. As Loopinsight points out: Oopsie!
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Earlier this week we brought you an “iPhone 5 conversion kit” that essentially allowed you to purchase a back plate mod kit resembling the leaked images of the white and black next-generation iPhone backs. Apple of course doesn’t want you getting your hands on the new iPhone design just yet, and not surprisingly has issued
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Pre-iPhone launch is getting crowded: Motorola/Google, Microsoft and now Amazon are all opening for…
. When word that Apple was planning an iPhone launch in September this year hit, the other big guys in the space all seemed to get scurrying. Microsoft’s Windows 8/Nokia event was planned for September 5th in New York City and announced on August 15th. Google subsidiary Motorola planned an event for that same Day in New
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The general consensus for the past month has been that Apple will announce the next-generation iPhone along with the rumored iPad Mini at a media event in September side-by-side. Rene Ritchie at iMore, who was first to “reveal” the event dates, said: The iPad mini will be announced at the same September 12 event, as will the new
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USB cable specialist Veister claims to have its hands on a sync cable for the next generation iOS devices with smaller dock connectors. The company tweeted the above image (via iLounge) to a number of publications and case makers today. Apple is including a smaller dock port on the new iPhone, but is also rumored
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The Apple vs. Samsung trial that has taken place in a San Jose, California courtroom over the past few weeks is finally coming to an end, with both companies making their closing statements this afternoon. Apple was first-up, describing Samsung’s alleged act of “slavishly copying” the iPhone when it was introduced in 2007 in order
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TechCrunch talked to a Verizon rep who won’t be taking any days off in late September. Not really surprising since everyone except Apple (directly anyhow) has called for the release date of the new iPhone on September 21st. Any T-Mobile reps out there with any unexplained vacation balckout windows? THAT would be interesting. Related articles
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Too cheap to buy Apple’s $70 Bluetooth keyboard? It’s O.K., you cheap bastard, we have you covered. Right now, the “white Bluetooth wireless keyboard“, which connects to second-generation and third-generation iPad and iPhone 4S (or any Bluetooth device), is available on eBay for $16.99. The deal features free standard shipping with delivery on or before
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. We are joining with FreePress to get AT&T to rethink its FaceTime blockade on customers who would prefer not to pay extra for its Mobile Share Plans. As revealed on late Friday afternoon, AT&T will require users to sign up for its more expensive Mobile Share Plans to use one of iOS 6′s most coveted features.
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The next-generation iPhone is set to launch in just three weeks and trade-ins are peaking, so now is the perfect time to start exchanging those soon-to-be old models to earn some cash for Apple’s upcoming smartphone. 9to5Mac compiled a list of reliable places to help you trade in that ole’ dusty iPhone for cash or
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Mobilecom Debitel, a German carrier, just announced a new iPhone is coming. Like we needed any additional confirmation? Machine Translated: “In September, it’s finally time for a new generation of smartphone to go on sale. mobilcom-debitel allows you to find free e-mail about everything worth knowing about iPhone.” While just about everyone knows the announcement and launch dates, Apple
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The Moscow News reports that Apple plans to begin direct sales of its own products in Russia in 2013. Apparently, Apple’s own in-house stores will come to Russia in the future, but that time frame appears unclear. Apple executives reportedly looked for Apple retail real estate in Russia last year, but came up empty handed. IFOAppleStore
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I think it is safe to say that we’re seeing an unprecedented number of upcoming iPhone parts from the supply chain this time around and one of the few remaining parts not yet pictured not only started showing up over the weekend…it is on sale. For $199, you can pick up (update: out of stock)
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Just a month ago, we broke the news that AT&T looked like it was prepping to limit the use of FaceTime over cellular and today we find that limitation was indeed their intention. As with most Friday after work announcements, this is bad news for AT&T customers. We’ve just heard that Facetime over 3G and
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(Note: This is just the page from the catalog- no mention of shortages here) According to German publication iFun, Shell Germany awards members who choose to get an iPod nano with their awards points were greeted with a letter that there is an unforeseen delay in delivery of “old” iPod nanos and a new version
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Nexus 7 vs. iPad mini mockup made from Sizeall comparisons We received a number of tips over the last few weeks from sources that we have reason to believe hold knowledge about Apple’s plans on the upcoming iPad mini. A reoccurring theme of late is that the iPad mini will “look like a big iPod
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From 9to5Toys.com: Sprint has dropped the price of the iPhone 4S even further. The nation’s third-largest carrier now offers a free $100 American Express Reward Card along with the purchase of the 16GB iPhone 4S for $149.99 with two-year activation (including free activation and shipping). This makes for the best deal on the iPhone 4S
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As wait for the next-generation iPhone launch continues, Gartner is out with new numbers this morning that portrays the wait’s effect on worldwide smartphone sales. According to the research firm, global smartphone sales in Q2 fell 2.3 percent from the last quarter. Gartner attributes the wait for the ‘iPhone 5′ as a large reason for
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After 25 hours to make its case in the Apple vs. Samsung trial going down in San Jose, California, Apple wrapped up its allotted time this afternoon by calling CPA Terry Musika to the stand. The Verge reports that while on the stand Musika brokedown just how much money Apple lost due to Samsung’s patent infringement, the highlight of the
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Last Fall, Apple’s first store in the heart of Hong Kong’s IFC opened to the public. The store is massive, sporting a gigantic glass display that spans across six lanes of the street below and includes a massive staircase in the center of the store. Around the same time as the IFC launch, a second
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