iPhone 4 Review
The iPhone 4, so many different emotions come to mind when you hear the name of that device no? The complaints of signal issues, proximity sensors, everything right? For me this is easily the best device I’ve ever owned.
I remember when the iPhone 3G came out, and Apple presented their commercial for it, and the words “The only phone to be the iPhone, the new iPhone..3G.” To me that’s the only true device that can beat the iPhone, the iPhone that follows it. You can call me a fanboy but when you get down to it, it’s true. Android is a very worthy competitor but you didn’t come hear to hear about that OS did you? Hit the jump for the full review!
Read More05.14.01_BL01 Baseband is Not Unlockable, iOS 4.1
iOS 4.1 05.14.01_BL01 Baseband is Not Unlockable. DO NOT Update If You Want the Unlock.
With the new iPhone iOS 4.1 apple updated the baseband. This iOS works for iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G. If you are currently enjoying your unlocked iphone do not try to update your phone because you will lose your unlock.
Read MoreAre you an owner of a slow iPhone 3G with iOS 4? Apple’s looking into it..
Is your iPhone 3G on the latest and greatest OS by Apple? iOS 4? Too bad it’s slow right? Well according to an Apple spokesperson told WSJ that they are looking into the problem that’s plaguing the phone.
The most common criticism is that the phone is slow after an upgrade. There are also many complaints that the phone drains the battery quickly and becomes excessively hot. Concern about general problems such as slowness and battery life on gadgets isn’t unusual, but using iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G seems to make the problems so bad that the phone is nearly unusable for some people.
Maybe a special iOS 4.0.2 specifically for iPhone 3G users or maybe all their problems will be fixed with iOS 4.1 all together.
If you need help downgrading you can always tweet me for help on Twitter @iRockish
Read MoreiPhone 4 voice calls, still better than iPhone 3GS
Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal has been testing iPhone 4 voice calls for about 6 weeks. Walt has come to his conclusion that the iphone 4 drops fewer calls than the iPhone 3GS. He notes that the iPhone 4 is not the best but better than previous iPhones. Walt also talks about the overall battery life of the iPhone 4 being much better than other iPhones.
“So that’s my six-week, real-world report. Despite the hot-spot issue and the exposed antenna, the iPhone 4 does better than the 3GS for me in decent coverage. But I still wouldn’t advise adopting it as your primary phone if you live, work or travel in areas with poor AT&T reception, or if you prefer a network under less stress.”
Apple Releases iOS 4.1 Beta 2 for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G and iPod touch [Developers Only]
As always DO NOT upgrade to this software unless you truly know what you are doing.
Apple has just released iOS 4.1 Beta 2 for all iPhones and iPod touches. This beta build, like all the previous betas is meant for developers only. Only members enrolled in the iPhone Developer Standard or Enterprise Program can access these bits of by signing into AppleDeveloper Connection.
- iOS 4.1 Beta 2 contains a new baseband for iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G. If you rely on an unlock, DO NOT update to Beta 2.
- Build number of iOS 4.2 Beta 2 is 8B5091b.
- Gizmodo is reporting that this build has apparently solved the proximity sensor issue which was plaguing some iPhone 4 users since launch.
- The Next Web is reporting that iOS 4.1 may have fixed the slowness issue of iOS 4 /4.0.1 on iPhone 3G.
iOS 4.1 Beta 2 is jailbreakable on iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G (non-MC model) using Redsn0w.
Read MoreScreenRecorder-Record Your iPhone Screen
ScreenRecorder for iPhone is a Cydia application that captures your iPhone screen — be it a tutorial, demo or demonstration — with the tap of a finger.
- A jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch with Cydia installed.
- Wi-Fi and Internet access on the device.
- ScreenRecorder Cydia application worth $1.99
I tested this app, works very well. Try it yourself see what you think about it and leave a comment below.
Read MoreJailbreaking/Unlocking is LEGAL!!!!!
The US Federal government has decided that “Jailbreaking” is ok!
WASHINGTON – Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday.
