Just five years’ time, and already the tech press is declaring the iPhone era waning. Or more accurately, some elements of the tech press weren’t too thrilled by the iPhone 5 announcement, and the rest fell asleep. Boredom is as contagious as the plague (just ask anyone at CNN). But the claim says a...
It’s about an hour after iPhone 5 pre-orders became available and they are already sold out. Now, if you want an iPhone on launch day, Sept. 21, you’ll have to wait in line. Apple’s website is currently listing the iPhone 5 as shipping in two weeks. iPhone 5 pre-orders were scheduled to begin at...
Just an hour after the iPhone 5 became available for preorder in seven launch countries, demand has proved so strong that Apple’s website is already showing two week shipping notices for the new smartphone around the world: If you preordered today, Apple intends to deliver the iPhone 5 to your doorstep in one week. However, if...
Back in March 2012, smartphone partners Nokia and Microsoft announced that they had co-invested approximately $23 million in AppCampus, an app development program to spur and foster the creation of new innovative apps for Windows Phone, and Nokia platforms like Symbian and Series 40. Led and managed by Aalto University in Finland, Nokia today...
Music subscription and discovery service Rdio is now available in Norway, the company yesterday unceremoniously announced on its Twitter account (but not its blog). Rdio is now available in 4 Nordic countries, having previously launched in Denmark, Finland and chief competitor Spotify‘s home turf Sweden. It’s also available to users in a number of...
We were able to successfully pre-order an iPhone 5 at 3:14 a.m. EDT. At around 2:50 a.m. EDT we logged on to Apple, Verizon, and ATT. ATT’s website displayed a neat countdown clock that helped us stay on track of exactly when pre-orders released. We ordered our phone through Apple’s Apple Store app. We...
Pre-orders for the iPhone 5 are now live via Apple’s website. We’ve found that the fastest way to order one is through the Apple Store App. As a reminder, the iPhone 5 is $199 on contract for the 16GB version, the 32GB model is $299, and for those with large media libraries, the $399 version...
The Commutist is a weekly GigaOM podcast giving you all the tech news and analysis you need to know on your way into work. With Apple’s big iPhone 5 event this week, what other tech news is there to cover? We give you the big takeaways and explain why Apple’s LTE move means more...
Yesterday I reviewed the leading social network for book readers, Goodreads. In the second post in my Social Books series, I’m checking out a brand new social network for book writers. Called Writer’s Bloq, it was founded by a young wannabe writer from New York named Nayia Moysidis. In a phone interview, I discovered...