Analyst on 2012 iPads: “Don’t expect a 7-incher”

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 26, 2011 at 16:00

Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair has been speaking about his predictions for the (presumably) imminent iPad 3, suggesting that its arrival mightn’t necessarily spell death for the humble iPad 2.

He also comments on the recent speculation that we might see a smaller iPad in 2012, but uttered those five words every girl dreads hearing: “Don’t expect a 7-incher”.

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iPad 3 to launch on Steve Jobs’ birthday - February 24?

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 24, 2011 at 14:00

Citing Chinese language newspaper Economic Daily News (which in turn cites sources close to the supply chain), Focus Taiwan reports that the iPad 3 might launch on Steve Jobs’ birthday.

I half-joked a few weeks ago about a February launch for the iPad 3, and if there’s any truth in this latest rumour, it’ll launch on February 24.

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Review of the week

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 24, 2011 at 13:15

Christmas Eve, dudes, and what could be better than the now obligatory Review of the week all hyperlinked to heck. Think of it as my (slightly) early Christmas present to you. I hope you got me something more thoughtful than socks.

Thanks to the technological wonder that is scheduling (thanks, Word Press), this’ll be the last thing I pen before eating and drinking myself to near-death.

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iPhone 4S fails to excite mainland Europe

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 23, 2011 at 11:19

Last night Phil scribbled a bit about Apple’s victory over Android in the app revenue stakes, but here we have Google chalking up a cheeky victory with its ubiquitous OS.

Research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech (awesome name, huh?) shows that the iPhone remains hugely popular in Great Britain, the US and Australia, however it’s a different story in mainland Europe.

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New Apple patent might be a biggie (or not)

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 22, 2011 at 14:00

It’s been quite the week for Apple. First the ITC banned several HTC smartphones from import in the US (effective April 19), then we heard about a spanking new complaint relating to Samsung’s tablet and smartphone covers (patents are involved, natch).

Now Apple has had yet another patent approved, and it’s potentially vague enough to be a pain in the nuts for rival operating systems.

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iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S2 lead Christmas sales charge

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 20, 2011 at 16:00

The Financial Times has been given a glimpse at a GfK report containing sales data from UK mobile networks for the four-week period ending December 9.

Unsurprisingly, the iPhone 4S is top of the list with almost 25% of all sales. “Siri, why is the iPhone 4S so bloomin’ popular?” And heck, the older iPhones are in there too.

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Facebook app update brings Timeline goodness to iOS

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 19, 2011 at 11:30

An update to the Facebook app for iOS has introduced a sprinkle of features, most notably the relatively new Timeline stuff.

However, only iPhone Facebook users will able to rock da Timeline sh*t for now. Facebook Timeline for iPad will follow shortly.

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IDC: iPad still destroying all other tablets, Samsung in second

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 17, 2011 at 18:00

Research guys IDC are back in da house with some new tablet figures for quarter the third of 2011. No surprises for guessing that the iPad is still kicking several shades of tablet butt.

Apple boasts an incredible 61.5% of the tablet market, and cranked out 11.1 million iPad units in Q3 – up a fair bit from 9.3 million in Q2.

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Review of the week

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 17, 2011 at 13:00

Following last Saturday’s Review of the week, Jan revealed that he intended to become CEO of Mobot (if such a position exists), matt101101 subsequently threatened to run away, and Treab – not to be outdone – announced: “Yeah I’m Horny”. All great stuff.

The surreal comment theme continued all week, most noticeably following the Samsung Galaxy M Pro coming… soon? item, after which some of the Mobo regulars invented an entirely new style of communication. True story. Sorry: tory s ue Tr.

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Apple update provides legal Siri port

- Phil Lavelle  Dec. 16, 2011 at 11:00

The cat and mouse game between Apple and the devs has moved up a notch. With Apple saying it would never support Siri on anything than a 4S, MuscleNerd (who any self respecting jail breaker would be aware of) has announced that it appears to be possible "legally" on the iPhone 4.

This is all down to Apple's iOS 5.0.1 update that is an official release pushed out by Cupertino but also has an acceptable encryption key for its main file system. That basically means you can browse its inner workings from a PC and therefore you can get open access to system files, previously encrypted, which allows a Siri port.

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