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iOS devices refer to any of Apple’s hardware that runs the iOS mobile operating system which include iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Historically, Apple releases a new iOS version once a year, the current version is iOS 10. Here is the complete list of iOS 10 compatible devices.

iPhone gains, BlackBerry loses US smartphone marketshare

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Feb 9 2010 - 4:42 am PT
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Apple iPhone gained one percentage point share in the US smartphone market while BlackBerry lost a point in the last three months of 2009, said comScore.

The researchers reported Monday that BlackBerry remains the most widely used smart phone system in the US, with 41.6 percent of the market – one point less than in the previous quarter.

Apple gained 1.2 percentage points to reach 25.3 percent of the US smart phone market.

Microsoft took 18 percent of the market, followed by Palm with 6.1 percent and Google with 5.2 percent.

Motorola remained top US handset hardware maker in the quarter, with 23.5 percent market share. Its closest competitors, LG Electronics and Samsung, made 21.9 percent and 21.2 percent of all phones used in the US, followed by Nokia Corp. and RIM.

Sling says they didn't work with AT&T to optimize app, it was always optimized. AT&T caught in big fat ugly lie.

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Feb 5 2010 - 9:39 am PT
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Another classy one from AT&T:

Ars contacted Sling to see what exactly they did to optimize their code for it to get accepted by AT&T.  They said there had been no changes since the original submission over a year ago and that it had always been optimized for 3G network streaming.  

“We didn’t change anything,” Sling Media’s John Santoro told Ars. “AT&T never discussed any specific requirements with us.”

Santoro explained that SlingPlayer Mobile has always contained code to adapt the stream quality to the given network conditions. AT&T has been in discussions with Sling since it was first released last year, but AT&T never asked the company to make specific modifications. No changes were made to the app’s 3G streaming capabilities between its being barred from AT&T and now.

That makes AT&T a big fat liar.  From their press release yesterday:

Siri releases AI personal assistant for iPhone

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Feb 4 2010 - 11:46 pm PT
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Siri might be a breakthrough app for iPhone. You ask the app a question and it hits a database and sends you back what it thinks you are looking for.  It uses Dragon’s engine for speech recognition (which is good) or you can just type the question in manually.  We’re not exactly sure what’s going on behind the scenes, but it sounds a lot like Hunch. – where it gets smarter based on the community and increased personal knowledge.  Check the video below and get the app free here.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9216789&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

It says 3GS only but it installed and is working on my regular iPhone 3G.

 

iPads already popular with physicians: 20% plan to purchase, 60% considering

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Feb 4 2010 - 3:46 pm PT
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We’re sensing that Apple might just have a hit on its hands with the iPad, at least in the medical field.  Epocrates, the medical software company did a survey of more than 350 clinicians to gauge their interest in the new tablet.  They found that:

  • Nine percent of survey respondents plan to buy the iPad when it was immediately available,
  • Another 13 percent plan to buy it within the year,
  • Thirty-eight percent of respondents expressed interest in the iPad with the request of more information to solidify their purchase decision

That means that almost 60% of doctors are considering the iPad for their work, with a third of those ready to buy.   Not too bad for a product that hits the streets in seven weeks.