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 12:28:50 -0500 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/10/german_court_dismisses_motorolas_3g_related_suit_against_apple/ A German court has ruled that Apple's wireless products do not infringe on inventions related to 3G/UMTS owned by rival Motorola Mobility. Judge Andreas Voss of the Mannheim Regional Court ruled on... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/10/german_court_dismisses_motorolas_3g_related_suit_against_apple/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:08:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/10/apple_again_highlights_siri_with_new_road_trip_rock_god_iphone_4s_ads/ Apple on Thursday posted two new video ads showcasing how the Siri virtual assistant on the iPhone 4S can help people achieve dreams like cross-country road trips and playing in a rock band. The pr... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/10/apple_again_highlights_siri_with_new_road_trip_rock_god_iphone_4s_ads/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/itunes_customers_facing_mysterious_account_hacks_disappearing_gift_card_money/ Scattered reports from customers suggest that Apple continues to have a difficult time combating hackers who are draining iTunes account balances and changing account information. Earlier this week... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/itunes_customers_facing_mysterious_account_hacks_disappearing_gift_card_money/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/att_throttling_limit_as_low_as_2_gb_reportedly_based_on_locale/ The story of an AT&T customer having his bandwidth throttled after transferring only 2 GB of a so-called unlimited data plan has created a maelstrom of press, and has forced the company to detail exac... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/att_throttling_limit_as_low_as_2_gb_reportedly_based_on_locale/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:27:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/us_noaa_ditches_blackberry_chooses_apples_iphone_and_ipad/ The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government organization to adopt Apple's iPhone and iPad after ditching Research in Motion's BlackBerry. A memo sent out by NO... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/us_noaa_ditches_blackberry_chooses_apples_iphone_and_ipad/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:57:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/apple_exploring_3d_frame_of_reference_ios_interface_based_on_eye_light_location/ Apple has shown interest in creating a unique user interface for iOS, allowing new features like dynamic shadows based on the angle of light hitting an iPhone screen. Apple's concept was revealed t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/apple_exploring_3d_frame_of_reference_ios_interface_based_on_eye_light_location/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:54:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/google_says_it_wont_support_fair_licensing_in_open_standards_as_apple_microsoft_cisco_have/ In a distinct departure from the agreement voiced between Apple, Cisco and Microsoft regarding the need for fair, transparent, understandable and consistent licensing policy for open standards, Google... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/google_says_it_wont_support_fair_licensing_in_open_standards_as_apple_microsoft_cisco_have/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:18:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/cisco_backs_apples_etsi_request_for_fair_and_open_licensing_of_standards_patents/ Cisco Systems filed its own letter to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute last week, backing Apple's position calling for "more consistent and transparent application of FRAND" licensi... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/cisco_backs_apples_etsi_request_for_fair_and_open_licensing_of_standards_patents/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:16:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/siri_rumored_to_gain_support_for_mandarin_japanese_and_russian_in_march/ An Apple software engineer reportedly working on the Chinese-language version of the company's Siri voice assistant says support for Mandarin, Japanese and Russian will be added in March, as well as l... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/siri_rumored_to_gain_support_for_mandarin_japanese_and_russian_in_march/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:38:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/microsoft_joins_apple_in_pledging_support_for_injunction_free_frand_patent_licensing/ Microsoft has issued a public statement outlining its position regarding standards essential patents, committing itself "to always adhere to the promises it has made to standards organizations to make... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/microsoft_joins_apple_in_pledging_support_for_injunction_free_frand_patent_licensing/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:25:00 GMT 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/12/02/08/mobile_carriers_hate_not_having_iphone_pay_premiums_to_get_it/ A flurry of reports have insinuated that the larger upfront subsidies carriers pay to gain access to the iPhone are "not good for wireless carriers," with one blog claiming "carriers hate the iPhone,"... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/mobile_carriers_hate_not_having_iphone_pay_premiums_to_get_it/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:42:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/sprint_sold_18m_iphones_in_holiday_quarter_40_to_new_subscribers/ Sprint, the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., announced on Wednesday that it sold 1.8 million iPhones in the fourth quarter of 2011, with 40 percent of those to new subscribers. The holid... