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Should Apple Release a Cheaper iPhone to Boost Sales?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 10:25am | 764Some say yes. But is it worth the risk? In an iPhone report released this morning, Rodman & Renshaw discussed a lot of key points, including the likelihood that supply constraints could limit the upside of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) most successful device. “Layering on the estimated 4 million...
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Is the Shine Off Apple?
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 3:30pm | 795Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has lost itself in recent trading days, as the stock never fully recovered from its October earnings report miss, and shares fell well below $400. At the time of this article, shares of Apple were trading around $376 per share, down almost 3% on the day. Apple was always...
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Siri to Stay an iPhone 4S Exclusive
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 10:36am | 350This ought to put a damper on those regular iPhone 4 users who were hoping for a software upgrade. Contrary to various reports, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has no plans to bring Siri to older iPhones. That's according to an iOS developer named Michael Steeber (via TechCrunch), who first claims to have...
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Apple Likely To Release Siri For Older Products: Source Says Apple is Testing Siri on iPhone 4
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 2:17pm | 776From the earliest hands-on demo after Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) “Let’s talk iPhone” event, one hot topic of speculation was the following: “Will Siri ever come to older devices?" Before the launch, the new iPhone was rumored to sport 1gb of ram. It was reasonable to believe that updated hardware...
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iPhone 4S is "Officially" Jailbroken, Paving the Way For Unauthorized Fun
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 2:26pm | 191But it's not yet ready for release, reports say. According to TechCrunch, iClarified is reporting that iPhone Dev-Team has created a “preliminary jailbreak” that works on the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2. “VERY preliminary 4S JB: twitpic.com/76vcp4 twitpic.com/76vct2 (Huge missing pieces prevent...
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OmniVision Technologies Up Just 1% After Chipworks Reports Not in iPhone 4S
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 2:36pm | 145The drama with OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) does not seem to end. Tech blog Chipworks reported that it does not look like an OmniVision Technologies chip is in the new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4S, after weeks of "yes it is, no it's not." Chipworks reported originally it was...
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Why Smart Money Loves Sprint
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 2:14pm | 782Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) reported third quarter earnings this morning, reporting a mixed bag, beating on the bottom line, and missing on the top line. Shares are off 4 percent today, but are off the lows of the session. The Kansas City-based company reported a third quarter loss of 10 cents per...
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Official Steve Jobs Memorial Now on Apple.com
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 1:20pm | 138You won't see any news regarding the latest MacBook Pro upgrades on the front page of Apple.com. But if you scroll down below the giant iPhone 4S images and look past the iOS 5 update link, you'll see a small graphic that says, “Celebrating Steve – Watch the October 19 special event.” This event...
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OmniVision Technologies Spikes on iPhone 4S Confirmation
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 12:20pm | 135OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) shares have held onto the majority of their gains after the website Chipworks that OmniVision Technologies image sensor chip was in fact used in the new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4S, after weeks of speculation. Originally, Chipworks had said that...
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Could Apple Be Even More Powerful Than We Thought?
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 1:48pm | 1126Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported earnings last night, missing estimates for the first time since 2004. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company reported fourth quarter earnings of $7.05 per share on $28.38 billion in revenues. Wall Street had been expecting $7.28 per share on $29.45 billion in revenues...
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Will Thieves and Dealers Ruin the iPad 3 Launch?
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 1:25pm | 747With demand expected to reach an all-time high, the iPad 3 is bound to be one of the hottest items in 2012. This is great for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which can never have enough home runs. But is it good for the consumer? Apple loyalists surely want their favorite company to be successful. But at...
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What Do the iPhone 4S Sales Figures Tell Us About Consumers?
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 2:23pm | 740At four million iPhones sold, the 4S has become Apple's fastest-selling device. Should we be surprised? Maybe. First Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) bragged that the iPhone 4S had been pre-sold to more than one million consumers. Now, in the weekend following its release, the iPhone 4S has moved four million...
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Siri Comes to Original iPhone 4 Via Hacker, Loses Voice Recognition in the Process
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 11:31am | 193Proof that Siri doesn't have to be an iPhone 4S exclusive. 9to5mac has been working exclusively with a developer by the name of Steven Troughton-Smith to port Siri to the original iPhone 4. Thus far, he has been successful – but only in terms of the user interface. 9to5mac has posted a couple of...
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Samsung Trying to Keep the iPhone 4S From Selling Four Million Overseas
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 10:46am | 289The iPhone 4S is officially the fastest-selling phone in history, and Samsung is really jealous. So jealous that the company is using the only defense available in a situation like this: patents! According to the Wall Street Journal (via TechCrunch), the Galaxy S II maker is looking to stop Apple...
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Piper Jaffray Comments on Apple's iPhone 4S Release
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 9:49am | 149Piper Jaffray has published a research report on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) commenting on the company's release of its iPhone 4S. In the report, Piper Jaffray writes, "Apple announced the sale of 4m iPhone 4S units over the weekend (3 days of sales) vs. 1.7m iPhone 4 units, an impressive number. Launch...