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Apple iPad U.K. was lucky to get iPad after few weeks of its U.S. launch, however, not all other countries where iPad is yet to be launched are as lucky. LG, which  one of the largest supplier of displays for Apple’s iPad, says it cannot meet the enormous demand for the device. “Demand (from Apple) keeps growing and we can’t meet it all. Apple may have to delay launches of the iPad for [...]

Samsung Galaxy S ad Not content with the  marketing gimmick of  announcing free Samsung Galaxy S devices to disgruntled iPhone users,  in the latest ad for its Galaxy S smartphone, Samsung simply says “Hello,”  but, it  features bars of network characters making up the Ls in the word Hello and but everyone who has seen  and heard (who  hasnt) about  the signal issues on the iPhone 4  [...]

Antennagate has seen Apple sparring with its rivals which started when the new iPhone 4 reception problems began. Nokia took a dig by releasing a tongue-in-cheek ‘How do you hold your Nokia?’ feature , Steve Jobs retaliated during the iPhone 4 press conference and presented data that showed that its competitors phones, including Samsung Omnia II faced the issues which was quickly rebutted by [...]

Apple Apple said yesterday that the white version of iPhone 4 will not be available until later this year. During the iPhone 4 press conference last Friday, Steve Jobs said  that the white phone would be available by late July. Apple’s explanation for the new delay is devoid of  details. In a press release the company said: “White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have continued to be more [...]

Image source : Engadget During iPhone 4 press conference last week, Steve Jobs said that Apple would provide free cases to anyone who buys the iPhone 4 before September 30, the free case offer includes a choice of either Apple’s bumper or a third-party case. As part of that offer, Apple said it would offer refunds to iPhone 4 users who had already bought bumpers from Apple. True to its words, [...]

Skype Skype has launched a new version of its iPhone app,not surprisingly, the new features take advantage of Apple’s  iOS 4 capabilities.Skype for iPhone (now version 2.0.1) users no longer have to keep the software active to receive calls and IMs. Multitasking allows calls to be received even when other apps are running or the phone is locked. Users can even continue a call while switching [...]

Image by Sigalakos via Flickr Apple has announced profit of $3.25 billion, or $3.51 a share ( Nasdaq),  for the last quarter, thanks to runaway sales of iPhones and iPads — as well as a surprise surge of Macintosh computer sales — gave Apple record-breaking revenues for its third quarter.. In a quarter in which Apple introduced both the new iPhone 4 as well as the iPad, it notched a 61 [...]

During the press conference last week, when Steve Jobs showed how the BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC Droid Eris and Samsung Omnia II suffered from signal loss while held in a certain way, even though he had omitted mentioning Nokia, Nokia claimed it always prioritizes antenna performance over physical design. Apple has now rectified its mistake, now Apple’s Smartphone Antenna Performance page has added [...]

SmartPhones Nokia was quick to rebuff Steve Jobs claim that even Nokia phones (among others) faced the ‘death grip’ issue. Nokia repeated its stance that the freedom to hold the phone naturally was important. Nokia claimed to test its phones for grip and to make sure that either hand wouldn’t block the cellular signal regardless of the position. “Nokia has invested thousands [...]

iPhone 4 In the hastily summoned press conference  on Friday Steve Jobs offered  no apologies for the iPhone 4’s reception issues and blamed the media for exaggerating , “blown so out of proportion, it’s incredible” he said. Jobs singled out reports from Bloomberg and Gizmodo ( Gizmodo bought an iPhone 4 which was lost by an Apple Engineer in a bar, and now faces legal [...]