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There’s an awful lot of hoopla
Around the iphone 4 anttenna 
When you grip it with the death grip
And you’re call slips away

The media loves a failure
In a string of success
The facts won’t ever matter
If they can make bigger messes

Sure i can make it happen
But in terms of daily usage
I’ve yet to drop a call
So this whole damn thing is stupid

And you can call me a fanboy
I’ve been called worse things
But Gizmodo just ridiculous
Pulling their anti-apple strings

You bought a stolen prototype
Get over it and move on
Or hey even better
Let’s all sing this song


If you don’t like iPhone 4 - don’t buy it. If you bought it and don’t like it - bring it back.

ReBlogged from dear-apple

 
“ Dear Apple, you’ve lost the iPhone 4 case gamble so pay up

Apple consiracy uncovered:

  1. Glass panel connects with drop surface on falls. The guys at iFix Your i claimed this design flaw when they noted the steel frame offers no protection to the glass panel when dropped face flat. Apple’s iPhone 4 Bumper has a raised rubber edge to prevent this.
  2. Square steel edges are uncomfortable in hand. I noted this when I first got my iPhone 4, mentioned it a few weeks ago, and even a genius at the Apple store brought it up without prompting. The 4 is just uncomfortable to hold. Oh, but the Bumper has nice, soft, rounded rubber edges.
  3. The back is too darn slick. That oleophobic coating makes it wonderfully easy to wipe away fingerprints, but it also makes the 4 a frictionless wonder. Hard to pluck from my pocket, impossible to rest on a slightly rounded surface. That grippy rubber Bumper sure fixes that problem though.
  4. And finally, there’s that magic spot on the lower left that kills wireless signals on contact, like a can of Raid smashing a cockroach. Can’t touch that spot if there’s a Bumper in the way, can you?

So if Apple knew about the problems and designed the Bumper to address them, why didn’t they include Bumpers with the 4? Short answer: money. If people buy cases anyway, why give them away?

gottabemobile.com

Actually yes, they knew about issues, and they want you to buy a Bumper case along with your iPhone 4. But this time Apple’s habit to put less and less into product boxes finally backfired.

Dear Apple, why didn’t you just include a bumer case with each iPhone 4? If you did, now you wouldn’t have to read all those articles everywhere.

(via dear-apple)

Whilst I agree that it seems like you really need a case to make your iPhone 4 more usable (although the examples above are a bit OTT), I think they would have had complaints if they included the bumper in the box anyway.

The price of the phone would go up $30, so you would effectively be ‘forced’ to buy their case. What about other cases? Not only would case makers call foul (and say Apple has a monopoly on iPhone 4 cases because of bundling), but this would also limit consumer choice.

If you want a bumper, buy it. If you’re pissed off at Apple for the ‘conspiracy’ then buy a case from someone else. Simple.

ReBlogged from dear-apple

 
Anybody would think Apple’s iPhone 4 is the first phone with an antenna. Here is evidence that all phones have problems when you cover up the antenna - and here is a video of another Nokia with the same problem as the iPhone. The fact is, the antennas have to be at the bottom - this was mandated by the FCC, because of radiation scares. Yes, the “mobiles cause cancer” fears that have been debunked again and again and again. Don’t blame Apple or Nokia or any other phone that this happens to (read: all of them). Blame idiots in government who don’t understand science. tj said: Instructions from a Nokia 2320 which boil down to “avoid holding it that way.”

Anybody would think Apple’s iPhone 4 is the first phone with an antenna. Here is evidence that all phones have problems when you cover up the antenna - and here is a video of another Nokia with the same problem as the iPhone.

The fact is, the antennas have to be at the bottom - this was mandated by the FCC, because of radiation scares. Yes, the “mobiles cause cancer” fears that have been debunked again and again and again.

Don’t blame Apple or Nokia or any other phone that this happens to (read: all of them). Blame idiots in government who don’t understand science.

tj said:

Instructions from a Nokia 2320 which boil down to “avoid holding it that way.”

High Res

ReBlogged from tj

 

On the iPhone camera

Macworld just reviewed some portable cameras, including smart phones:

“…the highest scoring of all the smartphone cameras that we tested, was none other than the iPhone 4. Next in the rankings was the Droid X, followed by the EVO 4G, the Samsung Galaxy, and way at the bottom, the iPhone 3GS.”

(source: iPhone 4 camera beats the smartphone competition)

The camera on my iPhone 3G is shockingly bad, something I have not been overly bothered about (it’s better than my last phone’s camera and I don’t take many pictures - although I’d like to), but even I was surprised that the iPhone has gone from the worst (the 3GS, which is even better than my 3G) to the best (iPhone 4) camera. And then there’s the HD video!

When I get my new iPhone (and the frustration with O2 is a whole ‘nother blog post) I will be taking many more pictures and videos - I can’t wait!

 
Tumblr iPhone app continues to disappoint

The Tumblr iPhone app is so frustratingly bad that I find myself only using Tumblr on my Mac or iPad (using the browser rather than the app).

Problems include:

  • Formatting problems on posts often means the text overflows and you cannot read it all.
  • About 1 in 5 times, enlarging an image will cause you to scroll to the very top, so to find your place you have to do some rapid scrolling down (which reminds me of an iPhone game the boys put on my phone, 100 metre sprint). This leads to me choosing very carefully which images to view and then regretting it if I have to scroll.
  • It is a big improvement having links open in “new window” and keeping your place but then reblogging will take you to the top again. This is worse than the above point because the pages you viewed have to be loaded again: scroll, tap, wait, scroll, tap, wait. This leads to me not reblogging using the app.
  • As Marco created both Tumblr and Instapaper I continue to be baffled as to why there is no “read later” button.
  • This is more of a problem with Tumblr than just the app but I wish there was an option to read your dashboard in chronological order. Then not only would series of posts make sense but it could be easier to catch up on posts you missed. Tracking posts you have read would be the icing on the cake.
  • Also lately the app has been crashing, this could be due to the new iOS or my old iPhone 3G.

I’m quite confused how the guys and gals at Tumblr can put up with this, I can only conclude that they do not use the app.

staff:

Tumblr iPhone App 1.2

Just in time for your shiny new iPhone 4! Here’s the new stuff:

  • Native reblogging. Reblog posts to any of your blogs using the native editor. Even peek at the original post if you need to.
  • German localization. Sprechen Sie deutsch?
  • Enhanced photo post options. Click-through links and uploading via URL are now supported.
  • ‘Send to Twitter’ switch now respects your individual blog settings.
  • iOS 4.0 compatibility and multitasking!
  • Bug fixes and optimizations. Booooring.

Download or search for “tumblr” in the App Store.

ReBlogged from staff

 
“ We’re not going to beat around the bush — in our approximation, the iPhone 4 is the best smartphone on the market right now. The combination of gorgeous new hardware, that amazing display, upgraded cameras, and major improvements to the operating system make this an extremely formidable package.
iPhone 4 review - Engadget
 
“ The bottom line is that those of us who attended FlashCamp got a demo of Flash running on an Android phone, indeed — and it wasn’t impressive. We never saw an example of a site that worked without crashing under this beta version of Android.

Jeff Croft

(People have been complaining that the iPhone does not support Flash for years now, and yet no other phone has support for it yet either.)

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