I ordered my free black Bumper last week and it initially said the item wouldn't ship until late August. I received an email from Apple yesterday night telling me my order had shipped. I suppose I will receive it by tomorrow.
If you have an iPhone 4, you're entitled to receive a free case from Apple so make sure you check out these instructions on how to get it. If you've already ordered your free case from Apple, you should start receiving a shipment notice soon as well.
We already knew that iPhone owners are richer, younger and smarter than other smartphone owners and a new study now brings to light how selfish iPad owners are. Yes, you read that right, you're selfish!
The survey reveals:
iPad Owners are an elite bunch. They’re wealthy, highly educated and sophisticated. They value power and achievement much more than others. They’re also selfish, scoring low on measures of kindness and altruism. As can be seen in the chart below, we found that people with all or most of these qualities, whom we call selfish elites, are roughly 6 times more likely to be an iPad Owner than the average person.
Ironically, those who are the most critical about the iPad don't even own one. The survey shows that "independent geeks" that are "interested in video games, computers, electronics, science and the internet" are more likely to criticize the iPad than not.
How legit is this survey? I'm not sure and to be honest, I don't think we should take it too seriously.
[Wired]
BGR reports today that unlocked iPhone 4s will be available for purchase in Canada when the device launches there this friday.
According to CBC news, pricing for the unlocked version of the iPhone 4 will start at $659 — for the lower capacity 16 GB version — and climb up to $779 for the 32 GB version.
These prices are in Canadian dollars. The conversion in US dollars is $637 for the 16 GB version and $753 for the 32 GB version
When I think my iPhone 4 cost me $742.69, it hurts to realize I could have had an officially unlocked iPhone for just about $10 more...
Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 4 in 17 more countries on Friday.
Apple's iPhone 4 will be available in 17 more countries this Friday, July 30. iPhone 4 features FaceTime, which makes video calling as easy as one tap, Apple's new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in stunning text, images and video, and a beautiful all-new design of glass and stainless steel that is the thinnest smartphone in the world.
The white iPhone 4 has been delayed until "later this year" and there is still a shortage of black iPhones in stores so I wonder how they're going be able to fulfill the demand. Additionally, iPad screen manufacturer LG said even though it’s currently running at full capacity, the company won’t be able to meet Apple’s demand. That sure is a nice problem to have.
If you have an iPhone 3G running iOS 4, you know how painfully slow your device can be. This is due to the fact that iOS 4 was designed for more powerful devices like the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4.
iPhone hacker Comex tweeted a link to a MMI article showing how you can easily make your iPhone 3G on iOS 4 faster. Apparently, turning off Spotlight Search does the trick.
To do so, go to Settings > General >Home Button > Spotlight Search, then turn off everything and reboot your iPhone.
I don't have an iPhone 3G so I wasn't able to verify this but looking at all the positive comments over at MMI, I assume this is working like a charm.
Please try it and let us know how it goes for you.
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Just like it does for iPods, Apple is now rumored to offer a free engraving option on all iPads purchased during the holidays season, a source told tech blog Erictic:
“From what I understand, Apple’s going to be offering customers the option to get their iPads engraved just before the Holidays roll around,” noted the source in an email to me, which oddly enough began on the topic of Apple’s recent move to distribute free bumpers and cases for iPhone 4 smartphone customers. Our source cites that current high demand for the iPad has prevented Apple from offering tablet engraving, fearing slow-downs in production.
Rumor or not, the iPad will sure be a hit this holiday season. That is if Apple can meet the demand of course...
The Associated Press just published an interesting piece titled New Gov't Rules Allow Unapproved iPhone Apps which seems to announce the legalization of iPhone jailbreaks and unlocks:
Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday.
The decision to allow the practice commonly known as "jailbreaking" is one of a handful of new exemptions from a federal law that prohibits the circumvention of technical measures that control access to copyrighted works. Every three years, the Library of Congress authorizes such exemptions to ensure that existing law does not prevent non-infringing use of copyrighted material.
Another exemption will allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers.
This is real big news! Up until today, there was a legal mystery surrounding iPhone jailbreaks and unlocks and even though you owned your iPhone, it wasn't clear weather jailbreaking/unlocking it was legal or not. It seems it won't be an issue anymore.
Now the big question is: will Apple be forced to provide a way to jailbreak the iPhone? Can you imagine the irony of the situation?
[Thanks @RyanStylee for the tip]
A few days ago we showed you a video of Saurik showing off his iPhone 4 jailbreak. New videos of Saurik showed up on YouTube and they are very interesting to anyone willing to learn more about jailbreaking.
Saurik gives us a quick history of iPhone jailbreaks and goes over the what, why and how of jailbreaking. It is definitely a must-watch!
If you're new to jailbreaking, these videos as well as these links will get you started:
What is jailbreaking? How to jailbreak your iPhone What is unlocking? How to unlock your iPhone What’s the difference between jailbreaking and unlocking? Why jailbreak your iPhone?Despite the high expectation that the iPhone 4 jailbreak and unlock might be released today, MuscleNerd confirmed that it will not. Apparently there are issues with important jailbreak apps such as FaceTime that need to be taken care of before the release. Like MuscleNerd says, there is no point releasing a jailbreak and unlock if it's not stable.
The Dev Team said last week they will release both the jailbreak and unlock for iOS 4 at the same time, so even though ultrasn0w is ready for release, the Team now has to make sure the jailbreak is bug free before making it available to the public.
A recent survey by Yankee Group reports that 73% of iPhone owners are actually happy with AT&T. As a point of comparison, 69% of smartphone users are happy with their providers, which suggests AT&T has a higher satisfaction rate than its competitors.
These results might come as a surprise, especially if you read tech blogs who never miss an occasion to raise their voices against AT&T. Yankee Group explains why...
"Consumers transfer the high gloss of their Apple iPhone experience to AT&T," says Carl Howe, Yankee Group analyst and author of the study. "The iPhone creates a halo effect that rubs off."
In other words, iPhone customers' praise for their network may be a result of the famous "reality distortion field" that surrounds Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his company's products.
To AT&T, there is a perception problem:
"There's a gap between what people hear about us and what their experience is with us. We think that gap is beginning to close," says Mark Siegel, an AT&T spokesman. "It doesn't mean we're perfect; we still have work to do. But that's no surprise to us, because we have a great network."
Personally I've never had any problem with AT&T. You can say I'm one of those 73% of happy AT&T customers.
What about you?
[CNN]
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