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Jailbreak iPad 1 on iOS 5.0.1 with redsn0w 9 January 2012, 2:11 pm
For this jailbreak I will be using redsn0w for the Mac to jailbreak a first generation iPad running iOS 5.0.1. Most steps are the same on a PC and for other devices such as iPhone3GS, iPhone4, iPhone4-CDMA, iPod touch 3G, & iPod touch 4G. NOTE: iPhone 4S and iPad 2 are not supported at this...
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Firmware Update 5.0.1 15 November 2011, 12:37 pm
Apple recently released an update to the 5.0 software. The first issue they tried to address is battery life. I was defiantly having this issue on my iPhone 4S (AT&T) as my battery would be drained by about noon every day. I am a heavy user but my iPhone 4 always made it all day...
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Newsstand 29 October 2011, 1:00 pm
Apple came out with a new way to organize your newspapers and magazines a lot like how iBooks works. The app is called Newsstand and organizing everything into one place. Instead of having different apps for each they are all on a bookshelf within the app. New subscriptions also automatically download in the background. The...
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iMessage 28 October 2011, 8:05 pm
Another new feature of iOS 5 is called iMessage. It’s like texting but you can only message to others with the iMessage app. Currently only the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch run the iMessage service. It’s great because it’s a part of the current Messages or Texting app. For iPads and iPod touches, you’ll get...
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Restoring iWork Files Lost When Switching to ... 19 October 2011, 1:49 pm
With the new option to sync my devices to iCloud instead of my computer, it sounded like a great idea. The problem was, after a couple days of being synced to the “cloud”, all my files in Keynote, Pages & Numbers disappeared on all my devices. I have my iPad, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S...
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Notification Center 19 October 2011, 12:56 am
There are MANY people who are interested in the new iOS 5 firmware for their iPhones, iPod touches and iPads. Also, many have made the switch to the iPhone since the new iPhone 4S. I get questions every day about the new features so I thought I would write about them here. First on the...
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What are the New Features of iPhone 4S? 4 October 2011, 1:20 pm
Many people are asking what are the new features of the iPhone 5 and why should I upgrade? Today we will find out! We will be posting new features of the iPhone 5, iOS 5 and any other new devices/features throughout the day. New Cards app, Apple prints a card with photo of your choice,...
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DSLR Slate 30 September 2011, 6:46 pm
When recording some video this week I thought it would be helpful to have one of those things you see on movie sets that have the take number and movie info and they clap the top down to make a clicking sound at the beginning of a take. These things are called clappers or slates....
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Apple Invites Press to October 4th iPhone Eve... 28 September 2011, 1:12 am
Most likely, Apple will be announcing both the iPhone 5 and the new iOS firmware at their October 4th event. The invitation to the press is titled, “Let’s talk iPhone.” This leads me to believe there will be voice to text built into iOS 5. I’ve tested it out a little using the updated Target...
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Must Have iPad Applications #1-5 11 September 2011, 1:00 pm
If you have recently bought a new iPad I have some “must have” apps you should start out with. Of course, some apps you may wonder why they are so “must have” and argue that you don’t need them. Ok, you just might not. This is my list and there may be more that you...
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Yamaha Releases NoteStar Digital Sheet Music ... 28 January 2012, 4:15 am
Yamaha has released NoteStar, a digital sheet music app for the iPad....
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Apple Has A Lot of Cash [InfoGraphic] 28 January 2012, 3:06 am
MBA Online has posted a new infographic which tries to describe just how much cash Apple has....
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Copic Enables Contact Pics Across iOS 28 January 2012, 2:38 am
Copic is a tweak that enables contact pictures in numerous iOS applications....
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Steve Jobs Asked Google to Stop Poaching Appl... 28 January 2012, 1:30 am
Steve Jobs sent a direct email to Eric Schmidt asking the former Google CEO to stop his recruiting department from poaching Apple engineers....
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How Steve Jobs Took the iPhone Trademark From... 27 January 2012, 10:13 pm
Adam Lashinsky explains how Steve Jobs walked all over Cisco to get the iPhone trademark in his new book, Inside Apple....
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T-Mobile to Offer Unlocked iPhone Customers A... 27 January 2012, 9:48 pm
A leaked T-Mobile document reveals that the company will soon begin offering additional support to its unlocked iPhone customers....
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Bill Gates Wrote Steve Jobs a Letter Just Bef... 27 January 2012, 8:21 pm
Bill Gates reveals that he wrote Steve Jobs a letter just before the Apple co-founder passed away....
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Apple Reclaims Position as World's Largest Sm... 27 January 2012, 7:22 pm
Apple reclaimed its position as the world's largest smartphone vendor in Q4 2011....
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CallDelete Gets Updated With Support for the ... 27 January 2012, 6:28 pm
CallDelete, a simple tweak to remove calls from your history, has been updated with support for the iPhone 4S and iOS 5.x....
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SwitcherSettings Adds Support for iOS 5 and t... 27 January 2012, 6:25 pm
SwitcherSettings has been updated with support for iOS 5 and the iPad and is no longer dependent on SBSettings....
