Posts tagged with: iOS
  • by | May 8, 2013 5:18 AM

    Nokia Lumia 928 vs Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S III video comparison, courtesy of Nokia, that's what we have here. There's a lot of smoke recently concerning the Nokia Lumia 928, and there surely must be a fire too. We've seen a lot of leaks and heard a lot of rumors about the upcoming Lumia phone and, a couple of days after its landing page went live, Nokia has updated the info with official renders and a comparison video -- though we'll hold off on conclusions until we test the phone against other models in our own labs and environments. Above you can see the official images of the ...

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  • by | May 7, 2013 4:11 PM

    Smartphones today are capable of much more than they were just two or three years ago. It's no secret. Advancements in technology and software have made that possible. It's those very improvements and expanded capabilities that have forced us to reevaluate how we weigh our smartphone purchases. What was important to us in a phone two years ago may not be today. For example, excessive lag was a major problem in 2008 through 2011, particularly for Android smartphones. But Jelly Bean was the beginning of the end of intermittent lag and performance hiccups for Android flagships; although still ...

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  • by | May 4, 2013 4:21 AM

    Apple increases lead over Samsung in the U.S., according to the latest numbers from comScore, referring to the quarter ending March 2013. We've recently seen a visualization of Apple and Samsung growth over time but as far as these two main competitors are concerned, in America, the iPhone-maker is still holding its number-one spot. Apple grew from 36.3% last December to 39% at the end of March 2013, as far as the share of total smartphone subscribers is concerned. Samsung has also seen a growth, slight though, from 21% to 21.7%, meaning Apple has managed to distance itself compared to its ...

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  • by | May 3, 2013 7:53 PM

    Despite the sporadic sightings of components that may end up in future Apple phones, Apple's doing a pretty good job keeping us guessing at what to expect. Maybe we'll learn of a new iPhone, a low-cost iPhone, and a jumbo-sized iPhone over the summer. Maybe we won't hear about anything at all until next year. Will we see all three of those rumored models, or just one or two? Today, we've got the rumored budget iPhone in the cross-hairs, with a couple new theories landing about how the phone will be sold. First up, Digitimes and its supply chain friends have been talking about numbers. ...

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  • by | May 3, 2013 4:56 PM

    We all know that Samsung and Apple are two of the heaviest heavyweights when it comes to smartphones, and any time we're hearing about profits or market share, they're going to be leading the pack. Still, do we appreciate just how large they've gotten, and how quickly their sales have risen? It can be easy to get swept-up in the here and now of sales data, but taking a look back on how all the big smartphone companies have been performing over the past several years can offer us some new insight into the scale of Apple and Samsung's success. The chart above comes from revenue data from ...

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  • by | May 2, 2013 2:42 PM

    With WWDC ready to get underway in the near future, a lot of our iOS attention has been focused on the development of iOS 7 – what's changing, what's staying the same, and when will we finally be able to get our hands on it? Still, it looks like iOS 6 has some life in it yet, and today Apple keeps that ball rolling with the release of iOS 6.1.4. The 6.1.4 update is a mere 11.5MB in size, which should clue you in that this one is seriously minor. The only change we're aware of is an updated audio profile for speakerphone operation; what's more, this update is only applicable to the iPhone ...

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  • by | April 30, 2013 4:37 AM

    We've already compared the ASUS Fonepad to its almost twin, the no-earpiece Google Nexus 7, and today we're taking a close look at the same tablet, this time, against Apple's latest and greatest small-sized iPad. The iPad mini is a tablet many have thought would never see the light of day, not from Apple. Still, it's here for quite some time now and it brings the premium build to the sub-ten-inch form factor. Specs are modest though, from the low-resolution screen to the A5 chip from the iPad 2 days. It manages to offer decent performance and at all times fluid user experience. The Fonepad ...

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  • by | April 29, 2013 5:40 PM

    I need a beer, and I'm sure many of you need a drink as well. If this was five years ago, I'd be by my second pack of cigarettes, and it has to do with how furious I am right now. Let me explain why: For starters, I wish I could express in words how long it took me to love Android. My first device was a Google Nexus One, and man, even though I started off at the right foot, it rarely ever felt that way. What a gorgeous phone and what a great experience overall, as long as I didn't turn it on. Froyo and Gingerbread were just stale and cartoony no matter how much I tried to love the device. ...

