All Posts Tagged With: "iphone"
When Smartphones Know Too Much – is Your Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone Putting You In Danger?
Advancements in technology give us many conveniences that people ten years ago hadn’t even dreamed of yet. One such advancement is the growth of the smartphone market – particularly the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. All smartphones are basically a miniature laptop, easy to use, always on you, and loaded with personal information. Think about how [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) On The Hot Seat With Location Tracking
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) are in the hot seat this month as questions arose concerning the location tracking features on their respective smart phones. Both companies have smart phones that track the location of the users location several times each day. Both companies have given statements explaining that the location tracking is [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone App Provides DUI Checkpoint Locations: Senators Disapprove
DUI Checkpoint app may be a thing of the past if four US Senators are successful in their campaign to have this app removed. Available through the App Store, the app in question notifies iPhone and iPad users where DUI checkpoints are located. The U.S. senators involved in this include: Democratic Senators Harry Reid, Charles [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Expected to Start Production of a White iPhone This Month
The request of a white version of the iPhone has been heard loud and clear by Apple, and they are expected to start production of a white iPhone later this month. Shipments of the white version aren’t expected until April, but that is worth the wait for those wanting the phone in white. As reported [...]
Some Verizon Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone Users Finding Issues With Phone’s Antenna
Not too long ago it was At&T users who were having issues with their iPhone antenna’s and today, new Verizon Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone users could potentially be facing the same issues. If you aren’t careful how you hold your new iPhone, your call just might be dropped. Consumer reports is on the case and [...]
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 is Expected to Use RFID In A New Way
Apple’s next generation of iPhones are expected to use a near field communications technology such as radio frequency identification (RFID). Android smartphones are currently using this RFID technology in their phones. Apple likes to be different, and is expected to take a different approach to the use of the RFID technology when used in their [...]
Is A 4 Inch Screen In The Future For Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone?
Recent reports came out this week that claim Apple is seriously looking into expanding the screen of their next iPhone to 4 inches and also upgrading to an A5 processor chip to the smartphone. According to the Taiwanese publication DigiTimes, the component suppliers are reporting that Apple is expanding the size of the screen for [...]
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad and iPhone Radiology App for Mobile Diagnoses Approved by FDA
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first diagnostic radiology application to use when viewing medical images. The app is designed to make diagnoses using Apple’s iPad and iPhone. This announcement by the FDA was made earlier this week, and gave the green light for Mobile MIM, which is the [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Revealed Verizon iPhone Voice Plans
The release for the Verizon iPhone, and the plans that go with it, have not been easy to find. On Wednesday, Apple briefly released details on their website about the Verizon’s iPhone plans. On their website, they stated that for new Verizon iPhone customers, voice plans will start at $39.99 per month, and an additional [...]
Is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad and Playboy Partnership A Possible Go?
Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner announced this week that the entire catalog of the adult content magazine will be made available through Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad beginning in January. This announcement may signal the end of Apple’s ban on adult-type content from its IOS App store. However, Hefner did not specify how the catalog will make [...]
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Deals App Released For iOS Users
Amazon wants to ensure their customers are always kept in the loop regarding great deals and savings on popular items. The most recent mobile app released by the retail giant allows iOS users to get up to the minute details on Amazon’s Gold Box and Lightning Deals. Anyone familiar with these deals understands the importance [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raises Their Q1 iPhone Target to 21 Million Units
Apple’s iPhones have been selling with huge popularity around the world ever since they were released. From the big holiday sales that they sold at the end of 2010, Apple decided to make some adjustments on their target goals for the first quarter in 2011. Projected future sales are expected to be just as steady, [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Stock Price Continues to Grow
David Einhorn, the hedge funds manager who predicted the end of Lehman Brothers, has looked at the price of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock and believes it is undervalued. He believes Apple will continue to grow in 2011. Apple has enormous cash reserves that were .estimated to be around $25.6 billion in the third quarter of [...]
Will Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone Be Exclusive for Verizon (NYSE: VZ)?
Over the past few days there has been some talk that the iPhone, offered by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and currently available only on the AT&T network, will soon be made available to Verizon (NYSE: VZ) customers, as well. The speculation now includes that the iPhone may be sold exclusively by Verizon, a strategy that allowed [...]
