Year: 2012

Samsung to Apple: our patents made the iPhone possible

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

Continuing a string of accusations between Apple and Samsung ahead of the high-stake July 30 trial in the United States, the Galaxy maker asserted in court documents that the iPhone wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for Samsung's patented technology.

Specifically, Samsung wrote Apple would have sold zero iPhones if it hadn't been for its wireless technology patents that Apple relied heavily upon to enter the telecommunications space. The South Korean conglomerate also pulled an ace up its sleeve: dead-on prior art that allegedly invalidates Apple's patents...

Apple updates iTunes U with note-taking and more

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 4, 2018

In addition to the long list of other updates we're seeing today in wake of Mountain Lion's release, Apple has pushed out a new version of iTunes U. iTunes U, as you may know, is an iPhone/iPad app that gives users free access to college courses and other valuable resources.

Among the program's new features is a new note-taking option, which allows you to easily take notes while watching or listening to a lecture. Keep reading for a rundown of all the changes...

Broadcom outs new chip that could give 2013 iOS devices Gigabit WiFi

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 4, 2018

Broadcom today announced a new wireless chip that features support for WiFi 802.11ac standard, also known as fifth-generation WiFi and promising theoretical wireless transfer speeds of one gigabit per second.

The Broadcom BCM4335 module also includes Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio and software on a single chip using a 40-nanometer process. As Apple is extensively using Broadcom chips in iOS devices and Macs, this is a likely candidate for 2013 iPhones and iPads. The chip provides for some interesting possibilities...

Safari 6 hits Lion with Smart Search Field and Offline Reading List

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 4, 2018

Hot on the heels of the OS X Mountain Lion release that just hit Apple's servers an hour ago, Cupertino today unleashed Safari 6 for Lion, bringing some of Safari's features from Mountain Lion to Lion systems.

Most notably, Safari 6 now (finally!) features a unified field which acts as both the address bar and search field, akin to Chrome'c Omnibox. Also new is Offline Reading List, first introduced in iOS 6, which downloads entire webpages saved for reading later so you can access them when offline...

Apple releases Mountain Lion on Mac App Store for $19.99

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 22, 2018

As part of yesterday's earnings report for fiscal 2012 third quarter, Apple's CEO Tim Cook was quoted in a media release as saying the company would launch the next major revision to its desktop operating system on Wednesday. The company just made good in its promise by letting OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion out of the cage. It's available now as an exclusive Mac App Store digital download costing just $19.99 a pop...

My thoughts on Nexus 7

Jeff Benjamin ∙ July 24, 2012

The Nexus 7 is now available to the masses, and I just received mine yesterday. It's a good device, but it's not without its fair share of issues. The device is a small 7 inch tablet that features solid design, but it lacks the elegance of the iPad. For $199, I think that pretty much goes without saying. Actually, something strange happened with my Nexus 7 order - I received a 16GB Nexus 7, instead of the 8GB version that I ordered. Is this Google's way of kissing up to a known Apple guy? Who knows, but you won't find me complaining about it.

Since you've probably heard a million different opinions about the Nexus 7 already, I'm going to keep this short and concise. First of all, let's talk about the good...

Apple blames the rumor mill for iPhone sales miss

Cody Lee ∙ July 24, 2012

Despite the fact that iPhone sales were up year-over-year last quarter, the numbers failed to impress Wall Street. Apple missed analysts' projections by about 3 million handsets.

The company's Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer cited a number of reasons for the miss on today's earnings call. Among them, was persistent next-gen iPhone rumors...

Despite growing sales, Apple says TV is still a “hobby”

Cody Lee ∙ Updated March 19, 2019

Earlier this afternoon, Apple hosted a conference call to discuss its performance over the past three months. You can replay the call here, or you can check out our roundup of the most interesting points.

Among those points, was the fact that Apple sold an impressive 1.3 million Apple TVs last quarter. That's up more than 170% year-over-year, and pushes current-year Apple TV sales to over 4 million...

15 interesting points from today’s earnings call

Cody Lee ∙ July 24, 2012

Apple just announced its financial results for Q3 2012, and is now finishing up its earnings call. As promised, we've collected a list of some of the more interesting bits from the call to pass on to you.

Among the list, is the fact that Apple added $7 billion to its growing cash pile last quarter, bringing its cash total to more than $117 billion. Also, there are now 410 million iOS devices in the wild...

Apple reports 26 million iPhones sold, 17 million iPads in Q3 earnings

IDB Staff ∙ July 24, 2012

Apple ahead of the markets close just announced results for the calendar 2012 second quarter, the company's fiscal 2012 third quarter. As Apple is now an iPhone company, let's just get down to business. Apple shipped 26 million iPhones in the quarter, representing a 28% growth over the year-ago quarter.

The number is down substantially though, from the previous quarter, in which it sold 35.1 million handsets. Apple refreshes the iPhone annually and typically sees two gangbuster quarters after a new model is out, followed by two quarters when growth pauses as buyers await the new model.

iPad and Mac sales, and other performance metrics after the break...

Windows malware found embedded in App Store app

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 18, 2016

It looks like Apple's App Store troubles aren't over with quite yet. A new report is out this afternoon claiming that Windows malware has been discovered in an Apple-approved iOS app.

Instaquotes Quotes-Cards for Instagram, a third-party title that crawls the popular photo sharing service in search of Image Quotes, is said to contain an old made-for-Windows worm...

Password requirement for free apps in iOS 6 seems to be erratic

Cody Lee ∙ July 24, 2012

Yesterday, we mentioned that several users were reporting that the latest version of iOS 6 beta was not requiring them to put in their passwords when downloading free apps.

The news spread quickly, but the assumption was premature. It appears that Apple has quickly reversed this behavior via a backend update, and the password requirement is back in place...