Folks at AnandTech have done a detailed analysis of iPhone 4’s new antenna system to investigate the reason for the reception issues reported by many users when they touch iPhone 4’s side antenna bands on the lower left corner.
Before starting the tests, AnandTech had to hack their iPhone 4 to get a numeric readout of the signal strength instead of the usual 5 bar signal strength scale.
Hulu has launched the much anticipated "Hulu Plus" subscription service for iPhone and iPad users in the US.
The new service will allow these customers to stream television content on their iDevice by paying a monthly subscription fee of $9.99.
Folks at MacRumors have published an interesting fix to the signal reception issue that has plagued the new iPhone 4 since launch.
According to a message posted by one of their forum members, the reception issue could be potentially fixed by merely taking the SIM card out of the tray, re-seating it and then reinserting it.
The rumor mills are at it yet again. A new report from Bloomberg claims that Verizon Wireless will start selling Apple's iPhone from early next year.
According to Bloomberg's sources, Apple's exclusive partnership with AT&T will end with the launch of iPhones on Verizon in January 2011.
iPhone Dev Team had released Redsn0w 0.9.5 that allowed iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G (non-MC version) users to jailbreak iOS 4.0.
But after jailbreaking their iPhone using Redsn0w, some users reported that the MMS feature disappeared, while some users reported that they were facing issues with their 3G/Edge data connection.
Boy Genius Report claims that it has received a copy of Apple’s internal training document to help its AppleCare reps handle customer complaints regarding iPhone 4’s widely publicized reception issues.
According to the leaked document, Apple continues to take a stance that nothing is wrong with iPhone 4’s new antenna system.
Apple had released iPhone version of the popular iMovie video editing software at the WWDC 2010.
The application, which is available in the App Store for $4.99, allows users to record and edit high definition videos on iPhone 4.
However, the iMovie app does not support older iPhone models, even the entry level iPhone 3GS that is being sold by Apple currently.
Pages from Apple's iWork suite of apps for the iPad has now been ported to iPhone 4. Steven Troughton Smith, the Dublin based developer of jailbreakapps like Orbit, Stack and SameGame has announced on his Twitter page that he has managed to the port Pages by hacking the app's info.plist file on iOS 4 and later re-signing it.
"Just got Pages up and running on my iPhone 4 (w/ a little hacking). Seems like it runs on OS 4
@buzzert bit of Info.plist hacking and re-signing!"
Ever since iPhone 4 was launched, we have seen quite a few tear-down pictures and videos of the latest iDevice.
Now, electronics market research firm, iSuppli, has published results from a tear-down study where the company has looked into the costs incurred by Apple in manufacturing the latest iPhone. iSuppli has revealed that a 16GB iPhone 4 carries a Bill of Materials (BOM) cost of $187.51.
It has been a week since Apple released iOS 4, its eagerly awaited next generation iOS.
One of the major features introduced in iOS 4 is the multitasking feature, which finally allows iPhone users to run some categories of third-party iPhone apps in the background.
It was one of the most requested features by users and also one of the reasons why users hacked their iPhone.
