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Apple sold 1 million iPhone 1G handsets in its first 74 days on the market, while during the same time Verizon Wireless sold 1.05 million Motorola Droids and Google failed to move even 200,000 Nexus One smartphones. In a new report, analytics firm Flurry explains why. - ...

Apple's iPad tablet PC continued to prompt third-party developer interest in the weeks leading up to its launch, according to analytics firm Flurry, which has noted a 185 percent increase in iPhone OS application starts since the iPad was originally announced on Jan. 27. In addition, Flurry indicated that companies ...

Apple may have sold 120,000 iPads on its first day of preorders March 12, according to analyst estimates. Those same analysts are also predicting the perhaps inevitable falloff in preorders. According to their estimates, nearly 70 percent of preorders are for iPads with WiFi, as opposed to the WiFi and ...

Many consumers may be concerned about the battery integrated in the iPad. Apple just announced the terms of the deal for the iPad and joked that it resembles the iPhone’s battery replacement service, but bigger. The device is available with warranties that are able to provide support which depends on the ...

Intelligent multitasking? The newest Apple iPhones, due out this summer, will add multitasking to their long feature lists, according to a report. Analysts agree its likely, while citing the downfalls. iPhone teardown expert Aaron Vronko anticipates a true Apple-style addition: multitasking re-envisioned. - Apple is expected to launch ...

Now that the iPad is available for preorder, consumers are wondering whether or not the device is worth picking up. Admittedly, it's a tough decision. There are several products available right now that could easily match the iPad on value. Even Apple's own slate of products are arguably more worthwhile ...

Apple made its iPad available for preorder March 12, effectively kicking off the long-brewing battle between various manufacturers over the newborn segment for mass-consumer tablet PCs. HP has already been firing broadsides at the iPad for its lack of Adobe Flash support, and competitors in the space have all indicated ...

Apple has patched 16 vulnerabilities affecting its Safari Web browser as the annual Pwn2Own contest held at the CanSecWest security conference approaches. - Apple issued patches for 16 vulnerabilities in Safari, including 12 bugs that could be used to execute code on a vulnerable machine and potentially take ...

Apple and Nokia have requested that the patent infringement cases each has filed against the other be held mid-2012, according to a report. The same day, however, Nokia filed a request in U.S. District Court, asking that Apple's antitrust claims be thrown out. - The Apple-Nokia patent ...

Apple made its iPad tablet PC available for preorder through its Apple Website on the morning of March 12, three weeks ahead of its April 3 release. While iPads with Wi-Fi will be released on that date, the devices with both Wi-Fi and 3G capabilities will ship in late April. ...

Barnes Noble plans to release an e-reader application for Apple's upcoming iPad tablet PC, suggesting that the bookseller has truly embraced a strategy of porting its e-reader brand onto as many screens as possible even as its own device, the Nook, prepares to compete directly against the iPad. ...

Little-known SmartPhone Technologies files lawsuits against Apple, AT T, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, LG Electronics and Motorola accusing them of violating patents owned by the company. - The smartphone patent lawsuit derby continues with a company named SmartPhone Technologies suing Apple, AT amp;T, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, ...

News Analysis: HP's Slate is back in the news after the PC vendor released videos detailing why it believes the Slate can beat the Apple iPad. HP is making a strong argument with the Slate's design and features that it will give the iPad a good run for its money ...

Internet search monster, Google is testing a latest TV programming search service with satellite television operator Dish Network Corp. it would be a step that will enable the users to find the content from television and the Web. This service runs on the TV set-top boxes that contain the Google ...

General expectations of the Apple iPad's level of success are overly pessimistic, says a Broadpoint AmTech report, which predicts 2010 sales of up to 4 million units, or actual unit shipments of up to 7 million. An analyst suggests that getting a little quality time with the iPad will convert ...

Consumer Watchdog advocate John Simpson pored over Google's 2009 Form 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and made a striking discovery. While Google listed only Microsoft and Yahoo by name in its 2008 10-K filing, the search engine listed 10 companies that it views as competitors in the ...

The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) obtains a copy of Apple's iPhone Developer Program License Agreement and finds provisions it labeled disturbing and frustrating. - Developers and Apple critics have long grumbled about the tight grip the computer maker holds over its wildly successful ...

Apple aired the first 30-second television commercial for its iPad tablet PC March 7, with the spot highlighting the devices functions as an e-reader and portable media player. Apple also posted on its Web site that some 150,000 mobile apps will be available upon the iPads April 3 launch, an ...

According to reports, China Unicom is set to sell the iPhone with WiFi. The current handsets it sells lack WiFi while gray market alternatives have it. Steve Jobs has made it clear that those who buy the iPad in April won't be able to tether the device to the iPhone for ...

Nokia filed a U.S. patent for a phone charger that harvests kinetic energy, a technology thats been used in laptops, PDAs and GPS receivers, according to Nokia. Essentially, the mobile devices would be powered, in part, through the movements of their owners. - When Nokia sued Apple ...