While the iPhone 5 is taking its time to reach the market, the ring is left for Android smartphones to battle for the hottest spot this summer. HTC Sensation 4G and Samsung Galaxy S2 are considered the top rivals to each other, both sporting Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 17, 2011
Sports fans will be delighted with the new Apple iPhone 5 which is rumored to include a revolutionary new processor that will improve in game experience.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 17, 2011
Shares of Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) plunged more than 20 percent after the BlackBerry maker reported weaker-than-expected first quarter results and slashed full-year forecast.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 17, 2011
Rarely has Apple faced the 'ultimate software-hardware asymmetry' with regard to product launches. But it appears to be such a season for the consumer tech giant. Apple unveiled at the WWDC the iOS 5, the feature-filled update for its vaulted mobile operating system. But then it failed to say anything about when iPhone 5, the device the iOS 5 was supposed to enrich. Then, iCloud was launched, but the network preparedness, or the lack of it, of world carriers came in the spotlight.Now, it l...
Jijo Jacob
Jun 17, 2011
As competition heats up, Canadian telecommunication company Research in Motion (RIM) is fast losing its standing in the highly competitive mobile market.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 17, 2011
Research In Motion saw a challenging first quarter and the same troubles - hardware gap, BB7 delays, competitive headwinds, average selling price pressure - are weighing on its second quarter too.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 17, 2011
Social networking giant Facebook is readying an iPad app and will release it in the coming weeks, according to the rumor mill.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 17, 2011
It would be treading the beaten track to say that Android OS-based Smartphones and tablets will give iPhone 5 a run for its money when (?) finally Apple launches it. And it's going to irk Apple fans no end to suggest that a range of Android phones are zooming in on Apple's rear view mirror. But a look at how the Android camp is sharpening its arsenal will prove that iPhone 5 will have credible challengers.
Here's a look at a few of them.
Jijo Jacob
Jun 17, 2011
Social networking giant Facebook is working on an iPad app and is expected to release it in the coming weeks, so goes the latest musing of the rumor mill. iPad and Facebook fans could take this for another reason to buy iPad 2!
Manikandan Raman
Jun 17, 2011
Research in Motion, the venerable Blackberry maker is folding under pressure from rivals, notably Apple, but its betting that its next 'superphone' will bring it back to the top.
Johnathan Davis
Jun 16, 2011
Research in Motion announced another dismal quarter on Thursday, slashing guidance and jobs as it recoils in the wake of a product onslaught from Apple.
Johnathan Davis
Jun 16, 2011
As competition heats up, Canadian telecommunication company Research in Motion (RIM) is fast losing its standing in the highly competitive mobile market.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 16, 2011
The Apple iPhone 5 rumors have kept users waiting in anticipation for a new smartphone with high speed performance and new features. Google is fully aware of this and will be giving Apple competition with the release of its most powerful Android smartphone on the market, the Nexus 4G.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 16, 2011
Apple management has bet all the success on Mac OS X Lion, holding back the release of new Mac until the software is ready to go.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 16, 2011
Facebook is launching a new HTML5-based platform, Project Spartan, with the target of mobile Safari to work on the iPhone and iPad.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 16, 2011
There is apparently more evidence that Apple is prepared to dare the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo and vie for the gaming pie. The warrior is iPhone 5 and the arsenal include the A5 processor with a dual-core graphics core and the most powerful mobile graphics processing architecture built to date. New rumors that float around suggest the iPhone will have strong gaming capabilities supported by multi-core A5 processor and Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR Series6 mobile graphics process...
Jijo Jacob
Jun 15, 2011
As of June 15, Apple quietly but surely started selling unlocked iPhones in the U.S. for the first time via its websites and stores, priced at $649 and $749.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 15, 2011
While Apple is delaying the launch of its worldphone in the form of iPhone 5, Motorola has taken the opportunity to release its worldphone, the Motorola Photon.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 15, 2011
Facebook is speeding up to launch a photo-sharing iPhone app known as 'Hovertown' or 'WithPeople' to take on the mold of Instgram, according to a TechCrunch report.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 15, 2011
While media is abuzz with speculation about the upcoming iPhone 5, a new report suggests that Apple's next iteration of iPad, the iPad 3, will flaunt a retina display with a screen resolution of 2048x1536.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 15, 2011
Apple makes beautiful devices and routinely cuts new paths in consumer electronics. So much so that it would be a blasphemy to say the tech giant may have looked at rivals and individual developers for inspiration. However, it's routinely said in tech circles that Apple may have done that in respect to the iOS 5.
Jijo Jacob
Jun 15, 2011
Starbucks announced that it plans to extend its popular mobile payment app into the Android market, signaling a power shift in the mobile OS war in Google's favor.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 14, 2011