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RIM (Research In Motion), the BlackBerry maker has killed itself to live. Confused? Well in simple language RIM has now rebranded itself as whole BlackBerry saying "One Brand, One Promise". It is done to simplify the BlackBerry experience since a lot of people who own a BlackBerry device don't even know about RIM. This announcement was made during the press release of their 2 new BlackBerry 10 Devices, Z10 and Q10 which feature the all new BB OS10 which is said to have a fully re-invented UI and performance.

Apple have recently launched their most anticipated iPhone, iPhone 5 with a whole lot of updates in software and hardware. There were some confusions caused by the Apple Maps but I hope all the problems of the Apple Maps will be solved soon. Now, after the launch of the iPhone 5 we were now waiting for the iPad Mini a small tablet which could make the original iPad much more portable.  Apple has issued some invitations for it's Media Event saying "We've got a little more to show you." This is quite strange because we have never seen Apple launching so many products in such a small interval of time. The Media Event for the iPhone 5 was done just the last month and now there is another Media Event on 23rd October which seems to be the day for the launch of iPad Mini because it is the only product left with a lot of picture leakages and foxconn leaking the manufacturing process of a smaller iPad. This event can also be the day for the launching of a new full fledged...

The most awaited iPhone is finally out with an all new design and features. The new iPhone almost seems like the pictures of the iPhone 5 leaked before the launch. This iPhone doesn't seem quite different on the first sight but when you go deep into it's functionalities then we see the difference. iPhone 5 now has a 4 inch screen whose height is increased to keep the width same as before so that typing with one hand is easy. The iSight camera just got even better with the panorama feature which gives a resolution of 28MP but the normal camera remains 8MP.   iPhone 5 is much lighter and thinner than ever which some people think is a disadvantage of the iPhone. Some people say that expensive and valuable things like an expensive watch should be heavy not light. Some say that lighter iPhone have more chances of falling as we may not feel that we are carrying it. I don't think the lightness is a problem instead it is an advantage because first of a...

It seems that the most awaited iPhone ever is going to be announced on 12 September, 2012. As soon as the iPhone 5 will launch on this Apple Media Event, we will get to know what all rumors were true and which were fake. There are some more rumors like a newer version of the iPod Touch and the manufacturing of the iPad Mini in October as their screen provider is facing problems in manufacturing the screens before October. So, stay tuned for more information about iPhone 5. 

The Mars Curiosity Rover had successfully landed on planet Mars and has sent some images from Mars. You can now see a 360 o of the land on Mars on your iPhone. Just point your Safari to the site of 360cities.net  or you can see it here on Times of Apple :D

Thanks to AYTM for such a nice infographic.  Source: AYTM Research

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, is the man who has got the responsibility to guide Sir Steve Job's beloved company which is now on the peaks of success due to his innovations and great design concepts which I think no other tech company matches till now. Tim Cook is a good person indeed but still lacks some aspects that Steve Jobs had. Steve never focused on the pricing of the products, he only focused on the product quality. I have observed that all the keynotes done by Tim Cook basically focuses on making products cheaper than what they cost. This isn't bad but this sudden price fall may someday lead Apple to decrease the product quality. Well these things aside, we have also heard about a lot rumors about the iPhone 5 in September 12. The sources say that iPhone 5 will really launch on September 12 and it is also said that this new is leaked by Tim Cook himself. Rumors for a new iPad are also being heard which will be the newest iPad with a smaller screen said to be i...

Google's Android is really gaining heat nowadays although the previous versions of Android such as 2.3 Gingerbread, 2.2 Fro Yo etc. used to be slow and laggy due to all the widgets stored in the OS. The touch of Android also used to be disaster. These things always used to annoy me and not only but a lot of people but because of its open source environment people didn't care as they were getting a big OS with good specifications at a very low cost (not all are at low cost :P). Whatever but those days are gone now, Google's new update to their Android has overcome those problems. Due to their so called "Project Butter" the touch interface has got a much smoother response. But nowadays because of these new add-ons people are starting to think as if Android is the best on it's own and if you also think like this then you are wrong because NO, Android can do nothing on it's own. Android exists in this world because there are other brands like HTC (a good...

Apple has recently launched it's new Macbook Pro with Retina HD Display with completely new features. The strange thing is there is no 13 inch or 17 inch version of this model and the 17 inch model of the previous Macbook Pro has been kicked off! The new Macbook Pro with Retina Display was launched during the WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) 2012 along with iOS 6 and Mac OSX Mountain Lion. New Macbook Pro has great new specs like 512 GB Flash Storage, a 15.4 inch Retina HD Display with 2880 X 1800 pixels (awesome), Intel Core i7 Quad Core Processors, 8GB of RAM,  Intel HD Graphics  4000 and  NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching, 720p HD Facetime Camera and all this with just a thickness of 0.71 inches and weight of 4.46 pounds. Right now the Macbook Pro Retina Display comes with Mac OSX Lion but after the launch of Mac OSX Mountain Lion it will come equipped with it. Mac OSX can be a game changer for M...

