About 27,000 South Koreans who use Apple's iPhone have joined a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer in local court. The lawsuit claims Apple is invading their privacy because the iPhone collects and stores location data without their consent.
Just a day after, HP announced that it would discontinue with the webOS smartphone and tablet business, the company is selling its Wi-Fi only HP Touchpad 16 GB for $99 and 32 GB version for $149.
Hewlett-Packard no longer likes the PC business, but investors aren't liking HP at the moment on that news. One day after HP said it is considering shedding its PC unit, which currently comprises 30 percent of company sales, investors shed the company's stock, sending HP shares plunging to near six-year lows.
The Korean language Web site Electronic Times has reported that Google is readying a killer smartphone, third-generation Nexus Prime, that would give Apple iPhone 5 a run for its money if it is launched in October.
Retailers have started selling HP's TouchPad at drastically lower prices.
The iPad 3 is in development, according to a report. Apple's new tablet will likely be released in early 2012, the report said.
An AT&T vice president is rumored to have confirmed to some of his employees that the iPhone 5 will launch in early October this year, BGR reports.
Apple Inc.'s next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, is facing much competition from Android devices. It is being speculated that the iPhone 5 is scheduled to come out at the end of September or in October. The top iPhone 5 competitors are: Motorola Droid HD, Samsung Celox, HTC Holiday, Samsung GT-i9220, and Samsung GT-i9250.
Apple is prepping for a bigger iPhone market in this second half of the year analysts say, ramping up the orders of its current iPhones and also stepping up production the anticipated iPhone 5.
The buzz on the release date of Apple iPhone 5 has reached a fever pitch and the latest scoop is that the smartphone will be released on Oct. 7 with pre-orders likely to begin from Sept. 29 or 30. And we are loving it.
If the new rumors are to be believed, Samsung is taking the smartphone battle to a different level with the introduction of a 5.3-inch Android-based smartphone.
Honestly, how many of us have done that? To pretend to be using mobile phone to avoid an irritating, boring conversation? According to a study report published on Monday by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, 13 percent of cell phone owners in U.S. pretended to be busy with their phones in order to avoid interacting with the people around them
Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. will have positive impact on Apple Inc., Barclays Capital said in a note. But Jefferies believes Apple is likely to strike back in patent war.
T-Mobile recently announced the Aug. 31 release of RIM (Research In Motion) Blackberry Bold 9900, which could become a more expensive device compared to the upcoming Apple iPhone 5.
AT&T just made yet another change to its plans. And once again, it's going to make them money.
AT&T has confirmed Thursday that it will kill $10 texting plan, which will force customers into all-or-nothing texting options, between an unlimited plan and a pay-per-text plan.
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AT&T has confirmed Thursday that it will force customers into all-or-nothing texting option.AT&T users have so far enjoyed an option for $10 plan of 1,000 messages per month, which will be removed in three days.
Along with a portfolio of 17,000 patents, Google also stands to acquire a profile of super Android devices from its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility.
T-Mobile's 4G-enabled BlackBerry Bold 9900, which is powered by Research In Motion's BlackBerry OS 7, is set to hit shelves on Aug. 31 with pre-orders already started for business customers.
