Karen Haslam - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Karen Haslam

Article | 21/01/2013 iPhone has outsold Samsung smartphones by 219 million to 131 million, analyst

Sales of the iPhone 4 and 4S have been so astronomical it will be a long time before Samsung can catch up

Article | 14/01/2013 Samsung trying to fill void left by Apple business

iPhone, iPad chip supplier stands to lose out as Apple moves its chip business elsewhere

Article | 13/01/2013 Apple analyst reduces AAPL targets on cheap iPhone margin concerns

Bullish analyst Munster has swiped $25 of his target for Apple, but still thinks a cheap iPhone is a good idea and could raise $6.5 in revenue.

Article | 12/01/2013 Cheap iPhone will not happen, says Apple's Schiller

In an interviewed with the Shanghai Evening News, Apple's Phil Schiller stated that Apple would: "Not develop cheap smartphones in order to grab marke...

Article | 3/12/2012 Fadell: Apple never anticipated iPod's success leading to iPhone

There was. It couldn’t have been more different from the Apple of today, according to the man behind the iPod.

Article | 27/11/2012 Facebook trying to get staff to switch from iPhone to Android

Facebook is going to great lengths to encourage its staff to switch from the iPhone to Android.

Article | 24/11/2012 Apple's Panorama patents revealed

The US Patent Office has published the patents that Apple filed when developing the new Panorama camera app in the iPhone.

Article | 8/11/2012 Analysis: Did Apple spend $US2.3bn bailing out iPhone screen supplier Sharp?

Analyst Horace Dediu notes that Apple spent $2.3 billion more than forecast and suggests that it was to bail out Sharp.

Article | 3/11/2012 iPad mini beats Nexus and iPad 3 in drop test

Square Trade, who offer warrentees for equipment like laptops and iPads, has published a video on YouTube in which the new iPad mini, Google Nexus 7 a...

Article | 1/11/2012 Amazon pulls anti-iPad mini ad after Apple confirms 'It is stereo'

Further to Amazon's attempt to discredit the iPad mini on its home page, Apple has hit back, pointing out that Amazon's claims are incorrect and the i...

Article | 17/10/2012 New version of New iPad 3 coming next week, iPad 4 in 'mid 2013'

Apple may launch an updated version of the iPad 3 (officially called The New iPad) at the Apple press event next Tuesday (23 October), but a Newer iPa...

Article | 15/10/2012 Pricing leak: Entry level iPad mini may cost $313, top end at $821

Reports claim there won't just be one iPad mini – Apple is producing 16 iPad mini models ranging from 8GB to 64GB and priced from £200 (AU$313) to £52...

Article | 11/10/2012 Apple to sign up another Foxconn factory to manufacture iPhone

Foxconn International to get involved with the iPhone, along with sister company Foxconn Technology

Article | 6/10/2012 Apple dedicates home page to touching tribute to co-founder Steve Jobs

Touching tribute includes soundbites and pictures and ends with some words from CEO Tim Cook, one year after Jobs lost his fight with cancer.

Article | 6/10/2012 Apple Maps works better offline than Google Maps

Yesterday we looked into whether it is true that Apple’s Maps are less of a data hog than Google’s Maps. Today we are testing the claim that Apple Map...