Every once in a while, a big-time retailer comes up with a rather irresistible iPhone price discount. Walmart has now significantly slashed the prices of iPhone 4S and iPhone 5. While the new prices are incredibly low and very enticing, they require the users to sign a two-year carrier contract.
Nvidia is entering into the patent licensing business with full force. The chipmaker’s Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang said that his company will start licensing its graphics technology to other companies.
Until now, Chromebooks were found only at Best Buy, Amazon and Google Play Store. But last Monday, David Shapiro, Director of Chromebook Marketing at Google, said in a blog post that the company is expanding its Chromebook availability. Now the Chromebooks are available in Walmart and Staples.
Samsung has unveiled a neat trick which will help it market an app very successfully. In order to push a new app to Galaxy devices, Samsung is offering the brand new Jay-Z album ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ for free. The album will be available to the first 1 million Galaxy device owners who download the app.
Police and prosecutors across the United States have given a clear warning to smartphone manufacturers on Thrusday to install a “kill switch” on every new mobile device right away. The warning came after crimes related to smartphone theft increased to an alarming level.
When it comes to the sheer numbers of handsets sold, Samsung has bagged the crown. Even in terms of revenues, Samsung is catching up fast to the current leader, Apple. It could be, due to this pressure from Samsung, Apple is now reportedly considering launching iPhone models with multiple sizes and in different colors.
When it comes to the smartphone and tablet arena, Apple continues to be the undisputed champion. The company may have lost to Samsung in numbers recently, but its overall performance and revenues still trump all else. At WWDC 2013, Apple has now revealed that so far, it has sold some 600 million iOS devices.
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Apple is yet to unveil what is being touted as ‘iPhone 5S’, the next anticipated smartphone release from the company. However, analysts are already speculating about iPhone 6, which will not arrive until late next year. According to Citi Research, iPhone 6 may pack a 4.8-inch display.