New iPhone for lower-end market

2013 could see the debut of a smaller and less expensive new iPhone model Many stating its currently being developed in part as a push for smartphone sales in lesser developed countries grows. China is said to be just one of the target markets for the new device. New iPhone at a new price range An unnamed source has divulged that Apple, Inc. has been developing a new iPhone model since February of 2011 with hopes of releasing it by the end of 2013. The price of the current iPhone is…

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NFC and fingerprints may be central to mobile payments from Apple

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The iPhone manufacturer is looking at the Australian company, causing many brows to raise. Rumors about NFC technology and mobile payments options with the added security of fingerprint scanning have been flying as Apple has shown an interest in an Australian company that is working on this form of “biosecurity”. This has been especially interesting following the release of the iPhone 5, which omitted NFC entirely. Many have wondered about Apple’s decision not to include NFC technology in its latest device, and there has been no shortage of expressions of disappointment…

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Apple iOS loses more market share to Android

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According to Strategy Analytics, while Apple continues to hold 58 percent of the market, Android, the operating system by Google, has moved in significantly on territory formerly held by iOS, and now has a global share of 39 percent. An important part of this movement has been credited to tablets, as Google tablets took an additional 10 percent of the market between the last quarters of 2010 and 2011, while Apple’s hold on that market fell by a smaller amount. Some of Google’s ability to take a larger chunk out…

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Apple to pursue NFC technology as mobile commerce gains momentum amongst consumers

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Last week, Apple reported its fiscal first-quarter results of 2012, which showed that the quarterly revenue of the company had reached an all-time high of $46 billion. During the report, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that this momentum would carry over to innovative projects the company had planned for the future. One of these projects is likely to involve mobile commerce as Apple looks to finally adopt NFC technology. The technology will likely be a feature with the next iPhone, which is expected to come out in late 2012. Apple…

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iPhone 4S may not have NFC, but it has Bluetooth 4.0

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Many had expected that the latest version of the iPhone, the 4S, would be enabled with near field communication (NFC) technology, and while that was absent from the release, what was included was Bluetooth 4.0 integration which made it the first smartphone on the market with this enhancement. Bluetooth 4.0 is comparable to NFC in many ways, and was first integrated into the MacBook Air, allowing for communication among devices with a lower energy use than was required by previous versions of the technology. It allows the manufacturers of devices…

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