Quarter 4 of 2011, AT&T set record sales numbers putting out 9.4 million units. This year they definitely “Raised The Bar” !! Q4 of 2012, AT&T sold more than 10 million smartphones beating last years numbers. During the fourth quarter AT&T averaged more than 110,000 smartphone sales a day as consumers flocked to locations to check out the latest from Android, Apple & Windows devices. It’s no surprise that AT&T is the nation’s largest 4G network providing lightning-fast LTE reaching 170 million people worldwide. Tat Wza
Macbook & Windows Laptop Sales Fall During The Holiday Season
Over the Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Thanksgiving Day holiday many retailers offered several sales options from Apple and other Windows based computers. Despite the offers sales fell for both Macs and Windows. Sales fell a combined 7% between November 18th to December 22nd. Even though Microsoft marketed aggressively, their windows 8 products moved in the retail space very slow. Macbooks saw a decline of 6% in the market place. Sales of desktops and laptops may be on the rise due to better smartphones and people becoming more familiar with tablets which are easier to carry than laptops. As Analysts predicted people are entering a post pc era, maybe faster than they thought. Yungjohnnybravo x TatWZA
Apple Using New Touch-On Display For iPhone 5s
New word is Apple plans on changing the technology on the iPhone 5s, rumors say Apple plans on change the display on the iPhone 5 changing the panel’s in-cell touch technology, which will allow a slimmer phone design. According to the China Times Apple wants “touch-on display” because the technology is both thin and durable (and possibly cheaper). If Apple plans on using the new cells for the screen they have less than 5 months to make a decision since rumors are saying they plan on releasing the 5s in June. Yungjohnnybravo x TatWZA
Microsoft Acquires R2 Studios: Home Automation Start Up
A while back we showed you some dope videos of being able to control your house from your smart phone. Apple, Google & Microsoft were rumored to be interested in purchasing home automation companies, believing that it is the future of tech. Microsoft were the ones to pop open the check book this go around, buying Blake Krikorian’s start up, R2 Studios. Tat Wza
Apple Currently Testing The iPhone 6 And iOS 7
What are we in 3 months into the iPhone 5, and so far there is news about the iPhone 5s, and now Apple is already working on the iPhone 6. Not only is Apple working on the iPhone 6 but also working on iOS 7. App Devs have found that the reference numbers on new iPhones are iPhone 6.1, running iOS 7 operating system. which can only mean the next phase of the iPhone. Yungjohnnybravo x TatWZA
Pirated iOS App Store Installous Shuts Down
iPhone Jailbreakers shed tears yesterday as pirate app Installous closed its virtual doors yesterday. The dev team Hackulous announced the sad news yesterday on their blog. Installous provided jailbreaker with thousands of pirated Apple apps over the years. The Installous app made it possible for users to download any and every app that was availbable in Apples App store for Free 99. Haculous posted on their site yesterday “Goodnight, sweet prince” about the closure of the pirate app store. Yungjohnnybravo x TatWZA
