http://www.appleinsider.com/ AppleInsider has been the leading source of insider news and rumors on Apple Computer since 1997. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:44:11 -0500 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/iphone_best_at_retaining_resale_value_and_offers_lowest_total_cost_of_ownership/ A study by Priceonomics "indicates that Apple phones are a better value than smartphones on other platforms," adding, "the market has spoken, and Android and Blackberrys do not age well." The repo... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/iphone_best_at_retaining_resale_value_and_offers_lowest_total_cost_of_ownership/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:02:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/rim_says_blackberry_app_world_has_60k_apps_13_of_publishers_earn_more_than_100k/ Research in Motion announced on Tuesday that its BlackBerry App World is the second most profitable mobile application store behind Apple's App Store, beating out Google's Android Market. At a deve... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/rim_says_blackberry_app_world_has_60k_apps_13_of_publishers_earn_more_than_100k/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:51:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/06/halliburton_to_ditch_blackberrys_in_corporate_transition_to_apples_ios_platform/ Exclusive: In yet another blow to troubled Research in Motion, one of the world's largest energy service corporations ó Halliburton ó plans to phase out thousands of employee BlackBerrys in favor of a... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/06/halliburton_to_ditch_blackberrys_in_corporate_transition_to_apples_ios_platform/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:18:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/23/new_rim_ceo_will_not_change_strategy_on_playbook_blackberry_10_/ Despite the fact that it has a new CEO at the helm, Research in Motion will not see a major shakeup in the near future, and will continue to support the PlayBook tablet and the BlackBerry 10 platform ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/23/new_rim_ceo_will_not_change_strategy_on_playbook_blackberry_10_/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:59:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/23/64gb_iphone_4s_takes_21_of_sales_36_of_iphone_buyers_come_from_another_platform_/ A new survey of recent iPhone customers found that 21 percent of iPhone 4S buyers chose Apple's highest capacity 64-gigabyte model, while 36 percent of users migrated from another platform like Androi... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/23/64gb_iphone_4s_takes_21_of_sales_36_of_iphone_buyers_come_from_another_platform_/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:11:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/22/rim_co_founders_step_down_as_chairmen_ceos/ Research in Motion co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have resigned from their posts as co-chairmen of the board and co-Chief Executive Officers and are to be replaced by former Chief Operat... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/22/rim_co_founders_step_down_as_chairmen_ceos/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/18/iphone_4s_launch_propels_surging_apple_20_to_close_the_gap_with_android_/ The launch of the iPhone 4S last October had an "enormous impact" on the U.S. smartphone landscape, boosting Apple's share among new buyers by almost 20 percent and putting it neck-and-neck with Andro... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/18/iphone_4s_launch_propels_surging_apple_20_to_close_the_gap_with_android_/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/09/54_of_future_smartphone_buyers_say_theyll_choose_apples_iphone/ A new survey has found Apple has "explosive momentum" at the beginning of 2012, with more than half of people who plan to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days choosing Apple's iPhone. The latest da... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/09/54_of_future_smartphone_buyers_say_theyll_choose_apples_iphone/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:18:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/06/rbc_exec_said_to_be_a_lock_to_replace_rim_co_chairmen/ Royal Bank of Canada executive Barbara Stymiest is reportedly a "lock" to become the new chairwoman at Research in Motion as investors have become increasingly critical of co-chairmen Mike Lazaridis a... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/06/rbc_exec_said_to_be_a_lock_to_replace_rim_co_chairmen/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/29/apple_gains_ground_while_android_pushes_to_50_share_of_us_market/ Apple's iPhone grew 1.4% in the U.S. mobile OEM and smartphone OS markets during the three months ending in November, but Google's Android platform continued to dominate and gained 3.1% in its march t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/29/apple_gains_ground_while_android_pushes_to_50_share_of_us_market/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/20/rim_turned_down_multiple_takeover_bids_despite_financial_woes/ Research in Motion reportedly turned down offers from Amazon and other potential buyers, and is opting to fix its own problems by leveraging upcoming BlackBerry handsets and existing services. Citi... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/20/rim_turned_down_multiple_takeover_bids_despite_financial_woes/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:21:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/19/rim_now_worth_less_than_apples_app_store_alone/ Research in Motion's struggles in the smartphone market have driven its stock price so low that the company is worth less than the estimated value of just Apple's App Store. At a price of $13.44, R... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/19/rim_now_worth_less_than_apples_app_store_alone/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:34:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/16/delayed_again_rims_blackberry_10_os_viewed_as_too_little_too_late/ Following Research in Motion's announcement that its forthcoming BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system has been delayed yet again, Wall Street watchers have begun to wonder if the company will be too ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/16/delayed_again_rims_blackberry_10_os_viewed_as_too_little_too_late/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:49:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/15/rims_blackberry_shipments_flatten_playbook_shipments_decline/ Quarterly shipments of Research in Motion's BlackBerry smartphones saw a slight decline year over year to 14.1 million units, while PlayBook shipments dropped sequentially to 150,000, according to the... