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…)
versus Samsung saga comes from Sydney, Australia where Federal Court judge Annabelle Bennett advised Apple to reveal their
sales figures in the United States and the United Kingdom to strengthen their case against Samsung. The Galaxy Tab 10.1, whose sales are put on hold in Australia by the court, has been available in the U.S. and U.K. markets since June.
Apple claims that the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia would considerably (more…)
As if there wasn’t enough news in the past couple of days, today
. The three patents, HTC claims, are violated by the
line of products.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware seeks to halt Apple ‘s importation and sale of infringing products in the United States. It also seeks compensatory damages, triple damages for willful infringement and other remedies.
The action recommended by HTC is certainly harsh, but is more or less (more…)
There has been a lot of stuff going on, when it comes to
. On one side it is fighting a patent war with the likes of
(though indirectly), while on the other side there are a bunch of developers who are being sued by patent trolls like Lodsys and Kotool.
To give you a little background on the latter part, Lodsys claims that by using the
, developers violate patents Lodsys owns. This is despite the fact that Apple has already licensed these (more…)
The legal tussle between App developers and patent trolls doesn’t seem to end. The newest addition to the list of patent trolls is Kootol, an India based company, which has sent legal notices to a number of companies including App development firm Iconfactory – developer of Twitterrific – a popular Twitter app. Kotool software claims they infringe on a US patent for Twitter style real time feeds.
Even if App developers are not infringing on these (more…)
mSpot, the cloud based music streaming service has been around for quite some time now. The service, which was released back in June 2010 allows users to store their music online and listen to it anywhere, anytime including on their mobile devices.
Until yesterday, it only supported Android based smartphones and tablets. Earlier today, however, they announced that mSpot is available for
and above.
Owners of all these devices will now be (more…)
