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[4 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]
Czech Carrier Refuses iPhone 4S and Dumps Earlier iPhones Too – Why?

If there is a failure to Apple, then they failed in the country of Czech Republic. The Czech carrier Telefonica Czech Republic has forbidden to sell these Apple’s new iPhone 4S devices, despite the fact that they have been making history as one of the fastest selling consumer electronics.
A recent report from one of the Czech newspaper, Hospodarske Noviny, the carrier will also stop selling all previous models of iPhone, while from the limited details as to why they have taken this decision seems to be some problem in …

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[4 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]
iPhone 4S Sales Being Boosted By Siri

The credit to the massive sales success of an intermediate generation phone goes to virtual assistant application Siri states an analyst. iPhone 4S was launched in seven countries concurrently by The Cupertino, a California based company, and the sales ratio of the number of units crossed the mark of 4 million units during the opening weekend alone, and some of the stores selling them on their retail shelves like Best Buy are running short of the devices. Besides, Sprint the mobile carrier for iPhone 4S has made their “best every …

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[4 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]
iOs 5.0.1 Has Been Jailbroken By Redsn0w 0.9.9b8

The wait was not long that a jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 beta version was released with the name Redsn0w. This was released by the iPhone Dev Team and this upgraded version of Redsn0w jailbreak relieves you from playing “point at 5.0.1 IPSW” trick to gain access to the root of iOS.
The important and interesting thing to note about this iOS 5.0.1 is that this only a firmware up grade that comes with no new feature but has a number of fixes for a numerous bugs, unfortunately, however, has still been …

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[2 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]
Mi-Fi, A Mobile Hotspot Crosses 3 Million Units Shipment

With the increasing popularity of Wi-Fi, which integrates tethering functionality across a variety of smartphone platforms, sales of dedicated portable hotspots has still not lost its market.
Novatel Wireless, is a pioneer personal mobile hotspot, that was announced this Monday to have crossed their lifetime shipment of the 3 millionth units globally.
What made this device to be a massive success is their tried test of time and true reliability until now, Mi-Fi devices do not rely on the the battery back up of the smartphone. They were once again showcased …

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[1 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]
Internal Tests Going On For OS X 10.8

Lion, the final version of OS X 10.7 that came last year in July only is already getting ready with yet another major revamping and is expected to be the next major version and successor of OS X.
Mac Rumors is reports that this is a regular practice to see release development in the software development stage. Usually what these software companies do is that they start to plan for the next version of their product, when they are in the verge of completing the product development of the previous …

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[1 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]
Time Zone Bug Blamed For iPhone 4S Battery Drain Problem

There has been a numerous blog posts and forum discussions, just like iPhone 4’s antenna issue, on poor battery life in iPhone 4S.
A solution to this problem has been found in one of the blogs named, iDownloadBlog, in which they state that adjusting the time zone settings may alleviate the issue.
Following this there was also a report that the bug within the iOS 5 makes the iPhone’s location tracking feature to remain active far more than it should actually doing so, which in turn takes a toll on …

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[31 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
Siri, GUI, Dictation And Voice Commands In Condition On iPhone 4 And iPod Touch 4G

Does this headline sound absurd to you? This is if you are not aware of the bunch of talented hackers who work day and night against any of the iOS devices and their novel applications. These hackers have found a way to get “Siri” work on the iOS 4 supporting devices, which has put forward a competent challenge to the employees of Apple.
While this was only yesterday that a systematic guide on installing Siri’s GUI to iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G was introduced this is now possible to access …

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[30 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
Symbian Anna Service Pack Update Finds That Nokia N8 Clicks Its Heels Thrice

When you are browsing around and thinking of updating your Nokia N8 Over the air or via Nokia Suite, you will in for a MB surprise, which is actually a Symbian Anna Service Pack Update.
This package is a small compact gift filled with all kinds of goodies, that very rarely do you get to see such a pretty package. What this service update carries will include:
* performance and usability enhancements
*faster email and messaging
*better GPS locks and
plenty more that the list is extensive.
For now the service update has found its …

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[30 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
Web Browser Speed Comparison – iOS 5 Vs iOS 4?

For reasons not very sure, that the iOS users are quite used to updating their iOS devices to the latest version, the trend which has not been picked up by the Android users. And why this observation arises is following the release of iOS 5.0, two weeks ago only, but now this looks like this has been ages since we used it.
With over 25 million users already taking in the delights of iOS 5 across a range of iPod touches, iPhones and iPads, just what can they expect to gain …

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[30 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
The Wow Factor For iPad 3

Even before the momentum of iPhone 4S to die away, rumors on the release of iPad 3 has started and is churning up the momentum in the Apple market.
The rumor is much similar to what that has been there for iPad – about the screen resolution. There seems to be some rays of hope that this will happen in iPad 3, while it failed in iPad 2. The predicted and the anticipated screen resolution in iPad 3 will include 2048 X 1536, and if they could do this, then …