seem to actually be played on the run. Read more »
A new report Tuesday claims AT&T has blacked out employee vacation requests for the first two weeks of October. The AT&T blackout, which is said to come directly from an AT&T source, marks the third account of iPhone-related vacation day blackouts to date. Read more »
Apple’s next iPhone will be unveiled next week at a press event on Oct. 4, and that device will be the fifth major iteration of Apple’s smartphone. It’s time for our rundown of what we probably will and won’t see at next Tuesday’s event. Read more »
Skype has updated its iPhone and iPad apps as of Tuesday, introducing some new features. Bluetooth headsets are now supported on select devices, and video has been improved with image stabilization, but these enhancements will cost you: The apps now display ads for non-paying users. Read more »
Apple has officially announced its iPhone event, to be held on Oct. 4 as previously reported. The event will take place at Apple’s Cupertino Campus in California, beginning at 10 a.m. PDT ( 1 p.m. EDT), according to press invitations issued by Apple on Tuesday. Read more »
Apple is highlighting the growth of TV content available on iOS devices with a new App Store section called “TV Time.” Apps featured in TV Time include streaming content delivery apps, as well as software to help you share, find and learn more about TV content. Read more »
At a hearing Monday in Australia to determine whether or not an injunction against the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in that country is merited, a judge suggested both Samsung and Apple expedite their patent infringement trial in order to resolve the issue. Read more »
Data is in demand on college campuses, and it’s putting a strain on shared school networks. The iPad is partly to blame, according to University of Missouri-Columbia IT director Terry Robb, but it’s mostly acting as a gateway drug for the real culprit: online video. Read more »
I was hoping for the reveal of Facebook’s official iPad app during last week’s f8 developer conference. But despite the confirmed knowledge of its existence, it didn’t come. And now its developer has left Facebook because of the delays in getting it to market. Read more »
On Monday at GigaOM’s Mobilize 2011 event, Fjord CEO Olof Schybergson discussed the thin line between love and hate that smart services tread when dealing with a customer’s personal data. How much shared info is too much, and how can we change where that line lies? Read more »
A hearing Monday saw Samsung argue that it has the right to pursue an injunction of Apple products in the Netherlands, while Apple claims that Samsung is overstepping its boundaries regarding its mobile wireless patents in an attempt to derail the launch of upcoming products. Read more »
The next iPhone’s biggest difference, according to an extensive profile by 9to5Mac, may not be any hardware feature. Instead, the Siri-based “Assistant” system-wide software coud steal the show. Assistant could make talking to your phone as natural as touchscreen based controls are now. Read more »
Apple’s October iPhone 5 media event will reportedly be an intimate affair held at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif. headquarters in just over a week. Typically, Apple does its big product unveils at larger venues, but this time around it’s apparently aiming closer to home. Read more »
Floop, a recently launched iPhone app coming out of stealth mode on Friday, lets you instantly poll the world, your friends or your neighbors, and track the results through real-time visual feedback. Floop is a sophisticated tool with amazing potential, but also some hurdles to jump. Read more »
EA is giving away Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 for iPad and iPhone, both of which are free for Friday only. It’s a gesture to celebrate the PGA Tour championship, which kicked off Thursday. EA also has a big sale this weekend on most iPad titles. Read more »
Samsung made comments early Friday about going on the offensive with its ongoing patent dispute with Apple, and it appears to be backing that up with a new request today for a Dutch ban on the sale of Apple smartphones and tablets. Read more »
Lee Younghee, the head of global marketing for mobile communications for the Korean firm, told the Associated Press in an interview on Friday that the company is switching its strategy for dealing with the patent suits and that the new plan is to be more “aggressive.” Read more »
The Financial Times struck out on its own recently with a web-based mobile app, which replaces its native iOS apps. So far, the experiment has been a success, with the app already seing more traffic from the web app than from its iPhone and iPad applications. Read more »
Some might call it a pivot, but the decision to change Color from its own contained social network into a photo/video extension of Facebook is more like a last-chance effort at achieving relevance. Can Color succeed as a feature where it failed as an app? Read more »
