Apple’s iPhone 6 to probably come with built-in Smart Pen

From SunNews, Apple’S new iPhone 6 could come with a Smart Pen, according to the rumour mill.

The US firm have apparently just filed three patents for such a stylus accessory. Experts reckon it could be used as a mini scanner for barcodes.

It could also be used for specific motion gesture passwords to open your device.

If the S Pen rumours are true, it…

iPhone Stolen — from Guy Who Just Stole It

How rampant is ‘Apple-picking’—iPhone and iPad theft—in New York City? Well, last year saw 16,000 thefts, or 14% of total city crimes. Consider a case related by the New York Times, in which the same phone was stolen twice in an afternoon. A teenage girl was strolling through Brooklyn when a trio of…

Apple slashes its orders for iPhone 5 components based on weakening consumer demand

Following up on a report by Japanese business publication Nikkei, and citing “people familiar with the situation”, the Wall Street Journal claims that iPhone 5 screen orders placed by Apple for the January – March quarter are now half as large as originally planned.

The firm has also cut orders for other components, and first notified suppliers last month, the report adds.

Research firm IDC suggests iPhones…

Apple Wants To Release Cheaper iPhone For Sale This Year

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Apple is working…

Google Building Sophisticated ‘Phone X’ to Rival iPhone

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is building a “sophisticated” smartphone it hopes will give the iPhone a run for its money.

The project is still very much under wraps—it even has a Bond-like code name of “Phone X,” according to the Journal‘s sources. Google is using engineers from Motorola, which it…

Rumors of new iPad swirl as iPhone 5 owners air their gripes

Apple may be preparing another surprise event ahead of the holidays, according to a report from Fortune.

The nugget of a rumor comes from an unnamed source identified only as a “major Apple investor” who told Fortune’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt that Apple will send out invitations to a press event for a new iPad on Oct. 10.

Apple’s iPhone 5: Five observations

The iPhone 5 finally hit store shelves Friday, after a record-setting pre-sale run of 2 million. At the end of the day, carriers are still tallying up their sales, but report that they had brisk sales days.

Sprint spokesman John Taylor said that the carrier is all but sold out of the iPhone 5 as of 5 p.m. Friday and is already taking names for the waitlist.

Apple’s iPhone 5, in stores now

Apple fans are eager to get their hands on the iPhone 5, released Friday, adding to the lines that are snaking around the block at Apple stores around the world.

The lines have become a familiar sight at nearly every iPhone and iPad launch — it’s not uncommon now for line-sitters to be raising money for charity, or to be hired by another person who wants the latest…

Samsung escalates war on iPhone 5 as launch looms

Samsung released a new ad Wednesday that takes direct aim at the Christmas-morning atmosphere that’s started at Apple stores across the world. The ad is taking off on the Web, and has 3 million views on YouTube.

The ad, which follows a print ad that argued the iPhone had far fewer features than Samsung’s Galaxy S III, returns us to the same lines that…

Apple’s iPhone 5: Review Roundup

A handful of news sites have spent some quality time with the iPhone 5 and the verdict is in: The iPhone 5 is — to pull words from the mouths of reviewers — “feather-light,” “superior” and “every bit the device that people were asking for,” but not without its flaws.

Here’s a rundown of the reviews.