Mar 07

Apple’s iPhone 5 Gets Rare Price Drop in Response to BlackBerry Z10 Stealing iPhone Users

iPhone 5 Rogers Price Cut

The BlackBerry Z10 launched in India on February 27, and in response to strong demand of the new smartphone, the iPhone 5 has undergone a rare price cut.  Its price has decreased from Rs 45,500 to Rs 42,990.  The new … Continue reading

Mar 06

iPhone apps steal more user data than Android apps [Report]

Appthority has published a report on security risks behind apps on iOS and Android platform.  The report summarizes differences between the two platforms for business, education, entertainment, finance, and games applications.  Appthority also compared app behaviours and developers of the … Continue reading

Mar 06

Wall Street Begins to Abandon Apple After Shares Fall 40%

iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S

Apple experienced a rare “triple-downgrade” today, as analysts from three investment banks cut their earnings estimates and price targets for the company.  The three analysts are Glen Young from Citigroup, Ben Reitzes of Barclay’s and Adnaan Ahmad from Berenberg Bank.  … Continue reading

Mar 03

Unsold iPhone 5s Pile Up at Retailers as Demand for iPhone Tumbles

iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S

This week, carrier Leap Wireless made the headlines when it announced that it could be stuck with $100 million of unsold iPhones if it honors its agreement with Apple.  The company also said that it might be able to sell … Continue reading

Mar 02

Apple’s New Lightning to HDMI Adapter Shows Why Apple is in Rapid Decline

Lighting to HDMI

Apple’s decision to switch to Lightning adapters, which rendered existing cables and accessories virtually useless, was met with widespread dismay from Apple users.  The Lightning cables and adapters are expensive, since they started from US$29. In particular, the Lightning-to-HDMI cable … Continue reading

Feb 28

Apple iPhone 5 loses to Samsung Galaxy S III for the Best Smartphone Award

Mobile World Congress 2013 has kicked off in Barcelona. Mobile World Congress is one of the world’s largest exhibitions for the tech industry that provides the perfect platform for mobile operators, vendors, device manufacturers, and content owners. MWC features awards for best mobile devices … Continue reading

Feb 25

BlackBerry Ramps Up Z10 Production as Android and iPhone Users Switch Over in Droves

Z10 and Q10 Edited

Yesterday, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins said in an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine that BlackBerry has “ramped up our production” of the Z10.  In addition, he stated that “The fact is that we have been surprised by the positive … Continue reading

Feb 24

Google Glass promises a better future than Apple iWatch [released by end of 2013]

With the introduction of self driving cars, Google has always tried to invent the futuristic gadgets that would change the world as we know it. If the augmented reality glasses are the next big thing then Google will surely have … Continue reading

Feb 14

BlackBerry Z10 is Crushing iPhone 5, Galaxy SIII and Note II in Customer Satisfaction

(Updated February 17 to add customer reviews from the UK, located near the bottom of this article) Customer satisfaction is extremely important.  In fact, it has been one of the key factors of Apple’s success in the past decade.  In the UK … Continue reading

Feb 05

Thorsten Heins Fires Shot at Apple and Microsoft as BlackBerry Aims to Compete With Cupertino and Redmond on All Fronts

Z10 and Q10 Edited

“This isn’t just about smartphones and tablets.  The architecture we have built is [a] true mobile computing architecture.  It’s not a downgraded PC operating system.” – BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, speaking to Reuters In an interview in Toronto today, BlackBerry’s … Continue reading

Jan 28

Apple’s iPhone is losing market share as Android gets 70% of the smartphone market

According to a latest report by StrategyAnalytics, Apple iOS has seen a decrease in the mobile market share during Q4 2012.  The Global smartphone shipments actually grew during Q4 2012 by 38 percent with 217 million units shipped worldwide. Apple … Continue reading

Jan 27

Apple Store Jumping on BlackBerry 10 Bandwagon!?

Apple Store BB 10

One of our readers, Bobtheman71, noticed that an Apple store in their city was playing the song titled No Sleep Til BlackBerry 10. We are unsure if other Apple stores are also playing this song. Thanks to Bobtheman71 for submitting this … Continue reading

Jan 25

Top 10 Most Famous Mobile Apps: Facebook and Google Apps dominate [Report]

It is observed that smartphone users typically spend 4 out of every 5 minutes on applications when using their phones. With the high importance on media consumption in this post-PC era, Smartphone application market is very competitive and lucrative for any media … Continue reading

Jan 24

Exclusive: Lenovo and Huawei are Top Contenders To Bid For RIM (Updated)

Lenovo RIM Building

A report by Bloomberg today reveals that computer-maker Lenovo has publicly stated a bid for RIM is one of its options in expanding its mobile business.  Subsequently, we have reached out to an anonymous source inside RIM, who confirms that … Continue reading