The decision to allow the practice commonly known as “jailbreaking” is one of a handful of new exemptions from a federal law that prohibits the circumvention of technical measures that control access to copyrighted works. Every three years, the Library of Congress authorizes such exemptions to ensure that existing law does not prevent non-infringing use of copyrighted material.
In addition to the jailbreaking being ok’d it looks like another exemption will allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on there phones so that they can switch wireless carriers!!!!!
Could this mean that we are finally going to get AT&T to unlock our iphones?
Read MoreNew Spirit-like Jailbreak Delayed
There are rumors floating around that the new Spirit iOS 4 jailbreak (not sure though if it’ll still be named Spirit) which is expected to work on all iDevices including the new iPhone 4 will be released today. We don’t know where this started, but we’re pretty sure, jailbreak aficionados out there especially iPhone 4 owners got excited over this bit of news. Unfortunately though, it won’t be happening. As MuscleNerd rightly said, there is no point in releasing a half-baked jailbreak tool which causes issues for the end-users.
Not to make it a daily thing, but since somehow people thought it would be today: the new JB+unlock won’t be out today.
There are apparently some issues that still need to be resolved with this upcoming iPhone jailbreak and some of the new features on the iPhone 4 such as Facetime before they give it their seal of approval and roll it out to the jailbreak community. Don’t worry. It’ll be released, just not today.
Let’s just keep our fingers crossed that they don’t encounter anymore problems along the way, and hopefully, they can properly address the ones they’ve already found so that this new jailbreak can finally be put to good use by the awaiting public.
Read MoreApple Sells 8.4 Million iPhones, $15.7 Billion Dollars in Revenue for Q3, 2010.
In Q3 of fiscal year 2010, Apple has reported a record 78 % increase in earnings. Apple, which is the most valuable technology company in the U.S. and the second most valuable U.S. company overall has reported earnings of $3.51 per diluted share which is significantly higher than the $3.11 per share estimates from Wall Street analysts. With these statistics, the company once again has broken its own previous records, this time reporting an extraordinary $15.7 billion in revenue and a net quarterly profit of $3.35 billion.
Here is the breakout of the sales:
- Total sales: $15.7 billion, up 61.3% year over year
- Profit: $3.25 billion, up 77.6%
- Mac sales: 3.47 million units, up 33%
- iPhone sales: 8.398 million units, up 61.25%
- iPod sales: 9.4 million units, down 7.9%
- iPod touch sales: up 48%
- iPad sales: 3.27 million, slightly below the Street’s consensus
- Cash and marketable securities: $45.8 billion, up $4.1 billion from Q2
This is what CEO, Steve Jobs said in the company’s statement:
It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple’s history with iPhone 4,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have amazing new products still to come this year.
The quarter, which ended on June 26, 2010 was just after two days Apple launched the new iPhone 4. Hence the last three days of the quarter contributed significantly through1.7 million sales of iPhone 4 which made these figures all that more impressive.
Read MoreApple Reports Third Quarter Results
All-Time Record Revenue
Earnings Increase 78 PercentCUPERTINO, California—July 20, 2010—Apple® today announced financialresults for its fiscal 2010 third quarter ended June 26, 2010. The Company posted record revenue of $15.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion, or $3.51 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.73 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.83 billion, or $2.01 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.1 percent compared to 40.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 52 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Apple sold 3.47 million Macs during the quarter, representing a new quarterly record and a 33 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 8.4 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 61 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 9.41 millioniPods during the quarter, representing an eight percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. The Company began selling iPads during the quarter, with total sales of 3.27 million.
Apple: White iPhone 4 Delayed to Later in 2010
If you were holding out for the white iPhone 4, guess you will be waiting even longer.
Apple said early today that it won’t be shipping white models of its iPhone 4 until later this year.
“White models of Apple’s new iPhone? 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.”
No date has been set for when the white iPhone 4 will be release, it was expected to be released sometime in July. All apple is saying now is that it will be “Later in 2010″
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