Tag Archives: Apple iPhone

iPhone 5

After a year, Apple announced the next iPhone to a receptive audience in the Yerba Buena Center in downtown San Francisco today. The new iPhone, known as iPhone 5 is a major upgrade to the 4S. I had speculated about the features of the new iPhone a few weeks ago and am happy to report that quite …

September 12, 2012 – 12:35 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Design, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

The next iPhone (the one after 4S)

I n a few weeks, the next iPhone will be announced to the world. Read on to know more about all the rumors and speculations of the next big iDevice. It is that time of the year again when the speculation about the next iPhone goes to a whole new level. Every little rumor and …

July 31, 2012 – 8:21 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Design, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Motorola’s pricing strategy

A few weeks ago, Motorola had on its hands, two certifiably hyped up and much wanted devices- the Atrix 4G superphone launching on AT&T and the Xoom tablet launching on Verizon. What was known was that the devices had some of the best technical specs in their respective fledgling categories and also boasted the Motorola …

February 8, 2011 – 2:59 pm | By rangaprabhu | Posted in Android, Design, iphone OS, Next Big Thing, Tablets, webOS | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

iOS vs. Android, part II.

Daggers drawn, here we go again. With the recent and totally “unexpected and surprise” announcement that the iPhone is heading the Big Red way, we now have a battle on our hands. Until recently, the battle between the two operating systems was fought as a proxy war between the two largest carriers, Verizon and AT&T. …

January 13, 2011 – 11:02 pm | By rangaprabhu | Posted in Android, iphone OS, Mobile OS | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

SIM, microSIM and more

A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) does a lot of cool things it doesn’t get credit for. It allows you to actually connect to a network, make calls, download music, browse, chat…and lots of other stuff. I will refrain from going into details and let Wikipedia do the honors. All phones that use the GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA technologies use the SIM …

October 28, 2010 – 11:53 pm | By rangaprabhu | Posted in iphone OS, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off