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Antenna Issue Was Reproduced in the iOS 4.1 beta





Here is a video of a guy who tried to reproduce the antenna issue on the iPhone 4 with a latest iOS 4.1 beta. As you see, the smartphone loses two bars when he holds it with a "death grip", so it looks like the problem with antenna wasn’t actually fixed.




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What's new in iPhone iOS 4.1 beta



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Apple released iOS 4.1 beta and SDK for developers. Here is a quick look at the changes:

  1. Larger signal bars.
  2. SignalBars

  3. New look of Game Center.
  4. GameCenter


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Thursday, July 15th, 2010. 18:03

iOS 4.0.1 may be released today



Guys from iPhoneHellas.gr report that iOS 4.0.1 may be released today. Such information was received from some "reliable" source, and it looks like true as earlier this site has already been proven to be reliable channel of information.




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Thursday, July 15th, 2010. 16:58

iOS 4.1 SDK Released



Today, Apple has released iOS 4.1 beta for developers. The SDK and a beta OS install for iOS devices is now available via Apple developers site. We will update with new features as we find them, including antenna fixes.




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Thursday, July 15th, 2010. 16:20

Funny iPhone 4 antenna promo video



This video is made to look like an official Apple promo video, however it is certainly not. The topic is iPhone 4 antenna. Funny, take a look:




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Thursday, July 15th, 2010. 10:10

Video of software unlocked iPhone 4



PlanetBeing successfully unlocked the iPhone 4 yesterday. Today he posted a video clip:




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The iPhone 4 Has Been Unlocked



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DevTeam hacker Planetbeing has just announced that the iPhone 4 has been successfully unlocked.

Looks like I now have an unlocked iPhone 4. :)

My soft-unlocked iPhone 4 (in Canada). I'll have video in a couple of hours once I can top-up the SIM. http://twitpic.com/24ycdv

DevTeam congratulated planetbeing in team's official twitter:

Congrats to @planetbeing for first ever soft-unlocked iPhone4 http://is.gd/dqwvv (now to streamline it!)

Musclenerd also mentioned one interesting fact:

We think we have 3 different ways to unlock once inside BB (the 3rd way was first to fully work for @planetbeing !)

Congratulations for accomplishing this in such a short time. The unlock will be publicly available shortly after comex releases his jailbreak utility for iOS 4.


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TopGear makes fun of iPhone 4



Recently almost everybody talks about iPhone 4 and it's reception problems due to the "wrong holding".

“Some say that if you hold him in the wrong way, he doesn’t work properly,” said Jeremy Clarkson on top motoring show, Top Gear, this weekend.




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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010. 0:48

UK iBooks Top Chart



One of our readers sent us an interesting and humorous photo. This is top chart from the UK iBooks store. Check out number 2:

Thanks to James Clements.




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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010. 23:14

Next-gen iPad Will Have Smaller OLED-Screen



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Today Taiwanese newspaper DigiTimes released another article which reveals that the producing of next-gen iPad will be started in the last quarter of 2010. New tablet will have 7-inch and 5.6-inch OLED displays supplied by Compal Electronics. Both of these small (compared to the current 9.7-inch model) devices will "target the e-book reader market, separating them from the 9.7-inch model, which mainly targets multimedia entertainment".

Choosing the OLED panels is explained by the assumption that its costs will be dropped soon, as LG display and Samsung Electronics are currently devoting resources into its development.

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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010. 17:10

Maroon 5 performed at Apple Campus



Few days ago the Maroon 5 played a concert in Cupertino at Apple's campus. It is a usual suprise for Apple's employees, who nevertheless like such events.

Here is a video from the concert uploaded by a YouTube user named essoewhy. Look at those people there, almost everybody has an iPhone!

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdMc4e9Gt24




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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010. 16:26

Registration for MacWorld 2011 Is Opened and Free



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Today everybody who is going to attend the next MacWorld conference in 2011 received an e-mail, where it is said that free registration for the event is finally open. Those who register before July 26 will have a free ticket to the convention. Then the cost will be as of a standard ticket.

Macworld is an annual event that brings Apple fans and users all over the world to see new products mainly from third party software and case manufacturers. You can register for free here.




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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010. 15:47

Old Wi-Fi-enabled iPhone Will Finally Go On Sale in China



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According to The Wall Street Journal, last week Chinese Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center approved Wi-Fi enabled iPhone to be put on sale soon in China. The problem is that on the accompanying picture it is clearly seen that the approved device is the iPhone 3G or 3GS, but certainly not the iPhone 4.

Apple’s smartphone went on sale last year, but it was Wi-Fi disabled because technology's standard was temporarily banned by the Chinese government. In May 2009 the ban was relaxed.

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Geohot closed his iPhone blog and twitter



Geohot closed the iPhone blog that he used to announce and release jailbreaks and unlocks over the past few years. The site now says "This blog is open to invited readers only". Yesterday he posted his last public blog entry.

Geohot has also now shut down his Twitter account which has 113,761 followers. Visiting the account now says "This person has protected their tweets".


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iPhoneRoot performed iPhone research for Wall Street Journal



Last week our site iPhoneRoot.com was contacted by Wall Street Journal journalist to comment on recent iPhone antenna and signal issues. We certainly shared our thoughts. After interesting conversation we agreed to perform a research of the latest iPhone iOS 4 firmware. As a result WSJ published two interesting articles covering iPhone, antennas, signals and bars. Take a look:

We will soon post detailed data from our research.




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Monday, July 12th, 2010. 20:19