Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Apple is the most valuable tech company in the World. Apple started as a computer company but today it has become one of the largest smartphone producing companies in the world. Other than iPhone, Apple is well known for its products such as iPods, iPad, iTunes, and Macs. The company's latest smartphone was iPhone 4, that is widely praised for its hardware as well as software. Apple's portable devices are powered by iOS mobile operating system. Read our Apple coverage for the latest iPhone news, reviews and videos:
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by Stephen Schenck | April 22, 2013 3:41 PMRead OnAmong the dozens of ideas offered forth in the hopes of predicting what we might expect from Apple's next iPhone has been the notion that Apple could throw caution to the wind and branch beyond simply black and white, out into a whole rainbow of color options. This theory has been a tough one to get a solid read on, since while a very limited set of options for the iPhone itself has long been Apple's modus operandi, the company shows little such restraint when it comes to other products – particularly its iPod lineup. So, will we see new iPhone 5S colors or not? The latest component leak ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 22, 2013 12:37 PMRead OnApple's next iPad has found itself the subject of a growing number of leaks over the past couple weeks, revealing both a possible front panel for the iPad 5, showing off a shrunken-down bezel, as well as a potential case design, confirming a narrower build. Today we've got a new leak to gawk at, and while it's a bit hard to appreciate all by its lonesome, it's still something new, appearing to show the new iPad's rear panel. Without a sense of scale or an older component in the shot to compare against, it's a little more difficult to appreciate this image than, say, the look at the old and ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | April 21, 2013 12:17 PMRead OnEight million units; most smartphone makers don't even sell this many phones but apparently, according to recent reports, Apple has returned exactly this number of iPhone 5 devices to the factory. Before you read too much into it, make sure to treat everything above and below with a fair dose of skepticism, because even the reports themselves are conflicting. The China Business Journal was quoting an unnamed source within Foxconn -- better known as Hon Hai in China -- claiming Apple has returned five million iPhones because of either damaged appearance or malfunctioning. Same source ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | April 20, 2013 2:16 AMRead OnSteve Wozniak, Apple's co-founder, often turned into an Apple critic lately. However, his last appearance and speech, at the Login technology conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, wasn't a critical one. He talked about several things, among which Apple's 16-month low stocks. "Stock price is a little low right now. Over time I’ve seen Apple go up or down 2x over a few months", he said. Regarding Apple's business model, as well as the company's future products, Wozniak said: "Apple’s business model tends to be new products, even products that didn’t exist before and doing well out of ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 18, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Verizon event at CTIA and what we should expect. We then talk about the Nokia quarter results, and some weird numbers for the US. Pantech is next, as their Vega Iron is now a reality, but to the underwhelming of many. Later we go through Twitter #music and tell you if it's worth your time. We end today's show talking about the plastic iPhone in leaks, and the probabilities that it's true. All this and more after the break. Stories: - What Could Be Verizon’s Big CTIA Announcement? - Nokia Lumia Sales Are Up, Except In North America Where ...
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by Taylor Martin | April 18, 2013 3:08 PMRead OnIt's always fun to discover new music, and one of the best ways to do that is through the people you know, either online or in real life. And since many of us spend a great deal of our online time on social media, various networks have become hotbeds for music discovery. Facebook, for example, teamed-up with Spotify to stream what you're listening to on Spotify to your Facebook News Feed in real time. Today, Twitter officially launched its social music discovery app, #music. (Yes, the name has a hashtag in it.) The service is only currently available on iOS and via desktop browser at ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2013 1:06 PMRead OnA couple days back, we learned of the release of Facebook 6.0 for iOS, bringing Apple users the new Chat Heads feature which debuted with Facebook Home for Android. The Android implementation was especially cool because the Heads would follow you from app to app, letting you continue conversations as you continued to use your phone, outside of any Facebook apps. On iOS, however, the Chat Heads are confined to the Facebook app itself. Not content to let this injustice stand, at least one iOS developer has been hacking away at the new Facebook app, determined to bring iOS users (or at least ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2013 10:53 AMRead OnRumors of Apple finally adding some variety to its iPhone lineup and introducing a more affordable alternative to its flagship model have been following the company for months. We've heard plenty of theories about just when such a model might be released, as well as speculation as to the steps Apple would take to minimize cost. A lot of that talk has focused on the idea of the heavy use of plastic for the handset's materials. Now we get the chance to see what Apple's design could actually look like, upon the release of a picture supposedly depicting this budget iPhone's rear casing. Even ...
