Archive for June, 2010

Reports: iPhone 4 having signal drop issues when users touch & hold antenna band

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

The iPhone 4 is barely out for the public and we are already seeing reports of what could be a rather large issue — loss of signal strength when hold the iPhone. Sounds pretty bad, though personally without having an iPhone in my hands I cannot comment yet. As for what the complaints are saying, apparently

Mophie unveils the Juice Pack Reserve, an external battery pack for the iPhone & iPod touch

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

One of the more popular iPhone and iPod touch accessories has always been external battery packs — there seems to have always been a strong demand and given that we have seen numerous companies offering numerous options. That said, one of the more prominent names in that product line is mophie. And it seems as if

FarmVille by Zynga now available in the App Store

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

The FarmVille app was officially shown off during the WWDC keynote and we have some good news for those that may have been trying to wait patiently — the FarmVille app is now available in the App Store. The app is dubbed ‘FarmVille by Zynga” and comes as a free download, though it seems like there

UK Receives Just 16,000 iPhone 4s?

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Everyone expected there to be a shortage of the iPhone 4, but did anyone really expect so few to be delivered in the first consignment?  According to Pocket-Lint, the UK has 16,000 iPhone 4s to sell, which have to be spread out between the Apple Stores, O2, Vodafone and Orange outlets, plus Carphone Warehouse and

It’s iPhone 4 Release Day! Tell Us Your Experiences

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Even though some of the pre-orders came a day or so early, today, the 24th June, is the official launch day of the iPhone 4.  Its birth took a slightly different path to previous models, in that we knew what it would look like and essentially what features it would have ahead of time, but

iMovie Available for Your iPhone 4 Now!

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Unveiled alongside the iPhone 4 at WWDC, iMovie is now available to download from the iTunes App Store.  Priced at $4.99/£2.99, it currently appears to only be available inside stores in countries where the iPhone 4 has been released – the USA, UK, Germany, France and Japan. Developed especially for the iPhone 4’s 720p video capabilities,

Early iPhone 4’s plagued by retina display discoloration

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Unfortunately, some unlucky new iPhone 4 users are beginning to discover the down side of early adopting. “I got my 32gb iphone 4 just now from fedex. I just noticed a flaw on my display. It wasn’t very obvious, i was messing with the phone for a good 45 minutes till i even spotted it. On

Apple posts 243-page iPhone 4/iOS 4 user guide

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

If the beautifully simple ‘Finger Tips’ user guide that comes with the iPhone just isn’t enough reading material for you, you’ll be happy to know that Apple just posted a 243-page guide to their website earlier today (PDF link/iPhone-formatted version.) The guide, which is longer than some novels, is broken down into 28 chapters, and contains

White iPhone 4 will not be available until the ’second half of July’

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

This news is for all of you iPhonefreaks who still haven’t gone out and purchased the black iPhone 4 because you are patiently awaiting the arrival of the coveted white model. Unfortunately, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer. Apple just released a (very) brief press statement announcing that the white iPhone 4 will

Qwak on Sale Until 1.1 Update

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

You may recall we reviewed Qwak a short while ago and absolutely loved it.  In between now and then our feelings haven’t changed, as we still return to it whenever we have a moment spare to play an iPhone game.  There is no doubt it’s really, really tough – we’ve still not quite completed it