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Samsung isn’t the only company that’s trying to learn from Apple’s design prowess. The Wall Street Journal reports that HP CEO Meg Whitman now admits that her company’s laptops in the past have felt more like “bricks” and that the company in general hasn’t “kept up with the innovation” in terms of making its laptops Continue Reading →

Apple is a huge fan of Snapseed, the mobile photo editor for iPad and iPhone from Nik Software. So much so, in fact, that Apple named it the 2011 “iPad App of the Year.” But Snapseed has an even bigger admirer in Google, which just bought the German company behind the app, according to a Continue Reading →

There’s nothing worse than watching your mobile device’s battery slowly slip away, and who wants to lug around a phone charger? Those built-in battery cases are typically clunky and heavy too. A new Kickstarter project aims to take frustration out of the equation for female iPhone users thanks to a series of stylish wristlet and Continue Reading →

While Apple surely wants its customers to pay a premium for iPhone 5 dock port adapters from the company store, some savvy third-party manufacturers have already started undercutting Apple’s accessory. 9to5Mac reports that the first third-party iPhone 5 adapters have gone on sale at Amazon and are selling for between $10 and $18, significantly less Continue Reading →

AT&T said Monday that the iPhone 5 has sold faster than any previous model of the Apple smartphone. The network declined to offer numbers on the first weekend of the iPhone 5 going on sale — normally reserved for Apple, in which an announcement is expected in the coming days — but the cell network Continue Reading →

Glyn Evans, who writes the wonderful iPhoneography blog, is excited about the new, fifth-generation iPod touch, which comes with a 5-megapixel camera that supports HDR image capture and the new Panorama shooting mode. Evans believes that it opens up the world of iPhoneography to those who don’t own or don’t want to buy an iPhone. Continue Reading →

Apple called it “the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone” — and customers seem to agree. Apple said Monday that it had sold more than 2 million iPhone 5 smartphones in the first 24 hours of availability, while AT&T announced a sales record for the new gizmo as well, with customers ordering more Continue Reading →

The iHaters must be pulling their hair out. Demand for the iPhone 5 appears to be white hot. Lines are already forming outside Apple stores. In the very early hours this morning, people hoping to buy the handset — swaddled in sleeping bags or heavy coats — were camping out overnight in front of Apple’s Continue Reading →

Voice control is the way of the future, or at least that’s what Apple wants people to believe. With the launch of Siri on last year’s iPhone 4S, Apple opened up a new world of using a natural language user interface to the masses. Today, Siri is on the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPad, Continue Reading →

For anyone wondering: Yes, Apple will be able to turn a profit on the iPhone 5. The EETimes reports that TechInsights’ priliminary estimate of the 16GB iPhone 5’s bill of materials totals $167.50, more than previous models but still significantly less than its $649 retail price. Among other things, TechInsights found that Apple’s A6 processor Continue Reading →