How to help tiny mobile ads make a big impact on iPhone

Apple’s iPhone and its accompanying app store offer a promising environment for developers looking to implement mobile application advertising – but it’s not an environment free of challenges. One hurdle for mobile application developers... 

Expectations and Failures of the iPhone 4S

It came with great expectations, so did it leave with great failures in its wake – we’re talking about the iPhone deals UK release, what we expected and what we got. Well the biggest of these hopes was for a new iPhone 5 and we got an iPhone 4S, which... 

Nokia planning to leave the Japanese market

According to Japanese media, Nokia is planning a complete retreat from the Japanese mobile phone market by the end of the summer. Vertu, Nokia’s high-end luxury brand, will leave the country by the end of August. Part of the move aligns with Nokia’s... 

Smartphones now outsell feature phones in the US

The old adage that smartphones aren’t that important because “most people buy dumbphones anyway” is no longer applicable, according to a recent Neilsen survey. In the United States, smartphones now account for 55% of all new phone sales,... 

The iPhone 4 is now Flickr’s most popular camera

They say the best camera is the one you have on you, and for smartphone owners, it’s almost always the camera on their phone. As a result, the number of photos taken from mobile phones has skyrocketed on Flickr. As a result, the iPhone 4 has risen... 

Judge rules Samsung cannot view iPad 3 or iPhone 5 prototy

At the end of May, the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung took an interesting turn. Apple got permission to see prototypes for new Samsung Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S devices. Samsung fired back and asked the judge for permission to see Apple’s... 

Analysts see Apple and Samsung overtaking Nokia worldwide

Nokia has long held the number one smartphone manufacturer spot worldwide, mostly because for the longest time they were the only company making smartphones to be sold outside the United States. Now, with the Symbian platform essentially dead in the... 

Sprint iPhone may be close to launch

Unidentified sources tipped 9to5Mac that Sprint customers may be in for a summertime surprise. According to their report, the iPhone 4 is in the late testing phase on Sprint, and could see a launch within months. They claim the device looks like the... 

Samsung’s lawyers demand to see Apple iPad 3 and iPhone

The tit-for-tat battle between Samsung and Apple over patent infringement rages on. Apple got permission to see prototypes for upcoming Samsung phones and tablets last week. Samsung wasn’t about to take the ruling lying down, so they submitted... 

Court orders Samsung to turn over prototype phones, tablet

As part of the on-going patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung, a court has ruled that Samsung must comply with Apple’s request for prototypes of its new and unreleased mobile devices to review. Apple wants their lawyers to review... 

AT&T accused of overcharging iPhone and iPad users fo

If you’re an iPhone or iPad owner with AT&T and you thought your overage fees were a little worse than you expected, you’re not alone. An investigative report by MSNBC and a number of iPhone and iPad owners determined that AT&T... 

Q1 mobile numbers: Android is up, Microsoft takes a dive

Gartner has finished collecting data on mobile phone sales and market share for the first quarter of 2011, and while no one expected Android to slow down, few people expected the platform to pick up as much steam as it has. Android devices now make up... 

iPhone “5G” case turns up in China

One of the most consistent ways we’ve learned about what future Apple products look like has been through leaked cases made by Apple’s official and unofficial supporting partners. Now, a case for the “iPhone 5G” has shown up in... 

Apple patent application implies text-to-speech features i

Apple just filed a patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office that at first glance could mean future iPhones or future versions of iOS will include text-to-speech capabilities. Part of the goal, according to the filing, is to give iPhone... 

Samsung countersues Apple for 10 patent infringements

Samsung promised to fight Apple in court after Apple sued last week, and now they’ve revealed how. The company has countersued Apple for infringing over 10 of its mobile technology patents, and has cases pending in South Korea (where Samsung is...