Apple has been one of the only major handset manufacturer that has not integrated dual-SIM functionality on its smartphones, but that may change soon. A couple of patent fillings suggest that Apple is considering adding a dual-SIM functionality to iPhones. Forbes in a report cites two patent filings in China and US that suggest the […] Read more
Finally, it seems that next version of iPhone will arrive on September 10th, less than a month from today. Apple has been loosing ground on smartphone market share quite rapidly over last 3-4 quarters. The low cost Android phones and fast paced launches from Samsung have been some of the major reasons why Apple is […] Read more
In the past few years we have see a rise in the smartphone category . we have also seen many new smartphone Operating systems come up and fail as well. Ubuntu is the latest one to join the bandwagon in 2013! Palm OS, Bada are among the few to lose the race. Mobile OSes like […] Read more
There was a time when the mobile in your pocket with a Bluetooth and VGA camera was in the ‘in’ thing. Options were limited, but so was our usage. The texting and calling would suffice the communication between people, as far as mobiles were concerned. Skipping Symbian and other operating systems, which were completely based […] Read more
Is there something Siri can’t do? Yeah it couldn’t find a abortion clinic. That’s serious. The funny side of Siri is, it can Hip Hop. The Hip Hop you can actually fathom – the lyrics, not the meaning. Siri’s rendition of Notorious B.I.G’s song is just too good. Siri wins on this one. Watch. Siri, […] Read more
Samsung, the Korean company, is now crowned as the new smartphone king, displacing Apple. Samsung shipped a whopping 27.8 million smartphones in Q3 2011. As per Samsung Q4 would be even better. Apple has already released its earnings and it has shipped 17.1 million smartphones in Q3 2011. Nokia has shipped 16.8 million smartphones. There’s […] Read more
Samsung, the Korean company, might be crowned as the smartphone king, thanks to its shipments in Q3 2011. Apple and Nokia have revealed their numbers and now all fingers and estimates are pointing towards Samsung. As per the estimates, Samsung should beat Apple and Nokia, in smartphone shipments. Apple has released its earnings two days […] Read more
Apple has surpassed Nokia and Samsung to become the smartphone king. It was previously estimated that Samsung could be the new smartphone king. Samsung has missed out to Apple by a whisker. Apple has shipped 20.3 million units in Q2 2011 and Samsung has shipped 19.2 million units. Damn it! Sammy. What happened? Fell short […] Read more
Samsung ‘is’ the new smartphone king, if the analysts numbers are right. The right usage would be, Samsung might have surpassed Apple and Nokia and is inching towards the smartphone crown. As per Bloomberg, Samsung might have sold 18 million to 21 million, Nokia has sold 16.7 million and Apple have sold 20.3 million smartphones. […] Read more
Apple and Microsoft go long way back. Both of them define what we call as computing – computers, smartphones and everything in between. While Microsoft still holds a tight grip on the desktop OS market, Apple rules the mobile operating system. Though Microsoft and Apple share the same beginnings in the desktop PC market, it […] Read more
Nokia has entered into a patent license agreement with Apple. According to this both Nokia and Apple will withdraw all their complaints against each other. Apple will be paying Nokia royalties. Looks like this is the season for loyalties. HTC is already paying royalties to Microsoft for using Android, making Microsoft a big mobile winner. […] Read more
Reigning in the top slot for 14 years, Nokia is all set to lose its smartphone crown to Samsung and Apple. Next quarter (2011Q2), the rankings of top smartphone makers would read Samsung, Apple and Nokia followed by LG, RIM and HTC. These are predictions right now but they aren’t entirely baseless. First off, Nokia […] Read more
iCloud communications sued Apple for using iCloud for their cloud computing services saying that it is actually my cloud Mr. Jobs. And Apple says : “Been there, done that”. That’s how these lawsuits in the high tech world are. As for Apple, it is no stranger to these lawsuits. Type in icloud in Google search […] Read more
Apple has announced, what seems to be, its biggest mobile OS revision till date. It has some of the most anticipated features like integrated notification tray, Sync over WiFi, setting up iPhone without a PC and tight integration with Twitter. All or some of these are already available in other operating systems like Android, Windows […] Read more
The days of calling room service for every little thing might be over. At least for the patrons of this New York hotel, The Plaza. Every room is equipped with iPad in this hotel and the iPad runs the hotel’s custom app which has quite a few features. All the services which are typically availed […] Read more
Last time I checked, Nokia still leads the smartphone race followed by Samsung, Research in Motion (RIM), Apple and HTC(at some distance). That picture would remain so, for quite some time. Except that Apple and RIM could be jostled along by HTC. Samsung and Nokia should continue their lead to win the smartphone race. Smartphone […] Read more
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