Steve Jobs Explains Why Adobe Flash is Not Suitable for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones, iPods and iPads
In April 2010 Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) published his reasons for deciding why Adobe Flash products are not recommended for Apple’s iPhones, iPods and iPads. Apple was Adobe’s first substantial customer when they adopted Adobe’s postscript language for their Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in Adobe and at one stage owned about 20% [...]
Lawsuit Accuses Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) of Slowing Older iPhones with Upgrades
Last week, a class action lawsuit was filed in California which alleges that Apple engaged in “unsavory, dishonest and deceptive business practices” when they offered their iOS 4 update to the iPhone 3G users, even when they knew that it would render most of the devices unusable after this update. The class action lawsuit was [...]
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Plans to Dominate Smartphone Market
If Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has its way Apple’s iPhone will have some strong competition. With a budget of around $100 million the company plans to market its nine phone models aggressively in an effort to regain top position in the market place. Microsoft also hopes to regain the customers it lost to Apple Inc and [...]
Forecasts Differ on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Sales Volume in 2011
It is forecast that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will have a bumper return for the crop of iPhone and iPads sales in 2011. It has been estimated that Apple will manufacture around 48 million iPads and about 100 million iPhones in 2011. Analyst Brian Blair of Wedge partners said, “We believe Apple remains the best-positioned company [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Continues its Market Domination
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released its report for the fiscal 2010 fourth quarter which ended on the 25th of September 2010 on October 18th 2010. This quarter produced the highest revenue and earnings so far in the company’s history due to record Mac, iPhone and iPad sales. Revenue was $20.34 billion with a net quarterly profit [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Pressures Meizu to Cease Production of M8 Smartphone
According to AppleInsider.com, Apple is pressuring the Chinese smartphone maker Meizu to stop producing and freezing the sales of their M8 smartphone due to alleged patent violations. Meizu has been producing phones very similar to Apple’s iPhone for years now. Even though the phones made by the company were not officially sold in the United [...]
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Stock Prediction Just Went Up
Analysts today are predicting that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will report a blow out third quarter and as a result are adjusting their stock expectations. Oppenheimer raised their stock predictions for Apple up from $330 to $345. Revenue for the company was previously projected to come in at $18.5 billion but is now forecasted to hit [...]
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone Ranked Number 1 in Customer Satisfaction According to J.D. Power
For the fourth year in a row, J.D. Power and Associates smartphone customer satisfaction rankings lists Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone as number one. Out of a possible 1,000 points for customer satisfaction survey answers, Apple scored 800, Motorola scored 791 and HTC scored 781. For smartphones in general, the industry average for customer satisfaction was [...]
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) quiet on the issue of resubmitting voice app for iPhone
Apple recently revised their App Store review polices. This revision now allows services such as Google Voice, although Google has not yet announced plans to resubmit their own application. Google recently reported to AppleInsider that iPhone users are still able to use the Web-based Google Voice dialer. This app allows users to activate a call [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to Stop Free Case Program September 30
Apple, Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has announced the company’s decision to stop it current giveaway of free iPhone 4 cases after September 30. The company began the free offer after consumer complaints began piling on about the iPhone’s antenna causing dropped calls. Apple has stated that all iPhone 4 phones purchased after September 30 would be [...]
Citibank (NYSE: C) Identifies Security Flaw in iPhone App
Citibank (NYSE:C) understands the importance of protecting sensitive banking information. That is one reason that Citibank has admitted to security breaches in the iPhone app. Admitting that there is a breach that could allow sensitive information to be stolen by enterprising hackers is a big step, but who is responsible? Is it the Citibank security or the [...]
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone Coming To Verizon in 2011
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone will start being sold by Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), the largest mobile phone company in the United States as of January of next year. According to Businessweek.com, the deal has not been officially made public. Spokespeople for both Verizon and Apple declined to comment on the topic. This latest development will end [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4 Debuts With Long Lines
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released the 4th version of the iPhone today, which brought out lines longer than earlier version releases. It seems that Apple has a craze going around the world for these devices. It also appears that they were not anticipating demand to be this high, as many locations ran out of phones before [...]
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