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T-Mobile to offer official support for unlock... 27 January 2012, 10:39 pm
Despite not being able to sell the iPhone, a reportedly leaked employee memo reveals that T-Mobile will begin to offer official support for subscribers using unlocked versions of Apple's popular hands......
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EFF working to keep iPhone, iPad 'jailbreakin... 27 January 2012, 3:54 pm
An exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that has made iPhone "jailbreaking" legal is set to expire, and a digital rights advocacy group hopes the U.S. government will renew and expand t......
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Apple's iPhone believed to account for record... 27 January 2012, 6:30 am
Even as Apple appears to have retaken the top spot among smartphone makers during the fourth quarter of 2011, a new analysis claims the iPhone made up 8.3 percent of the worldwide mobile phone market ......
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Apple reclaims title of world's largest smart... 27 January 2012, 3:50 am
Apple overtook Samsung in the fourth quarter of 2011 to grab the top spot among global smartphone makers, earning 23.9 percent of the market with sales of 37 million iPhones, according to one set of ......
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App Store sales result in average revenue gai... 27 January 2012, 2:45 am
App publishers on Apple's App Store typically see a significant first-day revenue jump of 52 percent for iPad apps and 41 percent for iPhone apps and and 19 percent and 22 percent overall, respectivel......
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Motorola posts $80M quarterly loss, sells onl... 27 January 2012, 12:15 am
Motorola Mobility's fiscal year ended on a sour note with poor tablet and smartphone sales leading to a Q4 2011 loss of $80 million, which was further exacerbated by merger costs associated with a pla......
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Briefly: Verizon pulls away from AT&T, Apple ... 26 January 2012, 10:40 pm
AT&T announced a significant quarterly loss as a result of a failed T-Mobile takeover and is now adding fewer new customers than rival Verizon Wireless, while Apple extends its charitable matching pro......
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iPhone 4S accounts for 90% of US iPhone sales... 26 January 2012, 9:10 pm
Despite the customary price drop of Apple's last generation iPhone 4 and the free-on-contract iPhone 3GS, the company's newest handset dominated sales and has seen strong numbers not only from early a......
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Nokia's earnings plunge 73%, Nintendo sees fi... 26 January 2012, 7:47 pm
On the heels of Apple's announcement of the biggest quarter in company history, two of the iPhone maker's rivals -- Nokia and Nintendo -- have reported significant losses.
Nokia's Windows Phones of......
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More than 80% of smartphones activated at AT&... 26 January 2012, 2:26 pm
Apple's first carrier partner remains its strongest, as AT&T revealed on Thursday that it activated a record 7.6 million iPhones over the holiday 2011 quarter.
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Mattebox: The Closest Thing the iPhone Has to... 26 January 2012, 11:00 pm
The iPhone camera is pretty spectacular. I have a few point-and-shoots in my house and they all suck compared to the iPhone. But they do have one thing the iPhone's native camera app lacks: the focus-lock shutter control found in fancier point and shoots. Mattebox fixes that. More »
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This Simple Wood Contraption Lets the iPhone ... 26 January 2012, 2:40 pm
Billed as the "lowest-tech accessory" for the iPhone 4, the limited edition Love Box lets you record both sides of a conversation through the use of a simple sliding mirror. Without the need for a special app or any post-production. More »
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Siri Can Translate Languages for You with a T... 26 January 2012, 2:20 pm
Siri is more powerful than Apple lets on so it's up to the tweaking, hacking, tinkerish souls of the jailbreak community to unleash her full potential. Like this latest Siri hack, Lingual. It's a jailbreak-only tweak that turns Siri into a translation device. Just say what you want to Siri, name the language you want to translate it to and Siri will display it in its translated glory. More »
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AT&T Sold 9.4 Million Smartphones—7.6 M... 26 January 2012, 1:43 pm
In a holy crap stat o' the week, AT&T sold a record setting 9.4 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2011. 7.6 million of that 9.4 million were iPhones. 7.6 MILLION. That's a ridiculous 81 percent of all AT&T smartphones sold! That's only 1.8 million phones left to split between Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry (ha!). That is freaking nuts. More »
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Shazam Player: Have an iPhone Sing-A-Long 25 January 2012, 11:00 pm
We all sing-a-long to our favorite songs. Maybe it's in the car. Maybe it's in the shower. Maybe it's at your company's karaoke party and you're trying your best to sing Once Bitten, Twice Shy even though you don't really like the song. Wherever you're singing, there's a good chance you're singing it wrong. Here's an app that'll fix that and save you from the occasional "Hold me closer, Tony Danza." More »
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Jailbreaking (or Rooting) Your Phone Could Be... 25 January 2012, 4:40 pm
Jailbreaking or rooting your phone is pretty much a nerd birthright at this point. But soon it could once again be deemed illegal, if the acts' exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act runs out. That's where you come in. More »
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Highlight: The Nearby Social Network 25 January 2012, 3:00 am
You're probably wondering just how many social networks we need. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Path are already on my iPhone. You know what, let's add another. The latest to jump into the social pool is Highlight and it wants you to find your friends—at least potential friends—nearby. Maybe the guy down the street also loves pastrami as much you do. More »
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Nearly 1 Million iPhone 4S and iPad 2s Jailbr... 24 January 2012, 3:40 am
The iPhone Dev team just released numbers for the Absinthe A5 jailbreak. According to the site, 953,232 new jailbreaks were recorded. That's a whole lotta hacking. More »
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Transform Your Old iPhone into a Home Surveil... 24 January 2012, 1:00 am
Home Security products are expensive and created by developers that have no interest in making things easy for end users. Instead, pull that old iPhone out of a drawer and make it the spy cam you've always wanted. More »
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Darth Maul Me: A Red Face and Spikes? Sign Me... 23 January 2012, 11:00 pm
The best part about Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, was Darth Maul. He was scary looking and he had a wicked double-bladed lightsaber. Why did Darth Maul have to die? Why? As a tribute, LucasArts just released an app that'll let you sith yourself up. Darth Maul will live on in all of us, just as Darth Sidious intended. More »
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Cook not happy at offensive factory claims 27 January 2012, 2:04 pm
Apple CEO Tim Cook isn’t happy at all about the claims that are making rounds claiming the company is knowingly using manufacturing facilitates where labor abuses are common. Cook said, “We care about every worker in the worldwide supply chain.” He also said that the accusations were offensive. The NYT recently issued a report that [...]...
