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This is a very interesting point Mike Rundle is making over iPhone 4 signal loss while touched with the hands: “Perhaps always testing the iPhone 4 with those 3GS-looking cases masked engineers to the reception problems. Bumpers made to cover it up?” web • 6/24/10 3:53 (via @Flyosity,
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You never know what a bumper would do… As you can see below, touching the antennas with your hand may lead to signal loss, in seconds. So, you need the bumper! Here is the video showing the interference: EDIT: see http://utestme.com/2010/06/24/iphone-4-reception-issue-workaround/
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Barnes & Noble cut Nook 3G price by 20%, to 199 USD, Then Amazon cut Kindle 3G price by 20%, to 189 USD. I don’t like talking cost of production, as all media started before iPad launch; but, on the other hand, I also hate inconsistent price policies! What
Thanks to the good guys from Slashgear, we find our real “Pokemon” on the way: Parrot.AR.Drone. (follow the links for video) This is it: (via Slashgear) I can’t help thinking of what the devs can do with open API from Parrot!… Announced for September 2010, for 299
Well, take a look! iFixit tear down is ongoing as we speak, but for now this is what they have discovered: a HUGE 1420 mAh Li-Ion / polymer which takes more than half of the inner space of the phone. Engadget reports in their review a 38 hours run with one
Engadget reads: ” the phone apparently now “[utilizes] whichever network band is less congested or has the least interference for the best signal quality, regardless of actual signal strength” — in other words, better call reliability” (via iFixit iPhone 4 teardown) Let me translate that: you leave your phone on dual network
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Barnes & Noble cut Nook 3G price by 20%, to 199 USD, Then Amazon cut Kindle 3G price by 20%, to 189 USD. I don’t like talking cost of production, as all media started before iPad launch; but, on the other hand, I also hate inconsistent price policies! What
Thanks to the good guys from Slashgear, we find our real “Pokemon” on the way: Parrot.AR.Drone. (follow the links for video) This is it: (via Slashgear) I can’t help thinking of what the devs can do with open API from Parrot!… Announced for September 2010, for 299
Well, take a look! iFixit tear down is ongoing as we speak, but for now this is what they have discovered: a HUGE 1420 mAh Li-Ion / polymer which takes more than half of the inner space of the phone. Engadget reports in their review a 38 hours run with one
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Engadget reads: ” the phone apparently now “[utilizes] whichever network band is less congested or has the least interference for the best signal quality, regardless of actual signal strength” — in other words, better call reliability” (via iFixit iPhone 4 teardown) Let me translate that: you leave your phone on dual network
One fine Motley Fool’s editor is writting: “Will Apple be the same without Steve Jobs? Certainly not. Will it enjoy the same phenomenal heights of success? Maybe. But would it be governed by calmer, stronger, more responsible people, whose behavior suggests they hold far more shareholder-friendly philosophies? Absolutely. In