Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

Netflix announced that it is now offering TV episodes as well as movies via its video streaming service on iPhones and iPod Touch devices. Depending on your data plan, Netflix on the iPhone could be rather expensive.

Apple has a tough time avoiding controversies these days and the next one is already here: A new patent that is generally believed to describe a “spyphone” has surfaced. This time, Apple is not guilty and in fact does not claim access to iPhones and right to remotely activate a killswitch. The user is in control what information will be gathered in the case of theft and where it will be sent to. So can we please calm down now again?

A couple weeks ago, we wrote about Seagate’s upcoming technology to increase the storage capacity of hard drives over the next 10 to 15 years. Flash will not be able to catch up with hard drives, according to Seagate, but it isn’t standing still either. Micron and Intel are now sampling a technology that could bring 512 MB SSDs into the mass market and 1 TB SSD for those who are looking for maximum capacity in SSDs. As Intel is supplying flash memory to Apple, we could be seeing a capacity bump for Apple products by January.

Given the fact that RIM needs the Blackberry Torch to turn into a major success, it may be surprising to hear that the device is not quite as advanced as RIM claims. A teardown conducted by iSuppli reveals, however, that the Torch uses the technology foundation of its predecessors.

This week, Dell launched the Streak and it, along with the new Blackberry Torch, faces a daunting task of standing out in a market that is defined by the iPhone. Unfortunately, one of the problems I think the current market has is that the iPhone represents the bar with regard to what manufacturers think people want in a phone. However, Apple doesn’t build products that people already want.

It is not a huge secret that dating has a superficial component today and that you can negatively or positively impact your chances of scoring dates and, yes, the number of sex partners, by making rather material choices that alter the way to appear on the surface. Absolutely, sometimes perception is everythin

If the lukewarm feedback to the new Blackberry Torch was not enough for RIM, the new Motorola Droid 2 should be sending a message to Blackberry maker: The best Blackberry to date isn’t good enough anymore. The Droid 2 will launch on August 12 and will be among the best alternatives to an iPhone.

Apple is somewhat struggling to stay out of embarrassments these days. Now it is an Apple patent filing that blatantly copies an an iPhone applications that has been available for more about two years. What is going on in Cupertino?

Analysis – On August 12, consumers will have another smartphone choice. Research in Motion (RIM) touts the new Torch slider phone as one of its most critical product releases in its corporate history. The Torch has the massive task to rebuild RIM’s image, fend off the iPhone and the Android Armada. It does not take much to see that it is an old phone right from the start. Placed next to a sparkling iPhone, who will choose the Torch?

Google now believes that more than 200,000 Android phones are sold every day, up from the 160,000 the company estimated back in July and up from 100,000 in June. While Google isn’t making much money with Android itself, it cashes in with increased search traffic and advertising sales.

Research in Motion (RIM) today launched a new smartphone, a device that is one of the most significant launches in the company’s history, according to RIM. The Torch carries the hopes of the entire company to give consumers a choice next to the iPhone and a wave of Android phones. It will be available on August 12 and ask you to shell out $200 for it. Will it succeed?

Google’s Android is growing at an astonishing pace, according to new market estimates released by market research firm Canalys. Android growth jumped by 886% in the second quarter of this year, outgrew the industry and the iPhone by a factor of 14 and has become the most popular smartphone platform in the U.S.