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/08/sprint_sold_18m_iphones_in_holiday_quarter_40_to_new_subscribers/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:06:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/apple_asks_etsi_standards_body_to_set_rules_for_standards_essential_patents/ Apple addressed the European Telecommunications Standards Institute in November, asking the organization to set clear polices governing how its member companies license their patents. According t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/apple_asks_etsi_standards_body_to_set_rules_for_standards_essential_patents/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:22:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/path_app_under_fire_for_unauthorized_address_book_upload/ Path, a popular social networking iPhone app, has come under heavy criticism after it was discovered that it uploads users' address books to its servers without asking for permission. Developer Aru... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/path_app_under_fire_for_unauthorized_address_book_upload/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/google_to_continue_motorolas_frand_licensing_that_seeks_to_monopolize_h264_umts/ Google's worst fears about greedy H.264 patent holders and "bogus patent" warfare involving Android are coming true, albeit at the hands of Motorola, a company it seeks to acquire. Google is now promi... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/google_to_continue_motorolas_frand_licensing_that_seeks_to_monopolize_h264_umts/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:14:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/siri_accounts_for_14_of_wolfram_alpha_queries_as_search_engine_goes_pro/ About one quarter of the queries to the "computational knowledge engine" Wolfram Alpha now come from the Siri voice assistant found in Apple's iPhone 4S. The additional use of Wolfram Alpha's techn... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/siri_accounts_for_14_of_wolfram_alpha_queries_as_search_engine_goes_pro/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:44:00 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/12/02/07/apple_retakes_crown_as_worlds_top_smartphone_maker/ After tallying the numbers from top smartphone manufacturers' fourth quarter 2011 earnings, it was revealed on Monday that Apple has wrested the top spot from Samsung following the highly successful i... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/apple_retakes_crown_as_worlds_top_smartphone_maker/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:13:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/06/apple_warns_it_will_crack_down_on_app_store_rank_fraud_services/ Apple has warned App Store developers against using promotional services that seek to increase the visibility of their titles by automating sales to inflate their apps' apparent popularity or by posti... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/06/apple_warns_it_will_crack_down_on_app_store_rank_fraud_services/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:54:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/06/npd_apples_iphone_4s_4_3gs_were_top_3_us_smartphones_over_holidays/ Apple's iPhone lineup dominated smartphone sales during the holiday 2011 quarter, with the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS taking the top three spots, respectively, in total U.S. sales. Apple's ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/06/npd_apples_iphone_4s_4_3gs_were_top_3_us_smartphones_over_holidays/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:11:00 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/12/02/06/htc_cites_competition_from_apples_iphone_as_profits_drop_26/ HTC on Monday revealed that its handsets are struggling against Apple's iPhone, as well as Android-based smartphones from companies like Samsung, leading to a 26 percent drop in fourth-quarter profits... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/06/htc_cites_competition_from_apples_iphone_as_profits_drop_26/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:58:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/05/apple_iphone_4s_a5_chip_incorporates_audience_earsmart_noise_reduction_tech_for_siri/ Apple's A5 System on a Chip incorporates dedicated noise reduction circuitry by Audience, Inc., which optimizes the performance of Siri voice recognition on iPhone 4S. When Audience filed for an i... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/05/apple_iphone_4s_a5_chip_incorporates_audience_earsmart_noise_reduction_tech_for_siri/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:32:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/04/motorola_seeking_225_of_apples_sales_for_standard_essential_patent_license/ Recently uncovered court documents from Motorola Mobility's legal complaints against Apple have revealed that the handset maker is seeking 2.25 percent of Apple's sales of wireless devices in exchange... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/04/motorola_seeking_225_of_apples_sales_for_standard_essential_patent_license/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/04/apple_removes_blatant_copycat_apps_from_app_store/ Apple has removed from the App Store a number of copycat applications that closely mimicked the titles of successful games after they provoked a public outcry from developers over the issue. Applic... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/04/apple_removes_blatant_copycat_apps_from_app_store/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/canalys_crowns_apple_top_smartphone_vendor_in_2011_as_ipad_surges_past_pc_growth/ Smartphones passed up PCs for the first time last year, with Apple leading that industry while iPad accounted for most of the growth among computers, alongside moderate sales of notebooks, nearly flat... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/canalys_crowns_apple_top_smartphone_vendor_in_2011_as_ipad_surges_past_pc_growth/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/iphone_4s_sales_resume_online_in_china_shipments_by_march_2/ Apple's newest handset returns to the company's Chinese online store following a brief stoppage of sales due to overwhelming demand that led to scalpers and violence, though wait times for orders can ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/iphone_4s_sales_resume_online_in_china_shipments_by_march_2/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:12:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/apples_iphone_takes_75_mobile_phone_profits_with_just_9_of_units_sold/ Apple has reached new heights in unit sales and revenues, but its remarkable profitability in doing so has inhaled three quarters of the oxygen in the room. While Apple only sells smartphones, its... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/apples_iphone_takes_75_mobile_phone_profits_with_just_9_of_units_sold/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:08:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/former_apple_product_manager_recounts_how_jobs_motivated_first_iphone_team/ When late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs assembled his first iPhone development team, he wasn't focused on conceiving a device that would run all sorts of apps and media but instead laid out a simple mis... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/former_apple_product_manager_recounts_how_jobs_motivated_first_iphone_team/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/apple_returns_3g_devices_to_german_store_as_injunction_quickly_suspended/ Just hours after word began to spread that Apple was forced to pull most of its 3G devices from its German online store following an injunction awarded to Motorola, the iPhone maker successfully had t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/apple_returns_3g_devices_to_german_store_as_injunction_quickly_suspended/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:53:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/apple_removes_iphones_ipads_from_german_online_store_due_to_injunction/ Apple has removed all 3G/UMTS-capable iPad and iPhone models from its German online store in response to an injunction based on a wireless standard FRAND patent owned by Motorola Mobility. Accordin... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/apple_removes_iphones_ipads_from_german_online_store_due_to_injunction/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:06:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/iphones_36_of_q4_global_handset_revenue_accelerates_industry_growth/ New data shows that Apple accounted for 36 percent of worldwide mobile phone revenue and 74 percent of industry EBIT in the fourth quarter of 2011, with the iPhone taking more than a quarter of the en... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/iphones_36_of_q4_global_handset_revenue_accelerates_industry_growth/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:33:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/us_smartphone_installed_base_sees_slowing_shift_from_rim_to_android/ After a rapid erosion of RIM's BlackBerry US market share throughout 2011, new data indicates a stabilizing slowdown in RIM's losses as well as a tapering off of Android's growth, as Apple continued t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/us_smartphone_installed_base_sees_slowing_shift_from_rim_to_android/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:11:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/windows_phone_8_to_address_its_perceived_inability_to_compete_with_iphone_android_later_this_year_/ Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 8, expected in the second half of the year, will seek to address its "perceived inability to compete" with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android according to a report ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/windows_phone_8_to_address_its_perceived_inability_to_compete_with_iphone_android_later_this_year_/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/judge_complains_of_too_many_patents_in_apple_case_against_motorola/ Circuit Judge Posner has expressed dissatisfaction with the number of patents Apple is arguing against Motorola, asking the company to "winnow" its claims. Apple originally brought 15 patent claims... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/judge_complains_of_too_many_patents_in_apple_case_against_motorola/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/apple_misdirected_imessages_due_to_bad_configuration_not_a_software_bug_/ Reports of iOS 5 iMessages being sent to the wrong recipient are the result of a misconfigured phone, not an issue with the operating system or Apple's cloud services, the company indicated. A rep... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/apple_misdirected_imessages_due_to_bad_configuration_not_a_software_bug_/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/apple_recruits_xbox_market_manager_as_part_of_growing_gaming_initiative/ Apple has landed another key hire to help drive its ongoing encroachment on the handheld gaming sector, recently luring one of Microsoft's top Xbox product managers to help head its App Store Marketin... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/apple_recruits_xbox_market_manager_as_part_of_growing_gaming_initiative/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:27:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/apple_developing_ios_tech_for_real_time_head_to_head_workout_competitions_/ Future versions of Apple's iOS software may introduce new fitness technology that will encourage a more competitive spirit by allowing users to compete and share real-time performance data with other ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/apple_developing_ios_tech_for_real_time_head_to_head_workout_competitions_/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/nokias_windows_phone_transition_to_impact_results_for_most_of_2012/ Nokia chairman Jorma Ollila warned on Wednesday that the handset maker's transition to Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system will be felt in its earnings for the majority of 2012. "For ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/nokias_windows_phone_transition_to_impact_results_for_most_of_2012/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT