Leak suggests Radio Shack to slash iPhone 4 prices by $30 [u]

According to a new leak, Radio Shack is planning to drop the price of the 16GB and 32GB AT&T iPhone 4 on Sunday to $169.99 and $269.99 respectively, while the price of the 8GB iPhone 3GS is expected to fall to $19.99.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 16

Court blocks Personal Audio from pursuing further damages from Apple

A U.S. District Judge said Friday that the $8 million in damages Apple has to pay to patent licensing company Personal Audio for violations of a playlist patent from the iPod covers "past and future use of the technology" and should extend to the iPhone and iPad.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 76

Purported 'iPhone 5' cases proliferate in China ahead of expected Sept. launch

Chinese case makers have begun distributing cases allegedly for Apple's next-generation iPhone, with one report calling the cases "everywhere in China."

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 31

HTC chief downplays Apple patent case with ITC, calls it a 'distraction'

HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou attempted to calm investors on Friday by calling a recent ruling from the International Trade Commission, which found the Taiwanese handset maker guilty of infringing on two of Apple's patents, a mere "distraction" that will not affect his company's business.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 22

DoJ ramping up antitrust probe of $4.5B Nortel patent purchase by Apple, others

Even as Nortel announced the completion of the sale of its 6,000 patents to a group of tech giants including Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion, the U.S. Department of Justice is said to be intensifying an investigation into whether the deal would unfairly disrupt competitors.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 61

Rumor: AT&T employee blackout dates point to iPhone 5 release at end of Sept.

AT&T employees have allegedly been prohibited from taking vacation during the last two weeks of September, a move that may signal the timing of the next iPhone release, according to an unconfirmed report.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 18

Inside Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: AirDrop limited to modern Macs

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion introduces a new feature in the Finder named AirDrop, designed for easy file sharing between nearby systems. However to use AirDrop, you'll need a Mac incorporating hardware support for the new feature, which involves Mac models built no earlier than late 2008.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 54

Apple opening new LA area retail store 600 feet from existing outlet

Thanks to a favorable leasing deal, Apple has decided to open a new retail store in "The Americana at Brand," a retail development just 600 feet from the company's existing Glendale Galleria store.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 23

Bundled iLife licenses now transferable to other Macs via App Store

New Mac buyers get a free bundle of Apple's iLife apps, but until recently the bundle only installed on the new machine it was bundled with. With the Mac App Store, Apple now makes the bundle available for use on any Mac they own.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 10

Digital cameras predicted to be the next casualty of smartphones and iPads

Sales of smartphones in the model of Apple's iPhone have deeply encroached upon single purpose electronics sales ranging from handheld games to music players to GPS units. Digital cameras are expected to fall next.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 89

Apple now taking 2/3 share of mobile phone industry profits

Apple's share of the mobile phone industry's profits has swelled to around two thirds, as the company's iPhone sales have remained profitable while achieving the top spot in sales.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 42

PC makers struggling to match MacBook Air pricing ahead of Ultrabook launches

Windows-based PC makers looking to challenge Apple's extremely successful line of ultra-lightweight MacBook Airs with designs based on Intel's "Ultrabook" platform are losing hope that they'll be able to do so and still turn a profit on sales of the notebooks any time this year.

Kasper Jade 14 years ago 57

Apple selling half a million Apple TVs per quarter but no update planned for Q3

As dissatisfied consumers return purchases of rival set-top-boxes in droves, Apple's market-leading Apple TV continues to achieve moderate success, selling roughly 500,000 units per quarter as the 2011 holiday shopping season approaches.

Kasper Jade 14 years ago 137

Apple Store taken down overnight for Order Status beautification

Apple overnight took its online store offline for roughly three hours as part of an ongoing process to improve the overall customer experience for shoppers wishing to review, manage, cancel, or return their orders, AppleInsider has learned.

Kasper Jade 14 years ago 2

Apple bursts past Nokia to become world's largest smartphone maker

Just four years after releasing the iPhone, Apple has managed to pass Nokia and fend off a challenge from Samsung in the second quarter on its way to a new milestone as the world's No. 1 smartphone maker in terms of volume.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 49

Google purchases IBM inventions as patent arms race looms

Google announced on Thursday that it had acquired a group of patents from IBM, even as growing interest in intellectual property suggests a coming legal face-off between Apple and Google.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 95

Apple's 142% iPhone growth outpaces mobile phone market by 12x in Q2

A massive iPhone shipment increase of 141.8 percent year over year gave Apple a growth rate more than 12 times that of the global mobile phone market in the second quarter, leaving the company poised to overtake LG as the No. 3 handset maker in the world.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 5

First Windows Phone 7 'Mango' handsets rumored to challenge iPhone 5 in Sept.

