Archive for the 'apple' Category

Possibly Two New Iphones this Fall

Posted by bbwa on June 27th, 2011

Sort of an interesting story from CNN Money, suggesting that there will in fact be two new Iphones hitting the market this fall. The big news will be the Iphone5, which is much anticipated, especially following the release of the iOS5 recently. However, the biggest news may be the IPhone4S, which would be a speeded [...]

Apple Wins Patent On Mobile Phone Touchscreens

Posted by bbwa on June 24th, 2011

This is a pretty incredible story, one that makes even the biggest supporters of the patent process wonder what is going on. Capacitive touch screen technology is not new by any means, these sorts of screens have been around for years. However, Apple has managed to get a patent issued this week (applied for in [...]

White Iphone4 Coming Soon

Posted by bbwa on April 18th, 2011

There has been many rumors about White Iphones, including that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has a white Iphone seen in public recently. Well, it looks like it is finally going to happen, this story says that there will be white Apple Iphone 4s for sale in Italy soon. That’s right, Apple Iphone4 in white for [...]

Next Gen IPhone to be Universal?

Posted by bbwa on February 8th, 2011

A very interesting article on CNN today (of all places) suggests that Apple is working towards a universal Iphone in the future, one that will be able to work on all networks. When Apple moved to put the Iphone on Verizon,they had to make changes to allow for it to connect and operate on their [...]

Steve Jobs Takes Another Medical Leave

Posted by bbwa on January 18th, 2011

For the second time in a couple of years, Steve Jobs has stepped down from his position as the leader of Apple, taking a medical leave. The last time, they said it was for some sort of imbalance, and turned out to be for a liver transplant. The last time had a sort of definite [...]

Apple IPad 2 Rumors Roundup

Posted by bbwa on January 15th, 2011

Interesting round up of rumors, thoughts, and ideas regarding the upcoming Ipad2 from Fast Company here. There is plenty of speculation at this point, some include suggestions that ipad2 is thinner, and some more interesting speculation here.. At this point, this is no on sale date (or even confirmation of the device), but most seem [...]

Nokia N8 Has Confirmed Powerup Problems

Posted by bbwa on November 21st, 2010

Nokia has confirmed that they are having some problems with the N8 smart phone, at least for a “limited number of Nokia N8 customers”. While reports like this say it is a power problem, it appears to be an issue that the phone will not boot after recharging. While tech details are scant, it appears [...]

Is New Macbook Another Pain For Microsoft?

Posted by bbwa on October 21st, 2010

The newly introduced MacBooks are continuing the assault on all things Microsoft. Apple has brought to market the new laptops that are super light, with fewer moving parts and instant on capability (actually instant resume, but with incredible 2 week sleep time, it is effectively the same thing). Apple also announced the Lion OS, which [...]

Apple Brings IPhone4 To China Faster

Posted by bbwa on September 27th, 2010

When Apple released the Iphone originally, they were careful to roll it out slowly into each market. As a result, there was plenty of grey market imported phones all over the world, as people who really wanted the phone and were not willing to wait would go out of market to get the phone. One [...]

GPS Most Common Smart Phone Use for Travellers

Posted by bbwa on August 30th, 2010

An interesting article in USA Today gives us some interesting stats about smart phones and stats. First off, 30% of all phones in the use in the US now are internet connected “smart phones” . 19% of users have downloaded some sort of travel related App. Most importantly, 47% of travelers have used their phone [...]