Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

Cartoon Of The Week: The Virtual Girlfriend iPhone App

Posted on August 22nd, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • 2 Comments

Every week, cartoonist Hugh MacLeod will draw an original cartoon that will illustrate an idea from a popular PSFK post.

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Week in Apple: record revenue for Apple, white iPhone pushed again

Posted on July 25th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

It has not been a busy week in Apple, but it has certainly been a contentious one. Other smartphone makers aren’t very happy that Apple dragged them into its own antenna mess, and the white iPhone 4 has been delayed again. Still, the company reported record results this quarter. Read on for the weekly roundup:

Liveblog: Apple FY2010 Q3 Earnings: Apple reported another record quarter, with huge Mac, iPhone, and iPad sales. In fact, the company sold almost as many iPads as it did Macs during the third fiscal quarter.

RIM, HTC, Nokia want no part of Apple’s “self-made debacle”: Apple’s competitors are displeased at having their products singled out by Steve Jobs during Friday’s press conference. Although they took a different tone in responding, they’re unanimous on one count: this is Apple’s problem, not theirs.

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Week in Apple: iPhone 4 review, spiked with antenna drama

Posted on July 4th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

It was a tumultuous week for Apple, what with iPhone antenna issues, analysis of what’s really going on, and Apple’s explanation of the problem. We also published our in-depth iPhone 4 review, gave a look at iMovie for iPhone, and played around with an updated version of the Kindle software. Read on for a holiday weekend roundup of recent Apple news:

iPhone 4: the Ars Technica review: The iPhone 4 is finally out, and many potential buyers are wondering if Apple’s newest device is all it’s cracked up to be. Ars took the new iPhone for a spin to test calls, battery life, the new cameras, FaceTime, HD video, and all-around speed.

Why Apple’s iPhone 4 bumper case is a rip-off: Apple doesn’t typically get into the case-selling business, but it now sells multi-colored Bumpers to use with the iPhone 4. Are these things really worth $29 apiece? We don’t think so.

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Putting hard numbers to the iPhone 4 antenna issue

Posted on July 1st, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

The discovery that gripping the iPhone 4 in a way that bridges the left and bottom antennas can cause serious signal problems has resulted in—to say the least—a lot of controversy. However, most of the data that either “proves” or “refutes” that existence of said problem has been anecdotal at best. 

So AnandTech used a clever hack to get an iPhone 4 to report actual signal strength instead of “bars,” giving some quantitative data about how bridging the antennas can negatively affect signal strength. The analysis explains why not all users are affected by the problem, and further investigation also shows that the antenna design does in fact improve reception as long as the left-bottom area isn’t bridged when holding the device.

Other mobile handsets definitely have antenna attenuation problems—when cupping an iPhone 3GS or Google Nexus One in the manner that causes problems with the iPhone 4, AnandTech measured 14dB and 18dB drops, respectively. However, the problem with the iPhone 4’s external antenna is worse; bridging the antennas detunes 3G reception by a full 24dB.

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Feature: iPhone 4: the Ars Technica review

Posted on June 28th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

The iPhone 4 is Apple’s “biggest leap since the original iPhone,” at least according to Steven P. Jobs speaking at the WWDC 2010 keynote. Indeed, in the three years since Apple first introduced the iPhone, the device has come quite far. At the same time, the basic concepts behind the iPhone have remained very consistent over the years. Despite regular modifications to the OS and yearly hardware upgrades, the iPhone 4 is very much a more modern, more capable version of that original device that made such a splash in the industry back in 2007.

We’re not living with our heads in the sand: if you have come to hate the iPhone, walled gardens for developers, and everything Apple stands for, you will likely hate the iPhone 4 and there’s nothing anyone can say to change your mind. Luckily for you, Apple is no longer competing against the saddest of the sad: there are now plenty of solid phones from other manufacturers that have multitouch screens, app stores of their own, great cameras, and much more extensible OSs. If you are curious about Apple’s latest offering, however, read on. The iPhone 4 is not without its flaws—some of them more serious than others—but the device remains a really cool evolution in Apple’s lineup.

(We have already reviewed the majority of the OS, now called iOS 4, in a separate review. If you’re looking to read about our impressions of the features in iOS 4, go read that one first and come back. This review is focused on the hardware of the new iPhone and on specific parts of iOS 4 that are limited to the iPhone 4.)

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Week in Apple: WWDC 2010, iPhone 4, Safari 5, oh my!

Posted on June 13th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference dominated the week, and what a week it was. The new iPhone was finally announced, as was the release date for iOS 4. Safari 5 came out (and of course, we tested it), and awards went out to notable Mac, iPhone, and iPad developers from both Ars and Apple. Need a primer on the top news from the week? Read on.

iPhone 4 unveiled: gets HD video, LED flash, dual cameras: Apple unveiled the newest version of the iPhone during Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote, featuring an ultrathin design and vastly improved camera.

Ars at WWDC 2010: hands on, pics of the new iPhone 4: We got our hands on an iPhone 4 and played around with it to see how it felt, how the video functions work, and more. Check out some of our pics.

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Can Apple’s Winning Streak Continue With The Next iPhone?

Posted on June 7th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • 10 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple’s next-generation iPhone, which CEO Steve Jobs is widely expected to unveil Monday, will have to really set new standards in multimedia content and function to wow Wall Street and consumers.

Apple’s challenge may be to dream up game-changing innovations, since the iPhone is already an unqualified blockbuster that is the company’s main profit growth driver, and its share price hovers near record highs. The bid is made tougher with the early success of the iPad tablet computer, which many say has already created a new market.

Competition from a host of well-received smartphones based on Google’s Android operating system is also growing, pressuring Apple to raise the bar even higher.

The “iPhone 4.0 will keep them ahead of the game. Is it as easy as last year to stay ahead? No. I think Android has made huge progress,” said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi.

Only last year, Research in Motion Ltd was seen as Apple’s top rival. While the company’s Blackberry remains the smartphone of choice for many corporations, Apple has made strides in that market as security concerns addressed by the Blackberry have eased.

More than 70 percent of Fortune 100 companies have deployed or piloted the iPhone, according to Apple.

But the iPhone’s prime target — for now — remains the consumer, in a market where it increasingly goes head-to-head with Android phones from vendors like HTC, Motorola and Samsung Electronics.

Longer-term, investors are squarely focused on the iPhone’s spread into international markets including China, Apple’s pricing strategy, and when the device will be available through another U.S. carrier besides AT&T.

Jobs takes the stage at Apple’s developers conference in San Francisco on Monday following a hectic public schedule of late, where Wall Street is expecting to get its first formal look at the fourth-generation iPhone.

The phone will likely be faster, have more capacity, a better screen and battery life, and a front-facing camera — all nice additions, but none of which move the competitive needle very much.

“There will be some pretty cool things on stage with Steve, but at the end of the day we know the general functionality,” said Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall.

Some features that iPhone users have long clamored for, such as multi-tasking, will also be added.

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