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Rumor: T-Mobile to get iPhone this fall
Cult of Mac reports: T-Mobile USA is very close to getting the iPhone in the fall, ending Apple’s exclusive relationship with AT&T, according to a highly placed source at the wireless company. Talks between Apple and T-Mobile are at an advanced stage, our source says, and it’s 80 percent likely that the iPhone will be […]
Continue reading...Taiwanese News Station delivers hilarious “Antennagate” animation
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
What the hell is going on this video?! Who cares, really. This is nerd gold.
Continue reading...“Banned” iPhone 4 Antenna Video [Parody]
Monday, July 19, 2010
It’s always nice to see tech humor that actually delivers on the comedy, and this “banned” iPhone 4 antenna video hits the spot with a bevy of gold lines and laugh out loud moments that parody Apple’s response to “antennagate”. Darnell Johnson just kills it – “Meanwhile, where’s the white iPhone?”
Continue reading...MG Siegler’s first-hand observations of Apple’s iPhone testing labs
Monday, July 19, 2010
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Once the Q&A session at Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference ended, Apple invited select members of the press to personally take a tour of Apple’s once secret iPhone testing facilities. MG Siegler of TechCrunch was lucky enough receive such an invite, and drops a few interesting tidbits about what he saw and what he learned. […]
Continue reading...“We’re Apple. We don’t wear suits. We don’t even own suits.”
Monday, July 19, 2010
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An absolutely fascinating piece from Fred Vogelstein at Wired detailing the tumultuous relationship between Apple and AT&T. Apparently Ma Bell even took umbrage with the wardrobe of Apple’s executive team. When an AT&T representative suggested to one of Jobs’ deputies that the Apple CEO wear a suit to meet with AT&T’s board of directors, he was […]
Continue reading...Michael Arrington takes Consumer Reports to task, and rightfully so
Monday, July 19, 2010
Seemingly out nowhere, Consumer Reports positioned itself at the center of the iPhone 4 antenna controversy when it removed its “Recommended” rating from the iPhone citing reception issues. Next, and seemingly as if Consumer Reports was a part of the biblical cannon, folks became even more enraged at Apple’s latest product, and Senator Charles Schumer […]
Continue reading...Nokia’s claim of superior antenna performance falls flat
Monday, July 19, 2010
Steve Jobs received a lot of flack for his off the cuff email message where he told an iPhone 4 user experiencing reception problems not to cup the device in his left hand – “don’t hold it in that way”, Jobs remarked. At last weeks iPhone 4 press conference, Jobs tried to demonstrate how signal […]
Continue reading...“Antennagate” Press Conference Recap
Sunday, July 18, 2010
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Two days ago, Steve Jobs took the stage and announced that he’d be taking his talents to South Beach to join Lebron and D-Wade on the Heat. Oh wait, here we go again, confusing one controversy for another. So we all know that the big announcement coming out of Apple’s hastily organized press conference last […]
Continue reading...iPhone Antenna Song – “If you don’t want an iPhone 4, don’t buy it. If you bought one and you don’t like it, bring it back”
Saturday, July 17, 2010
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This is the video that opened up Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference this past Friday. It was put together by Johnathan Mann who writes and records a new song everyday and posts it up on YouTube.
Continue reading...Apple highlights never before seen anechoic chambers where iPhone is subjected to rigorous testing
Saturday, July 17, 2010
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During Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference this past Friday, one of the points Steve Jobs drove home again and again was the fact that Apple subjects each successive iPhone to an extensive and lengthy testing process in state of the art testing facilities. There have been many pundits quick to point out that the iPhone […]
Continue reading...RIM not happy about being dragged into iPhone 4 antenna debate
Saturday, July 17, 2010
As part of Apple’s ongoing efforts to stem the tide of criticism directed at the iPhone 4 antenna, Apple yesterday posted a number of videos showing how signal attenuation is a problem that not only affects the iPhone, but a number of other smartphones as well. One of the phones demoed was a Blackberry device, […]
Continue reading...Apple posts video of iPhone 4 press conference
Friday, July 16, 2010
Well that was quick. Apple has already posted a video of today’s iPhone 4 press conference where Steve Jobs announced that Apple would be giving away free iPhone bumpers to all iPhone 4 owners. Check it out over here.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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