Last week, we reported about a company called
, which claimed to
, with a process that applies a patent pending waterproof coating on the iPhone to protect it from water or liquids.
Though it seemed too good to be true, quite a few of you seemed to be interested in the technology that could waterproof your iPhone .
– another startup demonstrated their “WaterBlock” technology at CES 2012, which could make smartphones like the iPhone waterproof.
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Change Wave Research surveyed 4,000 North American consumers in December 2011, asking them about their current smartphone, and future purchases, if any.
, the survey found that, one in every two people planning to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days, have their eyes set on an
. Compare that to only 13 percent who want to buy a Samsung device, and 7 percent who say they’ll buy a Motorola smartphone.
The trend is a bit more interesting. Although (more…)

reports that Financial Times has acquired web and application development firm Assanka.
The 12-person shop had developed Financial Times HTML5 based web app.
Back in August 2011,  
 as it refused to get buckled down by Apple ‘s In-App Subscription policy.
Since all In-App Subscriptions go through Apple , it meant that publishers wouldn’t get all the information about subscribers such as demographic information used by magazines and newspapers (more…)

AT&T appears to be on track to break their previous quarterly records on smartphone sales, largely thanks to the popularity of the
.
AT&T announced in an online press release that it sold 6 million smartphones in the just the first two months of the fourth quarter. With some time left, it looks like it’s ready to beat its previous record of 6.1 million smartphones.
While December is traditionally a high-sales month because of the holidays, the (more…)

AT&T appears to be all set to break their previous quarterly records on smartphone sales, largely thanks to the popularity of the
.
AT&T announced in an online press release that it sold 6 million smartphones in the just the first two months of the fourth quarter. With some time left, it looks like it’s ready to beat its previous record of 6.1 million smartphones.
While December is traditionally a high-sales month because of the holidays, the (more…)

Would you break your wireless contract to get the iPhone 4S?

(Credit:
Apple )

Some mobile users are so eager for Apple ‘s latest iPhone that they’ll break their wireless contracts to grab one.

Almost half (45 percent) of iPhone buyers recently polled by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) said they paid a penalty to cancel their contract just to pick up the iPhone 4S. Some switched carriers while (more…)

initial customer satisfaction survey.
Just like last year, the surveys reveals some interesting results, especially when you take into account the negative publicity 
 ,
.
77% of iPhone 4S users are very satisfied and 19% are somewhat satisfied with their shiny new device, while only 2% said they were not satisfied with their new iPhone . This is much better than
, where 72% of iPhone 4 users were very satisfied and 21% of iPhone 4 users (more…)

Would you break your wireless contract to get the iPhone 4S?

(Credit:
Apple )

Some mobile users are so eager for Apple ‘s latest iPhone that they’ll break their wireless contracts to grab one.

Almost half (45 percent) of iPhone buyers recently polled by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) said that they paid a penalty to cancel their contract just to pick up the iPhone 4S. Some switched carriers (more…)

Yesterday, Apple pulled Tether.com’s iPhone app -
. iTether allowed users to use their iPhone ’s data connection to surf the internet on a Mac or PC over USB.

Tether has published a post on their blog in a response to Apple ‘s decision to ban their tethering app.
We were not surprised by the ban as Apple has previously banned such applications from the App Store possibly due to pressure from carriers like AT&T, Verizon and Sprint who offer (more…)

In case you haven’t heard already, Apple has launched a new promotion on Facebook, where it is giving away a free app to its Facebook fans. This weekend it is giving away Jetpack Joyride – a popular game for free via its App Store Facebook fan page. Jetpack Joyride is available in the App Store for $0.99.
After liking the App Store Facebook fan page and giving access to the “Free on App Store” Facebook app, you will be greeted with the following (more…)