Yes, the iPhone 4 is broken / No, the iPhone 4 is not broken
The controversy over the iPhone 4's antenna issues continues to grow, particularly after Consumer Reports confirmed yesterday that every iPhone 4 suffers from signal attenuation when the phone is held with the lower left corner covered -- a report that we confirmed with results from our own custom signal metering app. At this point, there's no longer any question in our minds that the iPhone 4's antenna can be made to lose signal by holding it "wrong" -- and we definitely think it's more than a little silly that simply holding the phone in your left hand has been nicknamed the "death grip." That said, however, it's not at all clear what the real-world effects of the antenna issue actually are for most people -- as we've repeatedly said, several iPhone 4s owned by the Engadget staff (including our review unit) have never experienced so much as a single dropped call, while others suffer from signal issues that results in lost calls and unresponsive data in a dramatic way. What's more, at this point Apple's sold well over two million iPhone 4s , and we simply haven't heard the sort of outcry from users that we'd normally hear if a product this high-profile and this popular had a showstopping defect.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antenna, antenna-issue, controversy, engadget, industry, iphone, iphone4, outcry, peers, report, users, using-the-phone, well-as-reached, world, york
Palm App catalog hits 1,000 apps… okay, 946
Hey, good news everybody! The Palm App Catalog, which has lagged far behind its peers, has reached the 1,000 app milestone as of this morning. Well, to be precise, it's hit 946, as pointed out by Electronista , but still, it's a nice little sign of growth for the webOS apps, whose development was hampered by very restricted initial access to its Mojo SDK. In comparison to contenders such as Android, whose catalog numbers around 20,000 , and Apples iTunes store, which boasts over 100,000 , Palm's numbers are extremely modest -- but progress is progress, especially considering it launched its App Catalog in June with just 30 apps
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: apps, catalog-hits, ces, electronista, engadget, initial-access, launched-its, milestone, morning, numbers, peers, pointed-out, sdk, such-as-android, very-restricted
textually.org: Cell-phone Use – but Not Music – Reduces Pedestrian …
Two new studies of pedestrian safety found that using a cell phone while hoofing it can endanger one's health. Older pedestrians, in particular, are impaired when crossing a busy (simulated) street while speaking on a mobile phone , ...
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other, Phone Street Tags: britney-spears, cellular-news, cross-the-same, mobile, Mobile Phone, music, peers, permanent-link, phone, researchers, same-conditions, street, study, suggested-bill, walking