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New evidence found buried deep in iOS 5.1′s code base has revealed that FaceTime could be getting a lot more useful in the next iPhone, which is also rumored to be an LTE device. According to a tip sent to iDownloadblog, FaceTime may be availble over the 4G network in the upcoming iPhone. From Jeff Benjamin over at the iDownloadBlog: Not only will we be seeing 4G capabilities on future iPhones, but there’s also the possibility that we could see FaceTime finally make itself available … [Read more...]

The tide is turning in Canada, and the country’s RIM faithful are starting to leave behind their local grown BlackBerry in favour of the iPhone. For the first time since its release, the iPhone has passed BlackBerry sales in Canada. Information gathered from IDC And Bloomberg now shoes that the love affair with BlackBerry in the great white north is over: RIM, based in Waterloo, Ontario, shipped 2.08 million BlackBerrys last year in Canada, compared with 2.85 million units for Apple, data … [Read more...]

The new iPhone (aka iPhone 5 in the rumor circles), is being tossed around the rumor mill today, this time, rumor has it that the iPhone could be getting the Galaxy Note treatment. Okay, that’s a slight exhaggeration. The Galaxy Note comes in at a height of 5.7 inches, and the new iPhone rumor is suggesting that the iPhone could be a 4.6-inch retina display. From the Reuters publication: Apple has decided on the bigger 4.6-inch display for its next iPhone and started placing orders to its … [Read more...]

A $15.5 billion commitment to buy iPhones from Apple. A $7 billion network upgrade project. These are very real, and very large, numbers that Sprint CED Dan Hesse is staring in the face right now, as rumors of the #3 cellular company in America considering bankruptcy swirl this week. In an interview with Mobile World Live, Hesse addresses criticism against Spring by stating that iPhone sales have “exceeded expectations” to this point. “Four out of every ten iPhone we sold [in … [Read more...]

While the US has been king of the smartphones since Apple blew the rest of the market out of the water, China’s incredible population and growing middle class has skyrocketed them to the number one spot in iOS and Android phone activations. Peter Farago, Flurry:In January 2011, the U.S. accounted for 28% of the world’s total iOS and Android device activations, while China accounted for 8%. In February, Flurry calculated that China surpassed the United States in monthly new iOS and … [Read more...]

If you’re the type who likes exclaiming OMFG in your text messages, get ready for a big one: OMGPOP was just purchased by Zynga for a cool $200 million dollars, like we reported days ago. According to All Things D: It’s a done deal, according to people with firsthand knowledge. Here’s more detail on the price: $180 million, plus another $30 million or so in employee-retention payments, I’m told. Don’t know about cash/stock split. OMGPOP, the company responsible for the overnight … [Read more...]

iPhoto for iOS, released only 10 days ago, has already been purchased more than 1 million times, bringing total sales of the app to $4.99 million dollars. That’s absolutely mind-boggling, and probably the biggest indicator that the average consumer is starting to rely heavily on iOS apps and the iPad instead of desktops and laptops. No matter how you slice it, those numbers are staggering. Also interesting is the fact that iLife based applications are included with every new Mac sold, but … [Read more...]

With the release of iOS 5.1, Apple has taken the opportunity to tweak Siri’s Yelp integration. Here’s what Mike Ghaffary, Director of Business Development at Yelp, has to say: [At launch], when asking Siri for a great date restaurant in Cleveland or a dry cleaner in Portland, more often than not she’d show you relevant Yelp-rated businesses near you, but when you tapped the listing, it wouldn’t take you straight to Yelp. Well, last week, Apple launched iOS 5.1 and with it, an … [Read more...]

In this week’s episode Josh ate a TERRIBLE sandwich before recording and is worried that he mAy blow chunks all over Elle. Oh yeah, we all talk about Agile Tortoise’s Phraseology, and the run away smash hit iOS game Pizza Vs. Skeletons. Yup, Pizza Versus Skeletons. [Download][Direct Feed][iTunes]   [via Macgasm] … [Read more...]