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Apple’s new iPhone 5, started accepting orders at 3 AM EDT on Friday and in less than 24-hours it crossed 2 Million. This new record has beat all previous records set by iPhones, as a matter of fact this is double the amount of iPhone 4S orders in the same period. The iPhone 5 represents the first major revision of ... Read More »

Amazon has launched a dedicated store just for Android apps. Now this must be clear sign, signaling the raise of popularity and demand for Android apps. Google’s Android Market which now has about 170,000 apps, users can now get games, music players, e-readers, maps and more at Verizon Wireless’ V CAST and Amazon.com’s new Appstore for Android. Amazon’s move comes ... Read More »

Apple Inc.’s 78 percent surge in profit, buoyed by holiday purchases of iPads, iPhones and Mac computers, helped allay concerns about the company’s prospects as Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs takes medical leave. Net income in the fiscal first quarter rose to $6 billion, or $6.43 a share, from $3.38 billion, or $3.67, a year earlier, Apple said yesterday in ... Read More »

Looks like investors believe that Steve Jobs is the iron hand that holds the Apple together and without him Apple would really hit the floor. Apple Inc. shares fell 4.4% in early trading Tuesday, erasing about $15 billion in market value, after the consumer-electronics company disclosed that company visionary Chief Executive Steve Jobs would take another medical leave. Few CEOs ... Read More »

Amazon.com has no plans to carry the Verizon iPhone, a spokesman said late Thursday. “At this time, we do not have plans to carry the Verizon iPhone,” a spokeswoman for the company said. “I will be in touch if that changes.” Although companies sometimes deny plans to launch a product until it launches, the more typical response is to simply ... Read More »

At a press conference in New York City, Verizon CEO Lowell MacAdam announced that the iPhone 4 will be available on Verizon’s network starting February 2011. A 16GB version of the iPhone 4 will cost $200, with a two-year contract. Apple’s smartphone will launch on Verizon on February 10th of this year, with pre-orders for existing Verizon customers starting on ... Read More »

It’s the beginning of the end for unlimited data plans on smartphones. Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile carrier, plans to stop selling unlimited data plans to new customers and instead introduce two service plans with monthly data caps. The new data plans are expected roll out over the next four to six months, according to a report in The ... Read More »