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has recently entered Facebook into NASDAQ Stock Market at a Stock Price of $38 approx. and dreamed of defeating Apple's enormous Stock Price but now his dreams look like broken because Facebook's Stock Price is falling down and is now at $28.19 which is a whole lot of change while Apple's Stock Price remains up at a cost of $579.17 with a profit of 1.21%. The reason for this fall of stock price in Facebook is because Mark Zuckerberg didn't even think about the risks in it. Apple gains huge profits because they sell solid products which are present in real life and can be used anywhere while Facebook doesn't sell anything other than accessories and earns money from Apps. Facebook  is just a name which is there on the internet but not present with the user and hence the product becomes priceless, at few places Facebook is banned too. These factors make people think twice before going for Facebook and they go for some other brand like ...

Google  has recently bought Motorola Mobility at a deal of $12.5 billion. Motorola mobility is a major mobile phone making brand which has a few decently designed yet powerful smartphones and now as it has been taken up by Google, Androids might get a new personal identity like iOS. Apple has kept the iOS compatible only for Apple portable devices which have a touch User Interface. Android is an open source mobile operating system and can be used on any device which makes the software of much lower quality as compared to Apple's iOS. This deal tells us that Google wants to leave Apple's iPhone, iPod and iPad behind which is a very difficult task and no brand is able to do it till now. Will this deal bring Apple down? Will this Google and Motorola together become the number 1 mobile device brand? Let's see what are the tactics and possibilities behind this deal. Google's Android is an open source operating system and was available to every mobile device of any ...

We are now getting a lot of rumors that Apple will launch its new generation of iPhone, iPad etc. but I don't think that bringing all these innovations together will be a good idea. So, first of all lets have a look at all the rumors that are turning up for this year. 1. iPhone  Because of the launch of such great and new smart phones by Samsung and HTC like HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy SIII, Apple really needs to launch a new generation of iPhone which would be named iPhone 5 rather than putting some other alphabet to the number of the generation. iPhone 5 is expected to be Tim Cook's first own designed product after Steve Jobs. We all know that the iPhone 4S's design was already given by Steve Jobs before he died. 2. iPad Although the bringing of new tablets to the portable computer segment is now slowing down a bit and because of this Samsung might prepare himself to give us a new generation of their 'Tab'. The newer tabs can be more powerful and m...

Samsung has recently launched its new generation of Galaxy S which is Galaxy SIII . The Galaxy S had a great success in the beginning but because of the release of new mobiles and brands like HTC in the High End Smartphone market it lost its identity and the good user response also began to decline due to the stickiness on the handset's touch screen which at times becomes difficult to use. Samsung launched a newer version named Galaxy SII which also had a lot of tech guys waiting for it but were annoyed as except the screen and the OS nothing had changed much. The Screen remained sticky and just a minor upgrade of the camera although its a good camera but cannot compare to the one which is in the Apple iPhone 4S. Yes, iPhone 4S was the main reason because of which a lot of people left the idea of buying Galaxy SIII.  As soon as Samsung launched it's Galaxy SII, a rumor about a new iPhone had spread with a whole lot of new features and Apple did that. iPhone 4S gave a Appl...

HTC has launched its new smartphone which is amazingly powerful and can be a reason to worry for Apple. Its got a good design, powerful CPU and GPU, very smooth audio and a beautiful camera. HTC is hoping to get as much good results as Apple got for iPhone which is likely impossible. For Indians this smartphone is really a cheaper option with very nice features as compared to the iPhone. Here is a video to give you the features of this smartphone: Screen HTC One X has the largest screen ever used in any HTC Smartphone. It has got a screen size of 4.7 inches and a resolution of 1280 x 720. This Huge screen is a full treat for only those people who have very big hands. CPU Its got a very promising NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad core Processor which is clocked at a speed of 1.5GHz (Well, Thats Amazing!). While Apple's iPhone 4S is still a dual core processor with 800MHz (Still its an Apple A5 and does better performance than t...

This Quarter Apple had a huge profit due to the rapid increase in the number of iPhones and iPads. Apple's CEO, Tim Cook says that the Company is really happy with the numbers shown by the iPhone 4s and new iPad has got a great start too. He also added that a new generation of an iPod and iPhone will be seen. This concludes the launch of a new iPhone a.k.a iPhone 5. The new iPhone should be somewhat like a smartphone which can easily distract all the smartphone buyers who are thinking to buy a Samsung Galaxy Note or Google Nexus S. The design might not change but the screen size might change a bit to beat the odd screen sized mobiles like the Galaxy Note. Now lets look at some changes that might be seen in iPhone 5. Design 'Design' and 'Shape' is the first thing that comes in the mind of a Smartphone buyer specially the novice ones. The design factors of Apple have always been a huge success and I hope that they will keep the new iPhone really simple a...