Posts Tagged ‘iphone’

Report: Professionals Choose iPhone, iPad Over Competition

The Loop is pointing to a report by Intermedia, a company who manages hosted Microsoft Exchange accounts, which finds that 61% of their customers activating a smartphone equipped with ActiveSync, are using an iPhone. Android-powered devices make up 17%, and Windows, Palm, and Symbian make up the remaining 22%. For April alone, Android saw 33% activation, but iPhone still took 64%. Now, as for tablet devices, nearly all of them were iPads- 99.8% in fact.

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On May 22nd Apple To Hold Extended Retail Meetings

MacStories is reporting that Apple is planning to have a retail store employee meetings at 7AM on Sunday, May 22nd, which according to the report, is an odd time. BGR follows up with more details, such as an overnight shift will be present of around 10-15 people, which will be a mix of different Apple employee specialties, working from late Saturday night into Sunday. Employee cell phones will be locked in the main office, and they will be under NDA. Apple stores have received hardware to install, and will be required to put up black curtains so that the public cannot see into the stores during installation. This still sounds like a 10th anniversary-type setup. What else could it be? The next iPhone is expected this fall.

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My Long-Term iPad 2 Review (or Your Friendly iPad 2 FAQ)

Here is a long-term iPad 2 review that reflects on this past month of intense usage. I’ve written it a little differently than my other reviews and have formatted it as more of an FAQ, as if I were answering some of the questions I had before the iPad came along. Can I use the iPad 2 naked? It’s none of my business how much clothing you choose to wear while using an iPad, but if we’re talking about just the device, then I’d definitely suggest finding a cover or case. Part of this has to do with the bare aluminum backing that is basically begging to show off scratches, but the main reason is that the iPad is such a dynamic device, and holding it as *just* a slate tablet is almost a crime, and it can be used for so much more when you prop it up at different angles ( more on this later). I’m currently using the Apple-designed Smart Cover to protect the front and a Gelaskin to shield the back. The Smart Cover is used frequently to prop the iPad up in landscape for viewing and typing, but it also serves as a great handle to keep the iPad upright in portrait mode while I read in Instapaper or iBooks.

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Next-generation iPhone reportedly will not feature NFC payments

According to a Bernstein analysis that was quoted on Business Insider this morning, the next-generation iPhone (allegedly to be called the iPhone 4S) will not feature NFC. As the BI post points out, the lack of NFC won't be that much of ...

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Chloe Spencer: Put Down Your iPhone — Urgent Message

Notice your kid shutting you out with earphones on the way to school or ignoring you while texting constantly? Don't worry, tons of families all over the world, especially in the U.S, are experiencing these behaviors too.

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Verizon Gained Market Share with iPhone, as Other Carriers Lost

Fortune is reporting that Verizon, who was already the number one carrier in the U.S., gained some 3.4 million subscribers last quarter, largely thanks to the introduction of the iPhone 4 on that carrier earlier this year. The report points to Piper Jaffray’s Christopher Larson , claims that 38% of new cellular subscription went to Verizon, keeping them 11 points ahead of AT&T. But, things could have reportedly been worse for AT&T, seeing as they only lost the same number of subscribers as T-Mobile, and Sprint. The difference being that AT&T is larger, and they can afford to lose more customers.

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BrandZ Names Apple World’s Most Valuable Brand

Marketing firm WPP, in their annual BrandZ study, has found that Apple is the world’s most valuable brand for the first time, by a wide margin. Apple’s brand is now estimated to be worth upwards of $153 billion, which is up 84% from last year. Google, the runner-up, and the company that had been at the top of the list for the past several years, has a value of $111 billion. The value of a brand isn’t just arbitrarily pulled out of the air. They look at financial and market data, plus the input from over two million surveyed consumers from around the planet. All of this is added together to form a coherent picture of how much a company is worth. Personally, the most amazing number in the entire report is that Apple’s brand value has risen a massive 859% in the past five years.

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What the iPhone did for Verizon – Apple 2.0 – Fortune Tech

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White iPhone 4 source of scuffle in China | Ubergizmo

Just how far are you willing to go to make sure you can pocket a white iPhone 4? While some

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Bud Tribble to Represent Apple at Mobile Privacy Senate Hearing

All Things Digital is reporting that the U.S. Senate has posted a notice for a hearing with the Judiciary Committee, which will meet to discuss mobile privacy. This meeting will take place at 10AM EDT May 10th, at, where else, Washington DC. Apple’s Bud Tribble (manager of the original Macintosh development team, who left with Jobs to found NeXT, and later return at Apple in 2002) will be present to testify at the session called “Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy”. The meeting will start with members from the FTC (Federal Trade Comission) and the Department of Justice. The second panel will consist of Tribble, and Alan Davidson (Google’s public policy director), and others from lobbying and other interest groups.

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