(15125,25,'2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','<center><div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer&#8217;s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-sushi-photo-640.jpg\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi -- of all things -- may have been taken by Apple\'s next-generation iPhone.\n\nThe photo would be one of the first <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> photos to reach the public as the device\'s launch approaches.\n\nThe photo, titled \"lunch\" and discovered by <a href=\"http://pocketnow.com/iphone/iphone-5-first-test-photo\" ><em>PocketNow</em></a>, was found on the Flickr account of Apple software engineer Anton D\'Auria. While the photo looks like a simple plate of sushi, its EXIF data reveals that there is more to this photo than meets the eye.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\">iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\nThe EXIF data says the photo was taken with an iPhone 4, but several things don\'t fit with what we know about that version of the iPhone. First, the original picture was taken with a 3264x2448 pixel resolution (approximately 8 megapixels) and cropped to 2235x2291 (approximately 5 megapixels). The iPhone 4 is a 5 megapixel device, so it wouldn\'t be capable of taking a 3264x2448 photo. \n\nThe second piece of evidence is that the photo was taken with a 4.3mm f/2.4 lens. The iPhone 4 has a 3.85mm f/2.8 lens.\n\nThe photo was also likely taken at Apple HQ. Its GPS data pinpoints the photo\'s origin to 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, CA -- which, as every geek knows, happens to be the address of Apple headquarters.\n\nD\'Auria\'s Flickr account has since been made private, but the image is already widely available online. While it\'s possible the image is a fake (EXIF data can be altered rather easily), we doubt an Apple engineer would make so many EXIF changes to an iPhone 4 picture. If the photo is indeed from an iPhone 5, expect an 8MP camera with the quality of a point-and-shoot on iPhones in the next month or so. <p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tech/\">Tech &amp; Gadgets</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashabletech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Tech &amp; Gadgets on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Tech &amp; Gadgets channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/NlzL-XIK2hg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5 Sushi Snap? Apple Engineer’s Lunch Photo Fuels Speculation','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer%E2%80%99s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\n\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi -- of all things -- may have been taken by Apple\'s next-generation iPhone.\n\nThe&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15067-revision-14','','','2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','',15067,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15125',0,'revision','',0),(15313,63,'2011-09-16 13:44:12','2011-09-16 13:44:12','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&title=RIM%20Stock%20Hammered%20After%20Second-Quarter%20Profit%20Falls%2059%25&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RIM-HQ-Image-Mashable.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RIM HQ Image Mashable\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-737457\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Research in Motion\'s troubles continued Friday as its stock fell <a href=\"http://www.google.com/finance?cid=663276\" >as much as 23%</a> in pre-market trading, after the company reported a 59% drop in its second-quarter profits and a year-over-year decline in BlackBerry shipments -- the first time that\'s happened in almost a decade.\n\nRIM shipped 10.6 million BlackBerry devices in the quarter. That compares to 12.1 million in the same period last year and 13.2 million in the previous quarter. The company also shipped just 200,000 <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/playbook\">PlayBook </a>tablets in Q2, compared to 500,000 in the first quarter. \n\nThe decline affected RIM\'s bottom line. The company posted a profit of $329 million for the quarter compared to $797 million for the same quarter in 2010. Revenues fell 10% to $4.17 billion.\n\nIn a call with analysts, the company\'s CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576573043698783336.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews\" >blamed the results</a> on customers who were waiting for the next round of BlackBerry phones. Such phones, including the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/new-blackberry-curve/\">refreshed BlackBerry Curve line</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/03/rim-five-blackberries/\">new BlackBerry Bold</a>, just became available a few weeks ago and had little effect on the Q2 results. Balsillie also told analysts that a software upgrade is planned for the PlayBook in October. RIM is expected to introduce phones based on its <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/08/blackberry-colt/\">QNX OS</a> in 2012 as well.\n\nBlackBerry\'s loss of market share comes as no surprise after <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/09/android-extends-lead-us/\">various</a> analyst reports showed a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/30/android-iphone-blackberry-smartphone-stats/\">drop in consumer adoption of BlackBerry</a>. RIM\'s share of the smartphone market dropped from 25.7% to 21.7% in just three months, according to a recent report.\n\nThe following chart details RIM\'s share price performance over the last few months:\n\n<a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\"><img src=\"http://node_charts_production.s3.amazonaws.com/d6ab0df9b00f346488aa37be1fe194dd.png\" alt=\"Research In Motion Price Stock Chart\" /></a><p style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\">Research In Motion Price Stock Chart</a> by <a href=\"http://ycharts.com\">YCharts</a></p>\n\n<i>Image courtesy of Flickr, <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_elder/\" >Robert Elder</a></i>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a 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href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-to-have-radical-thumb.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"275px\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> is likely to make its debut in the next few weeks, but could production and design issues make it a difficult device to find?\n\nApple is expected to hold a press event to unveil its next-generation smartphone in the next few weeks, <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/alleged-iphone-5-images-begin-to-surface-online/\" ><em>The New York Times</em></a> is reporting. This isn\'t news -- <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/\">Sprint pretty much gave the date away</a>, canceling store employee vacation for the first two weeks of October.\n\nMeanwhile, <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/15/new-york-times-iphone-announcement-in-weeks-yes-we-have-more/\" ><em>9to5mac</a></em>\'s sources say that two Apple phones will be launching in the near future. This fits with the rumor that Apple intends to launch a cheaper <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/11/apple-icloud-iphone-rumor/\">iCloud-based iPhone</a> that will include prepaid plans and look similar to the iPhone 4.\n\nThe second phone, the iPhone 5, is apparently \"a sight to behold\" because it is \"impossibly light, yet much firmer than Samsung Galaxy phones.\" We\'ve heard that the new iPhone will sport a wider screen and a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/iphone-5-aluminum-back/\">curved aluminum back</a>, much like the iPad 2.\n\nGetting your hands on the new iPhone may be easier said than done. One of the major assembly lines for the iPhone is apparently experiencing \"continued design and production delays,\" which could result in iPhone 5 shortages well into 2012.\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img 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href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/s0TU6afmDes\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone Latest: Two Models, Production Delays [RUMOR]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&amp;title=iPhone%20Latest:%20Two%20Models,%20Production%20Delays%20%5BRUMOR%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> is likely to make its debut in the next few weeks, but could production and design issues make it a difficult device to find?\nApple&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15308-revision-2','','','2011-09-16 18:12:13','2011-09-16 18:12:13','',15308,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15314',0,'revision','',0),(15315,63,'2011-09-16 13:44:12','2011-09-16 13:44:12','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&title=RIM%20Stock%20Hammered%20After%20Second-Quarter%20Profit%20Falls%2059%25&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RIM-HQ-Image-Mashable.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RIM HQ Image Mashable\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-737457\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Research in Motion\'s troubles continued Friday as its stock fell <a href=\"http://www.google.com/finance?cid=663276\" >as much as 23%</a> in pre-market trading, after the company reported a 59% drop in its second-quarter profits and a year-over-year decline in BlackBerry shipments -- the first time that\'s happened in almost a decade.\n\nRIM shipped 10.6 million BlackBerry devices in the quarter. That compares to 12.1 million in the same period last year and 13.2 million in the previous quarter. The company also shipped just 200,000 <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/playbook\">PlayBook </a>tablets in Q2, compared to 500,000 in the first quarter. \n\nThe decline affected RIM\'s bottom line. The company posted a profit of $329 million for the quarter compared to $797 million for the same quarter in 2010. Revenues fell 10% to $4.17 billion.\n\nIn a call with analysts, the company\'s CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576573043698783336.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews\" >blamed the results</a> on customers who were waiting for the next round of BlackBerry phones. Such phones, including the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/new-blackberry-curve/\">refreshed BlackBerry Curve line</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/03/rim-five-blackberries/\">new BlackBerry Bold</a>, just became available a few weeks ago and had little effect on the Q2 results. Balsillie also told analysts that a software upgrade is planned for the PlayBook in October. RIM is expected to introduce phones based on its <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/08/blackberry-colt/\">QNX OS</a> in 2012 as well.\n\nBlackBerry\'s loss of market share comes as no surprise after <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/09/android-extends-lead-us/\">various</a> analyst reports showed a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/30/android-iphone-blackberry-smartphone-stats/\">drop in consumer adoption of BlackBerry</a>. RIM\'s share of the smartphone market dropped from 25.7% to 21.7% in just three months, according to a recent report.\n\nThe following chart details RIM\'s share price performance over the last few months:\n\n<a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\"><img src=\"http://node_charts_production.s3.amazonaws.com/d6ab0df9b00f346488aa37be1fe194dd.png\" alt=\"Research In Motion Price Stock Chart\" /></a><p style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\">Research In Motion Price Stock Chart</a> by <a href=\"http://ycharts.com\">YCharts</a></p>\n\n<i>Image courtesy of Flickr, <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_elder/\" >Robert Elder</a></i>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/QQmdEYGxMtg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','RIM Stock Hammered After Second-Quarter Profit Falls 59%','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;title=RIM%20Stock%20Hammered%20After%20Second-Quarter%20Profit%20Falls%2059%25&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Research in Motion\'s troubles continued Friday as its stock fell <a href=\"http://www.google.com/finance?cid=663276\" target=\"_blank\">as much as 23%</a> in pre-market trading, after the company reported a 59% drop in&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15302-revision-5','','','2011-09-16 13:44:12','2011-09-16 13:44:12','',15302,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15315',0,'revision','',0),(15312,25,'2011-09-16 18:12:13','2011-09-16 18:12:13','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&title=iPhone%20Latest:%20Two%20Models,%20Production%20Delays%20%5BRUMOR%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-to-have-radical-thumb.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"275px\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> is likely to make its debut in the next few weeks, but could production and design issues make it a difficult device to find?\n\nApple is expected to hold a press event to unveil its next-generation smartphone in the next few weeks, <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/alleged-iphone-5-images-begin-to-surface-online/\" ><em>The New York Times</em></a> is reporting. This isn\'t news -- <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/\">Sprint pretty much gave the date away</a>, canceling store employee vacation for the first two weeks of October.\n\nMeanwhile, <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/15/new-york-times-iphone-announcement-in-weeks-yes-we-have-more/\" ><em>9to5mac</a></em>\'s sources say that two Apple phones will be launching in the near future. This fits with the rumor that Apple intends to launch a cheaper <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/11/apple-icloud-iphone-rumor/\">iCloud-based iPhone</a> that will include prepaid plans and look similar to the iPhone 4.\n\nThe second phone, the iPhone 5, is apparently \"a sight to behold\" because it is \"impossibly light, yet much firmer than Samsung Galaxy phones.\" We\'ve heard that the new iPhone will sport a wider screen and a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/iphone-5-aluminum-back/\">curved aluminum back</a>, much like the iPad 2.\n\nGetting your hands on the new iPhone may be easier said than done. One of the major assembly lines for the iPhone is apparently experiencing \"continued design and production delays,\" which could result in iPhone 5 shortages well into 2012.\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/s0TU6afmDes\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone Latest: Two Models, Production Delays [RUMOR]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&amp;title=iPhone%20Latest:%20Two%20Models,%20Production%20Delays%20%5BRUMOR%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> is likely to make its debut in the next few weeks, but could production and design issues make it a difficult device to find?\nApple&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15308-revision','','','2011-09-16 18:12:13','2011-09-16 18:12:13','',15308,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15312',0,'revision','',0),(15300,8,'2011-09-13 12:39:49','2011-09-13 12:39:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&title=Samsung%20Slaps%20Apple%20With%20Patent%20Lawsuit%20in%20France&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/GALAXY_Tab_top3601.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" height=\"\" width=\"225\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The Samsung-Apple patent war is far from over. After <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/29/samsung-galaxy-tab-delayed/\">numerous</a> <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/\">patent</a> <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/24/samsung-galaxy-phones-netherlands-ban/\">lawsuits</a> from Apple, Samsung has responded with <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/22/samsung-countersues-apple/\">another</a> lawsuit of its own -- this time in France. \n\nThe Korean manufacturer claims that Apple has infringed on three of its technology patents regarding UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) and \"not on the design of the tablets.\" In contrast, Apple\'s lawsuits claim that Samsung has copied the look and feel of <a href=http://mashable.com/category/iphone/%E2%80%9D>iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/apple/~3/9_OYG2LuvvU/mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad\">iPad</a> with its Galaxy and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/galaxy-tab/\">Galaxy Tab devices</a>. \n\nThe complaint was originally filed in Paris in July, and the first hearing is expected in December.\n\nThe two companies have been playing the patent lawsuit game for a while, with Apple having a lot of success banning certain variants of Samsung\'s Galaxy Tab in several countries around the world, including <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/01/apple-samsung-australia/\">Australia</a> and many <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/09/samsung-galaxy-tab-europe/\">European countries</a>. \n\nWith Samsung filing a host of countersuits, it\'s reasonable to expect a settlement between the two companies, with Samsung probably getting a slightly shorter end of the stick. Unfortunately, the only visible result for consumers thus far is less choice when shopping for a tablet or a smartphone. \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/01/patent-wars-infographi/\">Patent Wars: A New Age of Competition [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\nAlso, check out our gallery comparing the two companies’ products below. \n\n      <br/>\n      <h4>The Original iPhone</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17161The-Original-iPhone\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The Original iPhone\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple released the first iPhone in June 2007.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung BlackJack 2 </h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17201Samsung-BlackJack-2\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung BlackJack 2 \" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/blackjack-2-att.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>This is the smartphone Samsung was selling in 2007, the BlackJack 2.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung Galaxy S</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17177Samsung-Galaxy-S\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy S\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/i9000.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>This is the Samsung Galaxy S, which debuted in 2010.</p>\n</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPhone 3G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17159The-iPhone-3G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPhone 3G\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone-3g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Released in 2008, the iPhone 3G differed only slightly from its predecessor but had a slightly different back/side-housing.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung Showcase i500</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17183Samsung-Showcase-i500\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung Showcase i500\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/showcase-i500.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The Samsung Showcase i500 was released in 2011 and shares similarities with the form factor and aesthetic of the iPhone 3G.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPhone 3GS</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17163The-iPhone-3GS\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPhone 3GS\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone3gs-front-back.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Released in 2009, the iPhone 3GS looks identical to the iPhone 3G, but was significantly faster under the hood.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Verizon Droid Charge</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17169Verizon-Droid-Charge\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Verizon Droid Charge\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/droid-charge.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple amended its lawsuit against Samsung to include the recently released Droid Charge in the list of infringing devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Sprint Epic 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17171Sprint-Epic-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Sprint Epic 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/epic-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Sprint\'s version of the Galaxy S was the only version to include a slide-out keyboard. Nevertheless, Apple still included the Epic 4G in its list of infringing devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The Nexus S 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17179The-Nexus-S-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The Nexus S 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/nexus.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Google\'s Nexus S and Nexus S 4G devices have a curved glass screen but also share a similar shape and icon layout as the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS series.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S Captivate</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17187Galaxy-S-Captivate\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S Captivate\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/captivate.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The application bar in the TouchWiz interface in the Galaxy S Captivate from AT&T resembles Apple\'s iOS.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17173Galaxy-S-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/galaxy-s-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>T-Mobile\'s Galaxy S 4G shares similarities with earlier iPhone devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S Vibrant</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17185Galaxy-S-Vibrant\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S Vibrant\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/vibrant.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>T-Mobile\'s first Galaxy S device, the Vibrant, also shares a similar body style as the iPhone 3GS.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone 4</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17165iPhone-4\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone 4\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone4_2.