Next iPhone will have bigger screen, report says
Apple is indeed planning to introduce an iPhone with a larger screen, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. The company has reportedly ordered 4-inch screens from its suppliers, a bump from the currently standard 3.5-inch screen size that Apple has been using since the original
Apple readies iPhone with bigger screen: sources
Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. The new iPhone screens will measure 4 inches from corner to corner, one source said. That would represent a roughly 30
China Mobile in talks with Apple for iPhone
China Mobile, the world's biggest telecom carrier by subscribers, said on Wednesday it is negotiating with Apple Inc to carry the popular iPhone in China. China Mobile is the only Chinese operator that does not officially carry the iPhone because its homegrown 3G technology is not supported by the chips used in current iPhone models.
Apple drops 4G from new iPad name in UK online store
Apple has removed claims that its new iPad has '4G' capability from its UK and other non-US online stores, after complaints that its high-speed mobile connection could not work outside the US. The UK Apple Store now describes the mobile-capable device as having 'cellular' capability, rather than 4G. The latter offers superfast mobile
Aaron Sorkin to pen screenplay for Steve Jobs film
Steve Jobs' life will be brought to the big screen by Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin in a movie based on Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography of the enigmatic co-founder of Apple, maker of iPods and iPads. Sony Pictures Entertainment on Tuesday unveiled plans to put Sorkin, who wrote Facebook film 'The Social Network,' behind
Apple provides sneak peek at iOS apps for summer 2012
Apple is expected to unveil the iOS 6 software at its WWDC conference in June, and while proprietary maps, Siri APIs for developers and a revamped App Store have been rumoured, the exact details won't be known until the event. However, Apple is showing off some of the apps that it expects to be big summer hits on its iPhone, iPad and iPod
iPad gives voice to kids with autism
Sharia stood immobile in front of the television, transfixed by its images, unaware of the world around her. Her family called her name over and over again, but she did not respond. It was that moment when they knew something was wrong. Initially, they thought it was a hearing problem. When they
Own an iPod? Then youre suing Apple
If you're one of the millions who purchased an iPod between September 12, 2006, and March 31, 2009, you might be in for a surprising email from RealNetworks. The company, which developed Real Player and the service Harmony, has officially enlisted iPod owners in a class-action lawsuit against
Apple, supplier Foxconn to share costs on improving factories
Apple Inc and its key supplier Foxconn Technology Group will share the initial costs of improving labor conditions at the Chinese factories that assemble iPhones and iPads, Foxconn's top executive said on Thursday. Foxconn chief Terry Gou did not give a figure for the costs, but the group has been spending heavily to fight a perception
Apps Rush: Doodle Tales, Viber, Revision3 for iPad, Pair, Nokia City Lens, TouchArcade and more
This is an inventive idea for a storytelling app for kids. Doodle Tales gets them to create their own stories using brushes, shapes, stamps, text and backgrounds, adding in voice narration and then sharing their creations with the wider community. It also includes branded in-app packs from kids' TV shows LazyTown and Numberjacks.iPhone /
IPhone costs Sprint CEO $3.25 million
Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse is taking a $3.25 million pay cut because of the nasty toll the iPhone has taken on the company's bottom line. The move is an attempt to appease some of Sprint's (S, Fortune 500) most vocal shareholders, including the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, who oppose Hesse's reelection to the company's board. The
Boot up: the truth on Apple and Dropbox, Samsung Galaxy opinions, options on being mugged and more
A quick burst of 10 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamGreat examples of HTML5 can be hard to come by and even harder to master. It's core aims have been to improve the language with support for the latest multimedia whilst staying readable and being consistently understood by computers. Rich Clark and Bruce
Why you should believe the 4-inch iPhone rumor
On Thursday morning, iLounge released mockups of what it says the next iPhone is going to look like, according to the site's own unnamed sources. The main differences in appearance between the next iPhone and the current iPhone 4S? A metal back, a smaller dock connector, a 20 percent decrease in thickness, and a longer 4-inch display.
Sprint CEO to take pay cut as iPhone costs pinch
Sprint Nextel chief Daniel Hesse said he would take a cut in pay this year, after coming under fire from some shareholders disappointed with the hit the company's results took from subsidizing Apple's popular iPhones. Hesse said his 2012 salary would be cut to repay about $346,000 in incentive pay that he has already received and forfeit
Steve Coll on Exxon Mobils oil empire
Exxon Mobil's vast size and massive profits have often put the oil giant in the crosshairs of critics, and its strict adherence to company protocols and philosophy has created an image of the company as impervious to outside pressure. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll's new book 'Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power'
Apple and Samsung to discuss putting an end to lawsuits
Apple chief executive Tim Cook will meet his opposite number at Samsung, Gee-Sung Choi, to discuss ending their bitter litigation over smartphones and tablets, which has become a globe-spanning war taking in 50 lawsuits in 10 countries. But the summit, on 21 May, is not the result of an olive branch held out by either side. Instead, it is
Hon Hai drops; poor end of the iPad value chain
Shares in Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd took a beating on Monday after lackluster quarterly profits, in sharp contrast to the booming fortunes of its main client, Apple Inc, highlighting one of the main downsides of life as a maker of others' high-end products. Hon Hai's first-quarter net profit - up 3.6 percent to T$14.92 billion
Apple sales rocket in China, but growth may slow
Apple Inc is likely to see its sales growth nearly double in greater China this year, but the pace will probably taper thereafter as competitors hit back with new products in the biggest global mobile phone market. For the world's most valuable technology to get a bigger slice of the China market, it will also have to come up with an