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/15/rims_blackberry_shipments_flatten_playbook_shipments_decline/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:46:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/08/40_of_blackberry_windows_phoneandroid_smartphone_owners_prefer_apples_ipad/ More than 40 percent of owners of smartphones on BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android platforms prefer Apple's iPad to tablets from their current smartphone operating system makers, according to a re... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/08/40_of_blackberry_windows_phoneandroid_smartphone_owners_prefer_apples_ipad/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:31:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/01/carrier_iq_data_logging_controversy_prompts_scrutiny_from_us_senate/ Extensive data logging software known as "Carrier IQ" has been discovered to be secretly running on many mobile phones, including a number of handsets powered by Google Android, prompting one U.S. sen... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/01/carrier_iq_data_logging_controversy_prompts_scrutiny_from_us_senate/ Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:44:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/29/apple_still_no_1_manufacturer_in_growing_us_smartphone_market/ While smartphones sales continue to grow in the U.S., accounting for 56 percent of all cellphone sales in Q3, Apple remained the top individual device maker despite buyers holding out for October's iP... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/29/apple_still_no_1_manufacturer_in_growing_us_smartphone_market/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:58:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/29/rim_branching_out_into_security_software_for_iphone_android/ After struggling to gain an edge over its competitors with its BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, Research in Motion has conceded some ground to Apple and Google with the announcement of Mobile Fusio... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/29/rim_branching_out_into_security_software_for_iphone_android/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:14:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/28/pent_up_demand_helps_apple_take_top_spot_in_uk_market_with_43_share/ Existing iPhone users' demand for a new device helped push Apple's U.K. market share to nearly 43% in October, beating Android-based handset sales in the region for the first time since late 2010. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/28/pent_up_demand_helps_apple_take_top_spot_in_uk_market_with_43_share/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:29:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/17/retailers_ready_blackberry_playbook_fire_sale_for_holiday_push/ Retailers are getting ready to slash as much as $300 off the price of Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook in hopes of clearing out inventory this holiday season. Big-box retailer Staples will ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/17/retailers_ready_blackberry_playbook_fire_sale_for_holiday_push/ Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:16:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/15/gartner_apples_ios_lost_smartphone_share_to_android_in_q3_2011/ With a limited number of iPhone models taking on a plethora of Android-powered handsets from multiple manufacturers, Apple's iOS actually lost market share in the worldwide smartphone market last quar... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/15/gartner_apples_ios_lost_smartphone_share_to_android_in_q3_2011/ Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:14:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/15/blackberry_london_photo_claims_to_show_rims_first_bbx_os_phone/ A new photo allegedly shows Research in Motion's next-generation touchscreen BlackBerry device powered by its new BBX operating system. The purported picture of the "BlackBerry London" was sent to ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/15/blackberry_london_photo_claims_to_show_rims_first_bbx_os_phone/ Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/10/twitter_sees_40_of_photos_from_apple_devices_as_ios_5_photos_now_7th_largest_client/ Apple's handheld devices now account for more than 39% of the photos being posted on Twitter's social networking service, with Twitter-integrated built-in apps helping iOS 5 become one of its top 10 s... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/10/twitter_sees_40_of_photos_from_apple_devices_as_ios_5_photos_now_7th_largest_client/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/09/rim_faces_two_new_threats_to_ailing_business/ Research in Motion has seen its second BlackBerry service problem in a month, while Google plans to pull its popular Gmail app for the platform. Two new problems arose for an embattled RIM on Wedne... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/09/rim_faces_two_new_threats_to_ailing_business/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:08:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/09/adobe_rumored_to_be_abandoning_work_on_mobile_flash_player/ Adobe has briefed its employees on the company's plans to abandon development of Flash player for mobile browsers in a blow to Google Android and Research in Motion PlayBook tablets, according to a ne... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/09/adobe_rumored_to_be_abandoning_work_on_mobile_flash_player/ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:52:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/03/apple_remains_top_us_smartphone_maker_as_iphone_holds_28_share/ With the iPhone representing 28 percent of smartphones in the U.S., Apple is still the No. 1 domestic smartphone manufacturer, according to the latest data from Nielsen. While Apple remains the top... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/03/apple_remains_top_us_smartphone_maker_as_iphone_holds_28_share/ Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:16:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/26/blackberry_android_secondhand_trade_ins_spike_at_iphone_4s_launch/ A popular site for selling second hand smartphones has reported an 80 percent increase in used BlackBerry phones and a 72 percent increase in Android trade-ins during the launch week of Apple's iPhone... