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This weekend, we’re heading south to sunny San Diego to rub elbows with the legions of eccentric fans at Comic Con International. Our Associate Online Editor, Florence Ion, will be there this weekend to check out all the heroes in disguise, and the fans disguised as their heroes. Stay tuned to the site for our own coverage of the comic book and entertainment industries, including interviews with your favorite comic book and app publishers and video sneak peeks at this year’s hottest upcoming iPhone and Mac games. Plus, we’ll be back with a recap of the whole thing, so it’ll be just like you were there!
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Soft keyboards are great for typing on–if you can get used to them. Many people moving to the iPhone from a Blackberry or other device that has a physical keyboard often have issues typing on the device from the getgo. There’s quite a learning curve when you’re learning to type on a touchscreen keyboard. Fortunately, BlindType hopes to get rid of the errors when typing on your mobile device.
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Verizon’s business development executive director Jennifer Byrne said at a conference recently that the iPhone helped Verizon change the way it thought about mobile software distribution. While she claimed Verizon had the first mobile store called GetItNow, she said the iPhone’s App Store was a turning point for the industry, whereby Verizon adopted a “hands off” approach.
“It’s a drastic change from the walled garden stage to the open approach. It’s been a very big shift,” Byrne said. “We’ve seen a tremendous response–so it’s validated the decision.”
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With the news earlier this year that Apple has claimed the status of largest technology company in the United States in terms of Market Cap (beating out Microsoft), we couldn’t help but wonder how far Apple could really climb. Andy Zaky at AppleInsider, however, went ahead and compiled a story about revenue estimates this year for Apple. What he says Apple has achieved over the past year is absolutely astounding.
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While the head of Lenovo may have stated earlier this week that Apple doesn’t care about the Chinese market, you wouldn’t know it from looking at pictures of this week’s unveiling from the latest Apple Store in Shanghai.
9to5Mac is reporting that the latest Apple Store in Shanghai, China is just around the corner, and the curtains came down this week to give future customers a glimpse of what they’ll soon be enjoying.
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If you have more money than common sense and your taste runs — oh, how should we put this? — perhaps a tad bit on the tacky side, you can now bling out your new iPhone 4 with a crystallized image of Apple CEO Steve Jobs… or most anything else you could ever want.
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The new AT&T commercial is a blatant rip off of Pixar’s beloved classic, Finding Nemo. From what we can gather, the little orange ball is AT&T’s service (or an iPhone) and all those fish are trying to get to it first (because that’s the kind of reaction that iPhone has had). It’s all so subtle.
We’re just making it up as we watch it. Anyway, check out the commercial and tell us if you can decipher its meaning. On the plus side, it’s pretty to look at.
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If you thought Pandora was your only option for a multitasking, background playing music app, you’re seriously going to love this news. Both Last.fm and Spotify have announced that their app updates include iOS 4 support and background listening.
Last.fm [iTunes link] is a spiffy music service that enables you to track your music listening stats and play a radio station chockfull of songs you’ve already been listening to. All you have to do is sign up for a profile. Last.fm has got some great social networking integrations, too, and you can see your music compatibility with other friends.
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iPhone 4 users haven’t been content with Apple’s response thus far to their alleged reception issues, so Cupertino has taken to their website to post a response for all to see. As it turns out, the “issue” may indeed be much ado about nothing.
Apple, Inc. has posted a lengthy letter to iPhone 4 users on their website Friday morning, detailing the steps they have taken to address customers’ complaints regarding reception and signal loss with the new handset, barely a week old now.
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In the previous post, we discussed the rumored new technology invention, Apple Tablet, and its possible features. Well, it looks like the rumors are looking more and more likely going to be true. Jason Schwarz over at Seeking Alpha had connected the dots of the latest leaked information to conclude that Applet Tablet is coming.
- In March, Reuters reported that Apple had ordered a substantial batch of 10 inch touchscreens from Taiwan to be delivered in Q3 of 2009.
- In April, the Wall Street Journal reported that Steve Jobs was actively involved in the development of the Tablet.
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