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Antennagate: All that Apple managed to achieve at its press conference is to irritate other manufacturers
01 year ago
So…Apple is deleting all discussion threads about the antenna issue and still denies any problems with their design, even though, they started to try to hire antenna designers just before the official launch and they’re now giving away for free a rubber band to fix the non-issue.
On stage, this past Friday, Father Jobs, tried to convince its followers that the reception issue was in line with what people were experiencing with devices from other manufacturers, but the press and Consumer Reports didn’t buy it. Here is how Dave Nanian summarized the event: “So, in sum: there is no problem, all phones have this no problem, a case fixes this no problem, free case to fix your no problem. Got it!”
Somebody else didn’t buy it, the manufacturers that were dragged into Apple’s problem by Jobs. RIM, Nokia and HTC have all issued statements that they had designed antennas for long enough to know what they were doing.
At the end of the day, it’s just a phone (just not a very good one, more like a 3G iPod) and everybody is free to not buy it or return it (minus 10%) if they don’t like it. If it works for you and adds value to your life, then enjoy 
The fastest mobile gaming platform: Samsung Galaxy S running Android
01 year ago
I always thought iPods and PSPs were king when it came to mobile gaming, but it looks like things are about to change.
“Android and me” compared various phones running Android with the new Galaxy S, hosting a Samsung processor and apparently the Korean giant’s claims are true:”…the entire Galaxy S lineup) offers the best graphics performance of any smartphone”.
On top of that, the phone comes with TV-out, so you can hook it up to your HD TV and wait for games to get released on Android 
Source: http://androidandme.com/2010/07/news/galaxy-s-lineup-leads-the-pack-in-android-gpu-benchmarks/
T-mobile iPhone 4 tariffs are disappointing…Good! Less of these pipe cloggers saturating the network :)
1So…despite all the reported problems, you still want to buy the latest phone blessed by Father Jobs? Well, don’t go for T-Mobile
T-Mobile has just published their new iPhone 4 tariffs and it will cost you £60/month for 24 months to get the cheapest version for free. You’ll get 1GB of 3G data transfer which should be OK for most usage, but there is no Wi-fi data transfer included…
Ars Technica: “Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks”
01 year ago
Google was very proud when it announced the latest release of its Mobile OS back in May, mentioning the huge improvements made to the Javascript engine, but then Apple announced their latest OS and people expected some improvements in the browsing department.
Now, Ars Technica has published the results of their tests and the Android phones‘ browser is making a killing. iOS doesn’t stand a chance.
UK government wasted taxpayers’ money developing iPhone apps…
01 year ago
Sure developing “Apps” makes you look young and hip and in the end, it probably just came out of the marketing budget and was just as good an investment as printing some ads in the paper, but surely, that money could have been better spent.
