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Apple Nightline tour reveals handmade iPhones

Chris Davies, Feb 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple‘s behind-the-scenes Foxconn factory tour for ABC’s Nightline has aired, leaving the company’s fans and critics arguing over whether the “privileged” access unlocked any secrets or alleviated concerns over labor treatment. Many of the more astonishing figures surround the production processes for Apple’s most coveted devices, the iPad and iPhone, which are for the most part built by hand by an ever-growing team of Foxconn workers. An iPhone, for instance, takes 141 construction steps, and there is huge demand for positions at the factory.

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SmartGuard Pepper Spray iPhone Case revealed and detailed

Chris Burns, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

There's only one iPhone case out there today that both comes in pink and is able to bust a mugger down to his or her knees - and it goes by the name of SmartGuard. Regardless of the fact that this case cum weapon does sound sort of like an under-arm deodorant at first, the group Piexon, creator of self defense gadgets galore, implore you to not spray the contents of the attached canister under your arm. Instead this iPhone case has an integrated safety tab to prevent accidental discharge of the pepper spray inside. Read The Full Story

iPhone 4S hits China Telecom March 9

Chris Davies, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple's iPhone 4S will arrive on China Telecom come March 9, the Chinese carrier has confirmed, priced from free with a select contracts. Already available on China Unicom - with a somewhat disastrous launch that saw Apple's stores freeze sales of the coveted handset after queues turned violent - the second carrier will begin taking reservations for the smartphone from March 2. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 tipped for September announcement

Chris Burns, Feb 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today a report has come from a set of anonymous “Asian reliable sources” that the iPhone 5 will be announced and released in September or October of 2012. This News comes from Macotakara where a tip also leaks that this schedule will be kept for several years afterward, a new iPhone per year. Hardware has separately been tipped to be released around that time frame in rumors for the next Apple product in a more general way, so we’re thinking its either an actual iPhone or a well-orchestrated ruse to point away from the truth!

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iPhone pricing structure keeps legacy models selling hot says Kantar

Chris Burns, Feb 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the analysts at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech have released a study which showed, amongst other smartphone statistics, that the iPhone 4S release's change to Apple's pricing structure has kept the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS at pre-4S sales levels. This study also showed such revelations as the idea that over half of the population in the UK current owns a smartphone of some type and Apple having a massive 29.1% market share while Windows Phone 7 sits at a tiny 2%. While Android's share is unlisted in the study, it does trump Apple - but consider how well the single phone with several iterations (the iPhone) is doing, one must take it all into perspective. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Dash Race for iPhone Review

Chris Burns, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

The game Dash Race is just about the most unique racing game you’re going to find on any platform – and I say that having played my fair share. What you’ll do in this iPhone-based pencil and grid racing game is draw lines from one square to the next, each player taking turns to see who can best the other in their mathematically calculated set of turns and straightaways. This game is derived from a game that you may have played while wasting time between classes in high school – in this case you won’t have to do any of the calculating yourself (unless of course you want to.)

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WinZip for iOS Review

Chris Burns, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

It’s time to make the opening of ZIP files easy, finally, on the the iOS platform for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. This application takes files that have been compressed with the .ZIP file extension and opens them up for you – but more than that, it’s able to show you what’s inside without you having to run the files in other applications. In the example we’ve got here, a simple image is sent in a .ZIP file through email, opened in the basic Mail app, and the image is previewed inside WinZip.

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Apple App Store hitting 25 billion downloads imminently

Chris Burns, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

The folks at Apple have announced the soon to be hit 25 billion downloads mark from the iTunes App Store – that is, all apps downloaded for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. These apps number in the millions, and now the downloads of these apps have nearly reached the 25th billion – that’s no tiny mile mark. When the 25 billionth download is hit, the person to grab that final download is said to be eligible to win a $10,000 App Store Gift Card – you could download the whole darn place with that kind of cash!

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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: February 17, 2012

Chris Burns, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

The first thing you should look at this morning is, believe it or not, our review of Pinterest for the iPhone 4S. And I want to take this opportunity to encourage you to tell us what other apps you'd like your humble narrator to review as I continue my journey with the iPhone 4S through the next few weeks. Next take a journey down the Playstation Vita line as Sony details how you'll use it with the PlayStation 3. HTC has had its HTC One X quad-core device detailed spilled all over the place - and we're excited as heck! Read The Full Story

iOS 5.1 GM leak confirms Japanese Siri & camera shortcut

Chris Davies, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Siri's incoming Japanese skills have apparently been confirmed, with a leaked copy of the iOS 5.1 Gold Master showing the new language addition in the settings menu, as well as a tweaked iPhone lockscreen. Hints of Siri's new linguistic abilities had been shown earlier in the week, when the virtual personal assistant itself began confirming Japanese was supported, and BGR's access to a leak of the GM 5.1 release confirms it. Read The Full Story

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Pinterest for iPhone Review

Chris Burns, Feb 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

As the sharing environment and website known as Pinterest gain heavy steam in the art and design community around the world, it’s only natural that the developers behind this already massively successful platform would create a mobile app. It’s the iPhone 4S we’re taking a look at Pinterest’s version 1.4.2 app with, and it’s the iPhone that this app is made for. What you’ll find is that not only do you have most of the abilities you’ve got in the web browser version of this app at your disposal, the fact that you’ve got Pinterest in your hand rather than on your computer screen makes it more entertaining than ever before – and that’s saying something, Pinterest is addicting!

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PureTek iPhone screen protectors promise one-shot perfection

Chris Burns, Feb 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's not easy differentiating between protection kits for the iPhone, but one we're seeing this week is looking to set itself apart in the ease in use department. This is the PureTek Roll-On Screen Shield Kit for iPhone 4/4S, and the magic is really in the applying mechanism. What you get is the screen protector plastic itself, but also an "error-free application tray" to go with it. Read The Full Story