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/26/blackberry_android_secondhand_trade_ins_spike_at_iphone_4s_launch/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:03:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/17/rim_apologizes_for_blackberry_downtime_with_100_worth_of_free_apps/ Research in Motion is offering BlackBerry owners $100 worth of free apps and one month of free technical support on top of formally apologizing for last weekís extended downtime that affected its mobi... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/17/rim_apologizes_for_blackberry_downtime_with_100_worth_of_free_apps/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/05/apple_google_gain_in_us_smartphone_share_as_rim_microsoft_continue_slide/ Apple's iPhone continues to gain market share in the U.S., now representing 27.3 percent of handsets, while competitors RIM, Microsoft and Nokia continue to slip. The latest figures from comScore s... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/05/apple_google_gain_in_us_smartphone_share_as_rim_microsoft_continue_slide/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/30/adobe_keynote_coincides_with_apples_lets_talk_iphone_event/ Adobe is planning to hold a keynote on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. Pacific, the same date and time of Apple's highly-anticipated press event, where the company is expected to announce a next-generatio... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/30/adobe_keynote_coincides_with_apples_lets_talk_iphone_event/ Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:34:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/26/nielsen_apples_ios_holds_at_28_in_us_as_android_rises_to_43_smartphone_share/ Android's market share gains in the U.S. continue to come at the expense of its competitors, except for Apple, which held steady at 28 percent despite the lack of a new iPhone model, according to the ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/26/nielsen_apples_ios_holds_at_28_in_us_as_android_rises_to_43_smartphone_share/ Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:44:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/22/gartner_projects_apples_ipad_to_maintain_50_market_share_through_2014/ Apple's iPad will continue to dominate the tablet market, maintaining more than 50 percent market share through 2014, according to a new analysis. Research group Gartner issued a special report on ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/22/gartner_projects_apples_ipad_to_maintain_50_market_share_through_2014/ Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:38:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/21/rims_playbook_manufacturer_cutting_production_lines_as_sales_slump/ After sales of Research in Motion's PlayBook tablet slumped last quarter, Quanta Computer has laid off about 1,000 workers working on production lines set up specifically for the device, according to ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/21/rims_playbook_manufacturer_cutting_production_lines_as_sales_slump/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:12:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/16/apples_iphone_5_expected_to_steamroll_rims_blackberry_7_phones/ Following a poor earnings report this week, Research in Motion's woes are expected to continue with the impending launch of Apple's fifth-generation iPhone. As RIM begins to ramp-up availability of... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/16/apples_iphone_5_expected_to_steamroll_rims_blackberry_7_phones/ Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/15/rim_ships_10_6_million_blackberry_phones_just_200000_playbooks/ Research in Motion reported disappointing earnings for its most recent quarter, announcing that profits has slipped 47 percent while it shipped just 10.6 million smartphones only 200,000 PlayBook tabl... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/15/rim_ships_10_6_million_blackberry_phones_just_200000_playbooks/ Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:06:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/01/best_buy_slashes_rim_playbook_tablet_price_by_150/ Big-box retailer Best Buy has dropped the price of Research in Motion's 64GB BlackBerry PlayBook to $549, making it the latest salvo in an ongoing price war among non-iPad tablet makers. The 16GB a... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/01/best_buy_slashes_rim_playbook_tablet_price_by_150/ Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:26:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/31/openwave_sues_apple_over_iphone_ipad_mobile_connectivity/ Openwave Systems has accused Apple in a new lawsuit of violating patents related to mobile device connectivity with its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The company announced on Wednesday that it has f... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/31/openwave_sues_apple_over_iphone_ipad_mobile_connectivity/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:58:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/30/apple_continues_to_gain_us_smartphone_share_as_ios_hits_27/ Apple's stateside share of the smartphone market continued to grow last quarter, with the iPhone representing 27 percent of the domestic mobile operating system market. It was a 1 percentage point ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/30/apple_continues_to_gain_us_smartphone_share_as_ios_hits_27/ Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/22/briefly_mac_os_x_10_7_2_build_ios_market_share_starbucks_promotion/ Apple recently issued a new build of Mac OS X 10.7.2 along with the eighth beta release of iCloud for Lion. Also, Research in Motion and Microsoft suffered heavy market share losses last quarter as Ap... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/22/briefly_mac_os_x_10_7_2_build_ios_market_share_starbucks_promotion/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:22:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/20/rims_blackberry_music_service_to_cost_5_a_month_for_50_songs/ New details on Research in Motion's rumored BlackBerry Messenger music service have emerged, with the mini-subscription plan expected to cost $5 a month for 50 songs when it arrives this fall. Repo... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/20/rims_blackberry_music_service_to_cost_5_a_month_for_50_songs/ Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:57:00 GMT