According to a survey conducted by Security firm Check Point, Corporations Prefer iOS Over BlackBerry and Android. The research that surveyed 768 IT professionals from the U.S, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan demonstrates that Apple’s iOS is the preferred mobile platform, especially for security Purposes.

89% IT professionals, questioned have smartphones or tablets connected to their corporate networks but Apple iOS is the most common mobile platform used to connect in corporate environments. IOS accounts for 30% of the devices connected, followed by BlackBerry with its 29% and Android’s 21%. The Windows Mobil Phone still accounts for 18% of the total connected devices.

71% consider that the addition of mobile devices on the corporate networks contributed to increased security incidents. However, Google’s Android is regarded the less secure among the platforms. It is considered to introduce the greatest security risks, the answer came from 43% of those asked.

Google is working hard to overcome the security risks of Android in order to suit the needs of businesses. There’s even a Security Enhanced version of the platform, released by the NSA, that aims at solving some of the problems related to security. However, the corporate world still thinks it is less secure than Apple’s iOS which is also less secure than RIM’s BlackBerry OS.

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It is, to tell the truth, rather annoying when someone cannot stop talking about their iPhones and always want to show off their new app. The iPhone users also tend to mock BlackBerry or flip phones as they search for a nearest ATM within a two-mile radius.

Well, according to a survey, they are actually not the worst from the lot, as a survey of 200 Stanford University students has revealed that there is a phenomenon such as iPhone addiction. The studies have further revealed that the iPhone addiction can even affect the way we multitask at times.

Though the whole concept of social media is to allow you that very opportunity of multitasking by being alert to the changes that are important to you and yet be present to other things around you. But the studies have revealed that those who multitask through social media have weaker memories than those who don’t and they tend to lack concentration at work. Their focus is easily distracted because they have to update on various media online and it is a hard act to follow.

Whereas those who prefer the traditional ways or are not so much addicted to things like iPhones can get their tasks done in real time and not just plan on things. So this whole phenomenon of iPhones addiction exists in real time and is a factor that is defining our mental capabilities.

Addicted to iPhone

Since the new iPhone 4S from Apple arrived on 14th October, users of the smartphone have been complaining of the handset’s poor battery life as well as overheating problems. Forums had been set up for consumers, which Apple has now acknowledged. Despite a new iOS 5 beta 5.0.1 version update being announced today that is hoped to rectify the subsequent problems, its release may not be for a few more weeks.
The issues surrounding the iPhone 4S have stemmed from a bug in the new iOS 5 software within the phone, not the battery. The new software update will also benefit Australians with the use of voice recognition Siri, problems have arisen with the accent not being recognised, but as the dailymail.co.uk reported, the Scottish will still have to wait.
Despite Apple finally responding to its users, there seems to be “no one solution” to solve all the problems. Fan site iDownloadblog comments that the battery problem may be due to the Settings menu and what is reported to be the time zone resetting. Some users have complained that the browser may well be plagued with a variety of bugs causing the battery life to drop somewhat, whilst others have commented on the handset getting too hot at times.
Whilst the new beta 5.0.1 update may be the key answer, for one we will have to wait a little longer for it to be implemented, and two there’s no guarantee that it will actually work.

The U.S. company Apple announced Wednesday, Nov. 2, he was going to update its new operating system, IOS 5. After the release of this system, several users had recently complained about poor performance related to the battery of the iPhone 4S. On the forums of the Apple site, there are dozens of testimonials from unhappy customers.
“‘We found some bugs that affect the battery, and we’ll provide an update in the coming weeks ” , provides an Apple spokesman, told Reuters. The Cupertino company has not stated the problem, or what models were particularly affected.

The iPhone 4S CONCERNED

According to the testimonies of users, the iPhone 4S, presented at the beginning of October by Apple, is affected, as apparently there any older models. To explain these battery problems, the specialized site All Things Digital evokes such disparities of consumption, according to the telephone network used.

Three days after its launch in mid-October, the computer manufacturer Apple announced it had sold over four million copies of its new model phone iPhone 4S .

