New York: US Cellular, the only major US wireless carrier to resist the iPhone, says it's going to start selling it this year.
CEO Mary Dillon announced the reversal Friday on a call with investors and analysts. She didn't specify exactly when the company would start selling Apple's phone, or what models it would carry.
A year and a half ago, Dillon said US Cellular Corp. had the opportunity to carry the phone but rejected it because it was too expensive. The iPhone is more expensive than most smartphones, and phone companies absorb this cost to sell it for $199 or less.
Dillon says many of the customers leaving the Chicago-based company are doing so because it doesn't carry the iPhone. In the 18 months since she talked about rejecting the iPhone, the company has lost 268,000, or 5 percent, of its customers on contract-based plans, which are the most lucrative....
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04:49 PM, May 05, 2013
San Francisco: Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure. In San Francisco, where half the robberies were phone-related last year, District Attorney George Gascon is calling on major companies in nearby Silicon Valley to create new technology such as a "kill switch" to permanently and quickly disable stolen smart phones,...
10:38 AM, May 05, 2013
San Francisco: Google Inc is bringing its Google Now technology to the iPhone, where it will compete head-on with Apple Inc's Siri to serve as the primary service that smartphone users rely on to get everything from weather updates to traffic forecasts. Google Now, which made its debut last year on mobile devices powered by Google's Android operating system, will be available as a feature in the new version of...
10:22 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Bangalore: Samsung Electronics grabbed more smartphone market share from archrival Apple in the latest quarter, with sales of its phones jumping to account for one third of the global market. Sales of the iPhone 5 helped Apple's volumes grow 6.6 per cent to 37.4 million phones in the quarter from a year earlier, but that was not enough to stop its share of the market dropping to 17.3 per cent...
02:00 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New phones are continually coming out. Which should you buy? Here's a summary of Associated Press reviews on recent phones, including the latest from Samsung and Research In Motion. Android devices: Samsung Galaxy S4 The S4 is an excellent device from a hardware standpoint. Its 5-inch screen is larger than its predecessor, yet it's a tad lighter and smaller. The display is sharp, at 441 pixels per inch. Samsung packed...
01:12 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Washington: Apple Inc scored a win on Monday when the US International Trade Commission ruled that it did not violate a Google patent to make the popular iPhones. Apple had initially been accused of infringing on six patents for iPhone-related technology covering everything from reducing signal noise to programming the device's touchscreen so a user's head does not accidentally activate it while talking on the phone. If Apple had been...
10:06 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Seoul: LG Display Co Ltd reported its smallest profit since it returned to the black in the second quarter of last year, as demand for iPhone and iPad screens from Apple weakened amid concerns the US company is losing its luster in the mobile device market. Apple Inc, which analysts say provides about 30 per cent of LG Display's revenue, is facing intensifying competition from Samsung and up-and-coming rivals. A...
04:33 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Tokyo: Apple Inc marketing chief Phil Schiller let slip during last August's courtroom battle with Samsung that when setting forecasts for new iPhones, the inside joke was that people should assume sales would equal all previous versions combined. That quip, uttered in front of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's trial lawyers and the media, no longer rings true as Apple appears to be losing a once vice-like grip on its supply...
10:12 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New York: Facebook has updated its iPhone and iPad applications to let people keep using its chat feature even when they are doing other things, such as reading friends' updates. Facebook also said Tuesday that it's bringing its "chat heads" feature to its Apple apps. It's called chat heads because friends' profile photos pop up when they send you a message. Chat heads is part of a broader integration that...
08:13 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Earlier today, the Wall Street Journal was reporting that Foxconn, Apple's trusted manufacturing partner, is stepping up hiring as the production schedule for the iPhone 5S kicks in. The company has added more than 10,000 assembly-line workers per week since late March at their Zhengzhou production facility for iPhones. And now DroidGator has got hold of images of the 5S's alleged motherboard which features a new processor dubbed A7. The...
03:27 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Tokyo: Japan Display Inc, one of two Japanese producers of Apple Inc iPhone screens, wants to boost sales by up to 60 per cent by winning more business from smaller makers of phones and tablets to offset lackluster orders from its bigger clients. Japan Display, the world's No.1 maker of small to mid-size panels, may increase sales to as much as 800 billion yen ($8.10 billion) for the fiscal year...
03:59 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Taipei: Hon Hai Precision Industry, the main manufacturer of Apple products, posted a 19 per cent decline in sales in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, hurt by disappointing demand for the iPhone. From January to March, Hon Hai's sales totaled T$808.97 billion ($26.96 billion), down from T$988.34 billion in the fourth quarter and T$1 trillion in the first quarter last year. "A quarterly decline was expected, but...
12:44 PM, Apr 11, 2013
The Wall Street Journal said Apple is set to start production of the iPhone 5S in the next three months. ...
07:32 AM, Apr 03, 2013
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11:59 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Apple is seeking a patent for an iPhone that has a display that wraps around the edges of the device, expanding the viewable area and eliminating all physical buttons. ...
09:30 AM, Mar 30, 2013
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins said a lack of innovation at Apple has left iPhone's user interface outdated. ...
12:45 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Intertrust Technologies Corp, a software firm owned by a group that includes Sony Corp and Royal Philips Electronics, said it has sued Apple Inc for infringing 15 patents relating to security. ...
10:40 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Facebook for iOS has been bumped up to version 5.6, giving users the ability to update their cover photos on the go. The ability to set cover images on Facebook has been one of the more significant changes on Facebook in recent times. iPhone users can now take a new cover photo or pick one from their gallery. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Here's how the Samsung Galaxy S4 compares to the competition and its predecessor, the S III. ...
12:40 PM, Mar 18, 2013
After Galaxy S4 launch, Apple released a webpage explaining why the iPhone 5 is better than smartphones from its rivals. ...
11:32 AM, Mar 17, 2013
