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One of the cool things about the Apple iPhone 4 is the ability to make two-way video calls with the front-facing camera and the FaceTime technology. You knew it was only a matter of time before we saw some cool uses of this. Well, how about FaceTime from a yacht? Is that cool enough for…
Apple fans around the world will soon be able to get their hands on the iPhone 4 and iPad, as the company has just announced more markets for these devices. The Apple iPad will be available this Friday in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands and Singapore. The suggested retail price for the…
Last month, details and screenshots emerged for Apple’s Game Center for the iPhone & iPad. Even though the details were pretty straightforward and not much of a surprise compared to other online social gaming networks, such as Xbox LIVE & Playstation Network, one thing I felt Game Center needed was a graphical overhaul since what…
Remember the first iPhone 4 controversey, before all this Antennagate stuff? Yes, the wonderful Gizmodo leak that subsequently resulted in police seizing property from Editor-in-Chief Jason Chen’s home in order to ascertain if the pre-release device they had paid for was obtained legally. What followed was a lot of resistance from Gizmodo and its parent…
Sad times for Consumer Reports. After being so fickle with its stance on Apple’s iPhone 4, calling it the best smartphone on the market and essentially praising it as some technological work of art, then retracting nearly everything it said by saying it can’t recommend the phone, the company still can’t vouch for the iPhone…
Remember that iPhone 4 app that took advantage of the front-facing camera for Chatroulette-style video chats? The app was called iChatr and it allowed you to connect with random strangers to chat with each other face-to-face. Swiping across the screen would take you to another person once you got bored with whomever you were currently…
When Apple gave its press conference on Friday to address the iPhone 4 antenna issue, it gave a little demo showing other phones allegedly facing similar signal attenuation problems. Included were the BlackBerry Bold 9700, which RIM wasn’t terribly pleased about, the Samsung Omnia II and the HTC Droid Eris. The idea behind the demo…
Is there anything the iPhone 4 can’t do these days? It has a gorgeous display, a front-facing camera for video chatting and a fickle antenna whose reception can be attenuated just by touching it. Oh, wait, skip that last part. Anyway, we all know just how awesome the iPhone 4 camera is–it takes great photos…
Apple’s event yesterday dived into some of the nuances regarding the dreaded iPhone 4 Death Grip, and part of that statement involved spreading some blame to other manufacturers, like RIM, HTC, Samsung, and Nokia, for having the exact same problems. Apple claims that signal attenuation and dropping calls due to tightly holding a phone is…
It’s summer blockbuster time for mobile news, as this week was jam-packed with hot scoops and big deals. Apple giving away free iPhone 4 bumper cases was the big story today, but we also saw the launch of the Motorola Droid X on Verizon, the Samsung Galaxy S phones hit the wild and we put…