Announced in January 2007, iPhone was the first Apple phone ever. It was also the first smartphone to feature a 3.5-inch QVGA (320 x 240) multitouch screen. It is powered by Apple's iPhone OS and features a 400MHz Samsung ARM processor, 128MB of RAM, and 4/8/16GB of internal memory. the Apple iPhone has a two-megapixel camera. Other features of iPhone include Wi-fi, Bluetooth 2.0, accelerometer and more. Read our coverage for the latest Apple iPhone news, reviews, and videos:
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2012 3:28 AMMagistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero was appointed to oversee settlement talks between Apple and Samsung -- ordered by Judge Lucy Koh from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California -- over the course of two days on Monday and Tuesday, May 21 and 22. This might come as no surprise to you but the two giants have not reached an agreement, according to reports. Samsung's CEO Choi Gee-sung and Head of the firm’s Mobile Division, Shin Jong-kyun, were present at the meeting on behalf of the South Korean manufacturer and Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, represented the Cupertino-co...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 23, 2012 8:00 AMiOS is not perfect. Those who blindly defend it are either new to the smartphone market or simply want to troll their way around reality. After we've talked about the things that frustrate some of us about Windows Phone and Android, it's time to talk about Cupertino's favorite baby. I come from a time when Multi-tasking wasn't considered a feature, since it didn't even make sense to release an OS that didn't offer a way to work around apps. I'm not sure how Apple was able to sell so many iPhones and iPads when they couldn't do this, but I stayed away from them until they figured that out. I...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 22, 2012 8:29 AMIf you follow the Apple and "next iPhone" related news you probably already know that the vast majority of rumors circulating on the interwebs is related to the display on the iPhone 4S follow-up. From "larger-than-four-inch" to "four inch" we've heard them all, even that the late Steve Jobs was actually working on the next Apple smartphone himself. According to the most recent reports, Apple is testing at least two prototypes codenamed iPhone 5,1 and iPhone 5,2 (though the numbering might refer to color variants -- black and white -- as well as storage options). However, the interesting bi...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 22, 2012 4:36 AMLast week we told you that the lucky folks in Canada are able to download Facebook Pages Manager for iPhone from the iTunes App Store. Now it's time for some U.S. software market love and if you own a Facebook page, or you are an administrator, this app should definitely be on your must-have list! With the Facebook app's main concept in mind, Facebook Pages Manager allows you to manage (even) multiple pages as once. You can also post new updates and photos as your Page, get notified about new activity on your Page when it happens, respond, post and comment as your Page while you’re on-the-g...
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by Daniel Webster | May 18, 2012 7:47 PMWhat makes a smartphone “smart”? The apps of course! Every week we will feature some of the best newest or updated apps for the three big names in the mobile industry; iPhone, Windows Phone, and Android. We have sifted through hundred of apps and have deemed these 12 the most noteworthy for you, the smartphone enthusiast. To download any of these apps to your respective platform just click on the name of the app to launch the AppStore, Windows Marketplace, or Google Play. iPhone Tracks – A free app Tracks is a great app for anyone that wants to share their photos with you they...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 18, 2012 4:28 AMYou might want to treat this with a small dose of skepticism, at least until we hear official wording from Sprint itself, but according to the leaked document pictured above, Sprint will start offering iPhone trade-in credit given you grab the latest iPhone 4S. The program should kick off today and run through June 30; it should address both new and existing customers, given you sign a two-year contract and add a new line. At least $100 is what you'll get in credit for any iPhone, the exact amount probably depending on the model, condition and specs (as in internal storage). If you fancy an...