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple released the iPhone 4 in June 2010.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S II</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17181Galaxy-S-II\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S II\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/samsung-galaxy-s-ii.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The well-reviewed Galaxy S II is starting to hit stores in Europe and Asia.</p> </p>      <br/>\n      <h4>AT&T Infuse 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17205ATT-Infuse-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"AT&amp;T Infuse 4G\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/infuse-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>AT&T\'s Infuse 4G looks similar to the body style and button layout as the iPhone 4.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPad</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17153The-iPad\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPad\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/apple-ipad1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The iPad was first released in March 2010 and managed to reboot the entire tablet PC market.</p>\n\n<p>The design, which many criticized as simply being an oversized iPod touch, was unlike any other tablet computer on the market.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy Tab 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17167Galaxy-Tab-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy Tab 4G\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/4g-lte-galaxy-tab.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Samsung\'s Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Tab 4G was originally released in a 7\" form factor.</p>\n\n<p>Slower than expected sales convinced Samsung to reconsider its size strategy.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPad 2</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17157iPad-2\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPad 2\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/ipad2.png\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The iPad 2 was released in March 2011 and has managed to sell out in every market.</p>\n\n<p>Thinner than its predecessor, while still retaining the same beautiful screen, the devices is dominating the tablet market.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy Tab 10.1</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17175Galaxy-Tab-101\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy Tab 10.1\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/galaxy-tab-10-1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Samsung went back to the drawing board and re-designed the Galaxy Tab 10.1 after showing it off at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2011.</p>\n\n<p>The final version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is thin -- Samsung claims it\'s thinner than the iPad 2.</p></p>\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/us-apple-samsung-idUSTRE7871HH20110908?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&dlvrit=56505\" >Reuters</a>]\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gwj6bp3gxgP0et_Qf18LCFQv9Lew?docId=CNG.7e20dfeccc40438d4e4f3604cb819e0c.3c1\" ><em>AFP</em></a>]\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FYi_8012E7q55xfMsMMDnYWelNI/0/da\"><img 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href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&amp;title=Samsung%20Slaps%20Apple%20With%20Patent%20Lawsuit%20in%20France&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The Samsung-Apple patent war is far from over. After <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/29/samsung-galaxy-tab-delayed/\">numerous</a> <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/\">patent</a> <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/24/samsung-galaxy-phones-netherlands-ban/\">lawsuits</a> from Apple, Samsung has responded with <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/22/samsung-countersues-apple/\">another</a> lawsuit of its own&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15171-revision-6','','','2011-09-13 12:39:49','2011-09-13 12:39:49','',15171,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15300',0,'revision','',0),(15301,25,'2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','<center><div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer&#8217;s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-sushi-photo-640.jpg\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi -- of all things -- may have been taken by Apple\'s next-generation iPhone.\n\nThe photo would be one of the first <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> photos to reach the public as the device\'s launch approaches.\n\nThe photo, titled \"lunch\" and discovered by <a href=\"http://pocketnow.com/iphone/iphone-5-first-test-photo\" ><em>PocketNow</em></a>, was found on the Flickr account of Apple software engineer Anton D\'Auria. While the photo looks like a simple plate of sushi, its EXIF data reveals that there is more to this photo than meets the eye.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\">iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\nThe EXIF data says the photo was taken with an iPhone 4, but several things don\'t fit with what we know about that version of the iPhone. First, the original picture was taken with a 3264x2448 pixel resolution (approximately 8 megapixels) and cropped to 2235x2291 (approximately 5 megapixels). The iPhone 4 is a 5 megapixel device, so it wouldn\'t be capable of taking a 3264x2448 photo. \n\nThe second piece of evidence is that the photo was taken with a 4.3mm f/2.4 lens. The iPhone 4 has a 3.85mm f/2.8 lens.\n\nThe photo was also likely taken at Apple HQ. Its GPS data pinpoints the photo\'s origin to 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, CA -- which, as every geek knows, happens to be the address of Apple headquarters.\n\nD\'Auria\'s Flickr account has since been made private, but the image is already widely available online. While it\'s possible the image is a fake (EXIF data can be altered rather easily), we doubt an Apple engineer would make so many EXIF changes to an iPhone 4 picture. If the photo is indeed from an iPhone 5, expect an 8MP camera with the quality of a point-and-shoot on iPhones in the next month or so. \n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EeLQlYmjwxEXVr6pL5g6Wou1kLs/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EeLQlYmjwxEXVr6pL5g6Wou1kLs/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EeLQlYmjwxEXVr6pL5g6Wou1kLs/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EeLQlYmjwxEXVr6pL5g6Wou1kLs/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/NlzL-XIK2hg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5 Sushi Snap? 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That compares to 12.1 million in the same period last year and 13.2 million in the previous quarter. The company also shipped just 200,000 <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/playbook\">PlayBook </a>tablets in Q2, compared to 500,000 in the first quarter. \n\nThe decline affected RIM\'s bottom line. The company posted a profit of $329 million for the quarter compared to $797 million for the same quarter in 2010. Revenues fell 10% to $4.17 billion.\n\nIn a call with analysts, the company\'s CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576573043698783336.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews\" >blamed the results</a> on customers who were waiting for the next round of BlackBerry phones. Such phones, including the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/new-blackberry-curve/\">refreshed BlackBerry Curve line</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/03/rim-five-blackberries/\">new BlackBerry Bold</a>, just became available a few weeks ago and had little effect on the Q2 results. Balsillie also told analysts that a software upgrade is planned for the PlayBook in October. RIM is expected to introduce phones based on its <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/08/blackberry-colt/\">QNX OS</a> in 2012 as well.\n\nBlackBerry\'s loss of market share comes as no surprise after <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/09/android-extends-lead-us/\">various</a> analyst reports showed a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/30/android-iphone-blackberry-smartphone-stats/\">drop in consumer adoption of BlackBerry</a>. RIM\'s share of the smartphone market dropped from 25.7% to 21.7% in just three months, according to a recent report.\n\nThe following chart details RIM\'s share price performance over the last few months:\n\n<a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\"><img src=\"http://node_charts_production.s3.amazonaws.com/d6ab0df9b00f346488aa37be1fe194dd.png\" alt=\"Research In Motion Price Stock Chart\" /></a><p style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\">Research In Motion Price Stock Chart</a> by <a href=\"http://ycharts.com\">YCharts</a></p>\n\n<i>Image courtesy of Flickr, <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_elder/\" >Robert Elder</a></i>\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/business/\">Business</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashbusiness\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable 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London-based company looks at a company\'s cash flow and other financial metrics to assess the worth of its trademarks and other intellectual property. At the top of the heap is Google, whose IP is worth $48.3 billion -- and likely more after Thursday, when the search giant <a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/google-buys-1023-patents-from-ibm.html\" >bought</a> another treasure trove of patents from IBM. (Big Blue itself is currently in fourth place.) \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/26/social-media-engaged-brands/\">5 Most Engaged Brands in Social Media</a></strong></center>\n\nMicrosoft slipped to third place, a hair\'s breadth below Apple at $39 billion -- although <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-8\">Windows 8</a> may change that equation.\n\nThis marks the first time, according to the report, that the world\'s top four most valuable brands are all tech companies. Coming in just below them: Walmart, GE, AT&T and Coca-Cola. A couple of banks with slipping reputations -- Wells Fargo and Bank of America -- round out the top 10.\n\n[via <em><a href=\"http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/15/apples-brand-value-rises-to-no-2-in-the-world-after-google/\" >Apple 2.0</a></em>]\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img 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align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RIM-HQ-Image-Mashable.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RIM HQ Image Mashable\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-737457\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Research in Motion\'s troubles continued Friday as its stock fell <a href=\"http://www.google.com/finance?cid=663276\" >as much as 23%</a> in pre-market trading, after the company reported a 59% drop in its second-quarter profits and a year-over-year decline in BlackBerry shipments -- the first time that\'s happened in almost a decade.\n\nRIM shipped 10.6 million BlackBerry devices in the quarter. That compares to 12.1 million in the same period last year and 13.2 million in the previous quarter. The company also shipped just 200,000 <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/playbook\">PlayBook </a>tablets in Q2, compared to 500,000 in the first quarter. \n\nThe decline affected RIM\'s bottom line. The company posted a profit of $329 million for the quarter compared to $797 million for the same quarter in 2010. Revenues fell 10% to $4.17 billion.\n\nIn a call with analysts, the company\'s CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576573043698783336.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews\" >blamed the results</a> on customers who were waiting for the next round of BlackBerry phones. Such phones, including the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/new-blackberry-curve/\">refreshed BlackBerry Curve line</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/03/rim-five-blackberries/\">new BlackBerry Bold</a>, just became available a few weeks ago and had little effect on the Q2 results. Balsillie also told analysts that a software upgrade is planned for the PlayBook in October. RIM is expected to introduce phones based on its <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/08/blackberry-colt/\">QNX OS</a> in 2012 as well.\n\nBlackBerry\'s loss of market share comes as no surprise after <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/09/android-extends-lead-us/\">various</a> analyst reports showed a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/30/android-iphone-blackberry-smartphone-stats/\">drop in consumer adoption of BlackBerry</a>. RIM\'s share of the smartphone market dropped from 25.7% to 21.7% in just three months, according to one recent report.\n\n<i>Image courtesy of Flickr, <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_elder/\" >Robert Elder</a></i>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VWtBNkc_03hw1tld8n5KL9ba4B0/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VWtBNkc_03hw1tld8n5KL9ba4B0/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VWtBNkc_03hw1tld8n5KL9ba4B0/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VWtBNkc_03hw1tld8n5KL9ba4B0/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img 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href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Research in Motion&#8217;s troubles continued Friday as its stock fell <a href=\"http://www.google.com/finance?cid=663276\" target=\"_blank\">as much as 23%</a> in pre-market trading, after the company reported a 59% dr&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15302-revision','','','2011-09-16 13:44:12','2011-09-16 13:44:12','',15302,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15304',0,'revision','',0),(15305,66,'2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&title=Apple%20Becomes%20World&#8217;s%20Second%20Most%20Valuable%20Brand%20&%238212;%20After%20Google%20%5BSTUDY%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/apple_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"apple_logo\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-505173\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>\'s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Finance. \n\nThe London-based company looks at a company\'s cash flow and other financial metrics to assess the worth of its trademarks and other intellectual property. At the top of the heap is Google, whose IP is worth $48.3 billion -- and likely more after Thursday, when the search giant <a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/google-buys-1023-patents-from-ibm.html\" >bought</a> another treasure trove of patents from IBM. (Big Blue itself is currently in fourth place.) \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/26/social-media-engaged-brands/\">5 Most Engaged Brands in Social Media</a></strong></center>\n\nMicrosoft slipped to third place, a hair\'s breadth below Apple at $39 billion -- although <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-8\">Windows 8</a> may change that equation.\n\nThis marks the first time, according to the report, that the world\'s top four most valuable brands are all tech companies. Coming in just below them: Walmart, GE, AT&T and Coca-Cola. A couple of banks with slipping reputations -- Wells Fargo and Bank of America -- round out the top 10.\n\n[via <em><a href=\"http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/15/apples-brand-value-rises-to-no-2-in-the-world-after-google/\" >Apple 2.0</a></em>]\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img 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href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/SGaUtDqaofk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple Becomes World’s Second Most Valuable Brand — After Google [STUDY]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;title=Apple%20Becomes%20World%E2%80%99s%20Second%20Most%20Valuable%20Brand%20%E2%80%94%20After%20Google%20%5BSTUDY%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>\'s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Finance.&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15270-revision-10','','','2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','',15270,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15305',0,'revision','',0),(15306,63,'2011-09-16 13:44:12','2011-09-16 13:44:12','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&title=RIM%20Stock%20Hammered%20After%20Second-Quarter%20Profit%20Falls%2059%25&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RIM-HQ-Image-Mashable.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RIM HQ Image Mashable\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-737457\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Research in Motion\'s troubles continued Friday as its stock fell <a href=\"http://www.google.com/finance?cid=663276\" >as much as 23%</a> in pre-market trading, after the company reported a 59% drop in its second-quarter profits and a year-over-year decline in BlackBerry shipments -- the first time that\'s happened in almost a decade.\n\nRIM shipped 10.6 million BlackBerry devices in the quarter. That compares to 12.1 million in the same period last year and 13.2 million in the previous quarter. The company also shipped just 200,000 <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/playbook\">PlayBook </a>tablets in Q2, compared to 500,000 in the first quarter. \n\nThe decline affected RIM\'s bottom line. The company posted a profit of $329 million for the quarter compared to $797 million for the same quarter in 2010. Revenues fell 10% to $4.17 billion.\n\nIn a call with analysts, the company\'s CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576573043698783336.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews\" >blamed the results</a> on customers who were waiting for the next round of BlackBerry phones. Such phones, including the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/new-blackberry-curve/\">refreshed BlackBerry Curve line</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/03/rim-five-blackberries/\">new BlackBerry Bold</a>, just became available a few weeks ago and had little effect on the Q2 results. Balsillie also told analysts that a software upgrade is planned for the PlayBook in October. RIM is expected to introduce phones based on its <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/08/blackberry-colt/\">QNX OS</a> in 2012 as well.\n\nBlackBerry\'s loss of market share comes as no surprise after <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/09/android-extends-lead-us/\">various</a> analyst reports showed a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/30/android-iphone-blackberry-smartphone-stats/\">drop in consumer adoption of BlackBerry</a>. RIM\'s share of the smartphone market dropped from 25.7% to 21.7% in just three months, according to a recent report.\n\nThe following chart details RIM\'s share price performance over the last few months:\n\n<a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\"><img src=\"http://node_charts_production.s3.amazonaws.com/d6ab0df9b00f346488aa37be1fe194dd.png\" alt=\"Research In Motion Price Stock Chart\" /></a><p style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\">Research In Motion Price Stock Chart</a> by <a href=\"http://ycharts.com\">YCharts</a></p>\n\n<i>Image courtesy of Flickr, <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_elder/\" >Robert Elder</a></i>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a 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href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;title=RIM%20Stock%20Hammered%20After%20Second-Quarter%20Profit%20Falls%2059%25&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Research in Motion&#8217;s troubles continued Friday as its stock fell <a href=\"http://www.google.com/finance?cid=663276\" target=\"_blank\">as much as 23%</a> in pre-market trading, after the company reported a 59% dr&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15302-revision-2','','','2011-09-16 13:44:12','2011-09-16 13:44:12','',15302,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15306',0,'revision','',0),(15307,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QpGjkdkWUuXnhgdNtwPL0pfiSdQ/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QpGjkdkWUuXnhgdNtwPL0pfiSdQ/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QpGjkdkWUuXnhgdNtwPL0pfiSdQ/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QpGjkdkWUuXnhgdNtwPL0pfiSdQ/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-32','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15307',0,'revision','',0),(15308,25,'2011-09-16 18:12:13','2011-09-16 18:12:13','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&title=iPhone%20Latest:%20Two%20Models,%20Production%20Delays%20%5BRUMOR%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-to-have-radical-thumb.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"275px\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> is likely to make its debut in the next few weeks, but could production and design issues make it a difficult device to find?\n\nApple is expected to hold a press event to unveil its next-generation smartphone in the next few weeks, <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/alleged-iphone-5-images-begin-to-surface-online/\" ><em>The New York Times</em></a> is reporting. This isn\'t news -- <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/\">Sprint pretty much gave the date away</a>, canceling store employee vacation for the first two weeks of October.\n\nMeanwhile, <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/15/new-york-times-iphone-announcement-in-weeks-yes-we-have-more/\" ><em>9to5mac</a></em>\'s sources say that two Apple phones will be launching in the near future. This fits with the rumor that Apple intends to launch a cheaper <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/11/apple-icloud-iphone-rumor/\">iCloud-based iPhone</a> that will include prepaid plans and look similar to the iPhone 4.\n\nThe second phone, the iPhone 5, is apparently \"a sight to behold\" because it is \"impossibly light, yet much firmer than Samsung Galaxy phones.\" We\'ve heard that the new iPhone will sport a wider screen and a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/iphone-5-aluminum-back/\">curved aluminum back</a>, much like the iPad 2.\n\nGetting your hands on the new iPhone may be easier said than done. One of the major assembly lines for the iPhone is apparently experiencing \"continued design and production delays,\" which could result in iPhone 5 shortages well into 2012.