On the heels of news that Microsoft's "Mango" update for Windows Phone 7 has been released to manufacturing, industry sources claim HTC, Samsung and LG will launch the first Mango-based smartphones in September, presumably coordinated to directly compete with Apple's next-generation iPhone.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 48

Apple's $76B in cash reserves surpasses US government operating balance

New figures from the U.S. Treasury Department indicate that the government has a total operating cash balance of $73.768 billion, less than Apple's own war chest of $75.876 billion.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 80

New MacBook Air using smaller, cheaper Thunderbolt chip

New MacBook Air models use a smaller, cheaper Thunderbolt controller that limits them to using a single external display while consuming less space on the logic board.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 39

Sprint posts massive subscriber exodus in failing to compete with iPhone

Shares of Sprint Nextel fell almost 20 percent after the company posted heavy wireless subscriber losses that underlined a failed strategy in competing with US iPhone carriers.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 59

Motorola beats expectations but guidance disappoints as Xoom fails to match iPad

Motorola Mobility posted better revenues than expected, but lost $56 million in the quarter and provided disappointing guidance that sent its shares down 6 percent.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 40

Android giving away most software but Apple selling most smartphones

The Android software platform led by Google is now installed on 39 percent of US consumer smartphones, but Apple remains the largest smartphone manufacturer with the iPhone (at 28 percent) and RIM is second largest with Blackberry (20 percent).

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 20

Doubts cast on rumor of Apple buying Barnes & Noble

Responding to a new rumor that Apple is considering a purchase of bookseller Barnes & Noble, one Wall Street analyst has said he doesn't think such a deal would make much sense for the iPhone maker.

Slash Lane 14 years ago 32

Office for Mac update to add versions, auto-save, full-screen for Lion

Microsoft has revealed that a forthcoming update for Office for Mac 2011 will add support for new features in Mac OS X 10.7, including versions, auto-save and full-screen.

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 65

Nintendo to slash 3DS price by $80 as Apple gains in mobile gaming

Nintendo made a surprise announcement Thursday when the Japanese game maker revealed it will cut the price of its recently released 3DS handheld by $80, as competition from Apple continues to grow, and a new handheld from Sony looms.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 61

Apple looking to sweeten battery life with redesigned 'jelly rolls'

Battery life in future iPhones and MacBook Pros could be improved with Apple's concept for a new, redesigned battery containing multiple "jelly rolls" enclosed in a single pouch.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 28

Photos claim to show Apple's lighter, cheaper iPhone 4 prototype

New photos claim to show a prototype iPhone 4 that has received slight modifications to make it cheaper, lighter and faster, suggesting it could replace the iPhone 3GS to become Apple's new entry-level handset when a fifth-generation iPhone launches.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 43

Apple investigating flat 'key-less' keyboard using acoustic cues

A recently published patent application from Apple reveals the company has looked into a flat keyboard that would detect acoustic pulses from users' taps instead of relying on physical key presses.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 40

Rumor: Apple's iPhone 5 to launch during 2nd week of Sept., iPad 3 pushed back

A new unverified report suggests that Apple intends to release its next-generation iPhone between Sept. 6 and Sept. 15 with an initial shipment of 4 million units, while suggesting that component shortages may have delayed the release of the next iPad until after this year's Thanksgiving holiday.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 56

UBS ups 2011 iPad estimate to 37.9M, 63% market share

Analysts for investment bank UBS raised their 2011 forecast for Apple's iPad on Wednesday, predicting total sales of 37.9 million units for a projected 63 percent market share.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 56

Verizon iPhone sales dwarfed by international growth, still larger than 4G

Verizon Wireless sold 2.3 million iPhones but only 1.2 million LTE 4G smartphones in its latest quarter, contributing incrementally to Apple's total iPhone sales but not nearly as much as its international growth.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 7

Apple has greatest cash pile among US businesses

A report by debt rating service Moody's noted Apple held the most cash among non-financial companies in the US last year, even as businesses across the board have increased their cash holdings by about 11 percent.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 44

Electronic Arts: Apple iPad "our fastest growing platform" for gaming

EA chief executive John Riccitiello declared Apple's iPad its fastest growing gaming platform, noting that dedicated gaming consoles have slipped from 80 percent to representing just 40 percent of the game industry.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 28

ITC agrees to investigate Samsung's patent case against Apple

The U.S. International Trade Commission announced on Wednesday that it will investigate Samsung's patent infringement claims that have been levied against Apple.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 17

Bankrupt retailer seeks $420K from Apple in lawsuit

The company behind a newly out-of-business retailer has lodged a complaint against Apple, seeking a payment of at least $420,104 in return for financial transfers.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 31

PayPal users mistakenly charged as much as $4,000 for Mac OS X Lion

Multiple PayPal users have been incorrectly charged for purchasing Mac OS X 10.7 Lion from the Mac App Store numerous times, with one user claiming to have received a bill of nearly $4,000 for the $29.99 software.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 49

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