iPhone firmware 2.0.2 update explained
What’s the deal with the iPhone 3G? I mean, I updated it and I’m still dropping calls like U.S. Olympic batons!
Bad Seinfeld jokes aside, Roughly Drafted has some information from “a source close to AT&T” as to why you may have updated your iPhone 3G and still don’t have your reception problems fixed.
Check it out after the break.
Apple Special Event planned for September 9th? [Update]
MacRumors is collecting some rumors in one article about a possible date for Apple’s next new product announcement. All sources seem to converge on September 9th.
Originally, MacRumors had listed this event as an unverified rumor and didn’t pay a lot of attention to it. But since Kevin Rose, ArsTechnica, and Brian Lam from Gizmodo have all voiced their info and have pretty much agreed on September 9th, they, and we, are paying a little more attention.
Find out to what else the rumors point after the break.
Reasons why Verizon thinks they are better than the iPhone
Gizmodo has posted an interesting list supposedly from Verizon about their talking points regarding the iPhone 3G.
Jump past the break to find out why they feel they’ve got more to offer than the iPhone 3G.
Goodbye, Tris, we miss you already [Update]
You may remember my favorite Tetris clone, Tris, that was released in the App Store in the second week of August. In my opinion, it is the best Tetris clone available, and quite possibly the best free game on the App Store as of this writing. But, that’s not going to last. No, soon it will not be the best free game on the App Store; mostly because it won’t be available.
Find out why after the break.
iPhone 3G coming to Russia
With the announcement of the iPhone 3G at WWDC also came the announcement of the iPhone’s expansion into a plethora of new countries. Reuters reports that Russia will now join that list.
Details after the break.
Rare new iPod nano features discovered: failure and deformation
First generation iPod nano owners, listen up. If your iPod nano was purchased between September of 05 and December of 06, then you might have some “hot” features you don’t want.
Macworld has an article that details Apple recognition that “in very rare cases” (about 0.001 percent) said iPods could overheat. Apple is blaming the problem on an unnamed battery supplier. The faulty batteries can, in some instances, overheat, causing “failure and deformation of the iPod Nano.”
Details after the break.
Visit Apple’s Cupertino campus… for free!
Apple may have recently passed Google in market value, but there seems to be no hard feelings between the two companies.
Google has updated their street view with images from Apple campus in Cupertino. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always kind of wanted to see what Apple’s headquarters looks like. This can’t replace the real thing, but for free, it’s fun. You can take a virtual stroll down 1 Infinite Loop. Now, if only I could go to the Apple company store and buy some Apple branded T-Shirts, my tour would be complete!
Check out the map after the break.
Psystar “definitely still shipping” its Mac clones.
On Wednesday, Psystar, the company now famous for cheap Mac clones, posted a note to its website stating that even during its ongoing lawsuit from Apple, it will still be shipping Open Computers.
Details after the break.
Apple now worth more than Google
Apple’s market value today rose above that of Google, whose CEO, Eric Schmidt, sits on Apple’s board of directors.
This makes Apple the third most valuable computer services out there behind IBM and the goliath Microsoft.
Check the numbers after the break.
iPhone 3G has a bad 3G chipset?
GigaOm is reporting on some recent issues with the iPhone 3G. Om, and others, have been complaining about what they call poor 3G reception with the new iPhone. Om quotes Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura Securities, who has a possible explanation.
We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain Infineon is the 3G supplier.
Details after the break.
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