Apple seems to have no desire to sell cheaper smartphones, according to a report from Citigroup technology analyst Richard Gardner.

Meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer yesterday, Citigroup analysts discussed a variety of topics with the two executives, notably the smartphone market.

Asked about the sustainability of Apple ‘s average selling prices and margins for (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…)

, it will continue to offer
as the entry level iPad. A report by Taiwanese publication
provides some more evidence to that theory. 
claims that according to their sources, Apple suppliers will ship 25 million lower resolution (1024×768 pixels) iPad 2 displays in 2011 even after Apple launches of iPad 3. The report claims that Apple suppliers are expected to ship 40 million “Retina” (2048×1536 pixels) displays in 2012. To get a perspective, (more…)

reports that a patent filed by Apple outlines methods for advanced backlighting to improve picture quality and handle subtitles.
” filed by Apple only a few months ago, in September of 2011, which outlines a method for improving quality on letterboxed video.
While today’s widescreen displays are in a 16:9 aspect ratio, much of today’s content comes in other proportions, like Panavision’s 2.35:1 ratio. This causes content from Blu-ray, DVDs, and (more…)

and iPhone 4S. We’ve got the details for their their trade-in program, too.
According to MacRumors, RadioShack will be offering an instant $30 discount on all models of the iPhone 4 and
from Sunday, December 11th. This will make the prices $69.99 for the iPhone 4 instead of $99.99, and $169.99/269.99/369.99 instead of the normal $199.99/299.99/399.99. The sale will go on through the 17th of December.
MacRumors reports that RadioShank will also (more…)

We’ve had plenty of rumors about an Apple -branded TV, but this one is quite different. According to one particular analyst, Apple ‘s next-generation iMacs will come with
 functionality built-in.
Brian Blair, an analyst for Wedge Partners, thinks that the next generation of iMacs will be out in the first half of 2012, and they’ll be coming with a special bonus. Blair thinks that the big feature will be Apple TV functionality built into them.
(more…)

, which launched along with
, can now be used for games as well. The first app to use the In-App Subscription API is Big Fish Games’ “Play Instantly!” for the iPad, which is sort of like Netflix for games. For a monthly subscription fee, users can play any game in Big Fish’s catalogue.
The subscription will initially cost $4.99 and increase to $6.99 early next year. Without subscriptions users would be limited to a playing time of 30 minutes per (more…)

A couple of weeks back, we reported that 
called C3 Technologies, which specialized in making 3D maps from photo data using declassified missile-targeting technology.
 - the other two mapping companies Apple has acquired in the last two years.
, ”
C3 also makes awesome street level imagery captured using “an advanced multiple camera system with overlapping viewing angles to capture the entire surroundings in stereo.”
In addition to street (more…)

Couple of weeks back, Regional carrier C Spire Wireless surprised everyone by announcing that it will be offering 
 in the coming weeks.
C Spire has now announced that it will be offering both iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 from November 11th and will start taking pre-registrations from today.
iPhone 4S will be available starting at $199.99 for the 16GB model, $299.99 for the 32GB model and $399.99 for the 64GB model with a new two-year contract (more…)

Best Buy is offering the iPhone 4S in all models across all three carriers.

(Credit:
Best Buy)

Apple ‘s iPhone 4S has already secured a home for itself on the shelves at Best Buy.

The retail chain’s iPhone 4S Web page shows that it will sell all three flavors of the new phone (16GB, 32GB, and 64GB) at the standard retail prices of $199, $299, and $399, respectively, and in both black and white. (more…)