Android – Iphone – Applications

So despite the hordes of people longing desperately to get their hands on an iPhone 4, I finally, FINALLY, managed to go hands on with one of these.  Harder than you think, too, I’ll tell you that much.  And indeed, there’s every reason this thing is hard to find, but it’s not without its problems too.

The iPhone 4 has everything.  I know, that’s not much of a way to express the spec sheet, but it has quite literally everything, or at least within shouting distance of everything.  There are games, enterprise applications, entertainment widgets, and a host of other applications that make this a thoroughly mind-blowing experience.  I made a map in seconds from where I was at the time to a Qdoba in a neighboring city, and all I had to do was input “(city name) Qdoba” and boom, I had a map from where I was to the Qdoba.  I played Skee-ball.  I read an ebook in an easy and simple interface.  It was truly impressive stuff.  And even better, the battery life on this thing is projected at about fourteen hours of talk time on one charge.  It’s got persistent Wi-fi, an included iPod, a five megapixel camera with LED flash, and plenty more besides.

It’s not hard to be thoroughly blown away by a phone that’s so responsive to your every gesture and instinct.  Frankly, I almost bought one on the spot, which led me to the big problem about the whole thing.

Yes, admittedly, it’s a fantastic phone.  No mistake, it’s going to do just about everything you ever wanted, including making and receiving calls.  But it’s the price tag that’s going to really blow your mind.  Unlocked, these will run about six hundred bucks, depending on where you shop.  AT&T, meanwhile, will demand two hundred for the privilege of paying them at least eighty bucks a month–yes, a month–for at least two years.  And of course, as we’re all well aware right now, the iPhone 4 has serious problems with its onboard antennas, requiring a case in order to solve.

As magnificent a phone as the iPhone 4 is, it’s always hard to justify spending approaching a thousand bucks on a phone.  But that may well be the only significant problem with it, so if your pockets are sufficiently deep, you almost certainly will love this phone.

The Good

Incredible array of features

Excellent camera

Longest battery life I’ve seen yet

Intuitive, easy operating controls

The Bad

Cripplingly massive price tag

Serious and ongoing antenna issues

Score 9 / 10

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A Foxconn Technology Group factory is being constructed at the Henan Province in China. The Taiwanese company is moving its operations closer to inland China. The factory cost about $100 million to build and it is owned by Futaihua Precision Electronics (Zhengzhou) Co. Ltd. This factory will be used to mostly build the Apple iPhone.

About 500 employees are working on a production line at a temporary workshop that Foxconn rented from the government while the factory is being built. Construction of the permanent plant factory will begin on August 20th. This factory is expected to create an export volume worth about $13 billion. The factory will employ 200,000 employees and will pump out about 200,000 cell phones per day. The name of the plant will be Pingzhen. Ping means peace and Zhen means calm.

The plant workers will live in a few seven-story buildings that are several hundred meters away from the factory. These workers will also have access to fitness facilities, reading rooms, and TV rooms.

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