18Nov2011
Users report SIM card issues with Apple’s iPhone 4S and iOS 5.0.1
Some owners of Apple’s new iPhone 4S have been hit with SIM card error messages, even if they are connected to a CDMA carrier that does not use SIM cards. One reader contacted AppleInsider on Thursday to share their frustrations with error messages that read “Invalid SIM” and “SIM Failure” on their iPhone 4S. This person said the errors began occurring after they updated to iOS 5.0.1, though other users posting on Apple’s official Support Communities website,
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HP takes aim at Apple’s MacBook Air with new $900 Folio13 Ultrabook
The latest entry in the thin-and-light Ultrabook lineup is HP’s new Folio13, a 13-inch laptop with a 128GB solid-state drive that undercuts Apple’s MacBook Air with a starting price of $ 900. HP’s first “business Ultrabook” is the latest entry in the reference design spearheaded by chipmaker Intel. Ultrabooks aim to compete with Apple’s highly successful MacBook Air lineup, which now represents 28 percent of the company’s notebook shipments. Available
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Nvidia unveils new quad-core Tegra 3 processor to challenge Apple’s A5
Chipmaker Nvidia has taken the wraps off its new Tegra 3 mobile processor, a quad-core chip three times faster than its predecessor, with ASUS’ Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet the first device to sport it. The new chip, code-named Kal-El, features a quad-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU and a 12-core GeForce graphics processor, as well as a fifth “companion” processor for improved power management, as reported by Wired. Nvidia is touting the chip as “the world’s first
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Claims of weakening demand for Apple’s iPhone 4S disputed
A Taiwanese newspaper made waves on Wednesday by claiming that Apple has reduced orders for the iPhone 4S, but a trio of separate reports specifically dispute the rumor. Taiwan’s Commercial Times cited unnamed sources in reporting that Apple has cut orders for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 leading into the fourth quarter of calendar 2011. The report claimed that sales for the iPhone 4S in particular have not been as strong as Apple anticipated, prompting the company to reduce shipments by 10
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Apple’s iOS & Google Android command 58% of US portable game revenue
Highlighting what has been a “brutal” year for dedicated portable game machines like the Sony PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS, new data shows Apple’s iOS and Google Android capturing the lion’s share of U.S. portable game revenue in 2011. Mobile analytics firm Flurry revealed on Wednesday that free and inexpensive games from iOS and Android devices have taken control of the portable gaming market. Together, Google and Apple’s platforms controlled 58 percent of
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With 4% market share, Apple’s iPhone rakes in 52% of mobile profits
Apple is estimated to have taken in 52 percent of the handset industry’s operating profits last quarter, despite only having a 4.2 percent global handset market share. Analyst T. Michael Walkley with Canaccord Genuity issued a note to investors on Friday in which he estimated Apple took more than half of the industry’s operating profits in the third quarter of calendar 2011. That’s a 5 percent increase from the third quarter of 2010, when Apple’s share of industry
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Taiwan concerned Apple’s slide-to-unlock patent could hurt market
Government officials in Taiwan have expressed concern that Apple’s recent success in obtaining a patent for the slide-to-unlock gesture on touchscreen devices could hurt competing smartphone makers. This week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded Apple another patent related to the slide-to-unlock gesture found on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. That key patent win for Apple has caused concern among officials in Taiwan, according to Focus Taiwan (via Electronista). Taiwan Premier
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Subsidies for Apple’s iPhone are 40% higher than the industry average
The iPhone will be a $ 15 billion investment for Sprint over the next few years, as subsidies for Apple’s smartphone carry a price 40 percent greater than other competing handsets. About $ 7 billion in new financing agreements will be necessary to compensate for a cash shortfall that will be created, in part, by the new arrival of the iPhone on Sprint’s network, the carrier’s CEO, Dan Hesse, told Reuters on Wednesday. In all, the iPhone is expected to cost the company $ 15
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Users report file syncing issues with Apple’s iCloud & iOS 5
The Documents & Data syncing feature of Apple’s new iCloud service has proven problematic for some users, who say that their files were unexpectedly deleted. Some readers have reached out to AppleInsider to share their issues experienced with the newly launched iCloud and iOS 5. In addition, users have turned to Apple’s official Support Communities website (1, 2) in an effort to address the problems. “I think Apple is having some teething issues with iCloud and
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Samsung attempts to block sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S in Japan, Australia
Despite a recent legal setback in the Netherlands, Samsung is pushing forward with its legal attack against Apple’s recently launched iPhone 4S, with a pair of new lawsuits looking to block the sale of the device in Japan and Australia. As noted by The Wall Street Journal on Monday, preliminary injunctions were filed by Samsung in the Tokyo District Court and in the New South Wales Registry in an effort to halt sales of the newly launched iPhone 4S. Also included in Samsung’s
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