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Mon, 13 May 2013

iPhone 6 rumour rollup: Being built in Apple factories, release date this summer

John Cox

An unstable hot air mass troubled the iOSphere this week, the sky blackened by contradictory rumors, sometimes in the same blog post.

Mon, 13 May 2013

Amazon launches iOS photo app for Cloud Drive

Marco Tabini

Got photos? Online retail giant Amazon has released a new app that lets iPhone users save their pictures directly on the company's own cloud storage space.

Fri, 10 May 2013

UK smartphone owners have average of 29 apps each, pay for just 1 in 10 - survey

Ashleigh Allsopp

Smartphone owners in the UK have an average of 29 apps each, with just one in ten of those being a paid-for app, according to a survey of 1700 people by uSwitch.com On average, the total spend on apps per user is just £8.94, and only one in seven of those surveyed has spend more than £20 on apps.

Fri, 10 May 2013

Apple brings 3D Flyover to Maps in France, including Disneyland Paris

Ashleigh Allsopp

Apple has been expanding its 3D Flyover coverage in its Maps service, this week bringing the feature to areas of France, including Disneyland Paris.

Fri, 10 May 2013

Apple may kick Google out in iOS 7, Google bites back with 'change default to Chrome' advice

Karen Haslam

Apple may kick Google out of iOS 7, but Google is showing developers how to change default to Chrome from Safari

Fri, 10 May 2013

T-Mobile sells 500,000 iPhone 5 units in three weeks

Marco Tabini

It seems that the introduction of the iPhone to its roster of supported devices has been very good for T-Mobile.

Fri, 10 May 2013

A cheaper iPhone doesn't necessarily mean a 'cheap' iPhone

Marco Tabini

For a product that has been around a scant six years - an eternity in the field of consumer electronics - the iPhone has had a remarkable run. It has changed the way we think about computing, conquered the mobile market, and transformed Apple from a relative underdog in the PC industry into one of the planet's most profitable and influential enterprises.

Thu, 09 May 2013

Analyst returns from China, says new iPhone in Sept, China Mobile deal soon

Karen Haslam

Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty claims that carriers and suppliers in China are happy with Apple. Her note to clients has also lead to speculation that Apple may be close to doing a deal with China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier.

Thu, 09 May 2013

Another Apple partner ramps up staff, fuelling rumours of budget iPhone

Karen Haslam

Reports are suggesting that Pegatron, who are a manufacturing partner of Apple, has announced plans to in increase the number of workers at its plant in China by up to 40% in the second half of this year

Thu, 09 May 2013

Rise in iPads running iOS 7 seen in web logs, preview at WWDC likely

Karen Haslam

There has been a recent spike in traffic from devices that appear to be using iOS 7.

Thu, 09 May 2013

iPad 5 rumour rollup: iPad mini with Retina Display, plus iPad stylus, just because

John Cox

The iOSphere seems to have lowered itself from mere rumor to mere guesses for iPad 5 and the iPad mini 2, though with just as much assurance.

Thu, 09 May 2013

UK government to relax planning rules to ease 4G rollout

Sophie Curtis

The UK government has published new plans for boosting the roll-out of 4G mobile broadband by helping to accelerate the process for operators to install new equipment.

Wed, 08 May 2013

Retina iPad mini to launch this autumn, third gen with new processor coming in 2014

Karen Haslam

The new iPad mini will launch in the second half of the year and it will have a Retina display but the same processor, according to an analyst

Wed, 08 May 2013

Sharp to start work on next iPhone screen in June, iPhone 6/iPhone 5S shipping in August

Karen Haslam

Apple is said to have given Sharp the contract to produce the liquid crystal panel for the next iPhone, and a new report in Japanese newspaper Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun suggests that work is to commence in June.

Wed, 08 May 2013

Nokia takes on Apple and Samsung with clip of Lumia 928's low-light video capabilities

Mikael Ricknäs

Nokia has posted a video comparing the camera on the Lumia 928 with the Galaxy S III and the iPhone 5, as it gets ready to launch the phone.

Wed, 08 May 2013

The Macalope: Applefail is a one-way street

The Macalope

It is, of course, a given that the iPhone is falling behind, right? Sure, it is. (Just play along.) The only question left to answer, therefore, is why is it falling behind? And who would we turn to to answer that question than Mike Elgan?

Tue, 07 May 2013

Will Apple replace my iPhone?

Karen Haslam

Has your iPhone stopped working? Did you smash the screen? Drop it in the toilet? Wondering if Apple will replace it?

Tue, 07 May 2013

Apple and Samsung in child exploitation and environmental pollution scandal

Karen Haslam

Samsung has admitted to using tin from mines in Indonesia and says it is committed to addressing the problem. Apple is yet to release a statement on the matter.

Tue, 07 May 2013

Potential iPhone carriers can't meet Apple's demands, subsidise phone sufficiently

Karen Haslam

It's not the potential customers in emerging markets that need a low-cost iPhone so much as the carriers who are refusing to sell the iPhone as they cannot meet Apple's demands and cannot subsidize it sufficiently to be able to sell it in those markets

Tue, 07 May 2013

Bunch of new products will lift Apple from doldrums, analyst

Karen Haslam

Apple analyst has revealed that he believes that Apple’s fortunes may be about to change for the better thanks to the raft of new products it intends to launch over the next few months.

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