iPhone jailbreaking (and all cell phone unlocking) made legal
This weekend has seen a flurry of activity about digital rights, but the biggest news dropped Monday morning, when the Library of Congress announced that it had made the controversial practice of “jailbreaking” your iPhone — or any other cell phone — legal.
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White iPhone 4 Delayed Again: Innovative Manufacturing Process Just a Bit Too Tricky
The white iPhone 4, which was expected to go on sale at the end of this month, has become a pink elephant: Apple now says it won’t arrive until “later this year.” The manufacturing process turns out to be trickier than even Steve [...]
Free iPhone 4 Case: How To Get Your Free Bumper From 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. Just as Jobs promised last week at an emergency [...]
Free iPhone 4 Bumper Cases Costs Apple $175 Million
Apple had to address the voices of discontentment over the iPhone 4 death grip problem and did so last week by announcing free iPhone 4 bumper cases for all users. The cost for this solution was $175 million US which sounds like quite a hit on the [...]
iPhone problems overblown
Apple’s chief executive Steve Jobs says reception problems with the new iPhone 4 have been overblown.
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IPhone glitch prompts Jobs’ apology: ‘We’re not perfect’
CUPERTINO, Calif. — A perfect iPhone? There’s no app for that.
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Apple iPhone Antenna Defenders Speak Out: Yeah, They Exist
As a chorus of pitchfork wielding iPhone 4 customers are demanding Apple admit to antenna problems, a less vocal minority are defending Apple. A cadre of noted analysts and influential bloggers are taking Apple’s side in the antenna debacle. They defend the company’s line that signal bars [...]
iPhone apps to lose ground to competitors
The dominance of Apple’s iPhone in the mobile app download market will be eroded over the coming years as rivals Android, Symbian and BlackBerry make inroads, according to Ovum, even though Apple generated a massive 67 percent of all smartphone app downloads last year.
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The iPhone 4 catches fire, and we’re not talking about sales
An iPhone 4 caught fire while attached to a computer, the lead item in today’s App Industry Roundup . Also, is iAd math different? First, the iPhone 4 was plagued by an apparently bad antenna design. Now, there’s a new worry: flaming iPhone 4’s.
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iPhone uploads limited by defect
NEW YORK — In the latest snag for the iPhone 4, AT&T said Wednesday that a software defect in its network is limiting data uploads from the phone in some areas. That means it takes longer for users to send pictures, video and other content from the phone.
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