Officially, as far as Apple is concerned, there is no such thing as Antennagate. It might not be quite the same story internally. The New York Times reports that Mark Papermaster, Apple’s SVP of devices hardware engineering, is no longer part of the Apple family.
As if we haven’t seen enough of these already. Motorola, whose Droid X handset features on Apple’s “Antenna Hall of Shame” page , took out a full-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times , in an attempt to “bite back” at Apple.
AroundMe , the popular information-finding, location-based iPhone application, has just received an update that adds support for Retina display. This is great news for iPhone 4 owners, as it means that AroundMe now fully utilizes the handset’s capabilities.
A recently posted YouTube video demonstrating an iPhone speed test across all four generations of the handset has just come to our attention, thanks to a great tip from one of our readers (cheers, Mike). It’s fantastic to see how far the speed of the iPhone has advanced. Personally, my recent move from 3G to 4 has left me flabbergasted with the change – I’m very impressed with Apple’s super-quick new handset, to say the least
By now, most of you already know that Apple launched its iPhone 4 Case Program yesterday; a service through which owners of antenna-issue-afflicted iPhone 4 handsets may seek a free case. That was great news, right? Well, the bad news hit home today as many users of Apple’s Case Program app received emails stating that their free treat wouldn’t reach them until September