iPhone 3,2 rumored to be in near-final testing phase, cue the CDMA speculation
Apple's all aglow with its fiscal triumphs, but that's nothing new. Here's something else that follows the Cupertino company like night follows the day: Verizon iPhone rumors. Boy Genius Report claims it's heard from one of its "solid Apple sources" that iPhone 3,2 (seen previously in iOS code ) has hit "AP testing phase," which reportedly means final hardware and near-final software.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: antenna, apple, genius, global, iphone, paradox, rumors, street, verizoniphone
Clearwire’s San Francisco WiMAX launch was a bureaucratic nightmare
It seems awfully odd that San Francisco -- you know, San Francisco , part of America's technology nexus -- had been left out in the 4G cold for so long while over 70 other networks have been brought live in Clearwire's WiMAX footprint. Well, turns out there's a good reason...
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antenna, appeal, clearwire, customers, future, other-networks, planning, planningcommission, Reason, tremblor, wimax
Apple’s fall event is tomorrow, and we’ll be there live!
So it's just around the corner. What are we going to see?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: antenna, applefallevent, appletv, corner, entry, hawaii, ipod, tokyo
How would you change Apple’s iPhone 4?
We know, half of you aren't even going to read past the headline before you start angrily banging away about Apple's admitted antenna gaff and the still-not-totally-fixed proximity sensor , but we're urging you to look deeper .
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antenna, apple-iphone, att, colors, fri, hwyc, proximity, receptionissue, seriousness, smartphone
Sprint rolls out 4G-only U1901 USB modem
It seems a little early in the game to be going to WiMAX -only gear when dual-mode EV-DO / WiMAX modems are readily available -- but if you're feeling confident that your town's 4G rollout is rock-solid, you might want to take a crack at Sprint's new U1901 USB stick. Interestingly, it's got an accessory docking cradle (not included) with an external antenna to boost reception a bit if you're in shaky coverage, so you might be able to pull a signal with this setup in places where you otherwise wouldn't -- but still, not having EV-DO as a cushy fallback would take some stones
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antenna, available-now, data, external, modems, pcd, release, result, sprint, usb
Motorola takes another shot at the iPhone 4, says Droid X is ‘no jacket required’
Well this is getting good . Motorola was one of the first to take a subtle swipe at Apple's iPhone 4 antenna dilemma with an ad saying you could hold the Droid X "any way you like," Apple came right back with a video purportedly showing the Droid X suffering similar attenuation issues when held in the right hand, and now Moto's responded with this cheeky ad that plays off Apple's free iPhone case solution by saying the Droid X can make calls "without a bulky phone jacket." Yeah, it's pretty good -- particularly because unlike most other phones, we haven't been able to death grip the Droid X with any noticeable effect on 3G reception. (Although, truth be told, we can drop the WiFi signal by a few bars pretty easily.) Either way, we're certainly enjoying this little slice of swagger from Moto -- check a larger version after the break
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: advertising, antenna, apple, dilemma, droidx, effect, entry, grip-the-droid, iphone, no jacket required, nojacketrequired, swipe, wifi
Samsung dispatching free Galaxy S handsets to iPhone 4 whiners on Twitter?
Well this is one lucky Tiffany here, but she's not alone. Wired UK was first to report that Samsung's been quietly dishing out free Galaxy S handsets (the European flavor) to a few lucky British Twitter users. How so?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antenna, captivate, cellphone, digital, exception, galaxy, handsets, like-the-korean, Mobile Phone, mobilephone, samsung, typography
Apple starts refunding Bumper purchases automagically
Automatic refunds, or so the email says. We've been on the receiving end of a deluge of tips this morning pointing out that Apple has begun funneling cash back into its users' pockets -- a most unusual event, to be sure -- to live up to its retroactive promise of free Bumpers for all (who buy their iPhone 4 before September 30). If the particular wording is to be trusted, that should mean that even those who haven't yet bothered to put in a claim, but did purchase a Bumper, will find themselves enriched in due course.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antenna, antennaissue, apple refund, applerefund, bumper, entry, iphone, iphone 4, money, pockets, pride, refund, reputation, result
Engadget Mobile Podcast 047 – 07.21.2010
We like a good antenna story as much as the next guy, but we've got a lot of other things to talk about, too. Hosts: Chris Ziegler, Myriam Joire ( tnkgrl ) Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Daestro - Light Powered ( Ghostly International ) 01:44 - Apple to give away free cases to iPhone 4 users 09:22 - Windows Phone 7 in-depth preview 18:48 - Samsung Captivate 23:00 - Samsung Vibrant Hear the podcast Subscribe to the podcast [ iTunes ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes [ RSS MP3 ] Add the Engadget Mobile Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically [ RSS AAC ] Add the Engadget Mobile Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator [ Zune ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace Download the podcast LISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (AAC) Contact the podcast podcast (at) engadgetmobile (dot) com. Follow us on Twitter @zpower @tnkgrl @engadgetmobile Engadget Mobile Podcast 047 - 07.21.2010 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:00:00 EST
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antenna, apple, engadget-mobile, myriam, myriam-joire, podcast, trent-wolbe, windows-phone, wolbe, zune
Apple shows Nokia’s N97 Mini can be force choked, too (video)
Nokia claims it always prioritizes antenna performance over physical design , and we'll take them at their word, but that apparently didn't exempt one Espoo handset from Apple's grip of doom. Here's the Nokia N97 Mini going down for the count, from a full seven bars to two.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: antenna, apparently-didn, apple, engadget, entry, force-choked, iphone4, nokia, reception, result, signal