According to press statement from AT&T released earlier today, the iPhone 4S has seen more than 200,000 preorders within the first 12 hours of pre-orders going live. The news is accompanied by Apple officially selling out all pre-orders of the iPhone 4S.

There is apparently “extraordinary demand” for the iPhone 4S as the recently announced smartphone has already been pre-ordered over 200,000 times in the first 12 hours. This may seem a little innocent compared to the more than 600,000 pre-orders of the iPhone 4 back in June last year, but today’s 200,000 figure is for one network only (AT&T) out of the total three networks i.e. AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. Also, let’s not forget that this is only just for the first 12 hours.

From AT&T:

AT&T has seen extraordinary demand for iPhone 4S with more than 200,000 preorders in the first 12 hours alone, the most successful iPhone launch we’ve ever had. It’s obvious customers like AT&T’s 4G network, which is the only one that lets their iPhone download twice as fast and talk and surf simultaneously.

AT&T’s statement regarding record-breaking pre-orders of the iPhone 4S is all good news but folks who were a little late in pre-ordering the iPhone 4S will now find that Apple has sold out all of its American iPhone 4S pre-order allotment.

Apple’s online Store still allows folks to order iPhone 4S, but the units would be shipped after after “1-2 weeks”. This means, if you order the iPhone 4S now, you’ll probably get it few days after October 14th or “around” October 21st.

The iPhone 4S was announced four days ago at Apple’s Let’s Talk iPhone media event at Apple Town Hall in the company’s own campus in Cupertino, California. Response to the new phone was decidedly mixed as most people wanted an entirely new phone rather than a “rehash”.

We’ve already talked in detail about the iPhone 4S’ features and specifications. If you’re not in the mood for reading a lengthy article, then all you need to know is that the iPhone 4S packs a significantly powerful dual-core A5 chip, a dramatically improved camera and a neat voice recognition feature called Siri assistant which lets you use your iPhone through voice alone.You can read here comparison between iPhone 4S Vs Samsung Galaxy S2.

The iPhone 4S is exactly what it sounds like but not like it was expected – a slight upgrade to the iPhone 4 with a beefed-up processor and a spangly new camera. However, many Apple loyalists were disappointed with the iPhone 4S because the phone did not have any innovative feature, especially as the smart phone competition is hotter than ever. Let’s see how Apple’s new gadget compares to its greatest rival.

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is one of the finest blowers ever crafted by human hands, and blew everyone’s socks clean off our feet when it was the reviewed earlier.

Design

If we compare dimensions of both the handsets, Samsung Galaxy S II is larger, slimmer and bigger than the iPhone 4S. Compared to the Galaxy S II dimensions of 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm, the iPhone 4S has dimensions of 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm. Last year, when Apple announced the iPhone 4, it vowed everyone with how slim the handset was. However, it was disappointing to see its successor having the same dimensions as the previous generation iPhone. The Galaxy S II weighs in at 113gms, on the other hand, the iPhone 4 weighs 138gms. iPhone 4S is primarily made of glass and metal and the Galaxy S II is made of plastic. Both the handsets are pretty stylish as well.

Display

The Samsung Galaxy S II has a 4.3-inch SuperAMOLED Plus display with WVGA(800×480) resolution, while the iPhone 4S has a comparatively tiny 3.5-inch IPS LCD ‘Retina Display’ with an eye-popping resolution of 640×960. Like the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S trumps the Galaxy S 2 in terms of resolution and pixels. However, I would prefer the Samsung Galax S II just because it has a much bigger display with eye-popping colors and contrast ratios.

Hardware

The Samsung Galaxy S II carries an Exynos 4210 SoC, which beasts a 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 dual-core processor along with an ARM-Mali 400MP GPU. Like the iPad 2, the iPhone 4S is powered by an A5 SoC. The A5 SoC consists of a Cortex-A9 dual core, running at unknown frequency and a powerful PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. The CPU on the Galaxy S II beats the iPhone 4S in terms of raw processing power but the PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU is way ahead of the ARM Mali-400MP GPU in terms of performance.

