Sprint Won’t Make a Dime From The iPhone for Three More Years

May 16th, 2012


If it's true that "good things take time," then Sprint must have something amazing in store. Because it will have taken a veritable eternity in the mobile world for the iPhone to become profitable for the nation's third largest mobile carrier.

According to published reports Wednesday, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse isn't an impatient man. In fact, he sounds more than willing to wait another three years for the iPhone to become profitable for his company. As it turns out, that's how long it will take before Sprint's strategic investment yields any green.

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Wall Street Journal Report Claims Apple Tapping Suppliers For Larger iPhone Displays

May 16th, 2012



A new Wall Street Journal report claims Apple’s next iPhone will indeed feature a larger 4-inch screen.

Citing sources “familiar with the situation” the WSJ claims Apple has been looking to its suppliers for larger screens for the next iPhone with sizes of at least 4-inches. Rumors surrounding the next iPhone, and even the iPhone 4S before it, have long speculated that Apple has plans to increase the size of their iconic handset. However, the rumors haven’t materialized with each generation of the iPhone sharing the familiar 3.5-inch screen size.

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Apple Files Motion to Dismiss Siri Class Action Lawsuit

May 16th, 2012

According to the lawsuit one of the plaintiffs complained they were unable to replicate the above commercial.

Apple found itself on the wrong side of a series of suits in March alleging the company misrepresented Siri in its advertisements. Apple vehemently denies the allegations.

The complaints culminated in a class action lawsuit requesting that Apple give iPhone owners 30 days to return their phones if they’re

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China Mobile Seeking iPhone Cooperation with Apple

May 16th, 2012


It was recently revealed by China Mobile that the company is in ongoing negotiations with Apple to bring the iPhone to its network. According to Reuters, chairman Xi Guohua said that the company is “actively talking to Apple” to shareholders during the company meeting. He added that he couldn’t “give you too many details, but he’d like to repeat that both sides do hope to boost their cooperation.”

For those of you who didn’t already know, China Mobile had 667 million subscribers as of March and is the only carrier in China not selling the Apple handset. Demand for the iPhone

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HTC Handsets Being Held at Customs Due to Investigation of Apple Patent Infringement

May 16th, 2012


The Taiwanese handset maker HTC recently revealed that shipments of its HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE devices have been delayed because they are being reviewed by U.S. Customs to check for compliance with an injunction by the ITC.

According to a statement by the company “The U.S. availability of the HTC One X and HTC Evo 4G LTE has been delayed due to a standard U.S. Customs review of shipments that is required after an ITC exclusion order. We believe we are in compliance with the ruling and HTC is working closely with Customs to secure approval.”

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Apple’s Request to Dismiss E-book Class Action Lawsuit Denied

May 16th, 2012


Apple recently received a legal slap on Wednesday when U.S. District Judge Denise Cote rejected Apple’s request to dismiss a class action lawsuit against Apple and five publishers. Judge Cote scoffed at the idea that Apple and the publishers acted independently when it comes to what’s known as agency pricing, their defense to the charges that they were price-fixing ebooks. Not only did she deny the request for dismissing the lawsuit, she accused Steve jobs of being the center of it all. Parts of the judge's statement mentioned the following:

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Apple CEO Met with Speaker of the House John Boehner

May 15th, 2012


Apple CEO, Tim Cook, was spotted meeting with Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner on Tuesday for reasons that haven’t yet been reported. A picture from the official Speaker of the House “Speaker Blog” showed Cook wearing formal attire, sitting mid-conversation with Speaker Boehner at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The picture came with no details and there was no information on the conversation the two were having either.

Speaker Boehner is an outspoken opponent of a House measure aimed at China that would call for the U.S. to take action if it

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Aaron Sorkin Officially Signs on to Pen Screenplay for Sony Backed Jobs Biopic

May 15th, 2012



Aaron Sorkin has officially signed on as the screenwriter for Sony backed Steve Jobs biopic based on the Walter Isaacson Jobs biography.

“Steve Jobs’ story is unique: he was one of the most revolutionary and influential men not just of our time but of all time. There is no writer working in Hollywood today who is more capable of capturing

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Rumor: Apple’s iMac Lineup to receive Retina Display Upgrade

May 15th, 2012


In addition to the MacBook Pro lineup, Apple’s next-gen iMac desktops are also rumored to be receiving a new high-resolution Retina display.

The news following earlier reports that Apple would be unveiling thinner Retina display-equipped MacBook Pros beginning during the Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Joanna Stern of ABC News confirmed the details and included the iMac in the mix. According to her, the iMac will get a new “very,

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Report Claims Google is working on Chrome for iOS

May 15th, 2012


Google is supposedly planning to compete with Apple’s own Safari browser by releasing a version of its Chrome Web browser for iOS devices. According to Macquarie Equities Research, the launch of Chrome for iOS on the App Store could come as soon as this quarter.

The debut of a Chrome browser would be igniting a modern browser war on mobile devices, similar to the “Browser Wars” of the late 1990s between Internet Explorer and Netscape. When it comes to third-party browsers for the iOS platform, all of the browsers must be based on WebKit, which is Apple’s own open source browser engine. The existing

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