Apple, which has been aiming for a summer rollout of a streaming music service, has hit a negotiating snag with Sony Music over some of the features that it is building into its product. More specifically, Apple and Sony Music, the world’s second-largest music label, are still trying to hammer out details over how much Apple [...]
Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard: Good Match for iPad Mini
April 2, 2013 | Posted by
Someone can easily love their Apple iPad mini without being fond of typing with the on-screen keyboard. That’s where the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard mini comes in — it adds a physical keyboard to the tablet without adding a lot of bulk. I have the full-size version for my iPad and I have always been pleased [...]
Review: Mophie Juice Pack Air iPhone 5 Case Worth A Try
March 29, 2013 | Posted by
The Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 5 is the company’s second battery case for the iPhone 5, and the first one to add almost double the battery to Apple’s smartphone. The Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 5 covers the back and side of the iPhone 5, making the phone about twice as thick [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Challenges the iPhone 5
March 26, 2013 | Posted by
Samsung’s Galaxy S line has sold in bunches, and proved that a non-Apple phone can take the smartphone world by storm. But one of the company’s biggest game-changers is the Galaxy Note. Its super-sized screen and innovative S Pen present a stark contrast to the iPhone’s barely-changed-since-2007 simplicity. Let’s revisit two of the hottest – and most radically different – [...]
Apple Wants Siri To Become Your Digital Concierge
March 21, 2013 | Posted by
Apple has a vision of a future in which the disembodied voice of Siri is your constant companion. It goes something like this: You arrive home at the end of a long day and plop down on the couch. A beer in one hand, your phone in the other, you say, “Siri, open Netflix and [...]
Samsung Said to Be Readying Its Own Smart Watch
March 20, 2013 | Posted by
We’ve heard rumors that Apple’s quietly working on a smart watch, but we now know that Samsung is doing the same. “We’ve been preparing the watch product for so long,” Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, said in an interview with Bloomberg. “We are working very hard to get ready for [...]
HTC One’s Camera ‘Ultra-Good’ For A Cell Phone
March 17, 2013 | Posted by
Update: The Verizon HTC One said to not be coming to the network. We’ve recently compared the camera performance on the new HTC One with the imaging capabilities of the Verizon HTC Droid DNA, as well as the PureView on the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 808 PureView. Now it’s time to stack it up against one of the best [...]
Sony Smartphone Making a Strong Comeback
March 8, 2013 | Posted by
Over the past few months, much ink has been spilled over whether Nokia (NOK) or BlackBerry (BBRY) have a chance to stage a strong recovery. After a dismal two years, Sony’s (SNE) chances in the smartphone market have largely been written off. However, over the past month the new Sony Xperia Z has shown remarkable strength in Europe and some Asian markets. In the second [...]
Ferrari, Apple To Expand Entertainment In-Car Partnership
March 6, 2013 | Posted by
Ferrari is in negotiations to expand its in-car entertainment partnership with Apple, the luxury-car maker’s chairman revealed today as the company unveiled a car with Siri and two iPad Minis. The companies will be “more precise” about their partnership in the coming months, Luca Cordero Di Montezemolo said today at the Geneva International Motor Show, [...]
Judge Wipes Out $450M in Apple Vs. Samsung Verdict
March 2, 2013 | Posted by
The two biggest — and bitterest — rivals in the smartphone market will have to endure another bruising trial after a federal judge ruled that jurors miscalculated nearly half the $1 billion in damages it found Samsung Electronics owed Apple Inc. for patent infringement.U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh wiped out $450 million from the verdict [...]
