Posted by A Ocean on August 9, 2010 ·
One of the most wished application on iPhone is Adobe Flash, If you fancy having Flash up and running on your iPhone 4, it is now possible, thanks to Comex, the person behind JailbreakMe tools for iOS devices. Comex’s version of Adobe Flash 10.1 which is known as Frash is still in its infancy stage with an alpha build.
The hack can only be applied to a Jailbroken iPhone 4, though the [...]
Posted by A Ocean on July 24, 2010 ·
Samsung Galaxy S ad
Not content with the marketing gimmick of announcing free Samsung Galaxy S devices to disgruntled iPhone users, in the latest ad for its Galaxy S smartphone, Samsung simply says “Hello,” but, it features bars of network characters making up the Ls in the word Hello and but everyone who has seen and heard (who hasnt) about the signal issues on the iPhone 4 [...]
Posted by A Ocean on July 24, 2010 ·
Antennagate has seen Apple sparring with its rivals which started when the new iPhone 4 reception problems began. Nokia took a dig by releasing a tongue-in-cheek ‘How do you hold your Nokia?’ feature , Steve Jobs retaliated during the iPhone 4 press conference and presented data that showed that its competitors phones, including Samsung Omnia II faced the issues which was quickly rebutted by [...]
Posted by A Ocean on July 24, 2010 ·
Apple
Apple said yesterday that the white version of iPhone 4 will not be available until later this year. During the iPhone 4 press conference last Friday, Steve Jobs said that the white phone would be available by late July.
Apple’s explanation for the new delay is devoid of details. In a press release the company said: “White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have continued to be more [...]
Posted by A Ocean on July 22, 2010 ·
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During iPhone 4 press conference last week, Steve Jobs said that Apple would provide free cases to anyone who buys the iPhone 4 before September 30, the free case offer includes a choice of either Apple’s bumper or a third-party case. As part of that offer, Apple said it would offer refunds to iPhone 4 users who had already bought bumpers from Apple.
True to its words, [...]
Posted by A Ocean on July 21, 2010 ·
Skype
Skype has launched a new version of its iPhone app,not surprisingly, the new features take advantage of Apple’s iOS 4 capabilities.Skype for iPhone (now version 2.0.1) users no longer have to keep the software active to receive calls and IMs. Multitasking allows calls to be received even when other apps are running or the phone is locked. Users can even continue a call while switching [...]
Posted by A Ocean on July 21, 2010 ·
During the press conference last week, when Steve Jobs showed how the BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC Droid Eris and Samsung Omnia II suffered from signal loss while held in a certain way, even though he had omitted mentioning Nokia, Nokia claimed it always prioritizes antenna performance over physical design. Apple has now rectified its mistake, now Apple’s Smartphone Antenna Performance page has added [...]
Posted by A Ocean on July 17, 2010 ·
SmartPhones
Nokia was quick to rebuff Steve Jobs claim that even Nokia phones (among others) faced the ‘death grip’ issue. Nokia repeated its stance that the freedom to hold the phone naturally was important. Nokia claimed to test its phones for grip and to make sure that either hand wouldn’t block the cellular signal regardless of the position.
“Nokia has invested thousands [...]
Posted by A Ocean on July 17, 2010 ·
iPhone 4
In the hastily summoned press conference on Friday Steve Jobs offered no apologies for the iPhone 4’s reception issues and blamed the media for exaggerating , “blown so out of proportion, it’s incredible” he said. Jobs singled out reports from Bloomberg and Gizmodo ( Gizmodo bought an iPhone 4 which was lost by an Apple Engineer in a bar, and now faces legal [...]
Posted by A Ocean on July 15, 2010 ·
Research firm ChangeWave’s recent smart phone survey of 4,028 U.S. consumers shows an explosive transformation occurring in consumer demand and throws up a number of illuminating statistics. The major point is that people are keen on buying smartphones like never before, with 16% of respondents saying that they’ll be taking the plunge within the next 90 days, which marks the biggest [...]