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Samsung Electronics plan to unveil the latest in its Galaxy line, the S4, at the Mobile World Congress in February next year, officials of the company and its local parts suppliers told The Korea Times on Sunday. A company official who declined to be named told the daily news site the company is “ready” to 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 →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120917_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] As expected, demand for the iPhone 5 was intense when it became available for pre-order last week. No official numbers have been provided yet, but Apple’s initial supply was exhausted less than one hour after the pre-sale began, and it was soon flowed by AT&T and Verizon. 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 →

Pretty soon millions—tens of millions!—of suckers will own a pair of Apple EarPods. If you hated the old Apple buds because they sound terrible and don’t fit, good news is that these are better. And they still come free with a device. The bad news is that they’re still a pretty poor way to experience Continue Reading →

Apple has launched the new official version of iCloud.com — its web portal for cloud services — to all users, reports 9to5Mac. The site features versions of its Mail, Contacts and Calendar and Find my iPhone apps that were previously available through the MobileMe service, as well as new apps like Notes, Reminders and iWork. Continue Reading →

Verizon Wireless has confirmed to BGR that the iPhone 5 will not support voice and data at the same time, even over 4G LTE. This is a little odd as Verizon’s 4G LTE devices all support simultaneous voice and data, but it won’t be in the iPhone 5 on Verizon. “iPhone 5 was designed to Continue Reading →