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  • by | April 29, 2013 5:11 PM

    It's sounding likely that this year's WWDC could bring news, not of any number of new iPhone or iPad designs, but of iOS 7. With Jonathan Ive leading the charge for what's been called a new "flat design," this could really be quite the shake-up for the platform. As we wait for confirmation of the release, some new rumors and comments continue to paint the picture of some major changes for the platform. This talk of a "flat" look has centered on doing away with some of the cutesy skeuomorphisms that pervade the OS. But just how plain-looking could this refresh take things? Well, Windows ...

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  • by | April 29, 2013 1:14 PM

    Promotion can make or break a smartphone, so let's take a moment to checkout two recent entries from some of the industry's heavyweights: a new Lumia 920 ad from Microsoft, and a clip from the Galaxy S 4's Indian launch that makes even the over-the-top US event seem restrained in comparison. The Microsoft ad really pulls no punches, and in just a short span of time manages to fire off plenty of volleys at all the quirkiness of both Apple and Samsung designs, as well as some of the fervent behavior their supporters can display. We've got the Note being way too big, Samsung's fascination ...

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  • by | April 29, 2013 10:54 AM

    For over a month now, we've been seeing signs that Google Now was getting ready to spread beyond the realm of Jelly Bean Androids and make an appearance on iOS. After all, we saw what appeared to be a legitimate introduction video for just such an iOS edition. Following that, though, there was a period of confusion, with some comments from Eric Schmidt first making it sound like the app was done and just waiting on Apple's approval, only to have Apple deny that any such thing had occurred. Well, maybe Schmidt simply spoke too soon, as today the Google Search app for iOS has been updated to ...

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  • by | April 26, 2013 12:13 PM

    Swype is arguably one of the most popular keyboard alternatives, and while Android and Symbian users have been able to enjoy its speedy, accurate text entry, not everyone's been so lucky. Does Swype have its sights set on expanding its territory to other platforms? It turns out that there's a chance we could one day see Swype on iOS devices, at least according to VP Aaron Sheedy. Sheedy recently participated in a Q&A session on Reddit, where the topic of Apple licensing Swype technology was broached. Sheedy avoided saying too much, but was able to confirm that the Swype team has been ...

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  • by | April 26, 2013 7:27 AM

    I've been using Windows since the 3.1 days. Back then my desktop computer cost thousands of dollars. To convince my dad to make the purchase I had to promise that I'd somehow make it last through college -- I wasn't even out of Junior High School at the time. Before you laugh, that was back in the day when such a claim could actually be pulled off. Home computers were generally of the "desktop" variety back then -- they sat on your desk and your huge CRT monitor sat on top of them. A few years later my friend's dad showed me a "luggable" computer. It was essentially a desktop computer with ...

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  • by | April 25, 2013 3:30 PM

    As indicated by the amount of conversation surrounding Nokia's strains of PureView, HTC's UltraPixel, Apple's iSight and many other flagships with unbranded image sensors, cameras on smartphones are always a hot topic. It's a topic I personally devote a lot of time to in full reviews. And on today's podcast, Michael admitted that reviewing the camera is his favorite part of every device review. Often, the camera can stand between a device being a mundane, iterative piece of hardware and being off-the-charts awesome. But it's also difficult to weigh the camera against all of the other ...

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  • by | April 24, 2013 4:19 PM

    With a new iPhone, a new iPad, and the debut of the iPad mini, Apple pretty much refreshed its whole mobile iOS product lineup last fall. While that normally might have us thinking that we'd have another full year to wait before getting word of new products, Apple had already exhibited signs of wanting to speed up device cycles, dropping two brand new iPads just a matter of months apart. This year, rumors have similarly looked to the idea of Apple announcing new iOS devices sooner rather than later, but so far nothing like that's come to pass. With summer just around the corner, we've ...

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