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There has been overwhelming Android devices from almost all known manufacturers and it isn’t new to us that the platform have already surpassed iOS in popularity. However, even Android have beaten iOS in numbers, Apple’s iPhones in the form of iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS remained popular even there’s a new breed around with the iPhone 4S, which obviously being looked forward by some new and old users for their upgrade. The old iPhones with the 4 and 3GS continued to hold the top two positions in...

Gartner have just released its quarterly estimates of PC sales in Western Europe for the third quarter of 2011 where notably it shows that Apple have charged up to propel on the declining market to become part of the top five PC vendors in the region. The Cupertino-giant sales in Western Europe were up 19.6% year-over-year within the overall decline of 11.4% for the market. The research firm also revealed data breakdown for the United Kingdom, France and Germany where it highlights UK as the...

Apple is working on two separated software updates for iOS 5 to address the battery-gate issues that wasn’t resolved during the last update and the other one was to further enhance Siri’s integration, as reported by German site Macerkopf. iOS 5.0.2 coming very soon, solving the battery bugs. Should arrive before the end of next week. Apple is working hard on the update. In addition Apple ist working on the first big iOS 5 Update (iOS 5.1), bringing some siri-extensions. Also the Siri...

en&is MegaPhone ceramic amplifier is made specifically for the iPhone. It works, “As you can plainly see, it’s in the shape of a horn and contains a docking area at the top that will fit your Apple music device snugly. As musical horns do, the MegaPhone will amplify the sound coming from the iPhone’s speakers due to the specific shape of its walls. It also rests on a thin wooden structure which is meant to raise it above any surface and allow it to vibrate more freely.” We got more images,...

The redesigned iPhone 5 disappointments seemed to have subsided but it was clearly reflected through Apple’s sales results for third quarter particularly to iPhone 4S demand. It was also reported that Apple have just lowered the orders of iPhone 4S for the last quarter. We speculate that may be most of iPhone 4 owners can wait patiently enough to the significantly redesigned iPhone 5 until next year. Reports from Business Insider right now surface that gives hope to this speculation with a...

It seems the iPhone 5 ‘s future release is getting a bit blurry for a moment as reports surfaces that two new models of iPad might hit the shelves next year instead of the most anticipated next generation of iPhone. DigiTimes’ report claims that people in the upstream supply chain have said that Apple is to release two version iPad next year. The first version might feature a small bump on specs and be tagged as iPad 2S. Meanwhile the other one is the read deal iPad 3 that is targeted to be...

We don’t know why they still have to nominate Steve Jobs for Time Magazine “Person of the Year”, why not just award it to him, he really deserves the honor. NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams has nominated Apple cofounder Steve Jobs for Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” award. If Jobs will be selected, he will be the first person to receive the award posthumously. Williams said in his speech nominating Jobs: One guy, who changed our world, and I said to Seth Meyers as we walked across...

Apple has finally released the final version of the iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch ready for public consumption. The update addresses bugs, security flaws, improved voice recognition for Australian users, multitasking gestures on the iPad 1 back again and most importantly the fix for battery issues. So basically, it’s highly recommended that you update your iPhones, iPads and iPod touches to this software version. We got all the iOS 5.0.1 direct download links for all compatible...

We’ve just posted how Siri is successfully ported on iPod touch and iPhone 4 that ultimately clears the speculation that Siri would only run on iPhone 4S’s faster processor. However, there’s no official hope that it would be available for older devices, as Apple have made it clear during the launch of iPhone 4S. Basically, Apple has no plans to support Siri on older devices. On a report of MacRumors, Michael Steeber posts an Apple reply to a bug report which states quite clearly that Apple...

OK, so the guys at TechGeeze had their share of Crimson goodness with their Aluminum Frame Case (AFC) and their Premium Surface Protector for iPad 2. For this offering, we bring you another one of their Apple device accessory which is very similar to the latter one featured at TechGeeze… well they’re technically the same so go figure. We bring you their Surface Protectors for the iPhone 4. Now how does these differ from their iPad 2 counterparts? What are their apparent advantages over the...

PBS and UK on Channel 4 is set to premiere a new documentary about Steve Jobs at  10:00 PM Eastern and Pacific with Steve Jobs – One Last Thing and 11:05 PM under the title Steve Jobs – iChanged the World, respectively. The new documentary will feature interviews with a number of prominent personalities related to Jobs. It will also include brief clips from a rare 1994 interview in which Jobs talks about his views on life. PBS have just released a pair of clips we have after the break, take a glimpse so you’ll have a preview what you can expect later today. Watch Steve Jobs: One Last Thing ...

Apple’s iOS has dominantly surges past 60-percent share of web traffic according to latest monthly data from Net Applications. The iOS was responsible for 61.64% of the mobile Web traffic based on geographical data for October alone. The results wasn’t a shocker at all, as Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are strongly positioned in their respective mobile market shares. The above image shows Net Applications Mobile/Tablet Top Operating System Share Trend from November 2009 – October 2011....

So it seems like a normal Apple thing for the new Siri voice recognition system that was official only for the new iPhone 4S –that was “before” as reports reveals it was successfully ported on the previous hardware such iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G. There are some limitations on porting Siri to iPhone 4 due to authentication issues however, developers and have been able to bypass this hurdle and was able to successfully get Siri working on previous version of iDevices. We got a video of Siri...

Many consumers have purchased the long awaited iPhone 4S. Even though initially disappointed that there was not to be an iPhone 5, many are finding they are pleased with the 4S. However, some users are having problems with the life of their batteries. Many of the batteries are having much shorter life spans than expected. Some iPhone 4S users have reported dips of as much as 10% in the battery life over one hour. This occurs even with the device in standby mode which should be helping to...

Why you should upgrade your iDevice OS to iOS 5 ? There could be many reasons, but here we listed the top ten new features of the iOS 5 you should know. Find the top ten iOS 5 features after the break. 10. Wifi Sync Wi-Fi Sync enables wireless syncing with iTunes at the touch of a button. Syncing is also possible through iCloud which allows to download apps on iPhone, iPod or even Mac all at the same time. Never go looking for that USB cable again. Sync from the car, bed or shed whenever it...