ABI Research recently published the results of their survey of the smartphone market in Q1 2012, and found that Samsung and Apple together claim a little more than half the market share and 90% of the profits. Global smartphone shipments grew a healthy 41% since last year, though Sony and Samsung were the only ones [...]
Archive for June 18th, 2012
Apple and Samsung collectively enjoy 90% of smartphone market profits, 55% market share
Posted by ryan on June 18th, 2012
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod 
Tags: Analyst Michael Morgan, Obviously Nokia, RIM, Windows Phone 
Comments OffTapbots’ Paul Haddad talks WWDC and Tweetbot
Posted by ryan on June 18th, 2012
Tapbots co-creator and developer Paul Haddad was kind enough to sit down at WWDC 2012 to talk about the keynote, and about their hugely popular Twitter client, Tweetbot. We lost the dedicated audio recording, unfortunately, so all we have is the crappy camera recording. Apologies about that (we had several mic failures during the event [...]
The evolution of the iPhone baseband and carrier unlock
Posted by ryan on June 18th, 2012
Jailbreak developer MuscleNerd recently spoke at HITB2012 on the challenges of cracking the iPhone baseband and the evolution of unlocking methods. If you jailbreak and unlock your iPhone, you’ll find this interesting. Just like any other piece of hardware or software, the iPhone baseband and the software Apple uses to make it function has changed [...]
iOS 6 and why we got Passbook instead of Files.app
Posted by ryan on June 18th, 2012
At WWDC 2012, Apple Senior Vice President of iOS, Scott Forstall, did NOT announce the following: Next up is a brand new app we’re calling Files Now Files is: The simplest way to get all of your documents in one place There are a lot of really great apps in the app store that let [...]
Mozilla working on mini-Firefox browser for iPad called Junior
Posted by ryan on June 18th, 2012
Mozilla recently showed off a new browser they’re working on for the iPad called Junior. Since the embedded browsing engine on iOS in locked-down to WebKit (UIWebView) by Apple, most of Mozilla’s work is on the design front, namely by eliminating tabs and an address bar from the primary browsing experience, and instead tucking them [...]
Qmadix Vibe Flex-Gel Cover for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 only $12.95! [Daily deal]
Posted by ryan on June 18th, 2012
For today only the iMore iPhone Accessory Store has the Qmadix Vibe Flex-Gel Cover for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 on sale for only $12.95! That’s a whopping 48% off! Get it before it’s gone! Shop Qmadix Vibe Flex-Gel Cover for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 now! The Qmadix Vibe Flex-Gel Cover accentuates your style [...]
Monday Brief: WWDC Coverage, BB10 images, and more!
Posted by ryan on June 18th, 2012
Mobile Nations Podcast Feed Mobile Nations on iTunes Mobile Nations YouTube HTC Desire C: First look at the budget smartphone HTC Media Link HD Review First look at a Motorola QWERTY slider on Sprint! Going hands-on with BlackBerry 10… My initial thoughts and lots of sexy photos An inside look at BlackBerry 10 Jam London [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Monday Brief, Sprint Going, Windows Phones Alleged, WWDC Comments OffEditor’s Desk: WWDC 2012 aftermath
Posted by ryan on June 18th, 2012
Rene at WWDC WWDC, Apple’s once-yearly platform keynote is over. Tim Cook has welcomed us and bid us adieu. Phil Schiller has shown us the most advanced laptops in the world. Again. Craig Federighi gave us a first and final tour of OS X Mountain Lion, and Scott Forstall pulled the curtain back on iOS [...]
