The latest news on the iPhone

Posted on March 18, 2012 by admin

As it happened, there was no iPhone 5 in 2011 after all, but the company did announce the iPhone 4S. Digitimes is reporting that Apple’s next generation iPhone is “very likely” to support 4G LTE as well. The report also says that the next iPhone will be launched in the second half of 2012.

However, the new iPhone 5 is still on the cards – we’re expecting it to debut in the middle of this year. So we’ve gathered together all the latest iPhone 5 rumours and rounded them up below.

The report further states that the launch of the next iPhone with 4G LTE connectivity features together with the release of other LTE-equipped devices will drive sales of smartphones this year between 45 million to 50 million units. This was earlier predicted to be around 25 to 30 million units only.

iPhone 5 release date, news and rumours
Updated: New iPhone 5 news, specs, features and more

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Getting ready for the next wave of iPhone excitement

As it happened, there was no iPhone 5 in 2011 after all, but the company did announce the iPhone 4S.

However, the new iPhone 5 is still on the cards – we’re expecting it to debut in the middle of this year. So we’ve gathered together all the latest iPhone 5 rumours and rounded them up below.

First though, why not read our complete iPhone 4S review?

It’s the phone that appeared when the whole world was looking forward to the iPhone 5 anyway, so make up your own mind whether to make the jump to Apple’s latest now or save those pennies for the 2012 iPhone 5 release.
iPhone 5 release date

Given the pattern of Apple’s iPhone launches, we’re expecting the next-gen iPhone 5 to debut in mid to late 2012. We reckon it’s most likely to be shown off at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Event (WWDC), which usually takes place in early June.

Rumours that we reported on 18 October claim an iPhone 5 release date of Summer 2012. Analyst Ashok Kumar claimed that the absent iPhone 5 was meant to be the big announcement at the recent event where the iPhone 4S was launched.

We also reported in February that the new iPhone would be launched in October, falling into line with the same release schedule from last year, and Macotakara ‘sources’ confirming the Cupertino brand would be honouring the same upgrade cycle from now on.

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Will have the iPhone 5 have 4G LTE Connectivity?

Posted on March 11, 2012 by admin

4G LTE connectivity

Rumors have been swirling about the iPhone 5 and whether or not it will have 4G LTE connectivity. If the answer is yes it will, Apple will have to go through the headaches of fitting in another modem to allow for 4G connectivity. This is something that Apple will probably eventually do but it is still up in the air whether or not the next generation iPhone will have it. Continue reading →

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China Telecom Finally Launches the iPhone 4S

Posted on March 10, 2012 by admin

China Telecom Finally Launches the iPhone 4S

MacRumors reports that China Telecom has finally launched the iPhone 4S in China, making it the second carrier to be approved by Apple to sell the phone in the country.

This is a huge deal for Apple, as China Telecom has 129 million mobile subscribers, and is also the largest carrier to have the iPhone on a CDMA network. According to M.I.C gadget, pre-orders for the China Telecom iPhone 4S have already exceeded expectations, coming in at over 200,000.

M.I.C gadget adds that China Telecom will most likely get the better of Apple’s first iPhone 4S carrier in China, China Unicom, due to the fact that it has better prices and service. MacRumors says that China Telecom is offering the 16GB iPhone 4S to its customers for free on plans starting at 389 yuan ($62) per month on a two-year contract, or 289 yuan ($46) per month on a three-year contract.

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iPhone tops smartphone sales in Japan for the first time

Posted on March 10, 2012 by admin

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During the winter quarter, Apple’s iPhone topped smartphone sales in Japan for the first time, with 26.6 percent market share.

According to a report by Mainichi Japan citing numbers published by IDC Japan, the launch of the iPhone 4S dramatically shifted sales numbers, sending first place Sharp into third place during the quarter with 15.7 percent share, and pushing the combined sales of Fujitsu-Toshiba into second place with 18.2 percent share.

Over the entire year, Sharp led sales with 20.1 percent share, followed by Fujitsu-Toshiba at 18.8 percent and Apple at 14.2 percent.

Fujitsu had been making mostly feature phones before announcing a joint venture with Toshiba in June 2010 to build smartphones based on Toshiba’s existing Windows Mobile models.

Last fall, Toshiba announced the intent to bail out of the partnership this year, just after the joint venture delivered the “IS12T” phone running Windows Phone 7, which launched alongside the iPhone 4S on the more popular KDDI network, but failed to have the same impact.