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Qmadix boostpac batteries, unlocked iPhones h... 26 January 2012, 2:24 pm
At MacWorld 2012, a couple new battery packs have surfaced for the iPhone. The packs are the Qmadix quick shot and eclipse with one for the desk and the other for on the go. T-Mobile documents have surfaced that claim unlocked iPhones have poor network performance. The document says that only 2G speeds are possible [...]...
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Wooden iPhone kits, Apple china launch poorly... 25 January 2012, 2:27 pm
If you have dropped your iPhone, cracked the back glass, and want to fix it with something that might last longer, one of these wooden back kits might be just what you need. The kit will fit the iPhone 4 and 4S and you can see how to install here. Apple’s CEO has admitted that [...]...
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iOS Epson projection app, 64GB iPhone 4 doing... 24 January 2012, 2:24 pm
Epson has launched a new iProjection iOS app that allows the iPhone and other devices to wirelessly project to Epson projectors. That means you can give a presentation with nothing but your iPhone and the projector. A new survey of recent iPhone 4S buyers has found that 21% are opting for the 64GB version. The [...]...
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iPhone 4S gets untethered jailbreak! 23 January 2012, 2:25 pm
I bet that there are a number of iPhone 4S users out there that have been waiting for an unmetered jailbreak to land for the smartphone. The untethered jailbreak is now available for the iPhone 4S and it will work for the iPad 2 as well. The hack is from the Dev Dream Team and [...]...
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Apple market cap hits $400B, Samsung patent s... 20 January 2012, 2:22 pm
For a little while this week Apple was worth a staggering $400 billion in market cap. That massive number put Apple as a company worth more than Greece and several other small countries. Samsung’s first patent suit over 3G tech against Apple has been shot down in Germany. The suit centered on alleged Apple infringement [...]...
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AT&T ups data plan prices and Siri hits iPod ... 19 January 2012, 2:09 pm
If you are thinking about getting a new iPhone 4S on AT&T, you will be paying more for data, but getting a bit more data too. AT&T has a three-tier system that ups the price on each tier by $5 monthly compared to old rates. The plans still don’t offer much data with a $20 [...]...
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iPhone 4S fueled Q411 demand, iWork chief wor... 18 January 2012, 2:52 pm
The iPhone 4S fueled heavy demand for Apple gear in Q4 2011. By December, tides had turned a bit and 45% of smartphone buyers opted for the iPhone 4S after only 30% were using the iPhone earlier in the quarter. Apple has its iWork chief handling the digital textbook project that could well change the [...]...
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Samsung seeks money for A5, GarageBand for eB... 17 January 2012, 2:20 pm
Samsung is making the A5/A6 processors for the iPhone and other gear in Texas. The company is reportedly seeking $1 billion in funding to boost production of the chips. The Thursday Apple event is tipped to be for product like “GarageBand for eBooks.” Sounds like a self-publishing system is on the way to me. That [...]...
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Nissan Scratch Shield case, Renew Sleep clock... 16 January 2012, 2:21 pm
Nissan of all companies has rolled out a new case for the iPhone called the Nissan Scratch Shield. Any scratches to the case will be self-healed thanks to a special gel-like finish. The new Renew SleepClock for the iPhone will be coming this March for $199. The clock has sensors for monitoring user breathing and [...]...
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Top Ten iPhone and iPad Apps Released This We... 27 January 2012, 5:48 pm
Looking for a new app this weekend? Here are ten great new apps for the iPhone and iPad that you may want to check out!
Steam Mobile.
