Although the iPod still dominates the standalone media player space with more than 70 percent of the market, sales are shrinking — in fact, “shriveling” might be a better descriptor. However, if you’re out on the street, there are still plenty of telltale white earbuds. Though everything looks the same — Apple, Apple [...]

Apple and Facebook started the ball rolling and have directly paid out billions to developers to date. Insatiable hater vituperation aside, the iOS space is still far n’ away the most lucrative and innovative place for devs to be. However, like so many created in Silicon Valley innovations, the app-conomy has taken on [...]

Damned if you don’t, damned if you do. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said more than a couple times that his company couldn’t grow its subscriber base without Apple’s smartphone in its catalog. Yes, the number three US carrier now has the iPhone and subscriber numbers are climbing, but that hasn’t yet translated into [...]

Whether an act of desperation or masterstroke before the kill, ailing Motorola is playing for survival and, because Google could soon own them, the stakes are incalculably high. Although there’s no question they will come to terms with Apple, how the cost is calculated is yet to be settled and the final tally [...]

It is the stuff of legend. A story told and retold again and again, yet it only gets better with time. One of the engineers that helped create the original Apple smartphone tells how Steve Jobs’ simple directive on design lead to a device that changed how the world interacts and uses technology [...]

Apple has been beating the legal tar out of Android handset makers. The home button, slide to unlock and a host of other Apple patented design features that once could be found on Android devices are gone, but the battles still aren’t over and, with the issuance of this patent, unlikely to subside [...]

What else would you expect from people with an observable preference for “two-for-one” and “free” phone deals? Yes, folks that prefer Android also seem to have a preference for one-night stands. But, they’re not the only smartphone owners on the make — yes, dear iPhone owner, you too are what you own and [...]

Since Apple’s latest smartphone sensation shipped on Friday, October 14, it has been listed as out-of-stock on Apple Stores and at third-party resellers worldwide, meaning that ordering one today probably meant waiting a week or more. That has finally changed with Apple and the great majority of its partnering showing immediate availability — [...]

There are four major wireless carriers here in the land of milk and Honey Nut Cheerios, and only three of them are selling the iPhone. So, if you were the odd man out, flush with cash and ready to top up your network “free” spectrum from AT&T, what would you do? Although it’s [...]

When you walk into an AT&T retail outlet, you will see a lot of Android devices. In fact, the majority of the store will be dedicated to devices other than the iPhone, which is exactly the opposite of what you would expect given the carrier’s actual sales and activation numbers.

Apple opened the App Store back on July 10, 2008 with the promise to developers that they would keep 70 percent of whatever price they chose to charge for their apps. Since then, an entire new industry sprang up to meet the needs of iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users, as well as [...]

And, Apple tallies very nice margins as a result. Further, well over one third of iPhone buyers came from another platform. With Apple preparing to deliver fiscal results for the holiday quarter on Thursday, perhaps the only meaningful question still unanswered is how good it will all turn out.

In fact, the great majority of them don’t fade away either. Well, perhaps eventually. It seems the great majority of old iPhones get passed to new owners who, in fact, activate and use them. A new study finds a thriving market for hand-me-down and second-hand Apple smartphones — anything’s better than an Android, [...]

Don’t just roll your eyes. You really should give this one a full body roll — it’s easier than you think, try it. A market research firm is reporting that Apple’s iPhone is gaining on Android, which means the smartphone war (and the attendant pointless fan boy tantrums) is anything but over.

Apple’s iTunes Ping, the company’s social network for music, was supposed to arrive with Facebook integration baked. In fact, non-public betas clearly had integration, but the final product arrived with it. Although it is still early days, another non-public beta, this still time iOS, shows that Facebook integration is making a comeback. Is [...]