Apple’s blockbuster sales of iPhone 4S in Japan are particularly noteworthy because the company was still exclusively tied to Softbank, the third largest carrier in the country, throughout 2011. Also notable is that just three years ago, Brian X Chen created a story for Wired that portrayed Japan as “hating” the iPhone.

This year, Apple is reported to soon be expanding iPhone availability to KDDI, a CDMA carrier (like Verizon Wireless) in the process of deploying 4G LTE.

Sources: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/09/iphone_tops_smartphone_sales_in_japan_for_the_first_time/

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How To Improve Your iPhone’s Home Button Speed

Posted on March 1, 2012 by admin

Improve Your iPhone’s Home Button Speed

In some cases the iPhone home button get’s not responding it makes you press many time in order to respond, so we have found the solution on iDB who has discovered simple steps which will help you improve you home button iPhone

How to improve Your iDevice’s Home Button

  • Step 1: Open and launch one of the stock applications on your iphone like Weather, YouTube, whatever.
  • Step 2: Press and hold your power button until “slide to power off” appears.
  • Step 3: Press and hold your Home button until the “slide to power off” disappears and the application quits back to Springboard,
  • Step 4: Your iPhone’s Home button should now be more responsive, because it has been re calibrated.

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Apple Might Release the Next iPhone by September or October

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

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Now that Apple is “semi-confirmed” to announce the iPad 3 during its upcoming March 7 event, many of you are probably asking, how about the next iPhone or iPhone 5? Unfortunately, nothing much is being talked about the next iPhone right now. Except for one report by Japanese site Macotakara which reported that the next iPhone will be launched again in fall this year.

According to the site, Apple will follow the same cycle in releasing the iPhone which for the past versions were done during the fall season. For that expect an announcement sometime either in September or October. Unfortunately, no further details about the next iPhone were given out. We could only continue guessing on what the iPhone 5 is going to offer.

So, if you’re planning to get the next iPhone which is surely going to be the iPhone 5, what features are you looking forward to it? 4G LET-capability? bigger screen? faster processor? better camera? Feel free to share your thoughts by a leaving a comment. Let’s start building up the hype on the iPhone 5 as the hype over the next iPad is already heating up.

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How To Improve your iPhone’s Home Button Responsiveness

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

If you’ve used your iPhone for quite some time, you might have noticed that the Home button became less responsive after a while. iPad owners might jump in at this point and admit they have the same problem and until they will get the chance to upgrade to the next generation iPad, they need to take care of the unresponsive button now. Well, the teams at the iDownload blog came up with some little neat tricks to help us all recalibrate the home button of our iPhones and iPads and to make it as good as new, or nearly.

If the sluggish response of the home button isn’t a direct consequence of the iDevice being dropped somewhere, then the issue is software related and can be fixed the same way.

The first step is to open a stock app then the user needs to press and hold the power button. A familiar “slide to power off” message should appear and now it’s the time to release the power button and start focusing on the home button. Pressing the home button until the “slide to power off” message disappears and the app force quits should do the trick. Now the home button should respond more quickly. It’s all explained in this video.

Probably this trick is flying around over tips and tricks websites, but is easy, reliable and proven, so a quick reminder doesn’t hurt.

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An Apple patent shows Apple TV related projects and possibly iTV

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

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As reported by the web Patently Apple , this week the Patent and Trademark Office United States has registered a new Apple patent that could be directly related to the expected “iTV”.It seems that everything points to that the rumors will be confirmed later this year, at which point he finally be known as Apple TV. Continue reading →

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Record a professional album using only iPhones

Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin

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The  professional recording studios seem to be over. Today there are dozens of gadgets that can turn our iPhones and iPads into real professional tools for recording anything. And these were precisely the tools used by One Like Son, a rock band Alabama (USA) that after ten years without releasing anything to the market returns with an album recorded simply through the iPhone. Continue reading →

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Apple publishes its keynote yesterday and a video explaining iBooks 2

Posted on January 15, 2012 by admin

Apple publishes its keynote yesterday and a video explaining iBooks 2

After the presentation took place in New York yesterday, Apple has made ​​available all the Kenynote video showing all the details related to the new stakes of the company:iBooks 2 (with the integration of textbooks), Author iBook (tool so we can create our books iBooks) and iTunes U (application to connect universities around the world, teachers and students). Continue reading →

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