Shun Windows Mobile, annoy Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer doesn't use one but apparently as many as 10,000 Microsoft employees do. Embarrassingly, the device in question is Apple's iPhone.
High prices and a lack of attractive smartphone content are hurting sales, analysts say
China now has the iPhone and more big-name smartphones are due in the country, but few buyers overall are choosing smartphones despite promotion by China's mobile carriers.
Rumors are swirling that the next major iPhone OS release will include multitasking, but does the iPhone really need it?
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the launch of the iPhone 3GS, rumors are beginning to circulate about what we can expect from an iPhone 4G. One of the most-wanted, and most-speculated features for the next-generation iPhone OS is the ability to truly multitask between apps.
Holding your iPhone (or Droid, iPod, Zune, or any other movie-viewing device) for two hours is no fun
So you're on the airplane, ready to watch Zombieland on your iPhone, when suddenly you realize you have no stand, no way to prop it up at a comfortable viewing angle.
With nearly five months until Apple is expected to release an update to the iPhone, rumors are beginning to pop up like weeds
Apple's iPhone will finally support multitasking for third-party apps as part of its iPhone OS 4.0 release, according to one of many rumors surfacing as interest in what's next for the iPhone mounts.
iPad won't tether with iPhone, according to e-mail attributed to Steve Jobs. Disappointing? Yes. Surprising? Not at all.
We're down to the final weeks before the debut of Apple's famed iPad. Even with the sale date set, though, plenty of pressing questions remain about the highly hyped device.
A review of some of the hidden iPhone features is in order
Last week, a new iPhone app called Tiger Text hit the App Store. The app lets users send text messages to a server that could be read by the recipient via an app reader. The text message would then be wiped from the face of the earth (i.e. both the texter and recipient's iPhones, and the server) after a pre-determined amount of time.
Apple claims HTC infringes on 20 of its patents
Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit Tuesday against HTC, claiming that the Taiwanese company is infringing 20 Apple patents.
The company's AnyConnect software will work with most mobile platforms
Cisco Systems will soon release a VPN client for smartphones and PCs aimed at enterprise administrators who want to provide secure access to their networks and ward off malicious software.
Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 firmware unlocked many capabilities, but users seek more from their iPhones through jailbroken apps
In a few short years, Apple has established the iPhone as the mobile platform to beat. Each successive firmware update opens new, and often unmatched, features for users and developers to explore. Many of these features, however, find their roots outside Apple's walled-garden approach to the iPhone, as the jailbreak community proves time and again to be an innovative environment for off-limits apps that demonstrate new ways to push the iPhone platform forward.
Underage teens were working for Apple-contracted facilities in 2009, a new report reveals
That iPhone you adore may have been built by a child.
The ban on "overtly sexual" iPhone apps applies only to indie developers -- not established corporations.
Apple's ban on sexy apps -- more than 5000 apps were removed from the app store over the weekend because they contained "overtly sexual content" -- has been making headlines, mostly because of the selectivity of the removal.
The iPhone OS has overtaken Windows Mobile, moving into third place behind Symbian and BlackBerry, says a Gartner study
Android and Apple's iPhone OS were the fastest-growing smartphone platforms in 2009, with sales of the iPhone OS overtaking those of Windows Mobile, research company Gartner said Tuesday. Symbian and Research In Motion's BlackBerry still lead the market, it said.
Resellers see education and apps developers as big winners from the upcoming device
Apple resellers and dealers are being kept in the dark about the upcoming iPad, and many fear they won’t be able to sell the unit direct.
Apple offers its own FairPlay DRM technology to publishers to copy protect e-books
Apple Inc. will not use Adobe Systems Inc.'s e-book digital rights management (DRM) technology, an Adobe executive said on Wednesday.
