http://www.appleinsider.com/ AppleInsider has been the leading source of insider news and rumors on Apple Computer since 1997. en-us Sun, 27 May 2012 20:27:50 -0400 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/24/apples_ios_grows_to_23_of_worldwide_smartphone_shipments/ Apple continues to gain share in the worldwide smartphone market, as the latest data shows the iOS mobile operating system accounted for nearly a quarter of all smartphones shipped in the first quarte... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/24/apples_ios_grows_to_23_of_worldwide_smartphone_shipments/ Thu, 24 May 2012 15:27:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/21/itc_judge_finds_key_kodak_patent_invalid_in_suit_with_apple_rim/ Kodak suffered a major setback on Monday as an initial ruling from the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that one of the company's key patents is invalid ó a decision that could potential... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/21/itc_judge_finds_key_kodak_patent_invalid_in_suit_with_apple_rim/ Mon, 21 May 2012 20:37:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/18/motorola_rim_propose_nano_sim_compromise_with_apple/ A new design concept for a next-generation, smaller "nano-SIM" card has been submitted by Motorola and RIM, which tweaks a design originally pushed by Apple. The new nano-SIM design, according to T... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/18/motorola_rim_propose_nano_sim_compromise_with_apple/ Fri, 18 May 2012 11:49:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/16/apple_grows_to_79_of_all_mobile_phone_shipments_worldwide/ Though it only sells smartphones, Apple represents nearly 8 percent of all worldwide mobile phone sales, making it the third-largest handset maker. Research firm Gartner on Wednesday announced its ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/16/apple_grows_to_79_of_all_mobile_phone_shipments_worldwide/ Wed, 16 May 2012 12:58:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/08/rim_executive_shakeup_continues_with_new_coo_cmo/ Research in Motion announced on Tuesday that it has hired a new chief operating officer and a chief marketing officer, continuing a shakeup of the company's executive team. Kristian Tear will serve... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/08/rim_executive_shakeup_continues_with_new_coo_cmo/ Tue, 08 May 2012 14:56:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/07/rims_wake_up_campaign_expands_tells_users_to_be_bold/ The culmination of Research in Motion's "Wake Up" advertising campaign, which kicked off with a mock protest outside an Apple Store in Sydney, Australia, is a new website that tells users to "Be Bold"... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/07/rims_wake_up_campaign_expands_tells_users_to_be_bold/ Mon, 07 May 2012 19:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/03/federal_managers_quickly_ditching_blackberry_for_ios_android_devices/ According to recent research there has been a huge shift in what handsets U.S. federal managers use on the job, with many moving away from RIM's BlackBerry platform for more capable iOS and Android so... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/03/federal_managers_quickly_ditching_blackberry_for_ios_android_devices/ Thu, 03 May 2012 22:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/02/apples_iphone_climbs_to_31_share_of_us_smartphone_market/ A new analysis claims the iPhone made up 30.7 percent of the U.S. smartphone market and 14 percent of the mobile market in the first quarter of 2012. comScore noted Apple's steady upward climb when... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/02/apples_iphone_climbs_to_31_share_of_us_smartphone_market/ Wed, 02 May 2012 06:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/01/rims_prototype_blackberry_10_device_likened_to_a_mini_playbook/ Research in Motion on Tuesday launched its BlackBerry 10 platform for developers, and also showed off a new pre-release prototype device that has been likened to a smaller version of the PlayBook tabl... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/01/rims_prototype_blackberry_10_device_likened_to_a_mini_playbook/ Tue, 01 May 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/01/samsung_overtakes_apple_to_claim_smartphone_market_share_lead/ Despite strong growth year-over-year, Apple ceded its spot as the world's top smartphone vendor in the first quarter of 2012 as Samsung boosted both smartphone and feature phone shipments to record le... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/01/samsung_overtakes_apple_to_claim_smartphone_market_share_lead/ Tue, 01 May 2012 08:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/30/rim_admits_it_was_behind_wake_up_mock_protest/ BlackBerry maker Research in Motion on Monday admitted that it orchestrated the "Wake Up" flashmob protest that took place at a Sydney Apple Store, claiming that the stunt was part of a larger Austral... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/30/rim_admits_it_was_behind_wake_up_mock_protest/ Tue, 01 May 2012 03:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/18/ex_rim_ceo_sought_to_transform_company_into_network_provider_before_ouster/ RIM's former co-chief executive Jim Balsillie wanted to use his company's network to offer inexpensive data plans and services to non-BlackBerry devices, but the plan never gained traction before he s... