Who doesn’t like to go out and have a few beers, especially when they are in midst of their friends? Now all you beer lovers and iPhone users have an app that will tell you all about different kinds of beers in the country and everything you want to know about them. Brewski Me 10.1 [...]
Let’s face it; you just cannot do without your iPhone. And you are not the only one; all iPhone users will vouch for the fact that they feel out of sync with their surroundings if they forget to carry it with them. Nothing feels the same and you feel like you are at a major [...]
The iPhone 4 makes its debut in Canada on Friday, giving Canadians the ability to choose from three carriers and to buy the device unlocked directly from Apple. It won’t be cheap: the unlocked 16GB iPhone 4 will retail for $659 (CAD) or about $640 (USD), while the 32GB version will go for $779 (CAD) [...]
OtterBox just announced that their first iPhone 4 case is now available, which will offer a ton of protection against impact as well as ward off the vile Death Grip. The Defender Series case is comprised of three layers: a scratch- and water-resistant screen, a hard plastic case, and a rubber skin on the outside. [...]
Apple has pulled its iPhone 4 bumper cases from its online store. The colorful rubber and molded plastic cases have been priced at zero on Apple’s site and now carry the note, “iPhone 4 Bumpers are currently unavailable for sale.” The bumper cases played a large role in Steve Jobs’s iPhone 4 press conference last [...]
NEW YORK (CBS) Whoopi Goldberg is not a happy iPhone 4 customer. Join the line, Whoop. The comedian and commentator of ABC’s influential daytime talk show “The View” took to the program to express her outrage at what she says was the shoddy performance of her new iPhone 4. Dropped calls, thrown away e-mails – [...]
The “death grip” problem is unfortunately real for the iPhone 4. When skin comes into contact with and bridges the two metal bands in the lower left corner of the iPhone, the displayed signal strength drops. This may or may not affect voice calls or data sessions on the iPhone. I’ve been able to replicate [...]
If you are one of the millions of iPhone 4 users hoping that the upcoming update will correct that dreaded “death grip” problem – you are in for a big surprise. More than one person is reporting that after calling Apple’s support line, AppleCare, they are being told that the update will not fix the [...]
It’s been like pulling teeth, and it took journalists mailing AppleCare rather than Apple’s notoriously tight-lipped and selectively-responding public relations department, but we have our answer. That iPhone 4 software update will do nothing to fix the reception problems–it is a hardware issue. Gizmodo e-mailed AppleCare support three times this week and got the same [...]
Earlier today Apple addressed a problem with its antenna and signal strength display on its new iPhone 4 in an open letter to customers. The problem, known at the “death grip” appears to result in worse reception and dropped calls when the phone is held a certain way when the signal strength is low. But [...]