Tag: iphone

Next iPhone might feature S-Pen-like stylus

Mar. 05 Apple, Apple, General, iPhone, iPhone 5, News, Phones, Rumors, Tablets no comments


According to the latest spat of rumours, the next generation iPhone might just come with an S-Pen-like stylus, with some unique features.

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Of course rumours are just rumours and it may just prove to be nothing, but not if Apple’s three recent patent filings has anything to do with it. Apparently Apple is working on a stylus that will compete directly with Samsung’s S-Pen, but will host more features such as a mini barcode scanner and motion gesture password protection support. The rumoured iPhone Plus, a iPhone/iPad cross might just be Apple’s answer to Samsung’s successful Galaxy Note series. Of course, an ‘iPen’ would put a spanner in the works for Cregle Inc.’s iPen and iPen 2.

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Evasi0n jailbreak reaches 23 million iOS users, 14 million iOS 6

Mar. 04 Apple, Apple, Apple iPad 3, Apple iPad mini, General, iPad, iPad 4, iPhone, iPhone 5, News, Phones, Tablets no comments


Evasi0n, one of the most popular iOS jailbreaking tools to date, has just released some figures regarding their jailbreak’s usage.

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Evad3rs member, pod3g, tweeted some statistics regarding the tool’s popularity amongst iOS users. According to him there are over 23 million iOS devices that has been jailbroken with Evasi0n, with over 14 million of those devices being devices that run iOS 6 or higher. It’s quite a jump from the 7 million iOS 6 users within the first four days of the jailbreak’s availability and Apple’s next iOS 6 update, iOS 6.1.3, is said to bring a fix that will render the tool useless. Knowing jailbreakers though, an update should arrive shortly thereafter.

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Apple paying $330,211 per day due to Facetime patent infringements

Feb. 28 Apple, Applications, General, iPhone, iPhone 5, News, Phones no comments

In November, Apple was found to infringe on some VirnetX patents within it’s video calling platform, Facetime, and was ordered to pay the company royalties, several months later, after Apple’s request for a new trial failed, they’re set to pay ‘bigtime’.

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Apple has been found guilty of infringing on VirnetX’s patents regarding creating virtual private networks between two devices within it’s iMessage and Facetime applications. A judge has ordered the Silicon Valley giant to pay VirnetX $330,211 per day that a settlement agreement isn’t reached, dating back to November 6. They also have to pay $368 million in damages and royalties. The judge has provided the two companies with 45 days to reach an agreement, each day of which Apple would have to pay. Paying though, should not be any problem for Apple, which currently has over $137 billion in cash reserves.

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Cheaper plastic iPhone suggested to come in 2014 for $330

Feb. 28 Apple, General, iPhone, iPhone 5, News, Phones, Rumors no comments

Rumours have been circulating for a while now regarding a cheaper iPhone, possibly an iPhone Mini, and Apple has denied such rumours, but according to Japanese blog, Macotakara, there is a more affordable iPhone on the way, made out of plastic.

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Macotakara reports, from inside sources, that the more affordable iPhone will launch sometime in 2014 made entirely out of polycarbonate plastic, the same material used on Nokia’s Lumia devices as well as the HTC One S. The device is said to retail for roughly $330 and look virtually identical to the iPhone 5, with the exception being a bigger 4.5-inch display. Apple has previously squashed rumours of an iPhone Mini, but never mentioned anything about a more affordable, bigger version. Apple did the same with the iPad Mini, denying a 7-inch tablet for years and then unveiling the 7.85-inch tablet nonetheless. Once again, these are just rumours and could just be entirely fabricated.

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Apple lawsuit results in the company giving out over $100 million in iTunes credit

Feb. 27 Apple, General, iPhone 5, News no comments


A federal lawsuit against Apple has taken shocking turn as Apple is said to have agreed upon a settlement amounting to over $100 million.

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The lawsuit brought against Apple for not allowing sufficient control over in-app purchases leading to minors purchasing loads of applications is nearing its end as a hearing regarding a settlement will commence on Friday. The settlement will see Apple provide each of the estimated 23 million customers with $5 of iTunes store credit, more if the user can prove that Apple was at fault for larger purchases. Users with bills of $30 and higher will be entitled to cash instead of the credit. Apple seems to have admitted being at fault here and the settlement should not interfere with the company’s estimated $137 billion cash reserves.

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