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Samsung To Add iPhone 5 To List Of Patent Lawsuits Against Apple [REPORT]

The iPhone 5, announced on September 12th, has already sold over 2 million pre-orders and will officially launch tomorrow, September 21st. Samsung evidently doesn't enjoy Apple's business and already has plans to add the iPhone 5 to a list of pre-existing patent lawsuits in the United States. These two competitors are battling it out in 10...

Google Maps Coming To The App Store Soon? [Update]

Dan Cobley, Google's UK Marketing Director, completed an interview with Bloomberg TV that shed some light on the Google Maps iOS 6 application. He never specifically stated that the application would be hitting the App-Store, but rather hinted that users could download Google Maps on their iPhone 5. And iPhone 5 users can still use...

Koodo LTE Service To Launch On September 21st

Well, according to the official Twitter of Koodo, it appears the carrier has plans to launch their LTE network beginning on September 21st. The Toronto area will receive the treatment initially, as a tweet reads: “We’re launching LTE on Sept 21st” When the iPhone 5 was announced on September 12th, Apple listed Koodo as a compatible carrier. They haven't...

Unlocked iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Shipped, UPS Tracking Number Available [Update]

Just when everybody was freaking out, the inevitable has happened--factory unlocked iPhone 5 orders have received their UPS tracking numbers, and have 'shipped.' Our order status for iPhone 5 orders placed at midnight last Friday have shipped, and a UPS tracking number has been provided (shipping method notes: UPS Express Saver). There is no breakdown...

Here are Some White iPhone 5 Unboxing Pictures [Gallery]

Yesterday, we saw pictures of the first iPhone 5 unboxing in black 'slate' as Apple calls it, and today we have some images of the white iPhone 5 being unboxed at a Canadian carrier. Check them out below:   Earlier today, we posted the first Canadian iPhone 5 unboxing of a package that arrived from...

Latest Samsung TV Ad Mocks New Features of the iPhone 5 [VIDEO]

Looks like Samsung is at it again, targeting Apple users again in their continuing series of ads focusing on the line ups outside Apple Stores. The latest ad touts the features of the Samsung Galaxy S III and downplays the new features of the iPhone 5, such as the bottom headphone jack, the Lightning connector,...

First Canadian iPhone 5 Unboxing Hits the Web [VIDEO]

Looks like someone got their iPhone 5 earlier than the rest of us. YouTube user Blentron (from Toronto) sent us the following video, which he claims is the first real Canadian iPhone 5 unboxing. It's recorded with the iPhone 4S and shows us how it will take two hands to unbox an iPhone 5. Check...

Apple Should Add These Nifty Features To Spotlight in iOS [VIDEO]

Within iOS, Spotlight search is a feature I rarely ever use. It's a great feature to search your entire iOS device for a specific keyword, but it mixes up emails, contacts, text messages, etc. I'm an organized person and I enjoy splitting work up into categories and unfortunately Spotlight works in the opposite way. Since the...

‘Virtual Teardown’ Reveals iPhone 5 Costs Apple $199 To Build

Today iSuppli Teardown Analysis Services completed what's called a 'virtual teardown.' The company bases the teardown solely from specifications released by Apple and combines it with information on the internals already known. Everything stated on below is just an estimate. Apple's 16 GB iPhone 5 costs a total of $207 to build and manufacture in total....

First iPhone 5 SunSpider Javascript Benchmarks Top the Charts

AnandTech has published the first iPhone 5 SunSpider javascript benchmarks, and the latest iPhone tops tops the charts at 914.7 (lower is better): As we surmised in our A6 Geekbench post, it looks like Apple specifically targeted improvements in the memory subsystem when designing the A6's CPU cores. The result is the fastest SunSpider test...

iPhone 5 Pre-Order Shipping Estimates Slip to 3-4 Weeks

It appears those ordering new Apple's iPhone 5 pre-orders will have to wait just a bit longer. New shipping estimates note the delay now shows 3-4 weeks (as noted by MacRumors); previously this was at 2-3 weeks. Just after the first hour of initial pre-orders last week, order ship estimates dropped to 1-2 weeks after...

Purported Phil Schiller Email Confirms No iPhone 5 Dock Anytime Soon

Have you been wondering why there hasn't been a dock released for the iPhone 5? Well an apparent email reply by Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior VP of Marketing, to a customer notes the details, reports 9to5Mac. Here's Phil's response: Hi Thanks! We do not plan on making a dock for the iPhone 5. Most people...