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…
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Apple launches antenna page in wake of iPhone 4 criticisms
The Apple iPhone 4 can lose signals when it’s held a certain way but this also happens with other devices, a new web page from Apple says. Hot off the heels of its press conference this morning, Apple’s new web page aims to explain how holding various devices can impact the quality of your signal…
Apple addresses iPhone 4 antenna problems – free bumper cases for all
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…
AT&T Apple iPhone Monopoly Lawsuit: Class-Action Status Granted
Remember back when the iPhone was annouced and how much everyone clamored for it? Well, almost everyone. Apparently folks were burned that Apple decided to chalk up an exclusivity deal with AT&T accused the two of conspiracy! A conspiracy to form a monopoly, that is. While it sounds silly, it certainly didn’t seem that way…
HTC Desire coming to U.S. market
HTC just hit us with some cool news, as its stellar Android-powered HTC Desire will soon coming to the U.S. markets. While it wasn’t very specific, HTC said it would be coming to “select regional operators beginning in August” and we already know that one of these will be U.S. Cellular. This should instantly become…
Motorola Xtreme accessories spotted on Verizon system
The Motorola Xtreme is indeed real (as real as the Motorola Droid2 is at the moment), but we still have no idea what this “xtreme” device will look like. Now that we’re seeing some accessories showing up in Verizon’s system, though, we may soon seen the actual device popping up at some point in the…
HTC Desire receiving Froyo in June?
I think we may be able to put this one on the highest shelf in the rumors department, but according to a HTC representative, the Desire will be receiving the Android 2.2 update on June 23rd. While that wasn’t explicitly confirmed by the rep, what was said points to a very specific Froyo feature. So,…
To Sense or not to Sense – Sprint HTC EVO 4G offers option to disable Sense UI
The Sense UI is a great experience on any Android device, if it comes preloaded or you install it on a rooted device. But some may want the option to change to the stock UI if they so choose. It looks like you can do just that on the upcoming EVO 4G. With the HTC…
Rumor: MyTouch Slide $149, release on June 16th
The MyTouch Slide just became a little more appealing thanks to this rumor. From what looks like a T-Mobile pricing display for the Slide, it might just launch at $149 on June 16th. Unlike the Droid Eris, we have good reason that Slide will be more than $99. According the picture below, the phone will…
Sprint Hero update delayed again??
The Sprint Hero has been aching for the Android 2.1 update for sometime now. As with the Droid Eris, the Hero is still stuck on Android 1.5, and from what we’re hearing now, they still may be stuck a little longer. The latest rumor pegged the Android 2.1 update to hit Sprint Heros in force…