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Google Android gPhone in Action: It Is No Apple Iphone - SAI

August 15, 2008 – 11:24 am

According to Silicon Alley Insider, the new Google gPhone, with Android software, is no Apple iPhone.

SAI writes, “apparently a hot item to show off in Google’s cafeterias these days — [Googlephone] is big and bulky, and not as sleek as the iPhone. And Android, while extremely powerful, has a less-elegant, less-user-friendly interface.” In that Google is just making the software, we’re not sure how relevant any review of hardware is at this point but this is still one of the first reports of Android in action.

In addition, it has been announced that T-Mobile will be the first to carry the new Android software from Google for its smartphones with an estimated, pre-holiday launch. Another rumor has it that Google is planning an iTunes like App store. We’ll believe it when we see it.

TechCrunch argues that this about a platform war and for Android to take hold its going to need compelling apps. We think its price for basic hardware and services.

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Dropped Calls on New Apple iPhone 3G

August 14, 2008 – 9:02 am

In an article in this week’s BusinessWeek, writer Peter Burrows gives new details on the dropped calls that many Apple 3G iPhone users are experiencing. According to Burrows sources, the dropouts and choppy web connections are due to an onboard Infineon chip.

Currently, software associated with the chip is creating conflict such that when the iPhone switches wireless networks (from high speed to low speed), it can needlessly lose a connection altogether.

But, fear not frustrated 3G users, a fix is on the way through a software upgrade rather than a full-on product recall. The news supports a Nomura Securities analyst, Richard Windsor, who stated on Tuesday that such a problem existed. Furthermore, the call and connection drop rate for iPhone users is 1 to 3%, not catastrophic by any stretch.

Online publications such as DSL Reports and GottaBeMobile are beginning to wonder when Apple itself is going to admit to the difficulties. With a software patch in the pipeline, we thinnk there must be a press release in the works that explains what’s gone wrong - and how this will be prevented in the future.

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Your Iphone As Your Computer’s Internet Connection

August 1, 2008 – 9:09 am

For a brief moment yesterday evening, if you had a 3G or rev 1 iPhone, you could have downloaded a new app called NetShare by NullApp in the Apple iPhone App store, and then used the app to “send” an internet connection to your computer. Unfortunately, 20 minutes after the app was made available in the store for $10, it was taken down.

VentureBeat postulates that perhaps the app was pulled due to lawsuit threats. The practice of using your iPhone connection as an internet connection is known as tethering and typically has been possible only using “jailbroken” iPhones. After all, AT&T doesn’t want you using your iPhone’s EDGE or 3G internet connection for your computer unless it can get you to ante up for it.

For anyone who was able to succesfully pull down Net Share, MacRumors says that Mac-Addict has posted a complete tutorial on how to use it.

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iTunes Purchases Won’t Play on iPhone: Reset Your Iphone

July 21, 2008 – 1:45 pm

Currently, we cannot play ANY songs (hundreds of songs) that have been purchased from iTunes on our iPhone. Effectively, all orders from the past few years do not work on our iPhone.

However they do work in iTunes on our G4 running 10.5.4 OS and our new MacBook (4,1) purchased in February 2008. Both machines are running iTunes 7.7 with iPhone firmware 2.0. (5A347).

We are also running/syncing this iPhone on both machines (which maybe isn’t a good idea. We’re just not sure about that.).

The two computers (the G4 desktop and macbook) are the only two authorized to play our itunes music. We are awaiting an answer from Apple Support and will follow up here.

Update on 7/22: The iTunes music now works on our iPhone. The trick? Reset your iPhone!

This is how to reset your iPhone according to Apple Support:

To reset iPhone, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least 10 seconds. During this time, a red “power off” slider may appear and the screen may go black, but do not release Sleep/Wake and Home buttons until the Apple logo appears.

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3G Apple iPhone Inventory Disappears from Marketplace

July 21, 2008 – 12:19 pm

Nearly every state is out of iPhones according to Mac News Network with the exception of MyNewIphoneWorld.com’s home state, New York, California and New Hampshire. Even the stores that do have the new 3G iPhone have only a few models remaining.

With availability plummeting, what does this mean about the iPhone?
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