This free app lets you join in with the Steam gaming community on your iPhone, though chats, news stores and the various groups. Free.
My Army.
An endless run game [...]
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iPhone/iPad App Review – Smash Cops 26 January 2012, 4:55 pm
Smash Cops is a brilliant idea. It’s based on those thousands of police pursuit-type TV shows that feature nothing but the cops chasing down a suspect, all shot from a police helicopter. They’re trash of the highest order, but compelling and exciting trash nonetheless. Making a game using that exact formula is inspired, and Smash [...]
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Reckless Racing 2 Released on February 2nd 23 January 2012, 4:10 pm
It has been more than a year since the release of Pixelbite’s excellent iOS racer Reckless Racing, and the team has now provided a release date for the sequel. Reckless Racing 2 will be sliding onto your iPhone and iPad on the 2nd February.
Announced in October last year, the new game will once again feature [...]
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Top Ten iPhone and iPad Apps Released This We... 20 January 2012, 11:37 am
Looking for a new app this weekend? Here are ten great new apps for the iPhone and iPad that you may want to check out!
LEGO App4+.
The latest educational play app from Lego, this time aimed at kids between 4 and 7. The concept is simple, build a truck, carry some cargo and earn [...]
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Apple Releases iBooks 2.0, iTunes U and iBook... 19 January 2012, 8:41 pm
At a special event held at the Guggenheim museum earlier today, Apple released several new applications all related to education, school textbooks and bringing students and teachers together through a single device.
Introduced by Phil Schiller and Eddy Cue, with demonstrations by the VP of iTunes Jeff Robbin and the VP of Productivity Software Roger Rosner, [...]
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iPhone App Review – Ant Raid 17 January 2012, 5:11 pm
This is an early review of Ant Raid for the iPhone, it’s released on the 26th January.
Originally an iPad-only game, Ant Raid has now been shrunk down to fit on the iPhone by developers Prank Entertainment. At its heart, Ant Raid is a tower defense game, but with real-time strategy overtones; however the attention to [...]
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Part Three: CES 2012 iPhone/iPad Announcement... 13 January 2012, 6:30 pm
We’re back for our third and final round-up of the various new products related to the iPhone and iPad announced at CES 2012. You can catch up with part one and part two by following the links, otherwise sit back and enjoy part three.
iCade.
We start with one of the most exciting reveals of the whole [...]
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Part Two: CES 2012 iPhone/iPad Announcement N... 12 January 2012, 3:00 pm
As CES 2012 continues, more new products are discovered for the iPhone and iPad. If you haven’t already, take a look at part one of our announcement round-up to see another collection of accessories debuting at the show, otherwise standby for part two:
Olloclip.
A new quick-connect camera lens accessory for the iPhone 4/4S, the Olloclip has [...]
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Part One: CES 2012 iPhone/iPad Announcement N... 11 January 2012, 4:11 pm
While Apple themselves shun CES, many of the manufacturers who produce accessories for the iPhone and iPad use it as the platform to launch their latest products. With the event in full swing, here’s part one of our round-up of the top announcements to come from the show.
Wrapsol Grip Pad.
Known for their range of [...]
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Top Ten iPhone and iPad Apps Released This We... 6 January 2012, 10:00 pm
Looking for a new app this weekend? Here are ten great new apps for the iPhone and iPad that you may want to check out!
Sky Sports News for iPad.
Catch up with all the latest sports news direct from Sky News. If you’re already a Sky TV subscriber the app is free, if not [...]
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Unlock IPhone 4S And Jailbreak IPhone 4/4s IO... 28 January 2012, 3:36 pm
Phones ReviewUnlock IPhone 4S And Jailbreak IPhone 4/4s IOS 5.0.1 Untethered Version TOPPatch.comA fresh apple iPhone unlock and jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 software from http://tinyurl.com/UnlockAnyAppleiPhone , has been introduced to enable users to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 4/4S/3Gs Any iOS including the latest 5.0.1 untethered.Gevey SIM 04.11.08 unlock for iPhone 4 coming soonPhones Reviewall 9 news articles »...
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Tech Week: iPhone sales and Samsung Galaxy S3... 28 January 2012, 12:41 pm
T3Tech Week: iPhone sales and Samsung Galaxy S3 releaseT3Apple's next-gen pocket blower, the long mooted Apple iPhone 5 is once again on the radar with key personnel at Foxconn - the company responsible for the device's manufacturing - suggesting the handset will land in summer with an all new form factor.AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Outsells Apple iPhone 4SMobile bloom Newsall 5 news articles »...
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iPhone 4S Rival Alert : Prada 3.0 By LG On Sa... 28 January 2012, 11:58 am
ITProPortaliPhone 4S Rival Alert : Prada 3.0 By LG On Sale From £25 Per MonthITProPortalT-Mobile has slashed the contract cost of the Prada 3.0 by LG smartphone to £25 per month or just over £600 for the total cost of ownership.The previous cheapest offer was £31 from Vodafone and O2. The phone was launched last December and is the latest ...LG Prada Phone 3.0 Set to Challenge iPhone 4S and Other Smartphones in UKIBTimes.co.ukall 21 news articles »...
