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BlackBerry maker RIM meets Apple half-way on nano-SIM design

By Simon Sage, Friday, May 18, 2012 a 11:49 am

RIM recently proposed a new nano-SIM card design to counter one proposal made by Apple to the the European Telecommunications Standards Instititute.

iPhone tops yet another customer satisfaction survey

By Simon Sage, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 a 2:15 pm

Just in case we needed any more convincing that people love their iPhones, the American Customer Satisfaction Index has found through recent surveys that Apple's smartphones are leaving customers the happiest. The iPhone scored 83 on their system, compared to to Nokia, LG and HTC who are all tied at 75.

Samsung leapfrogs Apple as top smartphone vendor worldwide

By Simon Sage, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 a 12:06 pm

Samsung has snagged the top smartphone vendor spot from Apple, a throne Apple had just claimed in Q4 2011. Apple's Q1 2012 smartphone market share sat at 24.2%, while Samsung enjoyed a slight lead with 29.1% of all smartphone sales worldwide.

Woz likes Windows Phone more than Android, thinks Steve Jobs was reincarnated at Microsoft

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 a 11:31 am

Apple's eccentric co-founder and longtime gadgetphile, Steve Wozniak, decided to get himself a shiny new Nokia Lumia 900 so he could have a bit of a play with Windows Phone and... he likes it. And this should surprise precisely no one. It's a great new phone and Woz tries every great new phone that comes off the assembly line (he has a chair reserved at the end of the conveyer belt, we're told).

Nokia ad campaign takes aim at iPhone reception, screen, and build quality

By Simon Sage, Monday, Apr 2, 2012 a 11:17 am

Nokia has kicked off an ad campaign called Smartphone Beta Test, which features mock video clips roughly describing the development process of the iPhone, and suggest that end consumers are just a part of some big public beta test.

Apple pushing nano-SIM standard on Motorola, RIM and Nokia

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012 a 11:00 am

Apple is butting heads with RIM, Motorola, and Nokia over the next evolution of SIM card sizes. After paving the way for the micro-SIM format, which has since been adopted by Nokia for their Lumia series, Apple is now putting pressure on the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to recognize their nano-SIM format as the next industry standard.

Apple still claiming biggest share of profits among smartphone manufacturers

By Simon Sage, Saturday, Feb 4, 2012 a 12:49 am

After all is said and done, Apple is claiming 75% of the profit share, 40% of the revenue share, and 9% of the unit share of the mobile market.

Apple passes LG, now third largest mobile phone maker in the world

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 a 12:45 pm

IDC has released numbers showing that Apple has surpassed LG to become the third largest mobile phone maker in the world with an 8.7 percent market share.

Apple claims top smartphone vendor spot after Q4 results, iPhone is now 8.3% of all mobile phones

By Simon Sage, Friday, Jan 27, 2012 a 6:43 pm

Strategy Analytics has crunched most of the fourth quarter results announced this week (including Apple's), and figures the iPhone maker is now the top manufacturer, but only by a sliver.

Apple giving backdoor cellular access to Indian military?

By Allyson Kazmucha, Sunday, Jan 8, 2012 a 2:34 pm

According to a group of hackers in India, Apple, RIM and Nokia could be providing backdoor access to the Indian government, allowing them to monitor user data. The Indian government might be insisting on this access in exchange for allowing Apple and other smartphone vendors to offer their products and services in India, they have allegedly given them access to cellular communications. The agreement appears to be called RINOA (Rim, Nokia, Apple).