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Apple CEO Steve Jobs said a Bloomberg story saying that it was warned by senior engineers about potential iPhone 4 antenna issues is a “crock” and “bullshit.” During the antennagate/Death Grip press conference this morning, the company said the reports of the Apple iPhone 4 antenna problems were being overblown by the media but it…
We saw them during WWDC and we played around with one to give a short demo, but until now the white iPhone 4 from Apple has been quite elusive. Word has been that it is supposed to become available at the end of July, but it was hard to say whether those plans were still…
During this morning’s press conference, Apple has more or less acknowledged that its iPhone 4 isn’t perfect and the antenna has its issues (even though it sold 3 million units). While it tried to come up with a fix or a solution, Apple is offering some consolation in the meantime: free iPhone cases. That’s right,…
Apple addressed the iPhone 4 antennagate/Death Grip issues in a press conference Friday and CEO Steve Jobs admitted there was a problem but insinuated it was being overblown by the press. Still, the company will be giving out free bumper cases to all impacted users. The company reiterated that the reception issues weren’t exclusive to…
It hasn’t even been a month since the iPhone 4 went on sale, and Apple has managed to sell 3 million units already. In case you didn’t notice, that’s quite about a million per week since its release, and it still seems to be sold out everywhere. Of course, the iPhone 4 isn’t without its…
So, iOS 4.0.1 is out. Will talked about the release yesterday, but I simply had to get my two cents in. I can’t help myself. As you can see from the screen capture above, the update is for the 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4. The main purpose of the update is to ‘improve the formula…
A company called Linksinternational is launching a stylus pen for the iPhone, though it [stylus pen] can just as easily be used with any other smartphone with a capacitive touchscreen. The “device” is called “Ozaki iFinger M” and will start selling in Japan on July 17th. I’m not sure where nor how you can get…
We all know Apple will hold a last-minute press conference Friday and it will probably address the “Death Grip” issues with the iPhone 4. We have our suspicions about what will happen but we want to know what you think. The stainless steel band of the Apple iPhone 4 doubles as the antenna for cellular…
All of the fuss about the iPhone 4 antenna issue should already be a pretty good indicator of how serious the problem is, but now we have a real, solid authority voicing his concerns on the matter – Steve Wozniak. The Woz. Our geek of geeks. Apparently, when Woz is in a fringe coverage area,…
By now it’s clear that Apple isn’t taking this iPhone 4 “Death Grip” antenna reception problem lightly – despite Steve Jobs’ initially dismissive attitude towards reports that holding the iPhone 4 in a specific way can cause the phone to lose all signal reception. Apple is even planning to hold a press conference tomorrow to…