Fool us once, shame on us. Fool us twice? Fuhgetaboutit. Apple has a thing for introducing new iPods each fall, and given that the existing touch is being given away gratis with a new student computer (not to mention how long in the tooth it is), we’re guessing the tradition will continue in 2010. We’d heard earlier on in the year that Apple may toss FaceTime over to the iPod line whenever it finally gained a front-facing camera, and now the evidence is nearly too strong to ignore. In the latest iOS 4.1 beta (numero three, if you’re keeping count), there’s an option to connect to a contact via FaceTime by ringing their digits or by pinging their email address. We’re guessing that the latter is there mostly for iPod touch users (the ones without Apple Peel 520s, anyway), and it’s the most glaring sign yet that the next generation touch will flippin’ finally boast a camera (or just a way around that SMS-based activation?). Still, we wouldn’t get our hopes up too high — falling ain’t no fun, you know?
Email-based FaceTime support surfaces in iOS 4.1 beta 3 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sorry folks, we don’t think this one falls under “fair use.” Nice try though.
Visualized: iPhone 4 jailbreak makes itself at home originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Well, that was quick. Not only has Apple already posted the complete video of today’s
iPhone 4 presser (minus the Q&A), but it’s also put up a special “smartphone antenna performance” page that offers pictures and videos aplenty of the antenna comparisons shown during the press conference. And you didn’t think today could get any weirder. Hit up the links below to see for yourself.
Update: We’ve embedded videos just after the jump of Apple’s gamut of antenna tests. The iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, Samsung Omnia II, BlackBerry Bold 9700 and HTC Droid Eris are represented.
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Apple posts iPhone 4 press conference video, ’smartphone antenna performance’ page originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This almost goes without saying, but it’s truly been a wild ride for the iPhone 4 over the last three weeks. While most of us will just happily open our hands to Stevie J’s freebies, there’s one question that’s still bugging us: what’s actually holding back the white iPhone 4? Sure, Apple’s now promised us an “end of July” delivery for its latest iTemptation, but it has yet to specify what the manufacturing difficulty is. According to Chinese newspaper 21st Century Business Herald, the problem stems from a little-known Chinese factory by the name of Lens Technology, which is apparently responsible for transforming fine raw glass into the majority of iPhone glass panels out there (and contrary to previous reports, there’s no mention of Corning here). Read on to find out what’s causing our invisible hero to stall.
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White iPhone 4 delay: the challenges faced by Apple’s glass supplier originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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RIM and Nokia aren’t the only ones saying “WTF Steve!?” after last Friday’s press conference attempted to draw the competition into the Antennagate saga. Samsung has issued its own choice reaction about supposed problems with the Omnia 2, though this one is somewhat less sternly worded than the others:
The antenna is located at the bottom of the Omnia 2 phone, while iPhone’s antenna is on the lower left side of the device. Our design keeps the distance between a hand and an antenna. We have fully conducted field tests before the rollout of smartphones. Reception problems have not happened so far, and there is no room for such problems to happen in the future.
Why is Samsung being rather more polite? Because it’s full of really nice people? Or, is it because the iPhone 4 is stuffed with Samsung memory chips? We’ll let your level of cynicism be your guide here.
Samsung joins the crowd, rejects Apple’s Omnia 2 antenna claims originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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