OS

While Samsung Galaxy S II runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, with Samsung’s proprietary TouchWIZ 4.0 UI on top of it. The iPhone 4S runs on iOS5, which includes a completely revamped notification center, iMessage, new camera app, and many other changes.

Compared to iOS5, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS on the Samsung Galaxy S II looks pretty stale. Hopefully, things will change when Google announces the next major version of Android this month, Ice Cream Sandwich.

Camera and Multimedia

Both the Samsung Galaxy S II and the iPhone 4S have an 8MP camera with an LED flash. While the Samsung Galaxy S II camera has an aperture size of 2.65, the iPhone 4S camera has an aperture size of 2.4. The iPhone 4S has a custom ISP designed by Apple, thanks to which it has features like Face recognition, Hybrid IR filter and auto-white balance. From the camera samples released by Apple, it looks like the iPhone 4S is capable of taking better photos compared to the Samsung Galaxy S II. There is not much difference between the picture quality though. However, in low-light conditions, the iPhone 4S completely outdoes the Samsung Galaxy S II pictures.

Both the handsets are also capable of recording videos in Full HD (1080p) resolution at 30FPS. The most interesting feature of the iPhone 4S is that it sports real-time video image stabilization, along with real-time temporal noise reduction. Thanks to these features, the iPhone 4S records much better videos than the Galaxy S II. This does not mean that the Samsung Galaxy S II camera is bad. It still has one of the best cameras among the Android handsets.

Who’s The Winner?

This is perhaps for the first time, that a product announcement from Apple has led to a disappointment. The iPhone 4S while has evolutionary hardware, still sports a very small screen compared to the competition from its Droid counterparts. Also, it looks exactly like its predecessor, which is not a good thing. Had the iPhone 4S been released at WWDC 2011, it would not have been such a disappointment. But, 14 months after the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S is nothing but a disappointment.

We reckon that for most people, the iPhone 4S is the better mobile. But Apple and Android fans alike should know that we’re expecting Samsung to launch a brand-new mobile called the Nexus Prime in the very near future, which is rumoured to pack a 4.6-inch screen and an iPhone-trouncing display resolution of 720×1,184 pixels.

Moreover, the Nexus Prime will be the next Android flagship mobile, and is expected to come running Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android. So while Apple is on top for now, the fact that the iPhone 4S is a relatively minor upgrade means it could be overthrown before long. But right now, comparing all the features,performances and with an ungraded processor, better camera and some new software, the iPhone 4S just edges all.

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Apple has just announced a super souped up version of the iPhone 4 that launched last year: it’s called the iPhone 4S and it is launching on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint at a very competitive price within two weeks. Read about its enhanced features, pricing and availability after the break!

The news comes directly from Apple’s media event ‘Let’s Talk iPhone’ that is being held at their own campus in Cupertino, CA.

A lot of things were different about today’s event with the two significant changes being how the keynote was given by CEO Tim Cook instead of Steve Jobs, who retired some time ago. Cook didn’t have the same level of presentation skills as Steve Jobs, but he performed admirably well. Secondly, the event was held at Apple Town Hall, Cupertino, California instead of the usual convention center in San Francisco. Anyway, let’s go back to the iPhone 4S.

If you want to know what the iPhone 4S essentially is, it’s this: an iPhone 4 with a dual-core Apple A5 processor, and an 8 megapixel camera that records video at Full HD 1080p. You get the same look, but with vastly improved innards.

Features

The iPhone 4S is based on the same chip – the A5 – that powers the iPad 2 that was launched in March earlier this year. For the uninitiated, the Apple A5 chip is designed by Apple and manufactured by Samsung. The A5 offers significant performance improvements over last year’s A4 chip with Apple touting up seven times the graphics performance and twice the performance in, well, non-gaming tasks like surfing the internet with Safari, launching new apps etc. thanks to the two separate cores. Switching between apps is also significantly improved.