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/18/ex_rim_ceo_sought_to_transform_company_into_network_provider_before_ouster/ Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:53:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/17/rim_hiring_financial_adviser_to_consider_licensing_investment_options/ Struggling Canadian smartphone maker Research in Motion is said to be in talks with a financial adviser to assist it in weighing strategic options in an effort to turn around its plummeting business. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/17/rim_hiring_financial_adviser_to_consider_licensing_investment_options/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/06/two_more_rim_execs_exit_as_company_weighs_options/ It was announced in a Thursday statement that two top executives would be leaving the BlackBerry maker following a bleak earnings report as the embattled Canadian telecommunications company seeks a so... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/06/two_more_rim_execs_exit_as_company_weighs_options/ Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/03/apples_ios_googles_android_grow_to_80_of_us_smartphone_market/ Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile platforms continued to grow over the last three months, accounting for 80.3 percent of the U.S. smartphone market. The market domination by Apple and Google ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/03/apples_ios_googles_android_grow_to_80_of_us_smartphone_market/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:02:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/03/rims_enterprise_server_now_manages_apples_ios_devices/ Research in Motion on Tuesday launched its new BlackBerry Mobile Fusion mobile device management software for enterprise customers, adding the ability to manage Apple's iOS devices, in addition to tho... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/03/rims_enterprise_server_now_manages_apples_ios_devices/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:43:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/30/rim_not_leaving_consumer_market_despite_dismal_earnings/ After releasing a bleak quarterly earnings report, embattled BlackBerry maker Research in Motion on Friday clarified that it will not pull out of the consumer sector, and will continue its new strateg... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/30/rim_not_leaving_consumer_market_despite_dismal_earnings/ Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:08:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/30/etsi_postpones_nano_sim_vote_as_battle_rages_on_between_apple_and_nokia/ The European Telecommunications Standards Institute will not hold a vote today on a new nano-SIM standard, as two competing camps led by Apple and Nokia have not been able to come to terms. The ETS... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/30/etsi_postpones_nano_sim_vote_as_battle_rages_on_between_apple_and_nokia/ Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:34:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/29/rim_claims_apple_using_proxy_votes_to_win_nano_sim_standard/ In a letter sent to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute on Thursday, RIM alleges that Apple is trying to sway the nano-SIM standard vote by having company representatives change their ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/29/rim_claims_apple_using_proxy_votes_to_win_nano_sim_standard/ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:43:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/29/iphone_closes_in_on_android_in_growing_us_smartphone_market/ As of February, smartphone users accounted for nearly half of all wireless subscribers in the U.S., and Apple's iPhone adoption rate saw growth while Android handset activations slipped. According ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/29/iphone_closes_in_on_android_in_growing_us_smartphone_market/ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:47:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/27/apple_samsung_sony_sued_over_graphics_processing_patent/ A patent holder has taken aim at Apple ó along with Samsung, Sony and others ó for allegedly infringing upon inventions related to graphics processing. Graphics Property Holdings Inc., formerly kno... