In the latest round of Apple Vs. Everyone lawsuits that seem to be dominating the news of late, the iPhone maker has successfully managed to get HTC's Android hardware banned after the U.S. Trade Commission ruled in its favor. As of April 19th 2012, a ban on HTC's Android hardware will come into effect across the United States unless things change between now and then, of course.
When Apple announced the inclusion of Siri on the iPhone 4S during the October 4th special event, it was only going to be a matter of time until clever consumers and technical boffins alike demonstrated the true power and versatility of the Personal Assistant.
Apple Inc. is renowned the world over for innovation. The company is a perfect example of the proverbial Phoenix from the flames story, with success in the last decade being kick started with the launch of the iPod range. Ten years and more than 300 million iPods later, it is rumored that the innovation is set to not only continue, but be taken to the next level with the possible launch of a wearable iPod device that accepts user input via Siri powered voice commands.
There are over one million iPhones using the T-Mobile network. To use the Apple branded device, one would have to complete the jailbreak and unlocking process. Before T-Mobile offered micro-SIM cards, some elbow grease was also required. The T-Mobile SIM card had to be trimmed to fit into the iPhone’s micro-SIM slot.
It's an interesting milestone for both Facebook and Google, and one that perhaps has always been on the cards, but Facebook's Android app now has more active daily users than the same app on iOS does. The news is made slightly more interesting when you remember that the Android version of the Facebook app was only made available in September of 2009 - more than 12 months after its iPhone-based cousin was made available.
You like Apple right? You like Apple's iTunes stores, be they for apps, music, TV shows or video, right? Of course you do, and to get your hands on all that juicy content then you'll need money, be that of the flexible friend kind or iTunes gift cards.
Apple released their much awaited music-in-the-cloud service, iTunes Match, approximately one month ago in the United States. The $24.99 price tag came along with a product that differed slightly from the cloud services of Amazon and Google. Apple’s pitch was that uploading music to the cloud would be a breeze. Once purchased, the service would scan your iTunes library and match songs that Apple already had available on their servers. No uploading required.
A new report published by Nielsen offers a lot of insight into smartphone usage in the US. Some of the findings are particularly interesting because of how users trends are separated by age group. For example, the majority of 18 to 24 and 25 to 34 year olds now own smartphones: 53% and 64% respectively. We’ll cover the rest of the findings one by one.
Yesterday we reported on Apple releasing a firmware update for its Apple TV device, which brings a series of bug fixes in a rather run-of-the-mill release.
Fans of Apple's iPhone can now buy the brand new iPhone 4S in another 21 countries across the globe after Apple made the handset available to new territories today. Our friends at MacRumors did some leg work and discovered that plenty of new countries have joined the growing list of places where eager buyers can pick up a new iPhone 4S, with some eye-watering pricing thrown in for good measure.
