Remember back in June when I said Apple hoped to schedule a special event in October to show off a new wearable device? Remember how I also said this: “Could things change between now and fall? That’s certainly possible.” Turns out that was a prescient hedge, because things have changed. Apple now plans to unveilweiterlesen

Warum Prozentwertungen für Gadgets und Videospiele totaler Quatsch sind kaum Aussagekraft besitzen, zeigt einmal mehr der ‚Verge Score‘ von 5.9/10 für das Amazon Fire Phone, das nach ersten Schätzungen nicht einmal die Hardcore-Shopping-Enthusiasten erreicht hat. Amazon famously never gives sales figures for any of the devices it sells, preferring to let its financial results doweiterlesen

WSJ: For most handset makers Android is the only option. Is that a problem? Mr. Yu: It’s difficult to say. We have tried using the Windows Phone OS. But it has been difficult to persuade consumers to buy a Windows phone. It wasn’t profitable for us. We were losing money for two years on thoseweiterlesen

➝ Video Xiaomi seems to be following Samsung’s method of copying Apple while it is starting out, and (hopefully) once it feels it has gotten enough traction, it will start coming up with its own designs. The Galaxy S was definitely a derivative product, but once Samsung got a little more into the Android smartphoneweiterlesen

Everyone knows the PC market has been in decline for the past few years. But one segment of that market is doing spectacularly well, and one company has managed to carve out enviable sales and profits by dominating that niche. Guess who? Ed Bott | ZDNet Am weltweiten PC-Markt hält Apple magere 6-Prozent. In einerweiterlesen

Earlier this week, photos claiming to be of a new Lightning cable with a reversible USB connector surfaced. The images were said to be sourced from Apple supplier Foxconn, and were shown in a production stage. Now, frequent iOS device part leaker Sonny Dickson shares a new photo of the accessory, further indicating that aweiterlesen

Apple Inc. created the blueprint for a smartphone when it covered the touch screen of its first iPhone in glass, instead of plastic. Now, it is betting $700 million that sapphire, a harder and more expensive material, can replace glass and better protect future devices. The first sapphire display screens for the forthcoming larger iPhoneweiterlesen

So ausgetragene iPhones sind extrem charmant – findet Apple übrigens auch (siehe Sekunde 15). Ich behandele meine Geräte dafür aber immer viel zu sorgsam. Mein 5s könnte ich jetzt, nach einem Jahr intensiver Nutzung, wieder in seine Verpackung betten und man müsste das Gerät schon selbst in die Hand nehmen um die haardünnen Kratzer undweiterlesen