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Apple iPhone app developers can now try and generate some revenue with media-rich ads, as Apple is opening up its iAd advertising platform to more app creators. The move should allow iPhone devs to promote their own iPhone apps through Apple’s new mobile ad service. On its developer page, the company details its iAd for…
HTC is making a few managerial moves to prepare itself for more growth in a smartphone-centric world. The move makes sense, as HTC is finding itself increasingly at the head of the smartphone pack when it comes to making innovative handsets with intriguing designs. The smartphone maker said Jason Mackenzie has been promoted to the…
Consumer Reports aren’t the only respected testing service who have called out the iPhone 4 for faulty antennae design; Europe’s oldest non-profit consumer protection association, l’Union Fédérale des Consommateurs and their publication, Que Choisir, are unable to recommend the iPhone 4 due to Death Grip issues. This judgement is in spite the fact that it…
Well Canada, iPhone 4 launch day is almost here. It’s going live tomorrow, and Apple has let it be known when their store doors will open. 7AM on July 30th is the time. Bring your fold out chairs and blankets to camp out at your local Apple Store location tonight, because I can guarantee you’re…
iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G sucks. I can say this from experience, as I have a bogged-down, slow as dirt iPhone 3G sitting beside me right now. I loaded up iOS 4 on the thing a week or two ago, and after tweaking and fiddling with the darn thing since then, I’ve been unable…
A device from Sprint just passed through the Federal Communications Commission, the Sprint Peel case, that might soon bring 3G connectivity to your Apple iPod Touch. This is the first time we’ve seen an iDevice accessory sleeve that actually endows it with a wireless data connection. The device is manufactured by ZTE and it appears…
After the PR nightmare Apple suffered with the iPhone 4 antenna issues, Steve Jobs held a press conference to set the story straight. Or straight in his own eyes, at least. While most of us aren’t satisfied with the “every phone has this problem” answer, some of us were less aggravated when Apple offered free…
While we saw the white Apple iPhone 4 during WWDC, it has been rather elusive ever since. It certainly wasn’t available anywhere during the June 24 launch, and it’s not expected to be available during any of the global launches this Friday, either. Apple and Steve Jobs said during its Antennagate press conference that it…
All you iPhone 4 owners out there still not convinced by Apple’s official stance on the antenna attenuation problem being par for the course will be glad to hear that Best Buy and ZAGG are teaming up to give away free invisibleSHIELD 4FIX films to thwart the dreaded “Death Grip” on your shiny new Apple…
Apple has brought on another load of drama onto itself after seriously mishandling the iPhone 4 antenna issue – partly by posting the Motorola Droid X on their antennagate webpage showing wireless reception problems similar to the iPhone 4. Now, Motorola is firing back at Apple and the iPhone 4 with its new full-page Droid…