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iPhone 5 – Improved Battery, Memory and Dis... 28 January 2012, 11:16 am
International Business TimesiPhone 5 – Improved Battery, Memory and Display Specs against Android PhonesInternational Business TimesBy sangeeta mukherjee: Subscribe to sangeeta's RSS feed The rumors surrounding Apple Inc.'s anticipated launch of the next iteration of its hugely popular iPhone series of smartphones are gathering momentum. The new phone, popularly called the iPhone 5 ...and more »...
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Jailbreaking your iPhone set to Become Illega... 28 January 2012, 10:47 am
ITProPortalJailbreaking your iPhone set to Become Illegal Again?ITProPortalJailbreaking - or freeing your iPhone, iPod or iPad from Apple's constraints to allow access to additional applications and extensions not available on the App Store - has been a thorn in Apple's side for some time. The latest Absinthe iOS 5 jailbreak ...How to Hack an iPadPCWorldBest Use Of Apple's Cash: An Apple Credit CardSeeking Alphaall 42 news articles »...
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Your iPhone Has To Be Made In China, And Appl... 28 January 2012, 10:03 am
The InquisitrYour iPhone Has To Be Made In China, And Apple Can't Absolve Your GuiltpaidContent.orgA series of articles from The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) this week on Apple's tricky relationship with the company that builds the iPhone and iPad makes it clear that while society may occasionally recoil at the human cost required to build our flashy ...Apple CEO responds to claims of poor working conditions at iPhone factoryThe Inquisitrall 73 news articles »...
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Pursuing iPhone Thief, Officer Knew Right But... 28 January 2012, 1:56 am
Digitaltrends.comPursuing iPhone Thief, Officer Knew Right Buttons to PushNew York TimesBut with apologies to Sherlock Holmes, an iPhone — specifically, the iPhone 4 — proved quite useful in helping police officers track down a robber on Thursday in Manhattan. And at a pace that may shock any reader of a long-winded Victorian detective ...Police officer used iPhone to track thiefOutcome MagazineApple iPhone robbery thwarted by tech-savvy copSlashGearApple-fan cop uses app to catch iPhone thi...
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iPhone Subsidy Brings AT&T Huge Loss In Fourt... 27 January 2012, 9:17 pm
Daily GossipiPhone Subsidy Brings AT&T Huge Loss In Fourth QuarterDaily GossipPhone carriers have tried to boost sales by giving significant iPhone subsidies in fourth quarter, but the strategy wasn't worthwhile for all the players in the market. While Verizon managed to pull it out and had a raving fourth quarter, AT&T recorded ...Confessions of an iPhone Data HogWall Street JournalAT&T's iPhone "sales" versus "activations": Doing the Mathtuaw.comiPhone 5...
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T-Mobile To Offer Additional Unlocked iPhone ... 27 January 2012, 7:20 pm
International Business TimesT-Mobile To Offer Additional Unlocked iPhone Support Beginning January 30thTmoNewsBy David Beren January 27, 2012 2:12 pm EST Comments (57) Starting on January 30th, T-Mobile will “begin offering additional support to customers using an Apple iPhone on our network.” T-Mobile's added iPhone support will include “common procedures, ...T-Mobile to Improve unlocked iPhone Support Beginning January 30International Business TimesT-Mobile Discourages iPhone, Takes ...
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Google reportedly green lights Motorola paten... 27 January 2012, 5:29 pm
V3.co.ukGoogle reportedly green lights Motorola patent assault against iPhone 4S and ...Pocket Gamer.BizThe firm was reportedly been given the green light by its soon-to-be parent company Google to take on Apple over its alleged use of Motorola patents in both iPhone 4S and iCloud. The case - opened in the Southern District of Florida - refers to a total ...Google approved new Motorola lawsuit against Apple iPhone and iCloudThe GuardianLawsuits Galore! Motorola sues Apple for iPhone 4S, iCloud p...
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Siri probably isn't the bandwidth hog the WaP... 28 January 2012, 12:00 am
"How Siri is ruining your cellphone service." That's the searing headline from the Washington Post in an article by Paul Farhi. Farhi claims that "Siri's dirty little secret is that she's a bandwidth guzzler, the digital equivalent of a 10-miles-per-gallon Hummer H1." Where's he coming up with this? Apparently, the "Siri eats bandwidth" claim is based on a study by Arieso that reports that iPhone 4S owners consume twice as much cellular data as iPhone 4 users and 3 times as much as iPhone 3G us...
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NYPD meets FMI: Cop nabs iPhone thief in NYC 27 January 2012, 8:00 pm
Don't walk past police with a stolen iPhone in your boot. According to the New York Times, a quick-thinking police officer and Apple's Find My iPhone managed to retrieve a woman's stolen iPhone. The woman was in a handbag store in Manhattan when a thief allegedly held her up at gunpoint and took her iPhone. After searching the immediate area, NYC police officer Robert Garland entered the woman's Apple ID on his own iPhone and used "the iCloud feature" (we're going to assume that means Find My i...
