Stories by John Cox

iPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending May 24

One of the iOSphere's enduring myths is that one or another component or production screwup has repeatedly delayed most iPhones, including the iPhone 5S or 6 or whatever.

By John Cox | 24 May, 2013 18:30

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, iPhone, smartphones

iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending May 23

The hot air levels rose dramatically in the iOSphere this week on the strength of one laconic, six-paragraph posting about the expected weight of iPad 5.

By John Cox | 24 May, 2013 18:23

Tags: Apple, hardware systems, tablets, iPad

Would you pay $US30 for a waterproof Android smartphone?

If you've ever dropped, broken or drowned your mobile phone, Kyocera Wireless has a deal for you: two new waterproofed Android phones, one of them ruggedized, aimed at first-time smartphone buyers looking for affordable handsets. The products were announced for the U.S market at this week's CTIA cellular industry conference in Las Vegas.

By John Cox | 22 May, 2013 20:28

Tags: Target, consumer electronics, Networking, wireless, smartphones, ctia, anti-malware, kyocera

Aruba Networks latest to unveil 802.11ac access points

Aruba Networks became the latest company to announce Wi-Fi access points that can support over 1Gbps throughput, at the cellular industry's CTIA show in Las Vegas this week.

By John Cox | 21 May, 2013 13:30

Tags: Networking, broadcom, wireless, Aruba networks, ctia, anti-malware

iPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending May 17

There's nothing like exclusive, high resolution, leaked photographs of arcane internal iPhone components to trigger the gaga reflex in the iOSphere. It takes skill, honed by long experience with rumoring, to read into them far, far more than is actually there.

By John Cox | 18 May, 2013 00:15

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, iPhone, smartphones

iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending May 16

Even before summer, the iOSphere languishes in the iPad rumor doldrums, apparently having exhausted itself with hopes for a Retina display iPad mini 2, and the A7 chip for the iPad 5. But there is hope: The Rollup uncovered the radical iPadiGlasses, in an exclusive report.

By John Cox | 16 May, 2013 23:06

Tags: Apple, hardware systems, tablets, iPad

Google tells Microsoft to shut down its YouTube app for Windows Phone

Google on Wednesday demanded that Microsoft yank its YouTube app for Windows Phone from the market and disable any downloaded copies of the app, according to Wired.com, which received a copy of Google's cease and desist letter.

By John Cox | 15 May, 2013 22:51

Tags: Google, Networking, Microsoft, wireless, software, anti-malware, youtube

BlackBerry CEO trumpets management, marketing at user conference

It took two hours for three BlackBerry executives to announce four items: a routine software update, a new low-end qwerty smartphone aimed at overseas markets, a new feature for BlackBerry Messenger, and Messenger's extension to iOS and Android.

By John Cox | 14 May, 2013 22:03

Tags: Networking, blackberry live, q5, wireless, smartphones, blackberry q5, blackberry heins, thorstein heins, Blackberry, blackberry ceo, consumer electronics

iPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending May 10

An unstable hot air mass troubled the iOSphere this week, the sky blackened by contradictory rumours, sometimes in the same blog post.

By John Cox | 10 May, 2013 17:02

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, Networking, sharp, smartphones, wireless, anti-malware

iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending May 8

The iOSphere seems to have lowered itself from mere rumor to mere guesses for iPad 5 and the iPad mini 2, though with just as much assurance.

By John Cox | 08 May, 2013 23:24

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Apple, DisplaySearch, PC, Networking, wireless, hardware systems, Data Center, anti-malware

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 3

Almost overnight, thanks to posts finally resembling "news," the iOSphere has become an expert in industrial design, contemplating an iPhone 6 or 5S or something with a flatter, sleeker, cooler, starker, smoother, de-glitzed and overall just better-looking iOS 7.

By John Cox | 03 May, 2013 17:18

Tags: iphone 6 rumors, ios 7 ui, consumer electronics, iphone 5s rumors, Networking, wireless, smartphones, ios 7 rumors, iPhone rumors, Apple

Apple reportedly steps up iOS 7 work

Work on the next major release of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 7, seems to be speeding up, as the company shifts engineering resources and adjusts deadlines to meet two milestones: a preview at June's annual developer conference, and a release in September.

By John Cox | 03 May, 2013 15:19

Tags: ios 7 ui, Networking, wireless, ios 7 design, ios7 design, wall street journal, Bloomberg, ios 7 changes, apple ios design, Apple, Apple ios 7, consumer electronics, smartphones, i0s7 changes, software

iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending May 1

The truth is out there, in blurry, "leaked" photos of the iPad 5 rear shell, which is just the right size for the compost pile of iOSphere rumors. One thing seems certain: iPad 5 will be rectangular.

By John Cox | 01 May, 2013 22:02

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Apple, PC, Networking, wireless, hardware systems, Data Center, anti-malware

BlackBerry CEO unfairly mocked for questioning tablets’ dominion

BlackBerry CEO Thorstein Heins mentioned in a Bloomberg interview Tuesday that he thought that "In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore." He was quickly denounced for ignoring the iPad, not owning up to the failure of BlackBerry's own PlayBook tablet, and in general for "trashtalking" tablets and "being hopelessly out of touch."

By John Cox | 01 May, 2013 16:03

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, PC, Networking, wireless, hardware systems, Data Center, anti-malware, Bloomberg, Blackberry

iPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending April 26

The iPlasticPhone rears its glossy head and the iOSphere shivers.

By John Cox | 29 April, 2013 13:18

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, Networking, wireless, smartphones, anti-malware

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