Report: China Telecom Will Finally Get The iPhone 4S In February

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

Another piece in Apple’s worldwide expansion looks like it might at long last be coming into view: the leading CDMA operator in China, China Telecom, says that it will start to sell the iPhone 4S by the end of this month or early March… Tweet This Post

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Screen Grabs: Big Bang Theory’s Raj falls head over heels… for Siri (video)

Jan 31, 2012 No Comments

Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dot com. Finally! A TV show that we’ve actually seen (sorry, Gossip Girl)… Tweet This Post

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Apple Hong Kong revives reserve and pick up page, wants to stop iPhones going abroad

Jan 31, 2012 No Comments

In a bid to keep iPhones sold in Hong Kong on the island nation, Apple has reintroduced reserve and pick up pages for the smartphones. The difference this time around is the inclusion of the customer’s Hong Kong identity card number within the registration form, which goes live between 9am and 12pm each day… Tweet [...]

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Apple/Samsung Legal Skirmishes Have A New Player: The European Commission

Jan 31, 2012 No Comments

The ongoing, back-and-forth legal fight that is the Apple/Samsung patent dispute today took on a new dimension in one of its key battlegrounds, when the European Commission launched an antitrust inquiry into Samsung’s technology licensing practices… Tweet This Post

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Apple Picks Dixons Group CEO Browett As New Retail SVP

Jan 31, 2012 No Comments

Napoleon once described the UK as a “nation of shopkeepers”, so it is somewhat fitting that this is where Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has gone to find its next retail supremo. On Tuesday, the company announced it had hired John Browett as its new retail SVP, poaching him from his current role as CEO of the [...]

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Hey, Bromasters, Take Your Kenu Highline On The Slopes When You Shred

Jan 30, 2012 No Comments

So you want to take a photo of you and your buds on the slopes or at the bar or at A&F or whatever and you know, just know you’re going drop that shnitz on the floor. So what do you need? A freakin’ Kevlar cord, Mr… Tweet This Post

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Apple Could Sell 40 Million iPhones in China in 2013 [REPORT]

Jan 30, 2012 No Comments

Apple could move as many as 40 million iPhones in China in 2013, according to one analyst’s prediction. As first reported by AppleInsider, Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty issued a note to investors Sunday that touches on the “vast untapped potential” for the iPhone in China… Tweet This Post

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This New OLED Microdisplay Blows the Retina Display Away

Jan 30, 2012 No Comments

A new OLED microdisplay from MicroOLED boasts the world’s highest pixel density, stuffing an incredible 5.4 million gapless pixels into a 0.61-inch display. For comparison, at 326 pixels per inch (ppi), the iPhone 4′s Retina display sports 614,400 pixels… Tweet This Post

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Glooko raises $3.5M to sync diabetes glucose meters to iPhone app

Jan 30, 2012 No Comments

Glooko has raised $3.5 million in a new round of funding that will enable it to release new versions of its solution to help people with diabetes monitor their glucose intake more easily. The round was led by The Social+Capital Partnership along with existing investors… Tweet This Post

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Koss revamps PortaPro headphones with iPhone remote, intros ‘interlocking’ earbuds

Jan 30, 2012 No Comments

We’re baffled that we missed this gem of news during the bustle of CES, but it turns out that Koss has recently announced a new version of its iconic PortaPro headphones. The PortaPro KTC (Koss Touch Control), as it’s dubbed, is essentially the same piece of retro kit that’s been delighting ears and keeping wallets [...]

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T-Mobile keen to help iPhone users, plans to offer new procedures for unlocked phones

Jan 29, 2012 No Comments

The iPhone might not officially be on the magenta network, but T-Mobile isn’t about to turn its back on a million paying customers, either. According to a document obtained by TmoNews, the network plans to offer new “common procedures, information about feature and specifications and other basic device questions” to iPhone users starting Monday… Tweet [...]

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Switched On: You Tell Me It’s The Institution

Jan 29, 2012 No Comments

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Apple rose to dominate sales of digital music by more or less mirroring the way consumers acquired music in the physical world — that is, purchasing songs, but providing a greater degree of granularity… Tweet This Post

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