Apple may have iOS 4 update to fix reception issue

iPhone 4 users who have run into reception issues by holding their devices “the wrong way” could see a more feasible solution from Apple very soon. An iOS 4.0.1 software fix is in the works and may arrive as early as Monday, according to AppleInsider. Users of Apple’s tech support forums reported seeing comments from Apple reps confirming that an iOS 4.0.1 update fix would ship early this week, though those comments and related discussions have since been removed. When the iPhone launched, people began complaining about reception issues on the iPhone when holding it in their left hand.  Issues included dropped calls ad failed internet browsing. Late Thursday, Apple acknowledged the issue but explained it as a fact of life for every wireless phone. The company suggested that iPhone 4 users either buy a case or hold the phone a different way, which of course further upset customers who had already paid $199 or $299 for one of the new models. Apple reported on Monday that it sold 1.7 million iPhone 4 units in the first three days. Though users may have been caught by surprise, some experts had already foreseen the antenna issue. Two weeks before the iPhone 4’s debut, Gert Frolund Pedersen, an antenna expert and professor at Aalborg University in Denmark, warned about the placement of the antenna on the iPhone 4. In an interview...

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Hey Apple, you're holding it wrong.

Seriously Steve? We’re holding it wrong? Have you looked at your Video on your web site? Engadget has 20 screen shots from Apple’s own video showing everyone holding this phone in the bottom left...

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No More Support For Original Version Of Windows Vista

It looks like Microsoft is no longer providing support for the original version on Windows Vista. In order to get support going forward, you need to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Vista Service Pack 2. You can read more about the end of support for Windows Vista RTM here. If you haven’t yet upgraded to SP1 or SP2, hopefully this is motivation for you to do so. If you’re concerned about upgrading, both service packs have been out for some time and I cannot think of any reason not to upgrade, to at least SP1....

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Google Activates Remote Kill Switch For The First Time

We all know that any smart phone maker — like Google, Apple, or Microsoft — builds in a back door exclusively for the down-the-line removal of any unforeseen problems. But we smart phone consumers still find it a little fishy (and depressing) when such a backdoor is put to use, such as the case with Google in its Android recently. Google unleashed its weapons this week upon a couple of apps that can prove disastrous to your device. Google announced that it removed two useless but still Terms of Service-infringing apps. Google does admit, however, that most of the...

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A Surprise in Every iPhone 4

Did you ever notice that when Apple hypes its products the tech specs are not always the focus of that hype. Rather Steve Jobs tends to put out there how wonderful the phone will perform but not necessarily technically why. We simple get revved by the fact that the device, such as th eiPad for example,  is “magical”. In the case of the iPhone Jobs said its“the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone”.Hardly any consumer can spout out the RAM or Memory or any other tech spec as long as the device works fine. So perhaps that...

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Firefox 3.6.4 Released But Only For Some

The newest version of Mozilla’s Firefox, version 3.6.4 has been released after much delay. Many will be pleased that the new version’s major update is added protection against  crashing due to third-party plugins such as Adobe Flash, which was one of the main culprits. This new feature is called OOPP, “out-of-process plugins”. There are many other bug fixes and stability upgrades included in the new version but OOPP is the most welcome. Crash protection utilizes out-of-process plugins technology to run third-party plugins (specifically Flash, Quicktime, and Silverlight) in a separate process. In the past, a plugin crash would take...

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