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The iPhone 4S Was Outsold By The Samsung Galaxy S3 In August [Analyst]
When the iPhone 4S was released in October of 2011, the phone was thereafter ranked the best selling smartphone month-after-month. Ten months later, Apple's phone may have been outsold by Samsung's flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone. In the month of August, the Galaxy S3 ranked higher than the iPhone in two-of-three U.S. based carriers. American carriers,...
Apple Won’t Receive $1 Billion From Samsung Until Next Year
With Apple's win in the Samsung case during late August, they were granted around $1 billion in damages. They haven't received any cash amount yet, and will likely have to wait until 2013 before they see the money. Unfortunately for Apple (and Samsung), the case isn't sealed, they still have to undergo a December 6th hearing in...
Apple Announces ‘iPhone 5’ Media Event for September 12th
The Loop has just confirmed Apple has sent out media invites for a September 12th media event, to announce their highly anticipated next-generation iPhone: Apple on Tuesday sent out invites for an upcoming event happening in San Francisco on September 12, 2012. The invitation I received says the event will take place at the Yerba...
Chinese Phone Maker Prepared To Sue Apple Over Next-Gen iPhone Design
Assuming the next-generation iPhone will follow suit with the two-toned design, we have a Chinese iPhone clone company all prepared to sue Apple over its sixth-generation iPhone design. Yes I am being completely serious, they revealed a knockoff functional 'iPhone 5' dubbed 'GooPhone' last week. With the massive amounts of iPhone leaks over the past month,...
Check To See If Your Device’s UDID Was Leaked By Antisec
We learned late last night that hacking firm Antisec had leaked out nearly one-million Apple device UDIDs to the public. The UDID is ultimately Apple's way of identifying each individual iOS device. The string of text is 40 characters long containing a mix of numbers and letters. The Antisec group claimed they hacked over 12 million...
Nano SIMs Arrive At German T-Mobile For A “Near Future” Release
Nano SIM discussion has gone on throughout the past year as the new iPhone is expected to launch with the all-new 'mini' SIM standard. These unique SIM cards are yet to be seen physically, according to past reports Apple will be the lone company with this type of SIM. German carrier, T-Mobile, actually had their...
Hacker Group Obtains 12 Million UDIDs by Breaching FBI Laptop
According to a post on Hacker News (via TNW), the AntiSec group claims to have hacked an FBI computer and obtained roughly 12 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), alongside user names, addresses, cellphone numbers, and more. UDIDs are strings of numbers and letters used by Apple and developers to identify your iOS device. They...
Apple’s Competitors Hustle To Announce Products Ahead Of iPhone Event
With the sixth-generation iPhone on-tap to be announced September 12th, many competitors of the Cupertino company are trying to beat them to the chase. These fall announcements are important to companies, as the holiday season rapidly approaches they want their product to be known. This week Nokia and Motorola have announcements set for Wednesday. The former market-leaders will announce...
Apple Store In Germany Grand Opening Hints At iPhone Launch Date
We mainly cover Canadian Apple store grand openings, but some recent speculation and rumors regarding a Germany Apple retail store may further prove the iPhone will be released on September 21st. Inside a Sindelfingen mall, an Apple store was previously advertised to open on September 22nd, just a day after the most recently discovered September 21st...
Pretend You Have The Next-Gen iPhone With This $5 Mockup
Whether you can't afford to purchase the next-generation iPhone or you just want to trick your friends, you may consider purchasing a iPhone 5 mockup. You've seen them all over the internet, now you can finally own one for just $5.50 today. Chinese news outlet MicGadget has put a list of nearly eight mockups retailing from...
Rovio Teases Next Angry Birds Project: Something PIG Is Coming [VIDEO]
Rovio Mobile, the company behind Angry Birds franchise, has released a teaser video of its next project which seems to be an Angry Birds spinoff where pigs apparently get to fight back. The video is hosted on a seperated domain, badpiggies.com and is titled "Something PIG is coming". We're not quite sure as to what this really means....
Bruce Willis Looking To Sue Apple Over Transferability Of iTunes Music Purchases [Update]
Hollywood actor Bruce Willis is reportedly considering taking legal action against Apple to address the issue of transferability of iTunes Store music purchases, according to The Daily Mail (via CNET). The veteran actor who has spent thousands on his iTunes music collection, wants his daughters to be able to inherit his iTunes music upon his death, but Apple's terms apparently...