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2011 Best App Ever winners announced 27 January 2012, 7:00 pm
Jeff Scott of 148 Apps has announced the winners for the Best App Ever for 2011, and you can review at the official site right now. Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick was the overall winner in the iOS devision (which is a great app, but probably also benefited from actually promoting the Best App Ever vote inside the app itself). There are several other winners across various categories like Most Innovative (Codea), Most Useful (Amazon Mobile) and Best Time Killer (Tiny Wings). Scott tells us that...
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AT&T's iPhone "sales" versus "activations": D... 27 January 2012, 6:00 pm
Love Apple gear? Like math? TUAW's Doing the Math series examines the numbers and the science behind the hardware and software. Several sites -- including TUAW -- reported yesterday that 80% of all smartphones AT&T sold in Q411 were iPhones, based on AT&T's quarterly earnings report. On closer inspection, however, there's a subtle but important detail that we overlooked in AT&T's wording. It reported "9.4 million smartphone sales" but "7.6 million iPhone activations" (emphasis mine...
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Love Box is a low-fi video mixer for iPhone 27 January 2012, 5:00 pm
Creativity is a splendid thing. It lets you come up with never-before-considered ideas, and leads to the creation of products like the Love Box. The Love Box is a videography accessory for the iPhone that lets you mix two videos together in real time.
It's a wooden box with a slot for your iPhone and a sliding mirror. You position the phone's camera in front of the mirror, which lets you record both the action in front of you and the action behind. You can slide the mirror to show just the rear...
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EFF petitions to extend legal iPhone jailbrea... 27 January 2012, 3:00 pm
In 2010, the Copyright Office said jailbreaking a handset did not violate the DMCA and the jailbreak community breathed a sigh of relief. What many people didn't realize was that the exemption covering jailbreaking will expire later this year. When it expires, companies can go after jailbreak developers like the iPhone Dev Team using the DMCA. They could face jail time and monetary penalties for their involvement in creating jailbreaking tools. Needless to say, this would put a halt to most, if...
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Valve debuts free Steam Mobile iPhone app 27 January 2012, 2:00 am
Valve has released Steam Mobile for iOS, a free app for the iPhone. According to Valve, "With the free Steam app for iOS, you can participate in the Steam community wherever you go. Chat with your Steam friends, browse community groups and user profiles, read the latest gaming news and stay up to date on unbeatable Steam sales." That's the promise of the app, anyway; Steam Mobile has launched in "limited beta," meaning you first need to input an activation key on your PC or Mac. Entering your u...
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Daily iPhone App: Vintage Radio 27 January 2012, 1:00 am
Vintage Radio is an interesting idea for an iPhone app: It's a ton of various old-time radio recordings (more than 34,000 mystery, horror, comedy, and other old 1930s and 1940s radio shows), all accessible to stream on demand. The app allows you to browse and search shows, set up and save playlists or even share shows on Facebook and Twitter. The selection is really amazing. I like a lot of old-time radio, and this app does have pretty much everything you need. If you have a lot of long car tr...
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Lingual adds Siri language translation to jai... 27 January 2012, 12:00 am
Now that we can jailbreak the iPhone 4S, jailbreak developers can finally use Siri in their tweaks. One such tweak is Lingual which adds language translation to our favorite voice assistant. The tweak, available from the Big Boss repository in Cydia, lets you say "Siri, What is how are you in Spanish" and Siri will respond with "Cómo estás." The tweak uses the Bing API to handle all the translation requests and, as a result, can support more than 30 languages. It's based on the A...
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Research suggests business directors more lik... 26 January 2012, 11:00 pm
Forrester Research recently conducted a survey of close to 10,000 workers in 17 countries to determine which workers are more likely to own and use Apple products. The New York Times has published the results, which show that "business directors" -- in other words, bosses -- are the employee group most likely to own one or more Apple products and use them at work. Here's a breakdown of the survey results. Who uses Apple products: 43 percent of people earning $150,000 or more per year -- 87 of...
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Recently Reviewed: Vanquish, CataGugl, AstroR... 15 October 2010, 1:38 am
Ryan reviews a bunch of iPhone games he's tried over the last 2 months.<p><a href="http://www.iphonenewsblog.com/2010/10/recently-reviewed-hybrid-catag.php">Continue reading...</a></p>...
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iPhone / iPad App Picks of the Week 30 September 2010, 5:46 pm
Some of my picks of the week!Arcade Action with Geometry Wars - $.99 for a limited time! Has the look of classic Tempest on steroids. Very challenging! [iTunes link]Just in time for Halloween! Monster Mayhem - FREE for a limited......
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Apple Releases iOS 4.0.2 - Fixes Jailbrakeme.... 11 August 2010, 8:00 pm
Apple today released an iOS update to fix a PDF vulnerability that could allow an exploit to take over any iOS device. Hackers were able to exploit this vulnerability and jailbreak your phone via the website jailbreakme.com. Also available for......
