has published a lengthy, but fascinating piece titled “How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work,” offering an interesting insight into Apple ‘s supply chain.
, but almost every consumer electronic company’s manufacturing is outsourced to Asian countries. So what’s the reason behind that?
You’d think it’s cheap, unskilled labor, but there’s a lot more behind these companies’ decision to move their manufacturing to Asian countries, than just saving money (more…)

, which advertises its network as being the only one to offer a 
unlimited data plan, throttles the data speeds of smartphone users that consume excessive data on its partner networks while roaming.
 ”For those that want to abuse it, we can knock them off,” Hesse said at an investor conference Thursday. He said Sprint pares back data use for about 1% of users, a practice known as throttling.
. The two companies throttle data speeds for top (more…)

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has discovered a new Korean TV commercial of Samsung Galaxy Tab that mimics Apple ‘s iPad ads.
going on alongside Apple ‘s claims that Samsung copied Apple ‘s products, Samsung has put out a new TV commercial that seems to closely resemble Apple ‘s style of ads.
The commercial features a father and daughter using a Galaxy Tab. A loose translation provided by MacRumors is:
You try to have fun with me, you try to win against me, you ask me millions (more…)

As I wait for yet another test to complete, I probe the depths of my psyche for answers to life's most important questions. Also, CameraBag at work.

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The “S” in iPhone 4S can stand for anything you want it to, be it Siri or Steve or super. However, after finally spending some time with the iPhone 4S this week, I’m choosing to believe that the S does in fact stand for speed, but you (more…)

One of the lesser-known facts to emerge about the iPhone 4S yesterday is that it is the first phone to launch with Bluetooth 4.0, the latest version of Bluetooth. Not many products are available with Bluetooth 4.0 just yet–in fact, two of the most recent products to ship with Bluetooth 4.0 are also from Apple : the MacBook Air and the Mac Mini. Bluetooth 4.0 is backward-compatible with all other versions of Bluetooth, so you (more…)

iPhone 3G and iPhone 4: The fundamentals aren't really that different.

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Surprise: the iPhone 4S looks just like the iPhone 4. Disappointing? Sure. However, consider this: it’s been more than four years since the original iPhone debuted. In those four years, much has happened under the hood of the iPhone , but surprisingly little has changed about the iPhone ‘s outward appearance.

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iPhone 3G and iPhone 4: The fundamentals aren't really that different.

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On the eve of Apple ‘s latest iPhone announcement, it’s been over four years since the original iPhone debuted. In those four years, much has happened under the hood of the iPhone , but surprisingly little has changed about the iPhone ‘s outward appearance.

Amid outcries of a possibly similar-looking “iPhone (more…)

With less than 2 days to go, Apple has put up the banner for the
event at the Town Hall auditorium at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, which is going to be the venue for the big media event.
, a new entry level iPhone 4 and the new iPod product line. Apple is also expected to announce the release date for its next generation mobile operating system -
– its new cloud based service.
There have been several speculations about Apple ‘s (more…)

last year,
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will be compatible with their iOS device, despite rumors last week that
, there were still some apprehensions about couple of things.
Based on the video, folks at
In my opinion, iOS 5 beta works flawlessly on iPhone 3GS”
Though it’s still early days and we still need to find out, which other features are not supported on iPhone 3GS, things are looking quite positive.
Please share your views in the comments section and (more…)

WOW PRETTY SWEET CANT WAIT TO SEE IF SAMSUNG GONNA SELL IT TO APPLE CUZ THE RELATIONSHIP ISNT THE SAME ANYMORE CUZ APPLE SUE SAMSUNG BUT THEN AGAIN APPLE IS A BIG CUSTOMER SO PROBABLY SO BUT NOBODY KNOWS CUZ Apple and Samsung refuse to discuss their relationship AND SAMUNG IS IN A HARD SITUATION TAKING ABUSE FROM STEVE AND APPLE MIGHT JUST LOSE THE BIGGEST SUPLIER IN THE WORLD THE South Korean giant makes some of the most important components Apple (more…)