Tablet sales up 26%, Apple's iPad takes 95% of market With little competition in the market thus far, Apple's iPad unsurprisingly has a dominating share of all tablet sales, and has also helped to drive the demand for tablets up by 26 percent last quarter. Slash Lane 15 years ago 45
Apple investigating iPhone issues with Monster-branded headphones Apple is said to have advised its support employees of iPhone and iPod issues caused by some Monster headphones with integrated microphones and controls. Slash Lane 15 years ago 34
Mossberg: Apple's new MacBook Air offers iPad-like experience Technology journalist Walt Mossberg has reviewed Apple's new MacBook Air notebooks, and has given both the 11-inch and 13-inch models high praise for offering the long battery life and instant-on capabilities found in the iPad. Slash Lane 15 years ago 147
Light leaks causing camera issues with Apple's white iPhone 4 - rumor The white glass planned to be used for the delayed iPhone 4 model allows in too much light, resulting in poorer quality digital pictures, according to a new rumor. Slash Lane 15 years ago 46
Benchmarks show Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air comparable to MacBook Pro Performance of Apple's new thin-and-light 13-inch MacBook Air is comparable to the notebook's 13-inch MacBook Pro counterpart, according to a new series of benchmark tests. Slash Lane 15 years ago 21
Apple's new 11" MacBook Air a "much faster iPad" or "much slower MacBook Pro" The first benchmarks on Apple's new MacBook Airs have hit the web, revealing that the 13.3-inch models trail the company's similarly-sized MacBook Pros by a small margin while the 11.6-inch models fall far shorter in processing power, and may be more appropriately categorized as a larger, faster iPad. Slash Lane 15 years ago 75
AT&T making moves to 'reduce reliance' on Apple's iPhone AT&T will be the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer smartphones with every major operating system this holiday season, as the company attempts to diversify its portfolio beyond the iPhone, which is rumored to arrive on rival carrier Verizon's network in early 2011. Slash Lane 15 years ago 35
AT&T activates record 5.2 million iPhones, promotes non-Apple devices AT&T on Thursday reported a record third quarter, posting revenue of $31.58 billion, thanks in large part to its best-ever total of 5.2 million iPhone activations. But the company also made it a point to specifically promote other, non-Apple handsets in its lineup as rumors of a Verizon iPhone swirl. Slash Lane 15 years ago 73
RIM: Problems with 7-inch tablets only exist in Apple's 'distortion field' Responding to Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs' claims that a touchscreen tablet with a 7-inch screen is too small to use, a co-CEO of Research in Motion said the comments do not apply to users "who live outside of Apple's distortion field." Slash Lane 15 years ago 344
Expansion to Apple's Mac helps Steam hit 30M active users Cloud-based game selling service Steam saw its sales increase more than 200 percent year over year, thanks in part to the platform's expansion to Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Slash Lane 15 years ago 29
RBC sees Apple announcing 13.5 million iPhone "blowout" quarter Financial experts at the Royal Bank of Canada are out with a bullish report on Apple friday, saying they expect the company to report next week a blowout quarter in which sales exceeded $20 billion and include the sale of a record 13.5 million iPhones. Slash Lane 15 years ago 35
Verizon to offer data plans for iPad of up to 5GB for $50, with a catch Following its initial announcement on sales of the iPad this morning, Verizon has provided more detailed information on the MiFi 2200 rates and data plans it intends to offer customers alongside the Apple tablet when it goes on sale at company stores beginning October 28th. Slash Lane 15 years ago 52
Microsoft exec says Zune software coming to the Mac In an effort not to discourage Mac users from adopting one of its new Windows Phone 7 handsets, Microsoft will reportedly deploy later this a year the first version of its Zune media software targeted at Apple users. Slash Lane 15 years ago 133
Acquisition of iPhone game maker to create largest mobile social games platform Ngmoco, one of the most popular and successful game developers for Apple's iOS mobile platform, has been gobbled up by Japanese social game developer DeNA for upwards of $400 million in a bid to form the world's largest mobile social games platform company. Slash Lane 15 years ago 22
Microsoft unveils plans for first nine Windows Phone 7 handsets Microsoft on Monday announced its initial arsenal of handsets built around the new Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, in what many believe is the company's last-ditch attempt to regain traction in the mobile handset arena that's fallen into the hands of rivals like Apple and Google. Slash Lane 15 years ago 333
New 'lounge' concept coming to future Apple Store A new Apple Store in St. Louis, Mo., could include a new feature previously unseen at the company's retail locations: a "lounge" area with free Wi-Fi. Slash Lane 15 years ago 61
Alleged Apple iPad part sports dual docking ports Photos of a part claimed to be the back of an Apple iPad show openings for two 30-pin iPod dock connectors, which would allow the device to be docked in both portrait and landscape orientations. Slash Lane 15 years ago 20
Costliest of Apple TV's $62 in components is $17 A4 processor The new, low-priced Apple TV has an estimated component cost of $61.98, and manufacturing reportedly adds about two more dollars to the total expenses. Slash Lane 15 years ago 26
Apple's iPad proclaimed to have fastest adoption rate ever One Wall Street analyst has noted that the iPad has outsold the debuts of other popular electronic devices, including the original iPhone and the DVD player. Slash Lane 15 years ago 63
Security review finds 68% of top iPhone apps transmit UDIDs A newly published report on iPhone security reveals that most popular third-party software available for iOS-based devices transmits an accompanying unencrypted unique device identifier, which could be used to obtain personal information. Slash Lane 15 years ago 39
Apple appeals $625.5 million ruling in Cover Flow patent dispute Apple has officially appealed a patent violation ruling issued last week, challenging a jury's decision to award $625.5 million to a company for infringement related to Spotlight, Cover Flow and Time Machine. Slash Lane 15 years ago 51
NPD: Early iPad adopters more satisfied, active than recent buyers The NPD Group revealed this week that customers who bought an iPad at launch are extremely satisfied with the device and use it quite often, but more recent purchasers are less active with their tablet. Slash Lane 15 years ago 115
Google Android closes gap with Apple iPhone in consumer interest A new survey of prospective smartphone buyers has found that hype from the iPhone 4 has died down, and Apple's smartphone is only slightly more preferable to consumers than devices running Google Android. Slash Lane 15 years ago 92
'Lowtide' UI found on Apple TV could come to iPad, iPhone Apple's new iOS-powered Apple TV has a user interface dubbed "Lowtide" that is compatible with other iOS devices, and which one hacker has already ported to an iPod touch. Slash Lane 15 years ago 28