\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AKSDjF-39usZyRtB4DNtHkXGtQk/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=s0TU6afmDes:hXxzqCXmg-4:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img 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target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> is likely to make its debut in the next few weeks, but could production and design issues make it a difficult device to find?\n\nAp&#8230;','pending','closed','closed','','','','','2011-09-16 18:12:13','2011-09-16 18:12:13','',0,'http://mashable.com/?p=737743',0,'post','',0),(15309,63,'2011-09-16 13:44:12','2011-09-16 13:44:12','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a 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align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RIM-HQ-Image-Mashable.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RIM HQ Image Mashable\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-737457\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Research in Motion\'s troubles continued Friday as its stock fell <a href=\"http://www.google.com/finance?cid=663276\" >as much as 23%</a> in pre-market trading, after the company reported a 59% drop in its second-quarter profits and a year-over-year decline in BlackBerry shipments -- the first time that\'s happened in almost a decade.\n\nRIM shipped 10.6 million BlackBerry devices in the quarter. That compares to 12.1 million in the same period last year and 13.2 million in the previous quarter. The company also shipped just 200,000 <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/playbook\">PlayBook </a>tablets in Q2, compared to 500,000 in the first quarter. \n\nThe decline affected RIM\'s bottom line. The company posted a profit of $329 million for the quarter compared to $797 million for the same quarter in 2010. Revenues fell 10% to $4.17 billion.\n\nIn a call with analysts, the company\'s CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576573043698783336.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews\" >blamed the results</a> on customers who were waiting for the next round of BlackBerry phones. Such phones, including the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/new-blackberry-curve/\">refreshed BlackBerry Curve line</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/03/rim-five-blackberries/\">new BlackBerry Bold</a>, just became available a few weeks ago and had little effect on the Q2 results. Balsillie also told analysts that a software upgrade is planned for the PlayBook in October. RIM is expected to introduce phones based on its <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/08/blackberry-colt/\">QNX OS</a> in 2012 as well.\n\nBlackBerry\'s loss of market share comes as no surprise after <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/09/android-extends-lead-us/\">various</a> analyst reports showed a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/30/android-iphone-blackberry-smartphone-stats/\">drop in consumer adoption of BlackBerry</a>. RIM\'s share of the smartphone market dropped from 25.7% to 21.7% in just three months, according to a recent report.\n\nThe following chart details RIM\'s share price performance over the last few months:\n\n<a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\"><img src=\"http://node_charts_production.s3.amazonaws.com/d6ab0df9b00f346488aa37be1fe194dd.png\" alt=\"Research In Motion Price Stock Chart\" /></a><p style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><a href=\"http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/price#zoom=1m&format=real&outliers=true\">Research In Motion Price Stock Chart</a> by <a href=\"http://ycharts.com\">YCharts</a></p>\n\n<i>Image courtesy of Flickr, <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_elder/\" >Robert Elder</a></i>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9B8DOfFznXhU5DeygW0ohQzhncI/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a 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src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=QQmdEYGxMtg:3xjygVNT3O8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/QQmdEYGxMtg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','RIM Stock Hammered After Second-Quarter Profit Falls 59%','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;title=RIM%20Stock%20Hammered%20After%20Second-Quarter%20Profit%20Falls%2059%25&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/rim-2q-profit-falls/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Research in Motion&#8217;s troubles continued Friday as its stock fell <a href=\"http://www.google.com/finance?cid=663276\" target=\"_blank\">as much as 23%</a> in pre-market trading, after the company reported a 59% dr&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15302-revision-3','','','2011-09-16 13:44:12','2011-09-16 13:44:12','',15302,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15309',0,'revision','',0),(15294,66,'2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&title=Apple%20Becomes%20World&#8217;s%20Second%20Most%20Valuable%20Brand%20&%238212;%20After%20Google%20%5BSTUDY%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/apple_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"apple_logo\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-505173\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>\'s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Finance. \n\nThe London-based company looks at a company\'s cash flow and other financial metrics to assess the worth of its trademarks and other intellectual property. At the top of the heap is Google, whose IP is worth $48.3 billion -- and likely more after Thursday, when the search giant <a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/google-buys-1023-patents-from-ibm.html\" >bought</a> another treasure trove of patents from IBM. (Big Blue itself is currently in fourth place.) \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/26/social-media-engaged-brands/\">5 Most Engaged Brands in Social Media</a></strong></center>\n\nMicrosoft slipped to third place, a hair\'s breadth below Apple at $39 billion -- although <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-8\">Windows 8</a> may change that equation.\n\nThis marks the first time, according to the report, that the world\'s top four most valuable brands are all tech companies. Coming in just below them: Walmart, GE, AT&T and Coca-Cola. A couple of banks with slipping reputations -- Wells Fargo and Bank of America -- round out the top 10.\n\n[via <em><a href=\"http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/15/apples-brand-value-rises-to-no-2-in-the-world-after-google/\" >Apple 2.0</a></em>]\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img 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href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>&#8216;s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Fi&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15270-revision-3','','','2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','',15270,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15294',0,'revision','',0),(15295,66,'2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a 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src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/apple_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"apple_logo\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-505173\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>\'s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Finance. \n\nThe London-based company looks at a company\'s cash flow and other financial metrics to assess the worth of its trademarks and other intellectual property. At the top of the heap is Google, whose IP is worth $48.3 billion -- and likely more after Thursday, when the search giant <a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/google-buys-1023-patents-from-ibm.html\" >bought</a> another treasure trove of patents from IBM. (Big Blue itself is currently in fourth place.) \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/26/social-media-engaged-brands/\">5 Most Engaged Brands in Social Media</a></strong></center>\n\nMicrosoft slipped to third place, a hair\'s breadth below Apple at $39 billion -- although <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-8\">Windows 8</a> may change that equation.\n\nThis marks the first time, according to the report, that the world\'s top four most valuable brands are all tech companies. Coming in just below them: Walmart, GE, AT&T and Coca-Cola. A couple of banks with slipping reputations -- Wells Fargo and Bank of America -- round out the top 10.\n\n[via <em><a href=\"http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/15/apples-brand-value-rises-to-no-2-in-the-world-after-google/\" >Apple 2.0</a></em>]\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img 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href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>&#8216;s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Fi&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15270-revision-4','','','2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','',15270,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15295',0,'revision','',0),(15279,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-31','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15279',0,'revision','',0),(15280,66,'2011-09-12 21:24:14','2011-09-12 21:24:14','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/apple-set-to-break-record-for-mac-sales-this-fall-report/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/apple-set-to-break-record-for-mac-sales-this-fall-report/&title=Apple%20Set%20to%20Break%20Record%20for%20Mac%20Sales%20This%20Fall%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/apple-set-to-break-record-for-mac-sales-this-fall-report/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/apple-set-to-break-record-for-mac-sales-this-fall-report/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/apple-set-to-break-record-for-mac-sales-this-fall-report/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/macbook_air_360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macbook_air_360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-683565\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The breathless anticipation swirling around the upcoming <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone/\">iPhone 5</a> release, and the runaway success of the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad-2/\">iPad 2</a>, may make it seem like Apple is entirely focused on its iOS devices these days. \n\nBut the company\'s Mac division is no slouch, either. \n\nAccording to the latest figures from research firm NPD, Macbooks, Mac Minis and iMacs had a really strong summer, with sales rising 22% in July and August. Based on those figures, Gene Munster -- a veteran Apple analyst at Piper Jaffray -- released a short note predicting Apple will sell a total of 4.5 million Macs this quarter. (And that\'s a conservative estimate, based on the notion sales will slow to 16% growth for the quarter overall.)\n\nTo put that in perspective, Apple sold 4.1 million Macs during the 2010 holiday quarter -- traditionally the strongest time of year. That marks the company\'s previous all-time, one-quarter record.\n\nWhat\'s driving all the sales? In part, they represent a roaring start for Lion, the latest version of OS X, which came out in July and is packed with more cool, new features than the average OS X upgrade. On its first day of release, Lion -- which is only available online or pre-installed in new Macs -- <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/21/os-x-lion-downloads/\">saw an incredible one million downloads</a>. That made it more popular than any previous Apple desktop operating system.\n\nTimed to the Lion release, Apple also launched updated versions of the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/20/apple-launches-new-macbook-air/\">MacBook Air</a>, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/20/new-mac-mini-2011/\">Mac mini</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/20/apple-thunderbolt-display/\">Apple Cinema Display</a>.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/20/lion-clean-install-guide/\">HOW TO: Do a Clean Install of OS X Lion</a></strong>\n\n</center>\n\nThings should naturally quiet down a bit in the Mac section of Apple stores as Lion gets a little longer in the tooth. On the other hand, nobody knows how much foot traffic the iPhone 5 launch will bring into stores next month -- or how many customers might pick up a laptop or a Mini while they\'re there. \n\nBut it seems a fair bet that the passing of the baton from Steve Jobs to Tim Cook has not slowed the juggernaut that is Apple -- just as <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/25/why-apple-wont-change/\">we predicted</a>. \n\n<em>[via <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/12/apple_on_pace_to_sell_record_4_5m_macs_this_quarter.html\" >Apple Insider</a>]</em>\n\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=Nq3LXhpwQvw:VPuSWioOKzQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=Nq3LXhpwQvw:VPuSWioOKzQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=Nq3LXhpwQvw:VPuSWioOKzQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" 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src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=Nq3LXhpwQvw:VPuSWioOKzQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/Nq3LXhpwQvw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple Set to Break Record for Mac Sales This Fall [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/apple-set-to-break-record-for-mac-sales-this-fall-report/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/apple-set-to-break-record-for-mac-sales-this-fall-report/&amp;title=Apple%20Set%20to%20Break%20Record%20for%20Mac%20Sales%20This%20Fall%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/apple-set-to-break-record-for-mac-sales-this-fall-report/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/apple-set-to-break-record-for-mac-sales-this-fall-report/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The breathless anticipation swirling around the upcoming <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone/\">iPhone 5</a> release, and the runaway success of the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad-2/\">iPad 2</a>, may make it seem like Apple is&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15143-revision-9','','','2011-09-12 21:24:14','2011-09-12 21:24:14','',15143,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15280',0,'revision','',0),(15281,66,'2011-09-10 00:45:36','2011-09-10 00:45:36','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a 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src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Remember when a company memo telling employees they can\'t take any time off in a two-week period was an occasion for gloom? That\'s certainly not the case with the leak of an internal memo from Sprint management, which seems to suggest the iPhone 5 will be launching -- on Sprint, as well as Verizon and AT&T -- in the first half of October.\n\nThe memo, <a href=\"http://www.sprintfeed.com/2011/09/internal-memo-suggests-sprint-iphone-by-october-15th/\" >obtained by <em>SprintFeed</em></a>, reads: \"due to the possibility of a major phone launch in October we are blacking out September 30th through October 15th.\" In other words, batten down the hatches. No Sprint employee is leaving the store in the first two weeks of October. Something big is coming down the pike. \n\nBear in mind that we\'ve <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/sprint-to-get-iphone-5/\">seen reports since late August</a> that Sprint will be a launch partner for Apple\'s iPhone 5. Best Buy inadvertently confirmed that last weekend, via <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/04/iphone-5-leak-best-buy/\">a leaked document</a> that claimed the Sprint iPhone 5 would be available in the first week of October. And early Friday <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">came word</a> that Sprint\'s unlimited data plan would be available on the iPhone 5 as well as other Sprint phones -- making the number 3 carrier a serious competitor in the iPhone 5 stakes. \n\nOur best guess for the iPhone 5 launch date is still Friday October 7. That lines up with the Best Buy report, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/iphone-5-october-arrival-report/\">another leak</a> from an AT&T executive, <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/08/16/apple-currently-plans-to-start-pre-orders-for-next-iphone-on-sept-30-launch-oct-7/\" >another report</a> from <em>9to5Mac</em> -- and it\'s smack dab in the middle of Sprint\'s blackout period. <div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/KnmZkU2gL_w\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Sprint Cancels Store Leave, Confirms iPhone 5 Launch Window [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/&amp;title=Sprint%20Cancels%20Store%20Leave,%20Confirms%20iPhone%205%20Launch%20Window%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Remember when a company memo telling employees they can\'t take any time off in a two-week period was an occasion for gloom? That\'s certainly not&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15114-revision-13','','','2011-09-10 00:45:36','2011-09-10 00:45:36','',15114,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15281',0,'revision','',0),(15282,63,'2011-09-09 16:02:00','2011-09-09 16:02:00','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/&title=Sprint%20to%20Offer%20Unlimited%20Data%20Plan%20for%20iPhone%205%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The financially ailing <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/sprint/\">Sprint Nextel</a> may offer consumers a solid reason to use its services this fall -- an unlimited data plan for the iPhone 5.\n\nSprint will become the U.S.\'s only wireless carrier to offer unlimited data for the iPhone 5, <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-09/sprint-is-said-to-plan-unlimited-data-with-iphone-5-to-stand-out-from-pack.html\" ><em>Bloomberg</em></a> reports, citing \"people familiar with the matter.\" Details about pricing were not disclosed. Sprint currently offers unlimited data and voice for $99 a month for some smartphone models.\n\nAT&T and Verizon will offer the phone with tiered pricing plans. AT&T\'s plan ranges from 200 megabytes of data for $15 a month to 4 gigabytes for $45 a month. Verizon\'s plans range from $30 for 2 gigabytes to $80 for 10 gigabytes. Both offer unlimited voice plans for the iPhone for $69.99 a month. AT&T <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/02/att-kills-ipad-unlimited-data-plan/\">scrapped</a> its $30 a month unlimited data plan in June 2010. Some veteran AT&T customers were grandfathered in under the unlimited data plan.\n\nOffering a competitive advantage could surely boost Sprint\'s fortunes. The carrier <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/28/sprintnextel-loses-847-millio-2/\">lost $847 million</a> in its most-recent quarter as customers flocked to its two larger rivals to access the iPhone, the best-selling smartphone on the market. But Sprint and its investors have lately had reason to be optimistic. In addition to getting the iPhone, Sprint is also seen as a beneficiary of the Justice Department\'s lawsuit to block the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/31/u-s-seeks-to-block-att-t-mobile-merger-report//\">AT&T/T-Mobile merger</a>. \n\nHowever, you may want to take the report with a grain of salt: A similar rumor <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/01/25/verizon-iphone-data-plan/\">surfaced</a> before Verizon got the iPhone, which never came to pass. \n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=7tCY1gaad-k:2V-_9cnJb5E:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/7tCY1gaad-k\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Sprint to Offer Unlimited Data Plan for iPhone 5 [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/&amp;title=Sprint%20to%20Offer%20Unlimited%20Data%20Plan%20for%20iPhone%205%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The financially ailing <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/sprint/\">Sprint Nextel</a> may offer consumers a solid reason to use its services this fall -- an unlimited data plan for the iPhone 5&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15098-revision-12','','','2011-09-09 16:02:00','2011-09-09 16:02:00','',15098,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15282',0,'revision','',0),(15283,8,'2011-09-09 14:37:03','2011-09-09 14:37:03','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/apple-customer-satisfaction-survey/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/apple-customer-satisfaction-survey/&title=iPhone%20Tops%20U.S.%20Smartphone%20Customer%20Satisfaction%20Survey&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/apple-customer-satisfaction-survey/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/apple-customer-satisfaction-survey/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/apple-customer-satisfaction-survey/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/chart_smartphone.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"chart_smartphone\" width=\"360\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-730513\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> leads U.S. smartphone manufacturers in customer satisfaction, according to a new survey by J.D. Power and Associates. \n\nIt\'s the sixth time in a row the Cupertino giant has topped this survey. Apple scored 838 points with great marks in all areas, particularly ease of operation and features. \n\nHTC came in second, followed by Samsung, Motorola and RIM. With only 721 points, Nokia\'s performance was particularly poor, even finishing behind the now defunct Palm.\n\nThe <a href=\"http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressRelease.aspx?ID=2011146\" >report</a> reveals customers have a sweet spot for almost every physical characteristic of their smartphone. For example, smartphones under 5 ounces are preferred over heavier ones. Overall, the key factors for evaluating smartphones are performance (35%), ease of operation (24%), features (21%) and physical design (20%). \n\nThe study also points out customers\' appreciation of 4G connectivity. \n\nWhat are the most important features of a smartphone for you? Let us know in the comments.\n\n<center><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/study_jdpower.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"study_jdpower\" width=\"640\" height=\"236\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-730525\" />\n\n</center>\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/09/apple-tops-j-d-power-customer-satisfaction-survey-grim-reading/\" ><em>Engadget</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=ScUAE2VoVMI:hvjVtH3-zoY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/ScUAE2VoVMI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone Tops U.S. Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Survey','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/apple-customer-satisfaction-survey/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/apple-customer-satisfaction-survey/&amp;title=iPhone%20Tops%20U.S.%20Smartphone%20Customer%20Satisfaction%20Survey&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/apple-customer-satisfaction-survey/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/apple-customer-satisfaction-survey/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> leads U.S. smartphone manufacturers in customer satisfaction, according to a new survey by J.D. Power and Associates. \n\nIt\'s the sixth t&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15099-revision-12','','','2011-09-09 14:37:03','2011-09-09 14:37:03','',15099,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15283',0,'revision','',0),(15284,63,'2011-09-09 14:11:33','2011-09-09 14:11:33','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/&title=Samsung%20to%20Use%20Windows%20on%20Its%20Tablets%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Microsoft-Tablet-Image-Mashable.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Microsoft-Tablet-Image-Mashable\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-730509\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/samsung/\">Samsung</a> is planning to start using Windows in addition to Android on its tablet PCs, according to a report.\n\nThe company is planning to make the announcement next week at a Microsoft developers conference in California, reports <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903285704576557512985751024.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews\" ><i>The Wall Street Journal</i></a>. Samsung released its first tablet, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/02/samsung-galaxy-tab-2/\">Galaxy Tab</a>, in September 2010. Though the product had positive reviews when it launched, more than one in 10 purchasers <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/02/01/samsung-galaxy-tab-returns/\">returned the device</a> within a month. Samsung remade the device as the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/03/22/galaxy-tabs/\">Galaxy Tab 10.1</a>. \n\nThat product, which <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/06/02/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-nyc/\">hit U.S. stores in June</a>, has been the subject of an Apple patent infringement lawsuit in <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/09/samsung-galaxy-tab-europe/\">Europe</a>, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/01/apple-samsung-australia/\">Australia</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/\">Japan</a>. After some back and forth with Dusseldorf District Court in Germany, the device was <a href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20103827-17/samsung-galaxy-tab-10.1-banned-from-sale-in-germany/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20\" >banned for sale in Germany</a>, but is still available in the rest of Europe.\n\nMicrosoft is expected to show off a new version of Windows for tablet PCs at the conference next week, according to <a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/us-microsoft-tablets-idUSTRE78708X20110908\" >Reuters</a>. So far, the tablet market has been especially frustrating for Microsoft. The company has been showing off tablet PC OSes for about a decade but is yet to make serious traction. Meanwhile, Apple has been so successful with the iPad that it\'s being <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/blame-the-ipad-for-slow-pc-sales/?ref=technology\" >blamed for the slowdown in PC sales</a>.\n\n<hr>\nCheck out our gallery comparing Apple and Samsung\'s products involved in the patent cases. \n\n      <br/>\n      <h4>The Original iPhone</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17161The-Original-iPhone\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The Original iPhone\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple released the first iPhone in June 2007.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung BlackJack 2 </h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17201Samsung-BlackJack-2\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung BlackJack 2 \" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/blackjack-2-att.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>This is the smartphone Samsung was selling in 2007, the BlackJack 2.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung Galaxy S</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17177Samsung-Galaxy-S\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy S\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/i9000.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>This is the Samsung Galaxy S, which debuted in 2010.</p>\n</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPhone 3G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17159The-iPhone-3G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPhone 3G\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone-3g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Released in 2008, the iPhone 3G differed only slightly from its predecessor but had a slightly different back/side-housing.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung Showcase i500</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17183Samsung-Showcase-i500\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung Showcase i500\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/showcase-i500.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The Samsung Showcase i500 was released in 2011 and shares similarities with the form factor and aesthetic of the iPhone 3G.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPhone 3GS</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17163The-iPhone-3GS\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPhone 3GS\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone3gs-front-back.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Released in 2009, the iPhone 3GS looks identical to the iPhone 3G, but was significantly faster under the hood.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Verizon Droid Charge</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17169Verizon-Droid-Charge\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Verizon Droid Charge\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/droid-charge.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple amended its lawsuit against Samsung to include the recently released Droid Charge in the list of infringing devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Sprint Epic 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17171Sprint-Epic-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Sprint Epic 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/epic-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Sprint\'s version of the Galaxy S was the only version to include a slide-out keyboard. Nevertheless, Apple still included the Epic 4G in its list of infringing devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The Nexus S 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17179The-Nexus-S-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The Nexus S 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/nexus.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Google\'s Nexus S and Nexus S 4G devices have a curved glass screen but also share a similar shape and icon layout as the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS series.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S Captivate</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17187Galaxy-S-Captivate\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S Captivate\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/captivate.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The application bar in the TouchWiz interface in the Galaxy S Captivate from AT&T resembles Apple\'s iOS.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17173Galaxy-S-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/galaxy-s-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>T-Mobile\'s Galaxy S 4G shares similarities with earlier iPhone devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S Vibrant</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17185Galaxy-S-Vibrant\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S Vibrant\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/vibrant.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>T-Mobile\'s first Galaxy S device, the Vibrant, also shares a similar body style as the iPhone 3GS.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone 4</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17165iPhone-4\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone 4\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone4_2.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple released the iPhone 4 in June 2010.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S II</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17181Galaxy-S-II\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S II\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/samsung-galaxy-s-ii.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The well-reviewed Galaxy S II is starting to hit stores in Europe and Asia.</p> </p>      <br/>\n      <h4>AT&T Infuse 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17205ATT-Infuse-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"AT&amp;T Infuse 4G\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/infuse-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>AT&T\'s Infuse 4G looks similar to the body style and button layout as the iPhone 4.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPad</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17153The-iPad\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPad\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/apple-ipad1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The iPad was first released in March 2010 and managed to reboot the entire tablet PC market.</p>\n\n<p>The design, which many criticized as simply being an oversized iPod touch, was unlike any other tablet computer on the market.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy Tab 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17167Galaxy-Tab-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy Tab 4G\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/4g-lte-galaxy-tab.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Samsung\'s Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Tab 4G was originally released in a 7\" form factor.</p>\n\n<p>Slower than expected sales convinced Samsung to reconsider its size strategy.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPad 2</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17157iPad-2\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPad 2\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/ipad2.png\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The iPad 2 was released in March 2011 and has managed to sell out in every market.</p>\n\n<p>Thinner than its predecessor, while still retaining the same beautiful screen, the devices is dominating the tablet market.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy Tab 10.1</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/samsung-tablet-windows/#17175Galaxy-Tab-101\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy Tab 10.1\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/galaxy-tab-10-1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Samsung went back to the drawing board and re-designed the Galaxy Tab 10.1 after showing it off at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2011.</p>\n\n<p>The final version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is thin -- Samsung claims it\'s thinner than the iPad 2.</p></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=ZXXl0Gi0r-A:m5yIfIn2Tto:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=ZXXl0Gi0r-A:m5yIfIn2Tto:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=ZXXl0Gi0r-A:m5yIfIn2Tto:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a 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It accuses Samsung of violating Apple\'s <a href=http://mashable.com/category/iphone/%E2%80%9D>iPhone</a> and <a href=http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad%22>iPad</a>-related patents with its Samsung Galaxy series of smartphones and tablets. \n\nApple is seeking the suspension of sales of Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones as well as Samsung\'s tablet, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/01/samsung-galaxy-tab-7-7/\">Galaxy Tab 7</a>, in Japan. Based on its success in <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/09/samsung-galaxy-tab-europe/\">Europe and Australia</a>, Apple is hopeful the judge will once again side with Apple. \n\nIn addition to the sales ban, Apple is also seeking 100 million yen ($1.3 million) in damages. According to Kyodo news agency, the first hearing was on Wednesday, but a spokesperson for the Tokyo District Court declined to comment on the case.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/01/patent-wars-infographi/\">Patent Wars: A New Age of Competition [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\nAlso, check out our gallery comparing the two companies’ products below. \n\n      <br/>\n      <h4>The Original iPhone</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17161The-Original-iPhone\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The Original iPhone\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple released the first iPhone in June 2007.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung BlackJack 2 </h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17201Samsung-BlackJack-2\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung BlackJack 2 \" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/blackjack-2-att.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>This is the smartphone Samsung was selling in 2007, the BlackJack 2.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung Galaxy S</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17177Samsung-Galaxy-S\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy S\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/i9000.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>This is the Samsung Galaxy S, which debuted in 2010.</p>\n</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPhone 3G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17159The-iPhone-3G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPhone 3G\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone-3g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Released in 2008, the iPhone 3G differed only slightly from its predecessor but had a slightly different back/side-housing.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung Showcase i500</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17183Samsung-Showcase-i500\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung Showcase i500\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/showcase-i500.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The Samsung Showcase i500 was released in 2011 and shares similarities with the form factor and aesthetic of the iPhone 3G.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPhone 3GS</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17163The-iPhone-3GS\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPhone 3GS\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone3gs-front-back.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Released in 2009, the iPhone 3GS looks identical to the iPhone 3G, but was significantly faster under the hood.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Verizon Droid Charge</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17169Verizon-Droid-Charge\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Verizon Droid Charge\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/droid-charge.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple amended its lawsuit against Samsung to include the recently released Droid Charge in the list of infringing devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Sprint Epic 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17171Sprint-Epic-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Sprint Epic 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/epic-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Sprint\'s version of the Galaxy S was the only version to include a slide-out keyboard. Nevertheless, Apple still included the Epic 4G in its list of infringing devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The Nexus S 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17179The-Nexus-S-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The Nexus S 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/nexus.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Google\'s Nexus S and Nexus S 4G devices have a curved glass screen but also share a similar shape and icon layout as the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS series.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S Captivate</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17187Galaxy-S-Captivate\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S Captivate\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/captivate.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The application bar in the TouchWiz interface in the Galaxy S Captivate from AT&T resembles Apple\'s iOS.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17173Galaxy-S-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/galaxy-s-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>T-Mobile\'s Galaxy S 4G shares similarities with earlier iPhone devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S Vibrant</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17185Galaxy-S-Vibrant\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S Vibrant\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/vibrant.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>T-Mobile\'s first Galaxy S device, the Vibrant, also shares a similar body style as the iPhone 3GS.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone 4</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17165iPhone-4\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone 4\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone4_2.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple released the iPhone 4 in June 2010.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S II</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17181Galaxy-S-II\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S II\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/samsung-galaxy-s-ii.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The well-reviewed Galaxy S II is starting to hit stores in Europe and Asia.</p> </p>      <br/>\n      <h4>AT&T Infuse 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17205ATT-Infuse-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"AT&amp;T Infuse 4G\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/infuse-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>AT&T\'s Infuse 4G looks similar to the body style and button layout as the iPhone 4.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPad</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17153The-iPad\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPad\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/apple-ipad1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The iPad was first released in March 2010 and managed to reboot the entire tablet PC market.</p>\n\n<p>The design, which many criticized as simply being an oversized iPod touch, was unlike any other tablet computer on the market.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy Tab 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17167Galaxy-Tab-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy Tab 4G\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/4g-lte-galaxy-tab.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Samsung\'s Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Tab 4G was originally released in a 7\" form factor.</p>\n\n<p>Slower than expected sales convinced Samsung to reconsider its size strategy.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPad 2</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17157iPad-2\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPad 2\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/ipad2.png\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The iPad 2 was released in March 2011 and has managed to sell out in every market.</p>\n\n<p>Thinner than its predecessor, while still retaining the same beautiful screen, the devices is dominating the tablet market.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy Tab 10.1</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/#17175Galaxy-Tab-101\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy Tab 10.1\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/galaxy-tab-10-1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Samsung went back to the drawing board and re-designed the Galaxy Tab 10.1 after showing it off at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2011.</p>\n\n<p>The final version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is thin -- Samsung claims it\'s thinner than the iPad 2.</p></p>\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/us-apple-samsung-idUSTRE7871HH20110908?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&dlvrit=56505\" >Reuters</a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=gjGheHDr55E:j_CR046Xi3k:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img 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href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>After patent infringement lawsuits in <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/29/samsung-galaxy-tab-delayed/\">Australia</a>, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/06/24/apple-samsung-lawsuit-south-korea/\">South Korea</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/09/samsung-galaxy-tab-europe/\">Germany</a>, Apple has now sued Samsung in Japan on similar grounds. It accuses Sam&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15083-revision-7','','','2011-09-08 12:31:21','2011-09-08 12:31:21','',15083,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15285',0,'revision','',0),(15286,25,'2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','<center><div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer&#8217;s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-sushi-photo-640.jpg\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi -- of all things -- may have been taken by Apple\'s next-generation iPhone.\n\nThe photo would be one of the first <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> photos to reach the public as the device\'s launch approaches.\n\nThe photo, titled \"lunch\" and discovered by <a href=\"http://pocketnow.com/iphone/iphone-5-first-test-photo\" ><em>PocketNow</em></a>, was found on the Flickr account of Apple software engineer Anton D\'Auria. While the photo looks like a simple plate of sushi, its EXIF data reveals that there is more to this photo than meets the eye.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\">iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\nThe EXIF data says the photo was taken with an iPhone 4, but several things don\'t fit with what we know about that version of the iPhone. First, the original picture was taken with a 3264x2448 pixel resolution (approximately 8 megapixels) and cropped to 2235x2291 (approximately 5 megapixels). The iPhone 4 is a 5 megapixel device, so it wouldn\'t be capable of taking a 3264x2448 photo. \n\nThe second piece of evidence is that the photo was taken with a 4.3mm f/2.4 lens. The iPhone 4 has a 3.85mm f/2.8 lens.\n\nThe photo was also likely taken at Apple HQ. Its GPS data pinpoints the photo\'s origin to 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, CA -- which, as every geek knows, happens to be the address of Apple headquarters.\n\nD\'Auria\'s Flickr account has since been made private, but the image is already widely available online. While it\'s possible the image is a fake (EXIF data can be altered rather easily), we doubt an Apple engineer would make so many EXIF changes to an iPhone 4 picture. If the photo is indeed from an iPhone 5, expect an 8MP camera with the quality of a point-and-shoot on iPhones in the next month or so. <div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/NlzL-XIK2hg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5 Sushi Snap? Apple Engineer’s Lunch Photo Fuels Speculation','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer%E2%80%99s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\n\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi -- of all things -- may have been taken by Apple\'s next-generation iPhone.\n\nThe&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15067-revision-21','','','2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','',15067,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15286',0,'revision','',0),(15287,8,'2011-09-07 09:20:25','2011-09-07 09:20:25','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&title=New%20iPad%20to%20Feature%20a%20Thinner,%20Lighter%20Battery%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ipad2_hero_thumbnail.jpg\" title=\"iPad\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"275\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad/\">iPad</a> 2 is already a very thin device -- 0.34 inches, to be exact -- but the next generation might be even thinner and lighter, thanks to an improved battery pack.\n\nAccording to <em>Taiwan Economic News</em>, two suppliers of iPad and Macbook batteries, Simplo Technology Co. and Dynapack International Technology Corp., are ready to produce the new pack as early as Q4 2011, with mass production expected in the first quarter of 2012. \n\nThe new batteries will make the iPad thinner and lighter and extend its battery life, but they will also come at a 20-30% bigger price point because of the advanced technology used. Hopefully this will not mean a bigger price for the end product as well. \n\n[via <a href=\"http://cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_37633.html\" ><em>Taiwan Economic News</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/hj-R4PyS19g\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','New iPad to Feature a Thinner, Lighter Battery [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;title=New%20iPad%20to%20Feature%20a%20Thinner,%20Lighter%20Battery%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad/\">iPad</a> 2 is already a very thin device -- 0.34 inches, to be exact -- but the next generation might be even thinner and lighter, thanks to an&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15052-revision-18','','','2011-09-07 09:20:25','2011-09-07 09:20:25','',15052,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15287',0,'revision','',0),(15288,73,'2011-09-06 16:50:48','2011-09-06 16:50:48','<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"390\" align=\"center\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/ia4joyGYG_A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\nComedic songwriters <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/pantlessknights\" >Pantless Knights</a> are at it again with a new, tech-related tribute video honoring <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/steve-jobs/\">Steve Jobs</a>. \n\nThe video, produced by <a href=\"http://seedwell.com/\" >Seedwell</a>, re-works a popular Jay-Z song \"<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIJjK3IV3E0&feature=youtu.be\" >What More Can I Say</a>\" from <em>The Black Album</em>. Pantless Knights\' \"<a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/03/08/social-media-dorks/\">The New Dork</a>\" also parodied a Jay-Z track, \"Empire State of Mind.\"\n\nCheck out the above video \"We Are All Steve,\" in which several different people appear in Steve Jobs\'s signature look - glasses and a black turtleneck - rapping from Jobs\'s perspective about his global influence and general awesomeness. \n\nThe Pantless Knights don\'t exclusively rap about the tech world, but this isn\'t the first time they\'ve donned Jobs\'s garb. Way back in 2009, their spoof \"<a href=\"http://mashable.com/2009/12/28/im-on-a-mac/\">I\'m on a Mac</a>\" went viral and was viewed nearly 2 million times on <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/youtube/\">YouTube</a>.<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/entertainment/\">Entertainment</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashentertain\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Entertainment on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.entertainment\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/entertainment\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Entertainment channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/VOH477gX514\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Pantless Knights Create a Tribute to Steve Jobs [VIDEO]','Comedic songwriters <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/pantlessknights\" target=\"_blank\">Pantless Knights</a> are at it again with a new, tech-related tribute video honoring <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/steve-jobs/\">Steve Jobs</a>. \n\nThe video, produced by <a href=\"http://seedwell.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Seedwe</a>&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15045-revision-10','','','2011-09-06 16:50:48','2011-09-06 16:50:48','',15045,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15288',0,'revision','',0),(15289,8,'2011-09-06 13:05:03','2011-09-06 13:05:03','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/apple-store-hong-kong/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/apple-store-hong-kong/&title=Apple%20Is%20Opening%20a%20Store%20in%20Hong%20Kong%20This%20Month&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/apple-store-hong-kong/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/apple-store-hong-kong/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/apple-store-hong-kong/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Chinese-internet-shutdown.jpg\" title=\"China Computer Sales\" class=\"alignright\" height=\"\" width=\"275\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is opening its first official store in Hong Kong this month, <em>Bloomberg</em> reports. The store will be in the International Finance Center Mall. Apple has said the store will open sometime this quarter; local news outlet <em>Ming Pao Daily</em> says more specifically that the 20,000-square-foot store will open on Sept. 24. \n\nThe shop will only be Apple\'s fifth store in China. Out of the current <a href=\"https://www.apple.com/retail/storelist/\" >four stores</a>, two are in Beijing and two are in Shanghai. According to <em><a href=\"http://www.mingpao.com/\" >Ming Pao</a></em>, which doesn\'t cite any sources, Apple plans to open two more stores in Hong Kong in the future. \n\nApple has been rapidly expanding in China, although it was initially slow to move into the enormous Chinese market. It wasn\'t until <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/27/apple-china-online-store/\">October 2010</a> that Apple opened its online store to Chinese customers. Lately, however, Apple\'s push into Asia has paid off with dividends. In the second quarter of 2011, Apple\'s sales in greater China (which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan) <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/18/apple-lenovo-china/\">passed</a> those of Lenovo for the first time.\n\nIn China, however, Apple has a lot of intellectual property headaches. Recently, Chinese authorities closed several <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/fake-apple-shops-china-closed/\">fake Apple stores</a> in the city of Kunming after a <a href=\"http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/are-you-listening-steve-jobs/\" >blog post</a> exposed their existence to the media. \n\n<em>Image courtesy of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.istockphoto.com/mashableoffer.php\">iStockphoto</a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=2314488\">Bo1982</a></em>\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-09-06/apple-to-open-first-hong-kong-store-as-china-demand-surges.html\" ><em>Bloomberg</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=YnXxak1S0UY:eE-5qu3ChTg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/YnXxak1S0UY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple Is Opening a Store in Hong Kong This Month','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/apple-store-hong-kong/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/apple-store-hong-kong/&amp;title=Apple%20Is%20Opening%20a%20Store%20in%20Hong%20Kong%20This%20Month&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/apple-store-hong-kong/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/apple-store-hong-kong/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is opening its first official store in Hong Kong this month, <em>Bloomberg</em> reports. The store will be in the International Finance Center Mall&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15042-revision-9','','','2011-09-06 13:05:03','2011-09-06 13:05:03','',15042,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15289',0,'revision','',0),(15292,66,'2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&title=Apple%20Becomes%20World&#8217;s%20Second%20Most%20Valuable%20Brand%20&%238212;%20After%20Google%20%5BSTUDY%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/apple_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"apple_logo\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-505173\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>\'s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Finance. \n\nThe London-based company looks at a company\'s cash flow and other financial metrics to assess the worth of its trademarks and other intellectual property. At the top of the heap is Google, whose IP is worth $48.3 billion -- and likely more after Thursday, when the search giant <a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/google-buys-1023-patents-from-ibm.html\" >bought</a> another treasure trove of patents from IBM. (Big Blue itself is currently in fourth place.) \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/26/social-media-engaged-brands/\">5 Most Engaged Brands in Social Media</a></strong></center>\n\nMicrosoft slipped to third place, a hair\'s breadth below Apple at $39 billion -- although <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-8\">Windows 8</a> may change that equation.\n\nThis marks the first time, according to the report, that the world\'s top four most valuable brands are all tech companies. Coming in just below them: Walmart, GE, AT&T and Coca-Cola. A couple of banks with slipping reputations -- Wells Fargo and Bank of America -- round out the top 10.\n\n[via <em><a href=\"http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/15/apples-brand-value-rises-to-no-2-in-the-world-after-google/\" >Apple 2.0</a></em>]\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/SGaUtDqaofk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple Becomes World’s Second Most Valuable Brand — After Google [STUDY]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;title=Apple%20Becomes%20World%E2%80%99s%20Second%20Most%20Valuable%20Brand%20%E2%80%94%20After%20Google%20%5BSTUDY%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>&#8216;s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Fi&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15270-revision-2','','','2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','',15270,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15292',0,'revision','',0),(15123,8,'2011-09-07 09:20:25','2011-09-07 09:20:25','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&title=New%20iPad%20to%20Feature%20a%20Thinner,%20Lighter%20Battery%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ipad2_hero_thumbnail.jpg\" title=\"iPad\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"275\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad/\">iPad</a> 2 is already a very thin device -- 0.34 inches, to be exact -- but the next generation might be even thinner and lighter, thanks to an improved battery pack.\n\nAccording to <em>Taiwan Economic News</em>, two suppliers of iPad and Macbook batteries, Simplo Technology Co. and Dynapack International Technology Corp., are ready to produce the new pack as early as Q4 2011, with mass production expected in the first quarter of 2012. \n\nThe new batteries will make the iPad thinner and lighter and extend its battery life, but they will also come at a 20-30% bigger price point because of the advanced technology used. Hopefully this will not mean a bigger price for the end product as well. \n\n[via <a href=\"http://cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_37633.html\" ><em>Taiwan Economic News</em></a>]<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tech/\">Tech &amp; Gadgets</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashabletech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Tech &amp; Gadgets on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Tech &amp; Gadgets channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" 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href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;title=New%20iPad%20to%20Feature%20a%20Thinner,%20Lighter%20Battery%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad/\">iPad</a> 2 is already a very thin device -- 0.34 inches, to be exact -- but the next generation might be even thinner and lighter, thanks to an&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15052-revision-15','','','2011-09-07 09:20:25','2011-09-07 09:20:25','',15052,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15123',0,'revision','',0),(15124,66,'2011-09-10 00:45:36','2011-09-10 00:45:36','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/&title=Sprint%20Cancels%20Store%20Leave,%20Confirms%20iPhone%205%20Launch%20Window%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Remember when a company memo telling employees they can\'t take any time off in a two-week period was an occasion for gloom? That\'s certainly not the case with the leak of an internal memo from Sprint management, which seems to suggest the iPhone 5 will be launching -- on Sprint, as well as Verizon and AT&T -- in the first half of October.\n\nThe memo, <a href=\"http://www.sprintfeed.com/2011/09/internal-memo-suggests-sprint-iphone-by-october-15th/\" >obtained by <em>SprintFeed</em></a>, reads: \"due to the possibility of a major phone launch in October we are blacking out September 30th through October 15th.\" In other words, batten down the hatches. No Sprint employee is leaving the store in the first two weeks of October. Something big is coming down the pike. \n\nBear in mind that we\'ve <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/sprint-to-get-iphone-5/\">seen reports since late August</a> that Sprint will be a launch partner for Apple\'s iPhone 5. Best Buy inadvertently confirmed that last weekend, via <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/04/iphone-5-leak-best-buy/\">a leaked document</a> that claimed the Sprint iPhone 5 would be available in the first week of October. And early Friday <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">came word</a> that Sprint\'s unlimited data plan would be available on the iPhone 5 as well as other Sprint phones -- making the number 3 carrier a serious competitor in the iPhone 5 stakes. \n\nOur best guess for the iPhone 5 launch date is still Friday October 7. That lines up with the Best Buy report, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/iphone-5-october-arrival-report/\">another leak</a> from an AT&T executive, <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/08/16/apple-currently-plans-to-start-pre-orders-for-next-iphone-on-sept-30-launch-oct-7/\" >another report</a> from <em>9to5Mac</em> -- and it\'s smack dab in the middle of Sprint\'s blackout period. <p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tech/\">Tech &amp; Gadgets</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashabletech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Tech &amp; Gadgets on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Tech &amp; Gadgets channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=KnmZkU2gL_w:E6XEHviNHl0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/KnmZkU2gL_w\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Sprint Cancels Store Leave, Confirms iPhone 5 Launch Window [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/&amp;title=Sprint%20Cancels%20Store%20Leave,%20Confirms%20iPhone%205%20Launch%20Window%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-iphone-5-launch-date/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Remember when a company memo telling employees they can&#8217;t take any time off in a two-week period was an occasion for gloom? That&#8217;s c&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15114-revision-3','','','2011-09-10 00:45:36','2011-09-10 00:45:36','',15114,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15124',0,'revision','',0),(15299,66,'2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&title=Apple%20Becomes%20World&#8217;s%20Second%20Most%20Valuable%20Brand%20&%238212;%20After%20Google%20%5BSTUDY%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/apple_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"apple_logo\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-505173\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>\'s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Finance. \n\nThe London-based company looks at a company\'s cash flow and other financial metrics to assess the worth of its trademarks and other intellectual property. At the top of the heap is Google, whose IP is worth $48.3 billion -- and likely more after Thursday, when the search giant <a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/google-buys-1023-patents-from-ibm.html\" >bought</a> another treasure trove of patents from IBM. (Big Blue itself is currently in fourth place.) \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/26/social-media-engaged-brands/\">5 Most Engaged Brands in Social Media</a></strong></center>\n\nMicrosoft slipped to third place, a hair\'s breadth below Apple at $39 billion -- although <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-8\">Windows 8</a> may change that equation.\n\nThis marks the first time, according to the report, that the world\'s top four most valuable brands are all tech companies. Coming in just below them: Walmart, GE, AT&T and Coca-Cola. A couple of banks with slipping reputations -- Wells Fargo and Bank of America -- round out the top 10.\n\n[via <em><a href=\"http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/15/apples-brand-value-rises-to-no-2-in-the-world-after-google/\" >Apple 2.0</a></em>]\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gL87QkolD5CcJamaH-pER24uLSk/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=SGaUtDqaofk:D3zxwiphAlI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/SGaUtDqaofk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple Becomes World’s Second Most Valuable Brand — After Google [STUDY]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;title=Apple%20Becomes%20World%E2%80%99s%20Second%20Most%20Valuable%20Brand%20%E2%80%94%20After%20Google%20%5BSTUDY%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/apple-valuable-brand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a>&#8216;s brand is worth $39.3 billion, or 33% more than it was at the start of the year, according to a study from consulting firm Brand Fi&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15270-revision-8','','','2011-09-15 20:08:26','2011-09-15 20:08:26','',15270,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15299',0,'revision','',0);
