Apple may not be the world’s leading mobile phone maker but its cut of both profits and sales puts it firmly at the top.
Though it holds only around 9 percent of the global mobile phone market, Apple raked in 75 percent of all profits across the industry last quarter, according to Asymco analyst Horace Dediu.
That left rival Samsung with 16 percent of the profit pie, RIM with 3.7 percent, HTC with 3 percent, (more…)
The disparity between Apple ‘s phone market share and profits has been known since quite some time. Asymco’s Horace Dediu illustrates this disparity via charts, taking into account the latest numbers from all phone manufacturers.
His findings?
Apple accounts for 75 percent of the total profits of the mobile phone industry with a mere 9 percent marketshare. Samsung came in a distant next with 16 percent profits, followed by RIM at 3.7 percent and (more…)
Mobile Safari has revolutionized the way we surf the web on mobile devices. But, there are still a few things one cannot do using mobile Safari on iPhone , iPad or iPod touch like a desktop browser. One such thing is the ability to natively upload files.
that as the name suggests allows you to upload files on a webpage. The jailbreak tweak is developed by pimskeks – member of the
.
. It also includes the following new features and improvements:
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yesterday, which held
responsible for excessive load on mobile networks, because of its frequent communication with Apple ‘s servers.
“Siri’s dirty little secret is that she’s a bandwidth guzzler, the digital equivalent of a 10-miles-per-gallon Hummer H1.”
We have, if you recollect, heard the same thing before, when analytics firm
, revealing that the
, apparently due to Siri. But there are
, like
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.
This means that Siri’s data-hogging (more…)
reports that T-Mobile USA will start offering its users who are using unlocked iPhones on their network additional support.
Though T-Mobile USA is the only US Carrier among the top 4 carrier not to offer Apple ‘s iPhone , it had revealed last year that more than a
.
Back in July 2011,
, which is required for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.
T-Mobile will begin offering the additional support from tomorrow, January 30th. According to the leaked document, (more…)
Starting January 30, T-Mobile plans to offer additional support for the over 1 million iPhone users that have unlocked their device for use on its network. T-Mobile watchblog TmoNews was able to obtain company documents detailing the new support policies.
(Credit:
TmoNews)
According to the document (pictured above), the additional support will include “common procedures, information about feature and specifications, (more…)
It’s no surprise that China’s mobile market is highly coveted by any handset manufacturer. According to a new report from Wireless Intelligence, reported by GigaOm, China is approaching the 1 billion mark for mobile connections, largely due to the popularity of 3G, which accounts for nearly 25 percent of subscribers.
China’s mobile connections grew almost 17 percent from 2010 to 2011. China Mobile, China Unicom, (more…)
The Ion Audio iCade Mobile will retail for $79.99 when it comes out in May (click to enlarge).
(Credit:
David Carnoy/CNET)
LAS VEGAS–Tired of playing games with virtual buttons on your iPhone ? Well, a few companies, including Ion Audio, are making Bluetooth game controllers that work with the iPhone and Android smartphones.
We got a chance to play around with the Ion iCade Mobile ($79.99) and found that (more…)
Currently T-Mobile USA is the only major carrier in the U.S that does not offer Apple ‘s iPhone on its network.
Until now T-Mobile has always maintained that the ball is in Apple ‘s court. However, in an interview with
Ina Fried, T-Mobile USA’s CEO Philipp Humm revealed that it has not managed to get iPhone due to its unique band technology.
“The key reason we didn’t have the iPhone in the past is we are on different band than globally the (more…)
It’s quite often that you realize you needed information from a browser tab you just closed. Most desktop browsers let you do this by giving a “Reopen closed tabs” button on the “New Tab” page.
What about Mobile Safari on the iPad?
Did you know that you can tap and hold the new tab icon (looks like a plus symbol) in Safari on the iPad and a list of recently closed tabs will appear?
is that, it’s way simpler than desktop browsers. But then again, (more…)
