Friday, July 16, 2010

See Steve Jobs Discuss "Antenna-gate"


watch the video (you may need QuickTime). You didn't think Apple would post on YouTube, did you?

Droid X Sells Out

The Motorola Droid X is sold out online and in certain parts of the country at retail Verizon and Best Buy stores, despite Verizon Wireless' insistence on Wednesday that it would have plenty of the phones in stock.

You will now have to wait until July 23 if you want a Droid X if you didn't get one Thursday.

Verizon Wireless Launches Droid X

Verizon Wireless now is selling the Droid X, manufactured by Motorola, for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

The Droid X runs Android and features a 4.3-inch screen, an HD camcorder, 8 megapixel camera, 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities, 8 gigabyte of memory onboard and a 16GB memory card. The new 32GB SanDisk "microSDHC" card allows customers to expand Droid X’s memory to 40GB. Verizon Wireless is the only retailer that offers customers the 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card.

Droid X Launched Today by Verizon Wireless

You might be spending so much time following Apple's iPhone 4 fix that this one didn't get the attention it deserves. It happens, sometimes.

Free Bumpers for All iPhone 4 Buyers, Apple Says

Apple CEO Steve Jobs says the signal reception issue "affects a very-small percentage of users," Jobs says. "I have gotten 5,000 emails from users who say they never see the problem and can't figure it out."

The data suggests this (issue) has been blown out of proportion," he says.

What does Apple plan to do? IoS 4 fixed the signal strength display problem. We have bumper cases and will give one for every iPhone 4, through Sept. 30, 2010. Users who bought a bumper will get a refund. "But we can't make enough ourselves, so we'll source some other cases and give you a choice," he says.

Full refunds will be given for any iPhone 4 units returned undamaged within 30 days.

Lack of Cases an Issue, Steve Jobs Suggests

About 80 percent of new iPhones go out of the store with a case," says Steve Jobs, Apple CEO. "Just 20 percent of iPhone 4s left the store with a case." That means many more people were using an iPhone 4 without the case that would prevent the antenna signal strength problem.

iPhone 4 Drops 1 More Call Per 100, AT&T Data Shows

"AT&T has given us call drop information and that shows call drop data and that is proprietary, but the delta from the iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4 shows that, for every 100 calls made, call drops on the iPhone 4 does drop more calls than the 3GS," says Steve Jobs, Apple CEO. But how many more? "Less than one additional call per 100, compared to the iPhone 3GS."

Directv-Dish Merger Fails

Directv’’s termination of its deal to merge with EchoStar, apparently because EchoStar bondholders did not approve, means EchoStar continue...