Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2 – Marco.org
Absolutely love this comparison.
iPhone 4S can reportedly be unlocked without any hardware or software changes
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Insert original carrier AT&T SIM card
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Dial 611 for AT&T customer service hotline and drop the call
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Turn on Airplane Mode
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Take out AT&T SIM card
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Insert T-Mobile SIM card
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Update: the unlock also works with the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, and will need to be done again if you reset your device. Continue after the break..
Android and iOS continue to steal gaming revenue from Nintendo DS, Sony PSP
Why Nintendo doesn’t port some of their games, aka, Super Mario Bros, to iOS is beyond me. Easy money.
Who Cares: A Native Gmail iPhone App. Finally.
Ever since I bought the original iPhone in 2007, there’s been one app above all others that I’ve been sorely missing: Gmail. Of course, back then, there were no native third-party apps. But a year later, when those came, Gmail was still nowhere to be found.
At first, the talk was that Apple wasn’t going to allow another mail app on their device. Then it was that Google was simply focusing on the mobile web (they’ve had a pretty good mobile web version of Gmail for a while). Then it was the strained (to put it mildly) relationship between Google and Apple. Still, other Google iPhone apps came. But never a Gmail one.
Until now.
Source: parislemon
Siri hacked to fully run on the iPhone 4 and iPod touch, iPhone 4S vs iPhone 4 Siri showdown video (interview) | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence
Finally, as it should be. Siri on the iPhone 4.
Let’s Take This One With a Grain of Salt (Andy Rubin)
LOL! There’s NO WAY Andy Rubin REALLY believes this.
Ina Fried, covering some conference in Asia on some website:
Andy Rubin thinks there is a lot of potential for phones to be more useful companions, but says he is not interested in turning Android devices into personal assistants.
“I don’t believe that your phone should be an assistant,” the Android chief said in an interview on Wednesday just after appearing on stage at AsiaD. “Your phone is a tool for communicating. You shouldn’t be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating with somebody on the other side of the phone.”
What do you expect him to say about Siri, though? “Well, Apple really pulled ahead of us there”? Not going to happen. The truth is, Google has been working on voice-driven stuff for mobile devices for years. The primary interface to their Google for iPhone app is voice. The ante has been raised, and the correct play is for Google to downplay Siri’s relevance until they feel they’re competitive. This is like Steve Jobs dismissing video-playing iPods, claiming that no one wants to watch movies or TV shows on a handheld display, one year before Apple shipped video-playing iPods.
Dell CEO: Android cannot compete with the iPad on tablets, Windows 8 has best shot
Why does anyone care what Michael Dell thinks?
All About Siri, Your iPhone's New Assistant
The coolest feature of iOS5 that you don’t get (unless you buy the iPhone 4S).
Sprint to "Bet the Company" on iPhone
The No. 3 wireless company is making a multibillion dollar gamble that Apple Inc.’s gadget will be the ticket to a turnaround, even though Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse told the board in August that Sprint would likely lose money on the deal until 2014, according to people familiar with the matter.
Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2 vs. Nook Color
What’s smart about Amazon’s Fire is that it wasn’t designed to compete directly within the iPad. Very smart. Instead, that $199 price point is going to very, very enticing in the upcoming holiday months! $499 for an iPad vs $199 for the Fire. All depends on the intentions you have for the device!
Apple's iOS unaffected by malware as Android exploits surge 76%
Android is to Windows, what OSX is to iOS.
United pilots to use iPad for navigation
Even more use for the iPad, Android left further in the dust. iOS needs a REAL competitor.
RIP: HP Touchpad
Perhaps more pertinent to those following the ongoing smartphone “wars,” HP is also discontinuing its entire tablet and smartphone business. Sales of the TouchPad were reportedly extremely disappointing to both HP and its retail partners, so while unfortunate, the move is not particularly surprising. HP will continue development on webOS despite discontinuing sales and production of webOS devices, which brings to mind the possibility of HP licensing webOS to other smartphone manufacturers.
Have to admit, I’m shocked and then not. This had serious potential, but the challenge, the major up hill battle is that Apple’s got HUGE marketshare when it comes to their iPads.
Competing against that is like a Prius taking on a Ferrari. Good luck with that.
Instagram Hits 7 million users. 150 million uploads. 9 months. iOS only.
Staggering statistics.
Imagine how well they’d be doing if only they’d taken Fred Wilson’s advice.
My name is Matt and I am a Product Manager specializing in Mobile at Thomson Reuters. I like my Family. I like Apple. I like Photography. I like Mobile Toys. I like Food. I like Golf. I'm big into all technology with major interests in mobile which fascinates the begeebees out of me. I like a lot of stuff so I thought I'd share along with the occasional light-bulb of insight too. All views expressed are mine alone.
