Apple afraid of a shattering followup to its Antennagate woes?
Apple weathered that Antennagate storm surprisingly well, but now there's another potential cloudburst on the horizon, and it's been pre-named for your convenience: "Glassgate." Or maybe "GlassThatShattersIfScratchedByACasegate." Ryan Block has just posted a story on gdgt citing sources "inside and outside Apple" claiming that Apple has discovered a different flaw -- or weakness, shall we say -- in its iPhone 4 design. The basic problem seems to be with non-bumper cases, specifically ones that slide on to the phone, and the danger of trapped particles scratching the back of the phone while taking the case on and off. Case-caused scratches are nothing new (though still annoying), but the big problem seems to be that these scratches can lead to cracking and even full-on shattering of the back panel
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antennagate, block, cases, claiming, correlation, engadget, glassgate, iphone, iphone4, program, scratches, taking-the-case
iPhone 4 free case program to end September 30th, get one while you still can
Back when Apple initially said it'd offer free iPhone 4 cases to assuage reception concerns, there was a September 30th deadline given for the program. After which, according to Steve and company during the post-press conference Q&A , Apple would "evaluate" the prolonged need for such an offer. Well, looks like the decision has been made.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 30th-deadline, antennagate, decision, entry, freecase, initially-said, iphone, iphone 4, know-the-iphone, program, prolonged, return-policy, statement
Apple begins iPhone 4 Case Program: apply for your free case or Bumper now
Well, there's nothing like masking bad news with good news, right Apple ? Just moments after quietly announcing that the white iPhone 4 is now scheduled to ship sometime between tomorrow and your New Year's Eve party, the company has also fired up its iPhone 4 Case Program.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: antennaissue, apple, breakingnews, bumper, credit-card, guys, itunes, problem, program, reception
Google Open Spot alerts Android users to freed parking spaces
Oh, sure -- this has certainly been tried before , but given that things like this need a critical mass of followers to be effective, we're particularly jazzed about Google 's own initiative. Dubbed 'Open Spot,' this bloody brilliant Android (2.0 and up) application enables motorists to search for unclaimed spaces that have been reported by other Open Spot users, and once they head elsewhere, it allows them to mark their spot as open and available
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: google-open, googleandroid, invention, marvelous, mass, open spot, program, traveling
iOS 4 gold build now available to iPhone Developer Program members
You've got to wait a couple weeks to get this if you're the run-of-the-mill iPhone type -- but if you've ponied up the Benjamin for an iPhone Developer Program membership (who's probably suffered through a handful of iPhone OS 4 beta builds over the last few months), you're now able to download the Gold Master seed of iOS 4 directly from Apple's site. Let us know if you manage to sprout a front-facing cam on your 3GS to test FaceTime or anything cool like that, alright
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, backups, beta, couple, engadget, facetime, gold, iphone os 4.0, iphoneos4.0, Master, program
GPS unit or cellphone GPS program?
Hi! As a driving instructor, I need to get the students home. My old GPS (Roadmate 360) died on me. I think that buying a phone with GPS, the new Nexus One. I can not decide between this and get a separate GPS unit. . . as the Garmin Nuvi 885T. AGPS is accurate as a standalone unit? Thank you in advance! AGPS Having never used on mobile phones, which provide turn-by-turn directions?
iPhone 3GS mod ditches plastic cover in favor of titanium vestment
Engadget reader Martin Schrotz is a man after our own hearts. He's taken the editors' choice for best smartphone of 2009 and tricked it out with a handsome new back cover made out of titanium. Not sufficiently pleased with the plastic casing provided by Apple, Martin opened up his favorite CAD program and refashioned his phone into the much hardier and indubitably more awesome machine you see before you.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: communications, editors, engadget, entry, iphone 3gs, price, program, result, titanium, tricked-it-out, wireless
iPhone SDK 3.2 moves on to beta round 3 (update: it’s been pulled)
As we march toward the inevitability of a post- iPad world, so marches the development of iPhone SDK 3.2 -- and this time, we're on to beta 3. There's no word yet on what's changed, but unless you're a registered (and paid) member of Apple's iPhone Developer Program, it doesn't much matter to you seeing how you can't get in on the download. Keep us abreast of the trials, tribulations, highs, and lows of your downloads and installs, won't you
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, beta, downloads, highs, inevitability, ipad, iphone os, iphone sdk, phone-developer, program, result, time, trials, your-downloads
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Apple’s iPhone dev program whoopsie: ‘Need to update this for the 27th launch’
We're sure everyone in Cupertino is ordering Chinese to the office this evening; it's going to be a late night.