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iPhone 4S to launch with select regional carriers April 20th – engadget

Been hankering after an iPhone 4S, but just can’t tear yourself away from that great local network? Well, if you live in a select handful of locations, you might just be in luck, as it seems Apple has been working … Continue reading

More Regional Carriers Nab the iPhone – PC Magazine

Regional carriers nTelos Wireless and Cellcom are the latest to nab Apple’s iPhone. The iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 will be available via Virginia-based nTelos starting April 20. The 16GB iPhone 4S will retail for $149.99, the 32GB will be … Continue reading

Apple iPhone 4S vs. Nokia Lumia 900: AT&T Smartphone Showdown – PC Magazine

The highly anticipated, Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia 900 hits AT&T April 8 with an aggressively low $99.99 price tag, but it’s already available for preorder. Since this is a flagship product for Nokia and Microsoft, everyone is sure be to … Continue reading

Samsung to Outsell Apple in First Quarter, Despite iPhone’s Hot Sales – PC World

Apple’s iPhone 4S may be top sales dog at AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, but the company is still expected to lag significantly behind rival Samsung in first-quarter smartphone sales. Samsung will sell an estimated 41 million units this quarter, compared … Continue reading

Foxconn Recruiter Says iPhone 5 Arrives in June – Tom’s Guide

The short little interview was conducted from a distance and void of any significant detail. The recent iPhone 4S is probably the only model that has been released outside Apple’s typical June/July window. Otherwise, Apple has stuck with the same … Continue reading

Apple Gets in Dutch with Ozzie Regulator

Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) filed a legal complaint against Apple Wednesday charging it with misleading consumers in promoting its new iPad. It said Apple suggests the iPad with Wifi+4G can connect to an Australian 4G mobile network with … Continue reading

Smartphones Are Trending Up: Clear Winner is Google

Smartphones are trending up, they now account for almost 50 percent of mobile phones in the United States.  And, not surprisingly, feature phones are trending down – four out of five new mobile phone purchases are for smartphones.  The clear … Continue reading

iOS: Resolving activation messages

Learn how to troubleshoot certain warning messages that may appear when you attempt to activate your iPhone or iPad. Your <device> could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. The <device> is not recognized and cannot be … Continue reading

FLA Reports What It Saw in Apple Plants in China

The Fair Labor Association (FLA), which Apple hired to look into working conditions at Foxconn plants in China a few months ago, said late Thursday that it had interviewed 35,000 workers and found no instances of child labor or forced … Continue reading

Foxconn Buys into Sharp, Likely Thinking Apple

Apple’s contract manufacturer Foxconn and its Taiwanese avatar the Hon Hai Group are buying 9.9% of struggling Osaka-based electronics conglomerate Sharp. They’ll get $1.6 billion worth of new Sharp shares. It’s the biggest investment a Taiwan company has ever made … Continue reading