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Samsung Galaxy S4 components cost more than Apple’s iPhone 5

Samsung recently unveiled its long-awaited fourth addition to the ‘Galaxy S’ family, predictably named the Galaxy S4. The device directly competes with Apple’s not-so-new iPhone 5, but how much profit will Samsung make from it? Well, that should be easily calculable, as we already know how much each Galaxy S4 costs Samsung to build. IHS Suppli came up…

Survey: Consumers still want the iPad more than any other tablet

  I know, I know, it is hard to believe that the iPad is popular. Actually, who am I kidding? Everyone knows the iPad is popular, just look at the market share of tablets, it’s overrun by the iPad. Well, a recent survey decided to ask consumers what tablet they plan to buy (assuming they plan to buy one). The results were, well, overwhelmingly…

Bill Gates says Steve Jobs “was always cooler than me”

As you are most likely (or should be) well aware, Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft. What he currently does though primarily consists of philanthropy, or charity work, where he travels the world to help with different organizations fighting different diseases. After talking about that, though, Colbert brings up Steve Jobs, and the conversation was…

Apple expected to sell more than 12 million iPad minis by years end

According to a new report out of DigiTimes, sources on the supply chain state that Apple is expected to ship over 12 million of its new iPad mini. This estimate, supposedly, beats out Apple’s own estimate of 10 million. That estimate was later dropped to a mere 6-8 million in light of the struggling supply. According to the sources, supply problems have…

Apple may sell 1.5M iPad minis, Piper Jaffray predicts

Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray has projected today that Apple may sell 1 – 1.5 Million iPad minis this weekend. The iPad mini was announced 2 weeks ago, and will be available in retail stores tomorrow. It has garnered a lot of media attention, but Munster insists that consumers may not see the advantages of the smaller tablet form factor yet, and it…

Report: iOS 6 beta can’t handle greater than 500 apps

If you have the iOS 6 beta installed, be sure you watch how many apps you are putting on your phone. A consulting firm just discovered that the betas will only support up to 500 applications on the device at one time, and if you put more, you device will most likely suffer from slow boot times, random reboots, and “other issues.” The firm’s had to…