Friday, July 30th, 2010

Dallas (ip-192.com): Apple's new iPhone 4 makes a splash – and brings AT&T to its knees. The second largest wireless carrier in the U.S. temporarily suspended pre-orders of Apple's latest gadget on Wednesday. Customers said that they did see the wrong account information on AT&T's website during the purchasing process, the blogging site Gizmodo reported [...]

Abilene (ip-192.com): Sprint is launching the first 4G capable phone on June 04. With a 4.3-inch touch screen, the HTC Evo 4G not only beets every other Android powered phone, but also Apple's iPhone featuring a 3.5-inch display. When running on the WiMAX network, Sprint promises download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G, [...]

Taoyuan (ip-192.com): Taiwan based smartphone manufacturer HTC Corporation said that it did file a patent infringement case against Apple Inc. It did also ask the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban all sales of iPhones, iPods and iPads in the U.S. "As the innovator of the original Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone Edition in [...]

Port Washington (ip-192.com): Phones based on Google's Android operating system are outselling Apple's iPhone in the U.S. for the first time, research group NPD says. In the first quarter of 2010, Android based phones accounted for a 28 percent market share while Apple's iPhone claimed 21 percent. BlackBerry phones made by Research in Motion (RIM) [...]

Mountain View (ip-192.com): Nearly 40 percent of current Blackberry users consider switching to Apple’s iPhone as their next smartphone purchase, a new report from Crowd Science says. Only Android users rival iPhone users in loyalty, with about 90 percent of each user group planning to stick with their current brand when buying their next phone. [...]

Cupertino (ip-192.com): Apple has notified developers not to use location-based services such as the Core Location framework to deliver ads to iPhone, iPod touch, and future iPad owners based on where they are. "If you build your application with features based on a user's location, make sure these features provide beneficial information. If your app [...]