The iPhone 4S’ optics deserve special mention: it has an 8 megapixel backside illuminated sensor which is, according to Apple itself, better at taking photographs and recording videos than dedicated point-and-shoot cameras. Video can be recorded at Full HD 1080p with real time image stabilization. The sensor takes in 73% more light than the iPhone 4, allowing for much better low-light performance, and has a Hybrid IR Filter which makes output more uniform and accurate. The camera is faster than similar offerings from Samsung and Motorola, thanks to optimized software. These features are enough to make the iPhone 4S a true replacement for dedicated cameras and it is something that Apple will focusing a lot on when marketing it.

You’ve got the usual connectivity features: WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth. Apple has changed one thing though: the iPhone 4S comes with support for HSDPA networks which offers 4G-like speeds (up to 14.4mbps down). Besides this, the iPhone 4S will be a world phone, meaning that instead of having separate GSM/CDMA models, there will be only one model based on radio communication technology, which can change to GSM/CDMA as required.

Lastly, the iPhone 4S comes built-in with enhanced speech recognition feature called Siri which will allow users to “get things done by just asking it”. Want to know how the weather is like? Just say, “How is the weather like today?” and Siri will give you the weather forecast. You can schedule meetings, go through your calendar, check your latest messages, ask Siri to define terms like mitosis (it’ll answer with information taken from Wikipedia/Wolfram Alpha)… all by using your voice. It is as powerful as it is natural: No need to speak in funky accents. It will initially come with support for English, French and German, with support for more languages to be added later on.

Having the exact same design as last year’s iPhone may have disappointed a lot of people who were waiting for the true next generation iPhone, but we think it isn’t as bad as it sounds. We love the iPhone 4’s timeless design; it looks as great today as it did back in mid 2010.

Models & Pricing

The iPhone 4S comes in two colors: black and white in 16GB, 32GB and, yes, 64GB storage capacities. The 16GB model costs $199, 32GB one costs $299 and the 32GB model costs a whopping $399; all models come with a two year contract from AT&T and Verizon.

Availability

The iPhone 4S will be carried by AT&T and Verizon when it releases on October 14th. Pre-orders start on October 7th.

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 4S, the next version of its popular smartphone.

The new iPhone looks much like the iPhone 4, confirming previous reports. It comes with upgraded internals, including the new Apple A5 chip and 1 GB of RAM. Apple VP Phil Schiller revealed that it will be the first iPhone with a dual-core processor and dual-core graphics. It is “up to seven times faster” than the previous iPhone, he announced.

The device also contains a new antenna system that allows it to switch between two antennas for better sound quality and download speeds. The theoretical max of the iPhone 4S is a whopping 14.4 Mbps down, a vast increase from the iPhone 4′s theoretical max of 5.8 up and 7.2 down.

The device also contains a new 8-megapixel camera that can take 3264×2448 images, an increase of 60% from the iPhone 4. It is capable of taking in 73% more light than the iPhone 4 and is 33% faster. It includes a redesigned Image Signal Processor that includes auto-face detection and 26% better white balance. It includes a new f2.4 lens for wider shots as well.

Apple has started sending invites for an iPhone event at Apple’s Cupertino campus on Oct. 4.

Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 5. The tech giant is also likely to unveil a second, cheaper iPhone model based off the current iPhone 4. The event will be the first with Tim Cook as CEO.

The new iPhone has been rumored to have an 8 MP camera, 1 GB of RAM, an aluminum back, a larger screen and a slew of other upgrades. Apple is also expected to unveil a new Assistant feature for iOS 5 and will bring some special guests on stage.

This will be Apple’s first iPhone event since June 2010, when it released the iPhone 4. iPhone 5 demand is expected to be strong, thanks to the lack of a phone release this summer and the addition of the iPhone on the Verizon network. Sprint is also expected to get the iPhone.

Various reports during the course of the last few months have shed much light on Apple’s apparent bid to forge partnerships with many of the world’s most prominent mobile carriers in the run up to the release of its upcoming iPhone 5.

