Posts by tedl

Death to Office or to Windows - choose wisely, Microsoft

-30% App Store tax

Microsoft will be giving 30% of its revenue to Apple for Office on iOS. That could be huge no matter how much is charged.

And while nobody will write a big Word document on the iPad a lot of people will read and edit/comment a large Word Doc.

Apple pilfers rips off student's rejected iPhone app

Or maybe Apple rejects app already in the plan for a future release?

You guy crack me up. Yeah the concept of wireless syncing never entered the minds of Apple engineers before this guy submitted his app.Apple will reject any app that conflicts with any of their own current or future app plans. This is old news and has already been whined about endlessly.

iPhone 'Death Grip' effect is real, plastic cases don't help

Really?

You are assuming that Apple can not and has not already chosen the best compromise to deal with this? Apple just slapped an antenna on the outside then said "oh that's why nobody else does that". Apple thinks more than any other company about what makes a plesant experience for it's customers. This design isn't a "mistake". It's a carefully considered compromise between phone size and reception. Apple isn't perfect but they also aren't sloppy when it comes to product design.

Yeah that is it

Apple put the antenna on the outside, did some minor testing and told Steve that there could be a reception problem. Then Steve said who cares it looks cool this way. Yeah I see that happening.

Yes we knew this

I think the conclusion was that even with the antenna detuning the iPhone 4 had better reception than the iPhone 3.

And if a bumper does not help then why not expose the antenna rather than sticking it just inside the plastic case like most smartphone do? Then iPhone 4 with a bumper is exactly like the iPhone 1-3 antenna placement wise.

My own experience with the iPhone 2 and iPhone 4 is that I get a little better reception with the iPhone 4. I use a bumper for glass protection but will probably remove it after a year or so when the phone isn't so shiny.