In a month many had predicted to be dominated by news about the iPhone 5 and OS X Lion, Apple's board of directors has unexpectedly announced that Steve Jobs has stepped down from Apple as CEO and will be replaced by Tim Cook, Apple's current COO. Meanwhile, Jobs will be the chairman of the board.
Apple is currently in the process of creating those famous ad campaigns we've become accustomed to seeing in advance of the October release of the iPhone 5.
Just yesterday, it became known that the iPhone 5 could be heading to Sprint, only leaving T-Mobile as the only major US carrier not to carry the iPhone. According to a source, however, T-Mobile might also be getting the iPhone 5 sooner than later, making the handset to be available on every carrier in the United States.
Big, big news, folks! A court up in the Netherlands has ruled that Samsung Mobile’s Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphone infringe upon at least three of Apple’s patents; sales and marketing of the Galaxy S II phone have been ordered to be shut down in over 30 European countries!
It seems as though Apple is declaring all-out war in a bid to grab a majority share of the smartphone market. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the Cupertino outfit will also launch the upcoming iPhone 5 on Sprint Nextel in October.
It wasn't long ago that we reported of the iPhone 5 silicone cases which had begun selling on the internet - sourced mainly from China. It seems that wholesaler TruSupplier is very confident on the outcome of the final design, and has subsequently added hard-shell cases to the roster in anticipation of the launch, expected to be early October.
At this point, it should be no secret that Apple will soon be coming out with a new iPhone, known in the Apple community as the iPhone 5. Credible evidence now suggests that the next iPhone will be world phone, supporting both GSM and CDMA bands.
According to a new report, Apple might be getting ready to release an iPhone 4 with 8GB of internal storage to be sold along the iPhone 5 when the company updates its iPhone line, which is expected to happen some time in the coming months.
Whilst some companies which churn out assorted gadgets have embraced OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology on displays, many, including Apple, have remained apprehensive and as such have yet to make inroads towards implementing it on product ranges.
It may not come as a massive surprise that Apple's iPhone, despite the excessive price-tag, is the top-selling smartphone in the U.S. market right now.