Unfortunately for those on T-Mobile, though, it doesn’t look like the highly-anticipated device will be coming to your network – at least not this year. In a document leaked from T-Mobile’s OneVoice intranet, the company’s Chief Marketing Officer Cole Brodman put any notion of the company retailing the iPhone 5 well and truly to bed with the unambiguous statement of simply saying: “We are not going to get the iPhone 5 this year.”

Despite the somewhat frank and matter-of-fact comment, this doesn’t necessarily mean no iPhone at all on T-Mobile. Lest we forget, there is also the small matter of the iPhone 4S which T-Mobile could adopt; although if this to be the case, those T-Mobile users hoping for an iPhone 5 will still be bitterly disappointed that they won’t be able get the real deal. Additionally, if an iPhone of any description was heading for T-Mobile, one suspects that Brodman would have clarified this.

Although any user of any network can essentially waltz into an Apple Store and purchase an unlocked device, GSM-based T-Mobile operates under different wireless frequencies than Apple caters for, so although the iPhone does work a such, it’s bereft of any 3G connectivity – essential in this day and age.

With Sprint set to jump aboard the iPhone gravy-train along with the already-initiated AT&T and Verizon, many reckoned that T-Mobile – the remaining segment of the ‘big four’ carriers in America – would follow suit. The news comes despite Anonymous Source, that busy guy seemingly always finding the scoops from within multiple companies (often simultaneously), suggesting last month that T-Mobile would house the iPhone 5 when the big launch does eventually take place.

It’s no secret that Apple is thinking bigger than ever, with a couple of the main Chinese service providers also set to get in on the act. China Mobile and China Telecom, two companies with a combined subscriber base of several hundred million, are both expected to be adding the iPhone to their respective line-ups when it’s eventually released across the Asian continent – around a month after the Europe and North America release.

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The moment the next generation Apple iPhone 5 lands in Korea, Samsung will attempt to have it banned, a senior company executive is alleged to have said. The iPhone 5 should be available by mid-October in the U.S., according to the Wall Street Journal. The two manufacturers, who market of smartphones and digital tablets, engaged since April 1st international legal battle, accusing each other of infringing technology and design. Samsung will launch this new procedure in the coming weeks, South Korea or abroad, just as the new iPhone is starting to flood the U.S. market, according to Maeil, quoting an official of the South Korean industrial on condition of anonymity. Asked by Agence France Presse, Samsung has declined comment.
Legal actions have been brought in nine countries. Apple managed to block the distribution of the latest models of Samsung Galaxy shelves in Germany and forced his rival to postpone its release in Australia. Samsung has called and announced a few days before filing a complaint against Apple in France in a dispute involving three patents related to wireless technologies.

In the second quarter, Apple sold 20.3 million iPhones worldwide, one million more than sales of smartphones from Samsung.

After just three years, a combined one million apps have been developed for iOS and Android, two of the most popular operating systems for mobile devices.

But mobile application firm AppsFire.com, which made the estimate, said only about 80 percent of these apps are active.

“There you go. We just hit the a significant milestone. If you take all the apps ever published developed on iOS and Android we just reached today 1 million mobile apps combined. Now careful: those 1 million apps are not all active. 800k in total are active,” it said.

Still, it said this was an impressive milestone reached “in a few years and an incredible level of activity lead by the developers’ community.”

In its estimate, AppsFire said iOS apps make up 52 percent of the one million apps, although it hinted there may be more Android apps.

“Our tracking on Android also includes apps that have not been published on the Android Market, while on iOS we count apps that are or were published on iTunes. The point is, there are over one million apps developed or being developed combined on both OSes,” it said.

AppsFire predicts there may be one million live apps for iOS and Android combined before the end of 2011.

A separate article on TheNextWeb said this is due to the smartphone market continuing to boom and device owners downloading an increasing number of applications.

“Judging by how quickly app stores are growing, we might not have long to wait,” it said.

The app stores for both iOS and Android opened in 2008 – Apple’s App Store on July 10 and Google’s Android Market on August 28.

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