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (15277,8,'2011-09-13 12:39:49','2011-09-13 12:39:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&title=Samsung%20Slaps%20Apple%20With%20Patent%20Lawsuit%20in%20France&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/GALAXY_Tab_top3601.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" height=\"\" width=\"225\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The Samsung-Apple patent war is far from over. After <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/29/samsung-galaxy-tab-delayed/\">numerous</a> <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/\">patent</a> <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/24/samsung-galaxy-phones-netherlands-ban/\">lawsuits</a> from Apple, Samsung has responded with <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/22/samsung-countersues-apple/\">another</a> lawsuit of its own -- this time in France. \n\nThe Korean manufacturer claims that Apple has infringed on three of its technology patents regarding UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) and \"not on the design of the tablets.\" In contrast, Apple\'s lawsuits claim that Samsung has copied the look and feel of <a href=http://mashable.com/category/iphone/%E2%80%9D>iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/apple/~3/9_OYG2LuvvU/mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad\">iPad</a> with its Galaxy and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/galaxy-tab/\">Galaxy Tab devices</a>. \n\nThe complaint was originally filed in Paris in July, and the first hearing is expected in December.\n\nThe two companies have been playing the patent lawsuit game for a while, with Apple having a lot of success banning certain variants of Samsung\'s Galaxy Tab in several countries around the world, including <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/01/apple-samsung-australia/\">Australia</a> and many <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/09/samsung-galaxy-tab-europe/\">European countries</a>. \n\nWith Samsung filing a host of countersuits, it\'s reasonable to expect a settlement between the two companies, with Samsung probably getting a slightly shorter end of the stick. Unfortunately, the only visible result for consumers thus far is less choice when shopping for a tablet or a smartphone. \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/01/patent-wars-infographi/\">Patent Wars: A New Age of Competition [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\nAlso, check out our gallery comparing the two companies’ products below. \n\n      <br/>\n      <h4>The Original iPhone</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17161The-Original-iPhone\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The Original iPhone\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple released the first iPhone in June 2007.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung BlackJack 2 </h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17201Samsung-BlackJack-2\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung BlackJack 2 \" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/blackjack-2-att.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>This is the smartphone Samsung was selling in 2007, the BlackJack 2.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung Galaxy S</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17177Samsung-Galaxy-S\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy S\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/i9000.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>This is the Samsung Galaxy S, which debuted in 2010.</p>\n</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPhone 3G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17159The-iPhone-3G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPhone 3G\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone-3g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Released in 2008, the iPhone 3G differed only slightly from its predecessor but had a slightly different back/side-housing.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Samsung Showcase i500</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17183Samsung-Showcase-i500\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Samsung Showcase i500\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/showcase-i500.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The Samsung Showcase i500 was released in 2011 and shares similarities with the form factor and aesthetic of the iPhone 3G.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPhone 3GS</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17163The-iPhone-3GS\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPhone 3GS\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone3gs-front-back.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Released in 2009, the iPhone 3GS looks identical to the iPhone 3G, but was significantly faster under the hood.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Verizon Droid Charge</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17169Verizon-Droid-Charge\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Verizon Droid Charge\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/droid-charge.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple amended its lawsuit against Samsung to include the recently released Droid Charge in the list of infringing devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Sprint Epic 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17171Sprint-Epic-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Sprint Epic 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/epic-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Sprint\'s version of the Galaxy S was the only version to include a slide-out keyboard. Nevertheless, Apple still included the Epic 4G in its list of infringing devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The Nexus S 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17179The-Nexus-S-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The Nexus S 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/nexus.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Google\'s Nexus S and Nexus S 4G devices have a curved glass screen but also share a similar shape and icon layout as the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS series.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S Captivate</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17187Galaxy-S-Captivate\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S Captivate\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/captivate.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The application bar in the TouchWiz interface in the Galaxy S Captivate from AT&T resembles Apple\'s iOS.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17173Galaxy-S-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S 4G\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/galaxy-s-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>T-Mobile\'s Galaxy S 4G shares similarities with earlier iPhone devices.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S Vibrant</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17185Galaxy-S-Vibrant\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S Vibrant\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/vibrant.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>T-Mobile\'s first Galaxy S device, the Vibrant, also shares a similar body style as the iPhone 3GS.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone 4</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17165iPhone-4\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone 4\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/iphone4_2.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Apple released the iPhone 4 in June 2010.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy S II</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17181Galaxy-S-II\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy S II\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/samsung-galaxy-s-ii.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The well-reviewed Galaxy S II is starting to hit stores in Europe and Asia.</p> </p>      <br/>\n      <h4>AT&T Infuse 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17205ATT-Infuse-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"AT&amp;T Infuse 4G\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/infuse-4g.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>AT&T\'s Infuse 4G looks similar to the body style and button layout as the iPhone 4.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>The iPad</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17153The-iPad\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"The iPad\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/apple-ipad1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The iPad was first released in March 2010 and managed to reboot the entire tablet PC market.</p>\n\n<p>The design, which many criticized as simply being an oversized iPod touch, was unlike any other tablet computer on the market.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy Tab 4G</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17167Galaxy-Tab-4G\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy Tab 4G\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/4g-lte-galaxy-tab.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Samsung\'s Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Tab 4G was originally released in a 7\" form factor.</p>\n\n<p>Slower than expected sales convinced Samsung to reconsider its size strategy.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPad 2</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17157iPad-2\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPad 2\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/ipad2.png\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>The iPad 2 was released in March 2011 and has managed to sell out in every market.</p>\n\n<p>Thinner than its predecessor, while still retaining the same beautiful screen, the devices is dominating the tablet market.</p></p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Galaxy Tab 10.1</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/#17175Galaxy-Tab-101\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Galaxy Tab 10.1\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/applesamsung-lawsuit-products/galaxy-tab-10-1.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><p>Samsung went back to the drawing board and re-designed the Galaxy Tab 10.1 after showing it off at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2011.</p>\n\n<p>The final version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is thin -- Samsung claims it\'s thinner than the iPad 2.</p></p>\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/us-apple-samsung-idUSTRE7871HH20110908?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&dlvrit=56505\" >Reuters</a>]\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gwj6bp3gxgP0et_Qf18LCFQv9Lew?docId=CNG.7e20dfeccc40438d4e4f3604cb819e0c.3c1\" ><em>AFP</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a 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href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&amp;title=Samsung%20Slaps%20Apple%20With%20Patent%20Lawsuit%20in%20France&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/samsung-sues-apple-france/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The Samsung-Apple patent war is far from over. After <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/29/samsung-galaxy-tab-delayed/\">numerous</a> <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/apple-samsung-patent-war-japan/\">patent</a> <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/24/samsung-galaxy-phones-netherlands-ban/\">lawsuits</a> from Apple, Samsung has responded with <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/22/samsung-countersues-apple/\">another</a> lawsuit of its own&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15171-revision-5','','','2011-09-13 12:39:49','2011-09-13 12:39:49','',15171,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15277',0,'revision','',0),(15278,8,'2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&title=Give%20Your%20iPhone%20a%20Glowing%20Logo%20With%20This%20Mod&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ipatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipatch\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732805\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Are you annoyed by that all those MacBooks strut around with their glowing Apple logos, and their little brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with a regular, dull Apple icon on its back? \n\nGrieve no more, as a UK company called iPatch has developed a modification that will make your iPhone\'s logo glow majestically, just like in the photo on the right. \n\nAccording to iPatch, the illuminated logo can be made to glow in different colors by applying filters. It glows when the screen is on; it also starts glowing when you receive a call or a message. It also does not noticeably increase battery use, nor does it increase heating of the back of the case. \n\nUnfortunately, applying this modification yourself might prove a daunting task, as it requires of how the iPhone functions \"on the circuitry level.\" The folks at iPatch will be glad to do it for you starting mid-October for an estimated price of £50-£100 ($79-$158), plus shipping. \n\n[<a href=\"http://www.ipatchonline.co.uk/iPhone_4_apple_illumination_mod.html\" >iPatch</a> via <a href=\"https://www.pcworld.com/article/239871/make_your_iphones_apple_logo_glow_with_this_mod.html\" >PC World</a>]<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a 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brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15151-revision-9','','','2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','',15151,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15278',0,'revision','',0),(15219,64,'2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','<center>\n\n<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/macbookpro.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macbook pro line\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-734375\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who spoke with <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>. \n\nLast week, Intel rolled out faster versions of its Sandy Bridge processors, the class of chips currently used in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/macbook-pro/\">MacBook Pro</a>. That means the current quad core Core i7 chips in the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros could be replaced by faster versions:\n\n2.0 GHz -- 2.4 GHz (19.9% faster clock speed)\n\n2.2 GHz -- 2.5 GHz (13.6% faster clock speed)\n\n2.3 GHz -- 2.7 GHz (17.39% faster clock speed)\n\nThose are all quad-core chips; the dual-core Core i7 processor now in the 13-inch MacBook Pro could get a speed bump, from 2.7 GHz up to 2.8 GHz.\n\nAccording to the report, these faster processors could keep <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s laptops speedy enough to satisfy users until Intel\'s faster <a href=\"http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ivy-bridge-sandy-launch-processors,12828.html\" >\"Ivy Bridge\" chips</a> come along in March or April 2012. \n\nIn addition to a speed increase, we\'re hoping the 2012 MacBook Pros will look a lot more like the MacBook Air, except with 15- and 17-inch screens and faster graphics. It could happen -- given the credible reports of a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/26/macbook-air-15-inch/\">15-inch MacBook Pro/Air hybrid</a> we heard this summer, such a laptop could be ready by the end of this year.\n\nWhat would you like to see in the next MacBook Pros? Let us know in the comments.\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/VezdDhrr1xc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Faster MacBook Pros Could Hit Stores This Month [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15215-revision','','','2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','',15215,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15219',0,'revision','',0),(15220,8,'2011-09-13 14:13:57','2011-09-13 14:13:57','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&title=Android%20Makes%20Big%20Gains%20on%20iOS%20in%20Europe%20%5BSTATS%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/android-everywhere-360.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" height=\"\" width=\"275\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/android/\">Android</a> has been the top smartphone platform in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/03/08/android-smartphone-platform-report/\">U.S</a>. and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/01/31/android-most-popular-platform/\">the world</a> for more than half a year. Now, it\'s experiencing similarly fast growth in Europe. \n\nAccording to comScore\'s latest report, which measures smartphone adoption rates in EU5 -- France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom -- Android has grown an amazing 16.2% between July 2010 and July 2011, which propelled it to second place on the top smartphone platform list. \n\n<a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/nokia/\">Nokia</a>\'s dying <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/symbian/\">Symbian</a> is still number one, but its market share has shrunk considerably in this same period, and there\'s no reason to believe this trend will change. <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ios/\">iOS</a> is number three on the list, with moderate growth - only 1.2% year-over-year. \n\n<a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/rim/\">RIM</a>\'s growth was similar to Apple\'s, and it was only enough to put its <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/blackberry/\">BlackBerry</a> platform firmly in fourth place. <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/microsoft/\">Microsoft</a> lost 4.8% and settled in fifth place. The Redmond giant can only find some comfort in hoping that Nokia\'s <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-phone-7/\">Windows Phone 7</a> devices, due to start appearing on the market at the end of this year, will reverse this trend. \n\n<center><img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/smartphone_comscore_eu5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"smartphone_comscore_eu5\" width=\"515\" height=\"298\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-733001\" />\n\n</center>\n\nAll of this paints quite a clear picture: In these European markets, Symbian users are mostly switching to Android devices. As Symbian\'s market share plunges toward zero, if the current trends continue, we\'ll see Android grabbing an even bigger size of the market in the near future. \n\ncomScore also has a nice breakdown of Android smartphone manufacturers\' individual market shares. HTC is leading the pack with a 34.6% share, followed by Samsung with 31.7%, with Sony Ericsson, LG and Motorola grabbing places three to five. \n\n<center><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/smartphone_android_eu5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"smartphone_android_eu5\" width=\"639\" height=\"289\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-733011\" />\n\n</center>\n\nRead the full report <a href=\"http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/9/Android_Captures_number_2_Ranking_Among_Smartphone_Platforms_in_EU5\" >here</a>. <div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/mhz0jqgbHBk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Android Makes Big Gains on iOS in Europe [STATS]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&amp;title=Android%20Makes%20Big%20Gains%20on%20iOS%20in%20Europe%20%5BSTATS%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/android/\">Android</a> has been the top smartphone platform in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/03/08/android-smartphone-platform-report/\">U.S</a>. and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/01/31/android-most-popular-platform/\">the world</a> for more than half a year. Now, it\'s experiencing similarly fast growth i&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15175-revision-4','','','2011-09-13 14:13:57','2011-09-13 14:13:57','',15175,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15220',0,'revision','',0),(15221,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-14','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15221',0,'revision','',0),(15222,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-15','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15222',0,'revision','',0),(15223,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=http://mashable.com/category/iphone/%E2%80%9D>iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/06/29/iphone-4th-anniversary-infographic/\" >Happy 4th Anniversary, iPhone [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" />\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mtuszRxeTYYQBCo_Xc8j4bN6QkE/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mtuszRxeTYYQBCo_Xc8j4bN6QkE/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mtuszRxeTYYQBCo_Xc8j4bN6QkE/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mtuszRxeTYYQBCo_Xc8j4bN6QkE/1/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy&#8230;','pending','closed','closed','','','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',0,'http://mashable.com/?p=734395',0,'post','',0),(15224,64,'2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','<center>\n\n<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/macbookpro.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macbook pro line\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-734375\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who spoke with <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>. \n\nLast week, Intel rolled out faster versions of its Sandy Bridge processors, the class of chips currently used in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/macbook-pro/\">MacBook Pro</a>. That means the current quad core Core i7 chips in the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros could be replaced by faster versions:\n\n2.0 GHz -- 2.4 GHz (19.9% faster clock speed)\n\n2.2 GHz -- 2.5 GHz (13.6% faster clock speed)\n\n2.3 GHz -- 2.7 GHz (17.39% faster clock speed)\n\nThose are all quad-core chips; the dual-core Core i7 processor now in the 13-inch MacBook Pro could get a speed bump, from 2.7 GHz up to 2.8 GHz.\n\nAccording to the report, these faster processors could keep <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s laptops speedy enough to satisfy users until Intel\'s faster <a href=\"http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ivy-bridge-sandy-launch-processors,12828.html\" >\"Ivy Bridge\" chips</a> come along in March or April 2012. \n\nIn addition to a speed increase, we\'re hoping the 2012 MacBook Pros will look a lot more like the MacBook Air, except with 15- and 17-inch screens and faster graphics. It could happen -- given the credible reports of a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/26/macbook-air-15-inch/\">15-inch MacBook Pro/Air hybrid</a> we heard this summer, such a laptop could be ready by the end of this year.\n\nWhat would you like to see in the next MacBook Pros? Let us know in the comments.\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/VezdDhrr1xc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Faster MacBook Pros Could Hit Stores This Month [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15215-revision-2','','','2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','',15215,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15224',0,'revision','',0),(15225,8,'2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&title=Give%20Your%20iPhone%20a%20Glowing%20Logo%20With%20This%20Mod&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ipatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipatch\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732805\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Are you annoyed by that all those MacBooks strut around with their glowing Apple logos, and their little brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with a regular, dull Apple icon on its back? \n\nGrieve no more, as a UK company called iPatch has developed a modification that will make your iPhone\'s logo glow majestically, just like in the photo on the right. \n\nAccording to iPatch, the illuminated logo can be made to glow in different colors by applying filters. It glows when the screen is on; it also starts glowing when you receive a call or a message. It also does not noticeably increase battery use, nor does it increase heating of the back of the case. \n\nUnfortunately, applying this modification yourself might prove a daunting task, as it requires of how the iPhone functions \"on the circuitry level.