iPhone 5

On a day when Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) employees should be celebrating the release of the iPhone 5, the company's legal team is bracing itself for another trademark infringement dispute. SBB, the national railway company of Switzerland, might sue Apple over the use of a new clock featured in iOS 6....

The wait is finally over. After months of anticipation and a week-long wait, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) flagship phone is finally here. Analysts have predicted that the iPhone 5 will be the biggest smartphone of all time, with an estimated 10 million units being sold in the first weekend alone. The...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is getting ready for the biggest smartphone launch in history this weekend. Short-term sales are expected to exceed analysts' wildest expectations. In the months ahead, however, the iPhone maker has one glaring challenge that it may not be prepared to overcome. Earlier this...

T-Mobile is teaming up with Samsung to enhance the Galaxy S III with a free copy of Disney's (NYSE: DIS) hit Marvel film, The Avengers. This snazzy bonus will be accompanied by the release of the AllShare Cast Wireless Hub from Samsung, a $99 T-Mobile device that will allow users to stream their...

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) upcoming mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8, is getting two additional handsets from a key manufacturer. HTC has unveiled two new Windows Phone 8 devices -- the 8X and 8S. The former will be a high-end smartphone with a 4.3-inch screen. HTC plans to release the 8X...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) next-generation iPhone is one very expensive device. In its initial teardown of the iPhone 5's hardware and manufacturing expenses, iSuppli, a division of IHS (NYSE: IHS) -- an information and analytics provider -- discovered that the device carries a bill of materials (BOM...

Samsung is continuing its anti-Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) campaign with a new slate of ads that mock its leading competitor, as well as the people who line up to buy its products. On its Twitter page in the United States, Samsung has published an image with both an iPhone and a Galaxy S III that reads...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has announced that the iPhone 5 has been pre-ordered by more than two million eager consumers, breaking the previous record set by the iPhone 4S by more than one million units. The company announced that iPhone 5 demand has exceeded the "initial supply." Consequently, some...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) long-awaited smartphone has helped AT&T (NYSE: T) achieve a new sales record this weekend. Early Monday morning, AT&T announced that customers pre-ordered more iPhone 5 units than any previous model, both on the first day that pre-orders began and over the entire...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual ranking of the top 40 wealth managers, and the prospects for Nordstrom, Iron Mountain, Compass Minerals and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Cover Story "Best of Breed" by Karen Hube. Barron's ranking of the top 40 wealth managers for the...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) highly anticipated smartphone will arrive a little late for consumers who purchase the device online. According to USA Today, the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models will no longer arrive on September 21. Consumers who order an iPhone 5 right now will get theirs the following week...

Sticking with the tradition of disappointing the masses with the new iPhone, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reportedly skipped the option of adhering to modern mobile payment standards, according to Reuters. NFC (Near Field Communication technology) is the chip that has been left out of the new iPhone's...

While it is not yet clear how many iPhones Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will be able to ship in September, it appears that consumers have already created a shortage with regard to the device's most important accessory. According to CNET, the standard, USB-to-Lightning adapter will now ship in two to three...

Global markets and U.S. equity futures rose overnight into Friday and in the premarket as the Federal Reserve launched a third round of quantitative easing. The Fed announced a a new plan to purchase $40 billion of securities per month, sending risk markets globally higher. In other news around...

Now that the iPhone 5 has been unveiled, AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) might think that they can finally convince users to sign up for an expensive 4G data plan. There is just one problem -- nearly half of iPhone 4 users think they already have 4G. "Our research indicates that 46% of...