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/27/apple_samsung_sony_sued_over_graphics_processing_patent/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:46:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/26/apple_nano_sim_prototype_pictured_ahead_of_etsi_decision/ Proposals for the future nano-SIM format were revealed on Monday, just days before the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is scheduled to vote on designs presented by Apple, Nokia ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/26/apple_nano_sim_prototype_pictured_ahead_of_etsi_decision/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:09:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/22/apples_iphone_tops_blackberry_in_rims_home_of_canada_for_first_time/ Last year marked the first time ever that Apple outsold Research in Motion in its home country of Canada, as Canadians move from BlackBerry to the iPhone. RIM shipped 2.08 million BlackBerrys last ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/22/apples_iphone_tops_blackberry_in_rims_home_of_canada_for_first_time/ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:42:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/21/apple_at_odds_with_motorola_nokia_rim_over_nano_sim_design/ Apple is said to be competing with rivals Motorola Mobility, Research in Motion and Nokia in pushing for a new, smaller SIM card standard. Apple's desire for a so-called "nano-SIM" would allow the ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/21/apple_at_odds_with_motorola_nokia_rim_over_nano_sim_design/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/08/ios_android_increase_smartphone_market_share_while_all_others_lose_ground/ The battle for smartphone operating system supremacy is quickly becoming a two-horse race, as the latest data from comScore shows that only Apple and Google were able to grow their market share in the... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/08/ios_android_increase_smartphone_market_share_while_all_others_lose_ground/ Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:19:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/25/rim_releases_playbook_os_20_two_months_late/ Ailing Research in Motion on Tuesday released the long-awaited PlayBook OS 2.0 update for the company's tablet, but poor sales and missed deadlines could translate into a product that offers too littl... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/25/rim_releases_playbook_os_20_two_months_late/ Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:47:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/24/apples_ios_passes_android_accounts_for_35_of_mobile_ad_impressions/ The launch of the iPhone 4S helped Apple's iOS surge 12 percentage points and surpass Google Android in mobile ad impressions in North America. Apple's growth was detailed on Friday by InMobi, the ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/24/apples_ios_passes_android_accounts_for_35_of_mobile_ad_impressions/ Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/22/apple_signs_on_to_mobile_app_privacy_policy/ The California Attorney General announced on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with six companies, including Apple, Amazon and Google, to mandate individual privacy policies for apps that col... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/22/apple_signs_on_to_mobile_app_privacy_policy/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:30:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/15/ipad_market_share_hit_by_deep_playbook_price_cut_in_canada/ New data released on Wednesday suggests Research in Motion's PlayBook tablet has managed a ten percent increase in Canadian marketshare on substantial discounts, and has pulled the share of Apple's iP... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/15/ipad_market_share_hit_by_deep_playbook_price_cut_in_canada/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:37:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/15/apple_became_worlds_largest_smartphone_seller_in_2011_with_19_share/ Apple was not only the largest seller of smartphones worldwide in 2011, taking 19 percent of all sales, but also overtook LG to become the No. 3 largest global mobile phone vendor, according to Gartne... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/15/apple_became_worlds_largest_smartphone_seller_in_2011_with_19_share/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:47:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/13/justice_department_approves_apple_patent_purchases_from_nortel_novell/ The U.S. Department of Justice approved on Monday several patent purchases and acquisitions, including a collection of Nortel's intellectual property to be acquired by Apple, Microsoft, Research in Mo... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/13/justice_department_approves_apple_patent_purchases_from_nortel_novell/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:00:00 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/12/01/13/smartphone_makers_plan_to_mirror_apples_approach_with_fewer_models_each_year/ Four major smartphone makers are reportedly planning to reduce the number of new handsets they produce, in an attempt to capture the success Apple has had in releasing just one iPhone model each year.... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/13/smartphone_makers_plan_to_mirror_apples_approach_with_fewer_models_each_year/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:23:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/11/apple_awarded_676_patents_in_2011_ranks_39th_among_all_companies/ Apple was awarded a total of 676 patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2011, ranking it No. 39 among companies awarded inventions in the U.S. The No. 1 inventor in America, as it has b... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/11/apple_awarded_676_patents_in_2011_ranks_39th_among_all_companies/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:22:00 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