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 18, 2012 2:21 AMRumors about the next iPhone are piling up, building the buzz, just like they did before the iPhone 4S launch event and more recently before the London Samsung Galaxy S III unveiling. The most controversial topic though seems to be the screen size of the next Apple smartphone, with The Wall Street Journal and Reuters already weighing in on possibilities of a four-inch display diagonal. According to Bloomberg, who seems to confirm previous reports with their own -- citing "three people with knowledge of the plans" -- the late Steve Jobs "had worked closely on the redesigned phone before his ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 17, 2012 3:24 AMIf you are a Facebook user who happens to also be an administrator of a Facebook page you really have very limited options in managing your page using the dedicated Facebook application on your iPhone. Luckily a Facebook Pages Manager for iPhone is coming soon -- the Canadian App Store already has it -- to answer all your admin needs. As far as the application's aspect is concerned it looks pretty much like your ordinary Facebook App. You have the left drawer which now exposes all your Facebook Pages -- yes, you can manage multiple pages from the same app -- as well as Insights, which is a ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 16, 2012 8:09 AMAs we get closer and closer to the time of the year when Apple is expected to unveil the successor of the iPhone 4S, rumors, leaks and reports are piling up. We've already heard some hear-say about larger screens but so far it is unknown whether it is just a general wishful thinking of something the Cupertino company really considers. Recently we heard of a 4.6-inch screen report on the next Apple smartphone and now the Wall Street Journal is chiming in. Of course, the information below is based on "people familiar with the situation" so treat it with your usual dose of salt. Said people cl...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 15, 2012 8:00 AMAs a geek, it's sometimes hard for me or many of us to leave the tech bubble that we're surrounded with in order to understand why the average consumer sees things differently. Our own passion for gadgets pushes us to swap phones constantly, where as the average user signs a contract for one phone they won't be able to change for the next two years. With such a huge commitment, it's still an illogical mystery to many how Apple was able to push their iPhone from complete in-existence to being the top selling smartphone in the world. I say illogical because it was significantly more expensive th...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 15, 2012 2:31 AMIf you recently fired up the Facebook application on your iPhone or Android-powered device you probably noticed that there are some welcome changes. The overall design has been tweaked for better display and readability and the new changes affect both the ways posts are displayed as well as images. First of all photos being displayed are up to three times larger, depending on their original size. Couple that together with the fact that posts will now entirely fill your screen, from edge to edge, when viewing and you've got a rather fresh look. In addition, browsing Facebook with the dedicat...
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by Legacy | February 5, 2012 5:51 PMSince the days of gray scale LCD screens on PDAs, the stylus has been the invaluable tool which allowed you to precisely navigate the small screen. With killer applications like the venerable PhatWare Calligrapher, which converts hand writing to text, you can use the stylus to mimic the analog world of pen and paper. Along, with integration of cell phone technology, the hope of a converged hand held device for your mobile life was starting to become a reality. As cellular data and push email where implemented, the world was starting to be at one's stylus tip. Microsoft along with Palm were vis...
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by Stephen Schenck | December 21, 2011 12:55 AMIt's a fact of life: sooner or later, the manufacturer of your smartphone is going to stop supporting it. You can usually look forward to at least a year of software updates, but at some point, the hardware is either no longer able to keep up with the demands of today's operating systems, or the manufacturer moves on to focusing its attention to its more recent models. In Android-land, hitting that point can mean turning to the community to find custom ROMs that continue to breathe some new life into your handset. For iPhone users, though, once Apple decides to no longer provide updates for a ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 6, 2011 3:31 PMWell, it seems the iPhone 3G hardware is not only inadequate to handle multitasking, background imagery and some other goodies offered in iOS 4, but certain users who took the plunge feel it simply can't handle it,.. period. Issues have gone as bad as users not able to even use the software keyboard without significant lags. So hey, if you're having the same problem, our opinion is it becomes worthless to upgrade if you end up with a slow phone at the expense of not getting the most important reason for the OS to exist (multitasking). Over at Lifehacker they've figured out how to help you ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 6, 2011 3:28 PM
You know,.. I'll have to call the iOS 4 deployment the lamest job any smartphone company has ever released in the face of the earth. Windows Mobile and Android OEM's simply either offer an OS upgrade or they don't,.. but they never offer something in which they won't be able to deliver fully. Such is the case with iOS 4, leaving tons of iPhone 3G owners stuck with sluggish devices at the expense of just a couple of lame upgrades that simply made the whole chore of updating a mess. You thought the problem ended there?.. Wrong.. Apple's new Game Center page just went live and to our surpr...
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