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With no new iPhone, Apple rocks music industry with iCloud
For the first time since 2006, Apple did not show off a new iPhone to open the company’s annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference. Instead, Steve Jobs today officially unveiled Apple’s iCloud music and media storage service as well as new operating software for Macs and mobile devices. “We’re going to move the digital hub, the center [...]
Per Sources, Apple To Ship New iPhone In September
Per Kelvin Soh of Reuters: Apple’s next-generation iPhone will have a faster processor and will begin shipping in September, three people with direct knowledge of the company’s supply chain said. The production of the new iPhone will start in July/August and the smartphone will look largely similar to the iPhone 4, one of the people [...]
White iPhone 4 delayed until spring
The white iPhone 4 is delayed. For those keeping track, yes, that is the third time you’ve read that headline since June. Apple is saying today that the white version of the iPhone 4 now won’t be for sale until spring 2011. And that’s after telling us in June that it would be delayed until [...]
Report: iPhone’s glass back giving Apple headaches
Apple likes glass. A lot. You can tell that much from its many retail stores, and in its products where glass is used in displays, notebook trackpads, and both the front and back of the iPhone 4. That last place, though is what might be causing the company some headaches. That’s according to a report [...]
Motorola takes another shot at the iPhone 4, says Droid X is ‘no jacket required’
Well this is getting good. Motorola was one of the first to take a subtle swipe at Apple’s iPhone 4 antenna dilemma with an ad saying you could hold the Droid X “any way you like,” Apple came right back with a video purportedly showing the Droid X suffering similar attenuation issues when held in [...]
Apple Engineer Told Jobs IPhone Antenna Might Cut Calls
Apple Inc.’s senior antenna expert voiced concern to Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs in the early design phase of the iPhone 4 that the antenna design could lead to dropped calls, a person familiar with the matter said. Last year, Ruben Caballero, a senior engineer and antenna expert, informed Apple’s management the device’s design may [...]
Consumer Reports finds Apple’s Bumper case alleviates iPhone 4 antenna issues
Amid the swirling controversy surrounding iPhone 4′s now infamous antenna engineering, Consumer Reports, which recently found the reception problems from Apple’s latest smartphone to be a flaw disallowing it to recommend purchase, has stated that the Bumper case offered by Apple would solve those issues. “With the Bumper fitted, we repeated the test procedure, placing [...]
AppleCare: The iPhone 4 Update Won’t Solve the Antenna Problem
AppleCare has confirmed what we already knew: The incoming software update won’t fix the iPhone 4′s transmission and reception problems. They acknowledged the antenna problem exists, offering the same solution as before: Buy a case or hold the iPhone differently. I was secretly hoping that the software update would magically fix the iPhone 4′s antenna [...]
Report: FaceTime-capable iPod Touch in the works
An updated iPod Touch boasting features found in the iPhone 4 is slated for release this fall, according to a buyer for a prominent U.K. retail chain. Rob Hennessy, the audio and telecom buyer for U.K. retail giant John Lewis, said this week at a company event focused on the holiday-shopping season that the updated [...]
iPhone 4 bursts into flames, burns hand
One of our very close AT&T sources just sent us in these images. Yes, it’s a fried iPhone 4. Apparently a customer brought the phone into the store to try and get help with it, although it’s pretty evident that the phone is unrepairable. It’s the first time our guy has seen this happen (us [...]