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Pioneer Duo Series XW-NAC3-K iPod/iPhone Dock... 9 August 2010, 9:08 am
I'm sitting in my room, writing this review while listening to an internet radio jazz station on Pioneer's new Electronics Duo Series XW-NAC3-K Docking Station for iPod. The NAC3, for short, doesn't just look great, it sounds great too....<p><a href="http://www.iphonenewsblog.com/2010/08/pioneer-duo-series-xw-nac3-k-iphone-docking-station.php">Continue reading...</a></p>...
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iOS 4.1 beta 3 drops Game Center support for ... 4 August 2010, 3:43 pm
Looks like game center won't be compatible with the iPhone 3G and Apple's second generation iPod touch, or at least it seems this will be the outcome if folks who have the latest beta of iOS 4.1 are correct. iOS......
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iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual 2 August 2010, 5:55 am
I've been hoping to learn a little iPhone 4 development for a while now, and this summer I planned to try my hand at learning how to use the iPhone SDK and Objective C. The trouble is, I knew...<p><a href="http://www.iphonenewsblog.com/2010/08/iphone-app-development-the-missing-manual.php">Continue reading...</a></p>...
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OpenAppMkt - iPhone-Optimized Web Apps Galler... 30 July 2010, 4:06 pm
Found this via DaringFireball: An iPhone-optimized web apps gallery called OpenAppMkt. Works just like Apple's App Store once you add it as a bookmark on your home screen. Lots of cool webapps to try out too!Link: OpenAppMkt......
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iPhone Antenna Humor 30 July 2010, 3:37 pm
iPhoneNewsBlog reader Shad Martin sent us links to some funny YouTube videos he created detailing how to overcome the iPhone Antenna. Thanks Shad! See more here: Foam Float How to Hold Your iPhone 4......
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Having Problems with Your iPhone 3G and iOS4? 29 July 2010, 3:53 pm
iPhone 3G users who are experiencing sluggish performance and even overheating when using their device with iOS4 will be happy to know that Apple is investigating the cause of the issue.According to Wall Street Journal Blog Digits, a company spokeswoman......
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Apple's Free Bumpers Start Arriving 28 July 2010, 3:34 pm
Users have been reporting that their free Apple Bumpers have been arriving over at MacRumors. I opted for the Incase iPhone 4 case instead of the black Apple bumper, and those don't look like they'll be shipping for another month......
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T-Mobile to Offer Additional Support for iPho... 27 January 2012, 7:39 pm
U.S. carrier T-Mobile has decided to offer "additional support" to customers using the iPhone on its network, reports TmoNews. While T-Mobile doesn't sell the iPhone, it reports that more than 1 million unlocked iPhones are used on its network and the additional support will be useful to T-Mobile's less tech-savvy iPhone users.
T-Mobile will support users who have questions about "common procedures, information about feature and specifications and other basic device questions." Most T-Mobil...
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Valve Releases Steam Companion App for iPhone 26 January 2012, 8:41 pm
Valve, the company behind the popular gaming platform Steam, has released a new companion app for iPhone called Steam Mobile as a closed beta. The app allows Steam users to view their Steam friends list, see what games their friends are playing, and chat with players in-game.
Gamers can also browse -- and apparently purchase, though the app descriptions are a little fuzzy on that point -- the Steam library of titles from the iPhone. However, there is no purchasing of iOS games through the app...
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When iPhone Apps Are Reduced In Price, Sales ... 26 January 2012, 5:36 pm
In what seems like a logical result of economic pricing strategies, iPhone app developers who put their apps on sale see an average increase in revenue of 41% on the first day, and total increases of 22% after 15 days. App store analytics provider Distimo shared the findings in a new research report.
TechCrunch writes:
When a developer decides to put an application on sale, there’s a delicate balance that has to be achieved. The sale price has to be low enough to encourage more downloads, ...
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Google Signs Off on Motorola Lawsuit Seeking ... 25 January 2012, 8:47 pm
Motorola Mobility has filed a new lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida against Apple, asserting six patents against the iPhone 4S and iCloud. As noted by FOSS Patents, the merger agreement between Google and Motorola Mobility requires the company to get Google's permission before asserting "any Intellectual Property Right in any new Action". As a result, this lawsuit is the closest Apple and Google have come to direct litigation.
All six patents are asserted against the iPhone 4S, wi...
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Stephen Fry Narrates The World of Dinosaurs 25 January 2012, 7:43 pm
British actor and Apple enthusiast Stephen Fry has narrated this in-depth and iPad-only virtual encyclopedia called Inside the World of Dinosaurs. In the works for more than a year, 30 dinosaur specialists collaborated on the $13.99 app, with 60 dinosaurs detailed, 200 pages of original text, 84 videos, and, perhaps most enjoyably for many, 5 hours of narration by Stephen Fry.
The art team painstakingly recreated everything in all 360 degrees. With a simple flick or drag of the finger, ever...
