Smartphones

New numbers from research firm IHS iSuppli on Wednesday revealed that Apple’s App Store revenue in 2012 is estimated to increase nearly 70%. The Cupertino-based company is on pace to make $4.9 billion from its App Store this year, an increase from $2.9 billion in 2011. With this strong growth, Apple will control almost 65% Continue Reading →

Following the likes of PayPal and Square, Groupon has revealed that it’s releasing its own credit card payment service called Groupon Payments. Groupon Payments will be available for the iPhone and iPod touch, and participating merchants can get free plastic dongle for swiping credit cards or pony up for a $100 smartphone case/credit card slider. Continue Reading →

People have been waiting for days for the honor of being among the first to get their hands on the iPhone 5, but thieves in Japan have stolen the title by breaking into carrier stores before the launch and making off with over $100,000 worth of Apple’s latest smartphone. The Wall Street Journal reports (via Continue Reading →

Upgrading to iOS 6? Be careful about leaving your locked iPhone unattended unless you change some settings. Otherwise an unscrupulous stranger could order Siri to send tweets and Facebook posts from your account that you didn’t make — even if your phone is locked. Apple has added the ability for Siri to interact with Twitter Continue Reading →

Feeling low about Apple’s Maps app in iOS 6, widely perceived as flawed? Wish you could go back to iOS 5, if only for the Google Maps app? Well, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is, according to 9to5Mac and The Guardian, Google has its own iOS 6 Maps app set to Continue Reading →

AT&T has been ramping up its LTE rollouts over the past week in anticipation of Apple’s first LTE iPhone. As AppleInsider reports, AT&T has officially launched LTE in 10 major markets over the past week, including Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Seattle. The addition of 10 new markets means that AT&T now offers LTE services in Continue Reading →

The adoption rate of iOS 6 among iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users has surged to 15% in the first 24 hours, according to a new report from online advertising network Chitika. The rate is much higher than it was with iOS 5, which took five days to reach 20% adoption, and Google’s latest Android Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120921_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Are you on line somewhere waiting to buy an iPhone 5?  If so, I hope they have a few left when you get inside the store.  According to Apple, the iPhone 5 is the fastest selling iDevice in history and they are officially out of stock for Continue Reading →

The SMS protocol on iOS has had an issue wherein you’re able to manipulate the little-used “Reply To” field in a text message to make it look like it was coming from anyone you wanted it to. But with the proper release of iOS 6 the days of pulling that stunt on an iPhone are Continue Reading →

A lot of iPhone and iPad users who updated to iOS 6 have been reporting that the latest and greatest software update from Cupertino has screwed their iPhone and iPad’s Wi-Fi connection. As in, they can’t connect. Is this happening to you? Specifically, once users have updated their iOS devices to iOS 6, wi-fi can’t Continue Reading →