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Apple's No. 1 employee – who now has only very limited contact with the company – Steve Wozniak, thinks Apple has fallen somewhat behind with features in the smartphone field, allowing competitors to close the gap. He shared his thoughts about Apple, how they picked up the name, and where the company stands right now,...

I think the new trend on Twitter could be "Monday is Funday", as evasi0n reached the public yesterday, after long months of waiting. Some of us who spent time hacking their iDevices yesterday had to wait until they could install any of available jailbreak tweaks, because Cydia was overcrowded. Why? Jay Freeman Cydia's administrator has...

While Pod2g says there is a lack of innovation on Apple's side when it comes to the new features introduced with iOS 6, the jailbreak community seems to be far more responsive to user demand and jailbreak tweaks, and ideas are growing alongside iOS itself. So, in case you have spent 15 minutes of your...

In an interview on BBC's One Breakfast, RIM's European managing director Stephen Bates was repeatedly asked what his company has learned from the iPhone in producing the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones. However, Bates dodged the question over and over again, refusing to acknowledge the impact iPhone has had on BlackBerry in the past six years (via The Verge). "RIM's...

iPhone users are likely to spend more on carrier bills than any other handset users, be they Android, BlackBerry or Windows Phone, according to the most recent poll published by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) (Via AllThingsD). (more…)

A report published by Reuters today claims that Asia's well-heeled consumers in Singapore and Hong Kong are losing interest in the iPhone and are turning to smartphones from other brands, notably those from Samsung, Apple's biggest competitor. The trend is reportedly driven by a combination of "iPhone fatigue" and a desire to be different. Two years back,...

Smartphone manufacturers shipped a record 700 million handsets in 2012, which represents a 43% increase on a global scale according to a recent Strategy Analytics report. Yet Apple and Samsung dominated the market with a combined 348.8 million units shipped in 2012. (more…)

You may recall that alongside a cheaper, lower-cost iPhone rumour there was speculation about a bigger, 4.8-inch screen iPhone being in the works. The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg sources couldn't confirm it, yet they still reinforced the rumours of a cheaper iPhone. And yesterday, even Tim Cook had a couple things to say about...

Dark clouds are gathering above Tim Cook's head. Eighteen months after he took over the CEO position, Apple is expected to report a 2% drop in net income, or about $12.8 billion, the first drop according to Bloomberg's data – except one quarter in 2003 – and report the slowest growth rate since 2009 with...

According to a Kantar Worldpanel ComTech report, the iPhone us continuing to dominate the US smartphone market with 51.2% for the 12-week period ending 23 December, last year. (more…)

According to a Korean market research company, Counterpoint Research, LG smartphone sales surpassed Apple in the North American mobile market in December, taking the second spot right after Samsung. (more…)

Hot on the heels of the news that the iPhone 5S is to feature a home button with fingerprint sensor that will boost the iDevice's security, Apple has been granted another patent that reveals more information about its iWallet concept. (more…)