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iPhone 4S Coming to Indonesia, Costa Rica, an... 25 January 2012, 7:23 pm
Following a major expansion of iPhone 4S availability to China and 21 other countries two weeks ago, Apple appears to be preparing to make a few more additions to the device's market reach this Friday, January 27.
Apple's current iPhone partners in Indonesia, Telkomsel and XL have both announced that they will begin carrying the iPhone 4S on Friday. Telkomsel is the country's number one carrier with over 100 million customers, while XL ranks number three with approximately 46 million custome...
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Comic Writer Tries Out iBooks Author 23 January 2012, 6:52 pm
Apple's new iBooks Author application enables users to make interactive iBooks on their Mac. Apple says the software allows authors to make "stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad." Richard Stevens, author of the Diesel Sweeties webcomic, has expanded that list of possibilities to include comic strips.
Diesel Sweeties author Robert Stevens writes of the project: I had a few insomniac hours this weekend and did a little experiment:
Waking Up ...
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'Evi' Arrives as Potential Challenger to Siri 23 January 2012, 6:34 pm
TechCrunch reports on Evi, a new Siri-like offering from True Knowledge that has launched for iOS devices [App Store] and as a beta for Android devices. While Siri provides a fair amount of integration with Apple apps and services such as reminders and calendaring, it is currently limited to the iPhone 4S, while Evi is compatible with all iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices running iOS 4.0 or later.She – we’ll call this Artificial Intelligence a she – returns amazing results when consult...
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UpNext Releases Impressive 3D Mapping App for... 20 January 2012, 11:48 pm
Mapping company UpNext has released a new iPad app with its 3D mapping technology. The app shows uses points of interest and friends Foursquare check-ins to help users navigate on a 3D representation of close to 50 cities. TechCrunch, writing about the app, says:
I am seriously impressed. The resolution is great and the onscreen update speed is amazing. It offers the best of services like Google Maps alongside real city imagery, allowing you to use the map to orient yourself in 3D space. A bl...
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Ten One Design Releases Magnus Magnetic Stand... 20 January 2012, 8:25 pm
Ten One Design, makers of the Pogo Stylus, have released a magnetic stand for the iPad 2 that is nearly invisible when in use, by repurposing the magnets designed for use with Apple's Smart Cover.
Magnus is first machine-crafted from pure aluminum and then hand-finished using the latest manufacturing techniques. After that, customized magnets are installed into the base, and rubberized feet are fitted to the bottom surface.
Our designers targeted a reduced silhouette. Viewed from the si...
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iPhone 5 with 'awesome' camera techno... 28 January 2012, 11:03 am
A Reliable Source emerges this week to whisper sweet nothings in the quivering ear of the iOSsphere. Expectations flame....
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Apple-fan cop uses app to catch iPhone thief 28 January 2012, 5:38 am
A quick-thinking cop used his knowledge of Apple products to lead him to an iPhone thief within 30 minutes of the device being stolen....
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iPhone Factory Conditions to be Addressed by ... 28 January 2012, 2:25 am
iPhone Factory Image Credit: 9to5mac.com iPhone factory working conditions will be addressed directly by Apple CEO Tim Cook, according to reports by several international news sites on Friday, January 27, 2012. Employees at Apple supplies factories in China were reportedly working over the normal working hours. Reports added that factory workers are living in unsuitable, [...]...
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iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan... 27 January 2012, 7:12 pm
A Reliable Source emerges this week to whisper sweet nothings in the quivering ear of the iOSsphere. Expectations flame....
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Research and Markets: iPhone Tips, Tricks &am... 27 January 2012, 3:40 pm
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "iPhone Tips, Tricks & Apps for Lawyers" audioconfer...
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Tipard Newly Upgraded Mac iPhone & iPhone... 27 January 2012, 1:35 pm
BEIJING, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- In order to give iPhone users better user experience, Tipard R&D team newly upgraded iPhone Ringtone Maker for Mac and iPhone 4 Ringtone Maker for Mac, which ......
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Recycled iPhone 5 Rumors Miss the Point 26 January 2012, 4:46 pm
This week's iPhone 5 rumors sound eerily like last year's rumors....
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For carriers, the iPhone is a bittersweet dru... 26 January 2012, 3:43 pm
Yes, the iPhone brings in new customers, increases revenue, and lets the carrier bask in Apple's halo effect, but all of that comes at a cost. One analyst calls the iPhone a habit the carriers just can't kick....
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IPhone thieves find Apple support helpful to ... 26 January 2012, 3:04 pm
(Reuters) - When Apple Inc set up its customer service plan for the iPhone, it seems to have had the best intentions of humanity in mind -- any phone under warranty can get serviced because it's the phone that's tied to the warranty, not the owner. So you don't have to show up in person at an Apple store to get your phone fixed, which allows the common scenario of the boss sending his or her ......
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For carriers, the bittersweet drug that is th... 26 January 2012, 3:01 pm
Yes, the iPhone brings in new customers, increases revenue, and allows the carrier to bask in Apple's halo effect, but all of that comes at a cost. One analyst calls the iPhone a habit the carriers just can't kick....
