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  • iPhone 4’s seams explained, ready to solve AT&T call issues? (video)

    iPhone 4’s seams explained, ready to solve AT&T call issues? (video)

    Posted on June 8, 2010 | No Comments
    When we first exposed the iPhone 4 to the world, many of you were skeptical about its authenticity. Frankly, so were we, initially anyway. A device with black seams disrupting its otherwise clean lines just couldn't be from Apple, a company notorious for its obsessive design aesthetic. Well, now that the iPhone 4 is official, Steve took a moment to explain that the stainless steel band is actually an integral part of the iPhone's antenna system -- one part dedicated to Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS; the other larger half to UMTS and GSM. Something that, according to Steve, has never been done before in a phone. We'll have to wait a bit before we know whether this "brilliant engineering" translates into fewer dropped calls for frustrated AT&T customers. But it's hard to imagine that Apple would take the time to show its antennas to developers if there wasn't a downstream reward for consumers. Remember, Steve did say last week that things "should be getting a lot better soon" on AT&T. Click through to hear Apple's loyal software developers ooh and aah over the iPhone's really cool ability to convert electromagnetic radiation into electrical current, and back. Amazing.

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  • Apple TV Update Adds Remote Gesture Control

    Apple TV Update Adds Remote Gesture Control

    Posted on June 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple has updated the software for both Apple TV (v2.4) and the iPhone Remote App (v1.3). Users will see little, though, unless they use both together. When used in conjunction, you can now control the Apple TV by using swipe gestures on the iPhone (or iPod Touch). As befits a remote control, the gestures are easy [...]

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  • Apple on Palm Pre iTunes Sync: ‘Watch Out’

    Apple on Palm Pre iTunes Sync: ‘Watch Out’

    Posted on June 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Palm’s cheeky but gutsy addition of iTunes syncing to the Pre was always at the mercy of Apple’s engineers, if not its lawyers. In a support document updated yesterday, though, Apple has made its first move in what we expect to be a long cat and mouse game. Right now, Palm Media Sync will “transfer DRM-free music, [...]

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