iPhone 4S preorders sell out in Hong Kong after 10 minutes

After becoming available for preorder in Hong Kong last Friday, the iPhone 4S sold out almost immediately, once again demonstrating Apple's continued success in China.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 28

iPhone 4S demand persists as about 85% of Apple stores see daily stock-outs

Consumer interest in the iPhone 4S has not waned since the handset went on sale last month, as one new analysis has found most Apple stores run out of stock on a daily basis.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 87

Google Chairman tells US senators Apple's Siri could pose 'competitive threat'

Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and former chief executive, admitted to the U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee that Apple's new Siri personal assistant technology is a "significant development" in search and could pose a threat to his company's core business.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 232

Apple's Siri seen cutting Google out of valuable mobile ad views

Apple's new Siri voice control on the iPhone 4S can answer questions, access information and deliver search results without displaying any advertising, which one analysis says will hurt search providers like Google.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 90

Apple testing second beta of iOS battery fix for iPhone users

Apple is apparently working quickly to publicly release iOS 5.0.1, as evidenced by the company's second beta in two days released on Friday.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 11

With 4% market share, Apple's iPhone rakes in 52% of mobile profits

Apple is estimated to have taken in 52 percent of the handset industry's operating profits last quarter, despite only having a 4.2 percent global handset market share.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 101

Apple leverages deep pockets to gain supply chain edge over rivals - report

A close look at Apple's supply chain has revealed that the company wields upfront cash payments and a highly-focused logistics ecosystem, largely credited to Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, as "strategic weapons" to secure a significant advantage over its rivals.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 38

iPhone 4S restart appears to resolve Siri availability for some

iPhone 4S users suffering from an inability to access Siri voice assistance can try to resolve the issue by performing a device restart, something that has helped some users to fix temporary issues.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 18

Lawsuit accuses Apple's iPhone 4S of violating VPN patent

Apple is the target of a new lawsuit that asserts a number of the company's products, including the newly released iPhone 4S, infringe on a virtual private network patent.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 24

Apple says Amazon Kindle Fire will further fragment Android

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer recently indicated they are not concerned by Amazon's forthcoming $199 Kindle Fire tablet, as they believe it will only serve to fragment the Google Android platform.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 129

iPhone-compatible porn sites targeted by Apple in domain name dispute

Apple has taken aim at a number of dot-com domain names featuring the word iPhone that sell pornography, including the website iphone4s.com.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 20

Sprint investigating iPhone 4S speed issue, unable to replicate it

Wireless operator Sprint has said it is taking seriously reports of problems with iPhone 4S download speeds on its network, but the carrier has yet to consistently reproduce the issue.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 23

Apple confirms iOS 5 update to address battery life bugs affecting iPhone users

Apple has announced that it has found specific flaws in iOS 5 that can be patched to address the battery life issues some iPhone users have experienced with the new software, noting that an update is planned to address the problem in the next few weeks.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 57

Apple's Siri personal assistant a driving force in selling iPhone 4S

Apple's sales records in selling the new iPhone 4S, accompanied by record launch figures announced by AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, is largely attributable to its signature Siri feature for natural voice processing, an analyst notes.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 31

Tests find Apple's Siri uses average of 63KB in data per query

Though Siri on the iPhone 4S requires a data connection to operate, testing of Apple's new voice control service has found that it uses a small average of 63KB per query.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 34

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