\" The folks at iPatch will be glad to do it for you starting mid-October for an estimated price of £50-£100 ($79-$158), plus shipping. \n\n[<a href=\"http://www.ipatchonline.co.uk/iPhone_4_apple_illumination_mod.html\" >iPatch</a> via <a href=\"https://www.pcworld.com/article/239871/make_your_iphones_apple_logo_glow_with_this_mod.html\" >PC World</a>]<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img 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brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15151-revision-5','','','2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','',15151,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15225',0,'revision','',0),(15226,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-16','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15226',0,'revision','',0),(15228,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting after the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone/\">iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: Fully 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" /><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn&#8217;t alone in lusting after the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15223-revision','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',15223,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15228',0,'revision','',0),(15229,64,'2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','<center>\n\n<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/macbookpro.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macbook pro line\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-734375\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who spoke with <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>. \n\nLast week, Intel rolled out faster versions of its Sandy Bridge processors, the class of chips currently used in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/macbook-pro/\">MacBook Pro</a>. That means the current quad core Core i7 chips in the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros could be replaced by faster versions:\n\n2.0 GHz -- 2.4 GHz (19.9% faster clock speed)\n\n2.2 GHz -- 2.5 GHz (13.6% faster clock speed)\n\n2.3 GHz -- 2.7 GHz (17.39% faster clock speed)\n\nThose are all quad-core chips; the dual-core Core i7 processor now in the 13-inch MacBook Pro could get a speed bump, from 2.7 GHz up to 2.8 GHz.\n\nAccording to the report, these faster processors could keep <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s laptops speedy enough to satisfy users until Intel\'s faster <a href=\"http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ivy-bridge-sandy-launch-processors,12828.html\" >\"Ivy Bridge\" chips</a> come along in March or April 2012. \n\nIn addition to a speed increase, we\'re hoping the 2012 MacBook Pros will look a lot more like the MacBook Air, except with 15- and 17-inch screens and faster graphics. It could happen -- given the credible reports of a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/26/macbook-air-15-inch/\">15-inch MacBook Pro/Air hybrid</a> we heard this summer, such a laptop could be ready by the end of this year.\n\nWhat would you like to see in the next MacBook Pros? Let us know in the comments.\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/VezdDhrr1xc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Faster MacBook Pros Could Hit Stores This Month [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\n\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed so&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15215-revision-3','','','2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','',15215,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15229',0,'revision','',0),(15230,8,'2011-09-13 14:13:57','2011-09-13 14:13:57','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&title=Android%20Makes%20Big%20Gains%20on%20iOS%20in%20Europe%20%5BSTATS%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/android-everywhere-360.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" height=\"\" width=\"275\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/android/\">Android</a> has been the top smartphone platform in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/03/08/android-smartphone-platform-report/\">U.S</a>. and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/01/31/android-most-popular-platform/\">the world</a> for more than half a year. Now, it\'s experiencing similarly fast growth in Europe. \n\nAccording to comScore\'s latest report, which measures smartphone adoption rates in EU5 -- France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom -- Android has grown an amazing 16.2% between July 2010 and July 2011, which propelled it to second place on the top smartphone platform list. \n\n<a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/nokia/\">Nokia</a>\'s dying <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/symbian/\">Symbian</a> is still number one, but its market share has shrunk considerably in this same period, and there\'s no reason to believe this trend will change. <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ios/\">iOS</a> is number three on the list, with moderate growth - only 1.2% year-over-year. \n\n<a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/rim/\">RIM</a>\'s growth was similar to Apple\'s, and it was only enough to put its <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/blackberry/\">BlackBerry</a> platform firmly in fourth place. <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/microsoft/\">Microsoft</a> lost 4.8% and settled in fifth place. The Redmond giant can only find some comfort in hoping that Nokia\'s <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-phone-7/\">Windows Phone 7</a> devices, due to start appearing on the market at the end of this year, will reverse this trend. \n\n<center><img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/smartphone_comscore_eu5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"smartphone_comscore_eu5\" width=\"515\" height=\"298\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-733001\" />\n\n</center>\n\nAll of this paints quite a clear picture: In these European markets, Symbian users are mostly switching to Android devices. As Symbian\'s market share plunges toward zero, if the current trends continue, we\'ll see Android grabbing an even bigger size of the market in the near future. \n\ncomScore also has a nice breakdown of Android smartphone manufacturers\' individual market shares. HTC is leading the pack with a 34.6% share, followed by Samsung with 31.7%, with Sony Ericsson, LG and Motorola grabbing places three to five. \n\n<center><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/smartphone_android_eu5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"smartphone_android_eu5\" width=\"639\" height=\"289\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-733011\" />\n\n</center>\n\nRead the full report <a href=\"http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/9/Android_Captures_number_2_Ranking_Among_Smartphone_Platforms_in_EU5\" >here</a>. <div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/mhz0jqgbHBk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Android Makes Big Gains on iOS in Europe [STATS]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&amp;title=Android%20Makes%20Big%20Gains%20on%20iOS%20in%20Europe%20%5BSTATS%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/android/\">Android</a> has been the top smartphone platform in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/03/08/android-smartphone-platform-report/\">U.S</a>. and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/01/31/android-most-popular-platform/\">the world</a> for more than half a year. Now, it\'s experiencing similarly fast growth i&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15175-revision-5','','','2011-09-13 14:13:57','2011-09-13 14:13:57','',15175,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15230',0,'revision','',0),(15231,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-17','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15231',0,'revision','',0),(15232,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting after the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone/\">iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: Fully 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" /><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn&#8217;t alone in lusting after the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15223-revision-2','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',15223,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15232',0,'revision','',0),(15233,64,'2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','<center>\n\n<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/macbookpro.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macbook pro line\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-734375\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who spoke with <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>. \n\nLast week, Intel rolled out faster versions of its Sandy Bridge processors, the class of chips currently used in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/macbook-pro/\">MacBook Pro</a>. That means the current quad core Core i7 chips in the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros could be replaced by faster versions:\n\n2.0 GHz -- 2.4 GHz (19.9% faster clock speed)\n\n2.2 GHz -- 2.5 GHz (13.6% faster clock speed)\n\n2.3 GHz -- 2.7 GHz (17.39% faster clock speed)\n\nThose are all quad-core chips; the dual-core Core i7 processor now in the 13-inch MacBook Pro could get a speed bump, from 2.7 GHz up to 2.8 GHz.\n\nAccording to the report, these faster processors could keep <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s laptops speedy enough to satisfy users until Intel\'s faster <a href=\"http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ivy-bridge-sandy-launch-processors,12828.html\" >\"Ivy Bridge\" chips</a> come along in March or April 2012. \n\nIn addition to a speed increase, we\'re hoping the 2012 MacBook Pros will look a lot more like the MacBook Air, except with 15- and 17-inch screens and faster graphics. It could happen -- given the credible reports of a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/26/macbook-air-15-inch/\">15-inch MacBook Pro/Air hybrid</a> we heard this summer, such a laptop could be ready by the end of this year.\n\nWhat would you like to see in the next MacBook Pros? Let us know in the comments.\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/VezdDhrr1xc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Faster MacBook Pros Could Hit Stores This Month [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\n\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed so&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15215-revision-4','','','2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','',15215,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15233',0,'revision','',0),(15234,8,'2011-09-13 14:13:57','2011-09-13 14:13:57','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&title=Android%20Makes%20Big%20Gains%20on%20iOS%20in%20Europe%20%5BSTATS%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/android-everywhere-360.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" height=\"\" width=\"275\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/android/\">Android</a> has been the top smartphone platform in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/03/08/android-smartphone-platform-report/\">U.S</a>. and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/01/31/android-most-popular-platform/\">the world</a> for more than half a year. Now, it\'s experiencing similarly fast growth in Europe. \n\nAccording to comScore\'s latest report, which measures smartphone adoption rates in EU5 -- France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom -- Android has grown an amazing 16.2% between July 2010 and July 2011, which propelled it to second place on the top smartphone platform list. \n\n<a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/nokia/\">Nokia</a>\'s dying <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/symbian/\">Symbian</a> is still number one, but its market share has shrunk considerably in this same period, and there\'s no reason to believe this trend will change. <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ios/\">iOS</a> is number three on the list, with moderate growth - only 1.2% year-over-year. \n\n<a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/rim/\">RIM</a>\'s growth was similar to Apple\'s, and it was only enough to put its <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/blackberry/\">BlackBerry</a> platform firmly in fourth place. <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/microsoft/\">Microsoft</a> lost 4.8% and settled in fifth place. The Redmond giant can only find some comfort in hoping that Nokia\'s <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-phone-7/\">Windows Phone 7</a> devices, due to start appearing on the market at the end of this year, will reverse this trend. \n\n<center><img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/smartphone_comscore_eu5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"smartphone_comscore_eu5\" width=\"515\" height=\"298\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-733001\" />\n\n</center>\n\nAll of this paints quite a clear picture: In these European markets, Symbian users are mostly switching to Android devices. As Symbian\'s market share plunges toward zero, if the current trends continue, we\'ll see Android grabbing an even bigger size of the market in the near future. \n\ncomScore also has a nice breakdown of Android smartphone manufacturers\' individual market shares. HTC is leading the pack with a 34.6% share, followed by Samsung with 31.7%, with Sony Ericsson, LG and Motorola grabbing places three to five. \n\n<center><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/smartphone_android_eu5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"smartphone_android_eu5\" width=\"639\" height=\"289\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-733011\" />\n\n</center>\n\nRead the full report <a href=\"http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/9/Android_Captures_number_2_Ranking_Among_Smartphone_Platforms_in_EU5\" >here</a>. <div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=mhz0jqgbHBk:ciA0fpkRRSI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/mhz0jqgbHBk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Android Makes Big Gains on iOS in Europe [STATS]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&amp;title=Android%20Makes%20Big%20Gains%20on%20iOS%20in%20Europe%20%5BSTATS%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/android-ios-europe/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/android/\">Android</a> has been the top smartphone platform in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/03/08/android-smartphone-platform-report/\">U.S</a>. and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/01/31/android-most-popular-platform/\">the world</a> for more than half a year. Now, it\'s experiencing similarly fast growth i&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15175-revision-6','','','2011-09-13 14:13:57','2011-09-13 14:13:57','',15175,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15234',0,'revision','',0),(15235,8,'2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&title=Give%20Your%20iPhone%20a%20Glowing%20Logo%20With%20This%20Mod&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ipatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipatch\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732805\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Are you annoyed by that all those MacBooks strut around with their glowing Apple logos, and their little brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with a regular, dull Apple icon on its back? \n\nGrieve no more, as a UK company called iPatch has developed a modification that will make your iPhone\'s logo glow majestically, just like in the photo on the right. \n\nAccording to iPatch, the illuminated logo can be made to glow in different colors by applying filters. It glows when the screen is on; it also starts glowing when you receive a call or a message. It also does not noticeably increase battery use, nor does it increase heating of the back of the case. \n\nUnfortunately, applying this modification yourself might prove a daunting task, as it requires of how the iPhone functions \"on the circuitry level.\" The folks at iPatch will be glad to do it for you starting mid-October for an estimated price of £50-£100 ($79-$158), plus shipping. \n\n[<a href=\"http://www.ipatchonline.co.uk/iPhone_4_apple_illumination_mod.html\" >iPatch</a> via <a href=\"https://www.pcworld.com/article/239871/make_your_iphones_apple_logo_glow_with_this_mod.html\" >PC World</a>]<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/4ImhwehOk-E\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Give Your iPhone a Glowing Logo With This Mod','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&amp;title=Give%20Your%20iPhone%20a%20Glowing%20Logo%20With%20This%20Mod&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Are you annoyed by that all those MacBooks strut around with their glowing Apple logos, and their little brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15151-revision-6','','','2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','',15151,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15235',0,'revision','',0),(15236,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-18','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15236',0,'revision','',0),(15237,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting after the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone/\">iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: Fully 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" /><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn&#8217;t alone in lusting after the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15223-revision-3','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',15223,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15237',0,'revision','',0),(15238,64,'2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','<center>\n\n<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/macbookpro.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macbook pro line\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-734375\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who spoke with <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>. \n\nLast week, Intel rolled out faster versions of its Sandy Bridge processors, the class of chips currently used in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/macbook-pro/\">MacBook Pro</a>. That means the current quad core Core i7 chips in the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros could be replaced by faster versions:\n\n2.0 GHz -- 2.4 GHz (19.9% faster clock speed)\n\n2.2 GHz -- 2.5 GHz (13.6% faster clock speed)\n\n2.3 GHz -- 2.7 GHz (17.39% faster clock speed)\n\nThose are all quad-core chips; the dual-core Core i7 processor now in the 13-inch MacBook Pro could get a speed bump, from 2.7 GHz up to 2.8 GHz.\n\nAccording to the report, these faster processors could keep <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s laptops speedy enough to satisfy users until Intel\'s faster <a href=\"http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ivy-bridge-sandy-launch-processors,12828.html\" >\"Ivy Bridge\" chips</a> come along in March or April 2012. \n\nIn addition to a speed increase, we\'re hoping the 2012 MacBook Pros will look a lot more like the MacBook Air, except with 15- and 17-inch screens and faster graphics. It could happen -- given the credible reports of a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/26/macbook-air-15-inch/\">15-inch MacBook Pro/Air hybrid</a> we heard this summer, such a laptop could be ready by the end of this year.\n\nWhat would you like to see in the next MacBook Pros? Let us know in the comments.\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/VezdDhrr1xc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Faster MacBook Pros Could Hit Stores This Month [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\n\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed so&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15215-revision-5','','','2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','',15215,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15238',0,'revision','',0),(15239,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-19','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15239',0,'revision','',0),(15240,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting after the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone/\">iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: Fully 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" /><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn&#8217;t alone in lusting after the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15223-revision-4','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',15223,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15240',0,'revision','',0),(15241,64,'2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','<center>\n\n<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/macbookpro.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macbook pro line\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-734375\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who spoke with <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>. \n\nLast week, Intel rolled out faster versions of its Sandy Bridge processors, the class of chips currently used in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/macbook-pro/\">MacBook Pro</a>. That means the current quad core Core i7 chips in the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros could be replaced by faster versions:\n\n2.0 GHz -- 2.4 GHz (19.9% faster clock speed)\n\n2.2 GHz -- 2.5 GHz (13.6% faster clock speed)\n\n2.3 GHz -- 2.7 GHz (17.39% faster clock speed)\n\nThose are all quad-core chips; the dual-core Core i7 processor now in the 13-inch MacBook Pro could get a speed bump, from 2.7 GHz up to 2.8 GHz.