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Samsung just lost $10B market value on Apple order stoppage rumor

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 16, 2012

Samsung has lost a whopping ten billion dollars of market value on rumors of order stoppage concerning DRAM chips. The iPhone maker has reportedly secured half the manufacturing output from Elpida, a struggling Japanese maker of dynamic random access memory chips.

Apple is Samsung's biggest client and Cupertino's business contributes substantially to their fortunes so no wonder Samsung’s shares fell yesterday more than six percent to a nine-week low, effectively wiping out a cool $10 billion of the company's market capitalization...

Poll: should the next iPhone have a bigger screen?

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 16, 2012

With Android devices typically sporting displays measuring between 4.3 and 4.8 inches diagonally (and beyond) and the usually credible Wall Street Journal throwing its weight behind recent reports asserting a four-inch iPhone, we're eager to learn about your take on this drama.

Would you prefer the next iPhone to sport the same 3.5-inch display as prior iPhones? A four-inch iPhone, you say? How do you feel about a monstrous 4.8-inch iPhone?

Apple and Samsung now represent nearly half of all smartphones sold globally

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 16, 2012

Research firm Gartner is out this morning with its first-quarter phone sales survey. The results show that Apple and Samsung together now represent 49.3 percent of all smartphones sold globally, up from 29.3 percent in the first quarter of 2011, while other vendors continue to experience a decline.

China has now become Apple's second-largest market for smartphones, after the United States and rival Samsung pretty much leads all, having overtaken both Apple and Nokia in smartphone and cell phone shipments, respectively...

US downloads surge 28% to 41 apps per smartphone

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 16, 2012

With one in two in the United States now owning a smartphone (was 40 percent of mobile subscribers in 2011), app downloads are on the rise, too.

Compared to last year, the average smartphone consumer in the U.S. now has 41 apps on their home screen, a 28 percent increase from 32 apps in last year, according to a Nielsen study released this morning.

Here are the top five downloaded apps across the iOS and Android platforms...

WSJ: Production of “at least 4-inch” screens for the next iPhone begins in June

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated December 26, 2016

Putting its credibility behind a flurry of rumors calling for a sixth-generation iPhone with a screen larger than the current 3.5-inch form factor, the usually well-informed Wall Street Journal reported that production of displays for the next iPhone that measure "at least four inches diagonally" is said to be commencing in June...

China Mobile in negotiations with Apple for iPhone partnership

Cody Lee ∙ May 16, 2012

To say that China is an important territory for Apple and its smartphone is an understatement. The country is home to more than a billion cell phone users, and the market is currently dominated by Android and other platforms.

That's because the iPhone has only been available in mainland China for a few months now, and the handset has yet to land on its largest carrier: China Mobile. But according to Reuters, that may not be the case for long...

Sony taps Aaron Sorkin to write screenplay for Steve Jobs film

Cody Lee ∙ Updated March 12, 2018

Sony's biopic of late Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs is shaping up to be quite a film — much better than the indie flick that Ashton Kutcher is starring in.

Not only does the studio own the rights to Jobs' widely-popular biography, but Variety is reporting that it has just tapped Aaron Sorkin to write the script for the movie...

HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE shipments delayed at US Customs due to Apple patents

Cody Lee ∙ May 15, 2012

So this is pretty big news: The Verge is reporting that it has learned that shipments of HTC's One X and Evo 4G LTE handsets have been indefinitely delayed at US Customs due to an import ban order handed down by the ITC last year.

The International Trade Commission ruled last December that HTC was infringing upon an Apple patent regarding the auto-hyperlinking of phone numbers and other data in text, resulting in a country-wide ban of HTC's products...

Check out these awesome iPhone-controlled RC cars

Cody Lee ∙ Updated October 25, 2016

There's no shortage of iPhone-controlled vehicles on the market these days. We've seen cars, helicopters, robots, and even tiny spheres that can be controlled with Apple's handset. But we've never seen anything look this good.

The folks over at iHelicopters.net, yes, the makers of the rocket-launching Cobra copter, just informed us that they've got a new lineup of iPhone-controlled RC cars out that we wouldn't want to miss. And they were right...

On clueless analysts and iTV being such a “terrible use of retail space”

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 13, 2016

Pacific Crest's Andy Hargreaves wins the coveted title for this week's Most Idiotic Analysis concerning a rumored HD TV television set from Apple, aptly dubbed by the press the iTV.

In a note issued to clients on Tuesday, Hargreaves provided two arguments against an Apple-branded telly.

First, such a device would be of little value to couch potatoes unless it came with a bucket load of premium Hollywood entertainment. Up to a point, he argued Apple thus far has failed to get content owners in line to stream movies and television shows to the TV.

Bear with me for a sec.

Secondly, he wrote a 46-inch HD TV set "would be a terrible use of retail space relative to iPhone, iPad or the Apple TV set-top box".

Has this guy heard of warehouses? What about jumbo-sized walls of Apple's retail stores? And whoever said Apple would need to stock hundreds of big-screen iTVs in retail outlets, especially if they'll fetch a cool $2,000 a pop, as rumored...

Interesting Apple steering wheel remote patent surfaces

Cody Lee ∙ May 15, 2012

PatentlyApple points to a number of newly-granted patents published today by the US Patent and Trademark Office with Apple's name on them. And out of the 20 or so filings, there's one particular invention that stands out.

The patent describes an in-vehicle remote control with what appears to be a clickwheel-esque interface. It attaches to the steering wheel and can control an iPod, iPhone or other device. Keep reading for more details...

Apple looking to bring WatchESPN app to Apple TV

Cody Lee ∙ Updated March 17, 2019

Bloomberg is out with a new report this afternoon, claiming that Apple is in talks with Disney to bring its WatchESPN app to the Apple TV. The app, which is currently available on the iPhone and iPad, allows existing ESPN subscribers to watch sporting events on the go.

Apple TV already contains apps from the NBA, MLB, and NHL — all of which provide live broadcasts of league games to subscribers. But ESPN's offering would feature much more rounded coverage, including basketball, baseball, golf, soccer, tennis and more...