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by Taylor Martin | April 17, 2013 7:00 AMRead OnApple has largely dominated the tablet space since the launch of the original iPad. But more competitive pricing, faster evolution, better specifications and improving software have turned Android tablets into true competitors. And Android OEMs are finally making a dent in Apple's major tablet market share lead. Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 is the latest Android tablet to hit the market, competing directly with the iPad mini. Spec-wise, the Note 8.0 has a clear advantage. It has a 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos chipset, 2GB RAM, 16GB or 32GB built-in storage with a microSD card slot, 5-megapixel ...
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by Adam Doud | April 17, 2013 7:00 AMRead OnI was having one of my rare introspective moments the other day when I suddenly realized something. This is something that has been building for quite some time. It has also been expressed by a number of technology folk I interact with. It’s an uncomfortable feeling, not exactly boredom, but it's definitely a feeling of discontent with the mobile industry. Everywhere you look in the mobile industry in 2013 there is nothing but compromise. Every phone has some sort of trade-off. You can have this, but not this. You can have that, but not that. Pretty much every phone out there has some ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 16, 2013 3:10 PMRead OnFacebook's Chat Heads have emerged as one of the most interesting aspects of Facebook Home, and when we saw them hit the recent Android update to Facebook Messenger, it became clear that these were going to be a much larger component of Facebook's chat experience than a mere component of Facebook Home. Today, Facebook 6.0 arrives for the iPhone an iPad, and along with a new look for its News Feed, the app brings those same Chat Heads to iOS – sort of. While the basic idea behind Chat Heads – little icons that let you jump from conversation to conversation with your friends – makes ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 16, 2013 11:30 AMRead OnWe've had a lot of reasons so far to think that Apple might be planning to seriously revamp the design of its iconic tablet for the release of the iPad 5, chopping away at the previously big bezel to end up with a face that more closely resembles the iPad mini than any earlier full-size iPads. Indeed, last week we got to check out a leaked image purporting to show just such an iPad 5 bezel. Today we get a little more support for this change, upon some images showing off a new case shape to accommodate the new design. Early third-party case designs for Apple products can be a little ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | April 16, 2013 3:27 AMRead OnGet your "R" folder ready as this will go straight into it! According to the latest rumors, the next iPhone, most probably dubbed iPhone 5S -- but that's still subject to speculation -- will pack an improved camera. As with the case of the iPhone 4S, S-phone releases are more of a spec bump. We're not sure to what extent the internals will be bumped -- again, the 4S bumped all the specs -- but today's rumor is talking about a 12-megapixel camera. As a reminder, the iPhone 4S also brought an improved camera over the iPhone 4. In addition to that, the rumor also talks about improved ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 15, 2013 11:54 AMRead OnEveryone's curious to see what changes Apple will be making for the iPhone 5S, so understandably, images of such components make for pretty hot rumors at the moment. Of course, they're only worth our time if they're legitimate, which has us thinking twice about the latest offering to surface, purporting to show the main circuit board for Apple's next iPhone. So, why be so suspicious? Well, this image comes from an unknown source, claiming to be an Apple employee, but that's apparently wholly unverified. Then, he provides the image to a website focused on Android phones, not iOS devices. ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 12, 2013 8:05 PMRead OnToday may have ushered-in the intriguing Facebook Home, as well as brought us the HTC First on AT&T, but for another carrier there was a different big reason to be excited, upon the arrival of a long-overdue guest; at T-Mobile, today marked the first time the carrier was able to offer the iPhone completely above board, with Apple's approval and full support for the T-Mobile cell network. Sure, T-Mobile is seriously late to the party here, but will its tardiness dampen the phone's sales outlook? Initial reports suggest that couldn't be farther from the truth. T-Mobile's CMO describes ...