\n\nAccording to the report, these faster processors could keep <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s laptops speedy enough to satisfy users until Intel\'s faster <a href=\"http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ivy-bridge-sandy-launch-processors,12828.html\" >\"Ivy Bridge\" chips</a> come along in March or April 2012. \n\nIn addition to a speed increase, we\'re hoping the 2012 MacBook Pros will look a lot more like the MacBook Air, except with 15- and 17-inch screens and faster graphics. It could happen -- given the credible reports of a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/26/macbook-air-15-inch/\">15-inch MacBook Pro/Air hybrid</a> we heard this summer, such a laptop could be ready by the end of this year.\n\nWhat would you like to see in the next MacBook Pros? Let us know in the comments.\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/VezdDhrr1xc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Faster MacBook Pros Could Hit Stores This Month [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\n\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed so&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15215-revision-6','','','2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','',15215,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15241',0,'revision','',0),(15242,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-20','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15242',0,'revision','',0),(15243,25,'2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','<center><div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer&#8217;s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-sushi-photo-640.jpg\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi -- of all things -- may have been taken by Apple\'s next-generation iPhone.\n\nThe photo would be one of the first <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> photos to reach the public as the device\'s launch approaches.\n\nThe photo, titled \"lunch\" and discovered by <a href=\"http://pocketnow.com/iphone/iphone-5-first-test-photo\" ><em>PocketNow</em></a>, was found on the Flickr account of Apple software engineer Anton D\'Auria. While the photo looks like a simple plate of sushi, its EXIF data reveals that there is more to this photo than meets the eye.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\">iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\nThe EXIF data says the photo was taken with an iPhone 4, but several things don\'t fit with what we know about that version of the iPhone. First, the original picture was taken with a 3264x2448 pixel resolution (approximately 8 megapixels) and cropped to 2235x2291 (approximately 5 megapixels). The iPhone 4 is a 5 megapixel device, so it wouldn\'t be capable of taking a 3264x2448 photo. \n\nThe second piece of evidence is that the photo was taken with a 4.3mm f/2.4 lens. The iPhone 4 has a 3.85mm f/2.8 lens.\n\nThe photo was also likely taken at Apple HQ. Its GPS data pinpoints the photo\'s origin to 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, CA -- which, as every geek knows, happens to be the address of Apple headquarters.\n\nD\'Auria\'s Flickr account has since been made private, but the image is already widely available online. While it\'s possible the image is a fake (EXIF data can be altered rather easily), we doubt an Apple engineer would make so many EXIF changes to an iPhone 4 picture. If the photo is indeed from an iPhone 5, expect an 8MP camera with the quality of a point-and-shoot on iPhones in the next month or so. <div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/NlzL-XIK2hg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5 Sushi Snap? Apple Engineer’s Lunch Photo Fuels Speculation','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer%E2%80%99s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\n\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi -- of all things -- may have been taken by Apple\'s next-generation iPhone.\n\nThe&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15067-revision-19','','','2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','',15067,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15243',0,'revision','',0),(15244,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=http://mashable.com/category/iphone/%E2%80%9D>iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/06/29/iphone-4th-anniversary-infographic/\" >Happy 4th Anniversary, iPhone [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" /><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn&#8217;t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15223-revision-5','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',15223,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15244',0,'revision','',0),(15245,64,'2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','<center>\n\n<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/macbookpro.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macbook pro line\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-734375\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who spoke with <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>. \n\nLast week, Intel rolled out faster versions of its Sandy Bridge processors, the class of chips currently used in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/macbook-pro/\">MacBook Pro</a>. That means the current quad core Core i7 chips in the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros could be replaced by faster versions:\n\n2.0 GHz -- 2.4 GHz (19.9% faster clock speed)\n\n2.2 GHz -- 2.5 GHz (13.6% faster clock speed)\n\n2.3 GHz -- 2.7 GHz (17.39% faster clock speed)\n\nThose are all quad-core chips; the dual-core Core i7 processor now in the 13-inch MacBook Pro could get a speed bump, from 2.7 GHz up to 2.8 GHz.\n\nAccording to the report, these faster processors could keep <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s laptops speedy enough to satisfy users until Intel\'s faster <a href=\"http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ivy-bridge-sandy-launch-processors,12828.html\" >\"Ivy Bridge\" chips</a> come along in March or April 2012. \n\nIn addition to a speed increase, we\'re hoping the 2012 MacBook Pros will look a lot more like the MacBook Air, except with 15- and 17-inch screens and faster graphics. It could happen -- given the credible reports of a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/26/macbook-air-15-inch/\">15-inch MacBook Pro/Air hybrid</a> we heard this summer, such a laptop could be ready by the end of this year.\n\nWhat would you like to see in the next MacBook Pros? Let us know in the comments.\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/VezdDhrr1xc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Faster MacBook Pros Could Hit Stores This Month [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\n\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed so&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15215-revision-7','','','2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','',15215,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15245',0,'revision','',0),(15246,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-21','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15246',0,'revision','',0),(15247,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=http://mashable.com/category/iphone/%E2%80%9D>iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/06/29/iphone-4th-anniversary-infographic/\" >Happy 4th Anniversary, iPhone [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" /><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn&#8217;t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15223-revision-6','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',15223,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15247',0,'revision','',0),(15248,64,'2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','<center>\n\n<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/macbookpro.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macbook pro line\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-734375\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed source who spoke with <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>. \n\nLast week, Intel rolled out faster versions of its Sandy Bridge processors, the class of chips currently used in the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/macbook-pro/\">MacBook Pro</a>. That means the current quad core Core i7 chips in the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros could be replaced by faster versions:\n\n2.0 GHz -- 2.4 GHz (19.9% faster clock speed)\n\n2.2 GHz -- 2.5 GHz (13.6% faster clock speed)\n\n2.3 GHz -- 2.7 GHz (17.39% faster clock speed)\n\nThose are all quad-core chips; the dual-core Core i7 processor now in the 13-inch MacBook Pro could get a speed bump, from 2.7 GHz up to 2.8 GHz.\n\nAccording to the report, these faster processors could keep <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s laptops speedy enough to satisfy users until Intel\'s faster <a href=\"http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ivy-bridge-sandy-launch-processors,12828.html\" >\"Ivy Bridge\" chips</a> come along in March or April 2012. \n\nIn addition to a speed increase, we\'re hoping the 2012 MacBook Pros will look a lot more like the MacBook Air, except with 15- and 17-inch screens and faster graphics. It could happen -- given the credible reports of a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/07/26/macbook-air-15-inch/\">15-inch MacBook Pro/Air hybrid</a> we heard this summer, such a laptop could be ready by the end of this year.\n\nWhat would you like to see in the next MacBook Pros? Let us know in the comments.\n\n[via <a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/apple_may_surprise_with_late_2011_macbook_pro_refresh.html\" ><em>AppleInsider</em></a>]<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VezdDhrr1xc:P0XxAKkP99g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/VezdDhrr1xc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Faster MacBook Pros Could Hit Stores This Month [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;title=Faster%20MacBook%20Pros%20Could%20Hit%20Stores%20This%20Month%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/faster-macbook-pros/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\n\n\nThe Apple MacBook Pro line of laptops will be equipped with faster processors by the end of the month, according to a well-placed so&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15215-revision-8','','','2011-09-13 22:31:15','2011-09-13 22:31:15','',15215,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15248',0,'revision','',0),(15249,8,'2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&title=Give%20Your%20iPhone%20a%20Glowing%20Logo%20With%20This%20Mod&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ipatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipatch\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732805\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Are you annoyed by that all those MacBooks strut around with their glowing Apple logos, and their little brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with a regular, dull Apple icon on its back? \n\nGrieve no more, as a UK company called iPatch has developed a modification that will make your iPhone\'s logo glow majestically, just like in the photo on the right. \n\nAccording to iPatch, the illuminated logo can be made to glow in different colors by applying filters. It glows when the screen is on; it also starts glowing when you receive a call or a message. It also does not noticeably increase battery use, nor does it increase heating of the back of the case. \n\nUnfortunately, applying this modification yourself might prove a daunting task, as it requires of how the iPhone functions \"on the circuitry level.\" The folks at iPatch will be glad to do it for you starting mid-October for an estimated price of £50-£100 ($79-$158), plus shipping. \n\n[<a href=\"http://www.ipatchonline.co.uk/iPhone_4_apple_illumination_mod.html\" >iPatch</a> via <a href=\"https://www.pcworld.com/article/239871/make_your_iphones_apple_logo_glow_with_this_mod.html\" >PC World</a>]<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img 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brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15151-revision-7','','','2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','',15151,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15249',0,'revision','',0),(15250,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=http://mashable.com/category/iphone/%E2%80%9D>iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/06/29/iphone-4th-anniversary-infographic/\" >Happy 4th Anniversary, iPhone [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" /><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn&#8217;t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15223-revision-7','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',15223,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15250',0,'revision','',0),(15251,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15145-revision-22','','','2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','',15145,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15251',0,'revision','',0),(15252,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=http://mashable.com/category/iphone/%E2%80%9D>iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/06/29/iphone-4th-anniversary-infographic/\" >Happy 4th Anniversary, iPhone [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" /><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn&#8217;t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15223-revision-8','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',15223,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15252',0,'revision','',0),(15253,8,'2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&title=Give%20Your%20iPhone%20a%20Glowing%20Logo%20With%20This%20Mod&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ipatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipatch\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732805\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Are you annoyed by that all those MacBooks strut around with their glowing Apple logos, and their little brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with a regular, dull Apple icon on its back? \n\nGrieve no more, as a UK company called iPatch has developed a modification that will make your iPhone\'s logo glow majestically, just like in the photo on the right. \n\nAccording to iPatch, the illuminated logo can be made to glow in different colors by applying filters. It glows when the screen is on; it also starts glowing when you receive a call or a message. It also does not noticeably increase battery use, nor does it increase heating of the back of the case. \n\nUnfortunately, applying this modification yourself might prove a daunting task, as it requires of how the iPhone functions \"on the circuitry level.\" The folks at iPatch will be glad to do it for you starting mid-October for an estimated price of £50-£100 ($79-$158), plus shipping. \n\n[<a href=\"http://www.ipatchonline.co.uk/iPhone_4_apple_illumination_mod.html\" >iPatch</a> via <a href=\"https://www.pcworld.com/article/239871/make_your_iphones_apple_logo_glow_with_this_mod.html\" >PC World</a>]<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=4ImhwehOk-E:FQJTUv4cB1I:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/4ImhwehOk-E\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Give Your iPhone a Glowing Logo With This Mod','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&amp;title=Give%20Your%20iPhone%20a%20Glowing%20Logo%20With%20This%20Mod&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/ipatch/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Are you annoyed by that all those MacBooks strut around with their glowing Apple logos, and their little brother, the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, has to settle with&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15151-revision-8','','','2011-09-13 09:29:58','2011-09-13 09:29:58','',15151,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15253',0,'revision','',0),(15254,66,'2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-apps-360\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-715535\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> Turns out the tech press isn\'t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely to buy the iPhone 5 than were ready to put their money down for an iPhone 4 before that launched, according to a survey of 2,200 potential cellphone buyers.\n\nThe survey, conducted last month for <a href=\"http://alliance.changewave.com/iphone2.htm\" >ChangeWave Research</a>, shows that 31% of customers who are currently shopping for a new phone consider it \"very likely\" (13%) or \"somewhat likely\" (18%) they will end up with an <a href=http://mashable.com/category/iphone/%E2%80%9D>iPhone</a> 5 in their hands. Compare that with the numbers for the iPhone 4 -- 12% and 13% respectively -- and what you have is a level of pent-up demand that is unprecedented in surveys like this. \n\nOf course, that\'s largely a function of the fact that we\'ve had to wait so long for the iPhone 5. Its predecessor is nearly 15 months old at this stage; that\'s a lifetime in cellphone years. Some 66% of current iPhone owners say they plan to upgrade to the new model, sight unseen. That includes a whole lot of iPhone 3GS users -- myself included -- who opted to skip a generation. \n\nThere\'s also some interesting news for Sprint in the survey: 54% of their subscribers say they are \"significantly likely\" or \"somewhat more likely\" to buy the iPhone 5, which reports suggest will be <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/09/sprint-unlimited-data-iphone5/\">launched on Sprint complete with an unlimited data plan</a>, of the kind that AT&T and Verizon no longer offer. But it may be a case of being careful what you wish for. If current iPhone usage is any indication, the amount of bandwidth those customers will suck up may be more than Sprint can profitably afford. \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/06/29/iphone-4th-anniversary-infographic/\" >Happy 4th Anniversary, iPhone [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\n<img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RBCstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RBCstudy\" width=\"640\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734417\" /><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=5NUaELLC0Y8:jQ187W9HfWw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/5NUaELLC0Y8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5: Expect Stronger Demand Than Ever [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;title=iPhone%205:%20Expect%20Stronger%20Demand%20Than%20Ever%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/iphone-5-demand/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> Turns out the tech press isn&#8217;t alone in lusting over the phone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/\">Apple</a> is expected to unveil within the next month. More people are likely&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15223-revision-9','','','2011-09-14 02:50:49','2011-09-14 02:50:49','',15223,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15254',0,'revision','',0),(15255,66,'2011-09-13 00:45:10','2011-09-13 00:45:10','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fichter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fichter\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-732655\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. But don\'t let that fool you into thinking they\'re cool, says Martin Fichter, acting president of HTC America. \n\nSpeaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter -- pictured above with bicycle -- related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. \"None of them has an iPhone,\" Fichter said, \"because they told me: \'My dad has an iPhone.\' There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer\'s devices.\" \n\nAdded Fichter: \"Macbook Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don’t find them that cool anymore.”\n\nHTC has been making some aggressive moves in the market of late. Currently, the manufacturer uses Android and Windows Phone 7 for its operating systems; earlier Monday, its CEO <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/htc-purchase-mobile-os/\">suggested in an interview</a> that he was looking around for other mobile OS options, so that the company isn\'t so reliant on software from Google or Microsoft; this despite the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/htc-motorola-google/\">pro-Android stance that HTC took</a> in the wake of the Google-Motorola deal. HTC has a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/samsung-htc-apple-smartphone-market/\">smartphone market share of 9%</a> and growing fast. At some Verizon stores, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-verizon-iphone/\">according to one poll,</a> the HTC Thunderbolt has been outselling the iPhone 4.  \n\nNow comes Fichter, launching a broadside against one of the iPhone\'s strongest defenses: the elusive sense of \"cool.\" It\'s a risky strategy, especially given the anticipation swirling around the impending iPhone 5 launch. Presenting your daughter\'s college dorm as representative of a wider trend, especially when the whole world is waiting for Apple\'s next phone, seems a sure-fire route to ridicule. \n\nOn the other hand, Fichter has a point: iPhone owners tend to be older and more affluent, largely because their device is more expensive than the average Android equivalent. According to a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/iphone-vs-android-users_n_928275.html\">recent infographic</a> from recommendation engine Hunch, Android owners tend to have only a high school diploma and to be aged between 18 and 34 -- the cool years, as far as most marketers are concerned. \n\nCan HTC outmaneuver Apple by attempting to marginalize the iPhone? Or will the iPhone 5 launch blow that idea out of the water? Let us know what you think in the comments. \n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/mobile/\">Mobile</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablemobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/mobile\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Mobile channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=q_cbNr0qMFY:14i5DWPyTSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/q_cbNr0qMFY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhones Are For Old People, Says HTC Chief','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;title=iPhones%20Are%20For%20Old%20People,%20Says%20HTC%20Chief&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/iphones-old-people-htc/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a> The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS are the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">two top-selling phones</a> in America. 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