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In a recent patent application uncovered by AppleInsider, Apple is investigating the use of power-efficient organic light-emitting diode displays for its mobile devices, a technology that could help improve the battery life of iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches.
Apple is banking on OLED’s light emissive approach, which has lower power constraints than LED’s light transmissive technology, currently used (more…)
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Apple )
In a recent patent application uncovered by AppleInsider, Apple is investigating the use of power-efficient organic light-emitting diode displays for its mobile devices, a technology that could help improve the battery life of iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches.
Apple is banking on OLED’s light emissive approach, which has lower power constraints than LED’s light transmissive technology, currently used (more…)
The iPhone 's low-battery indicator.
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Apple engineers are looking into faster-than-expected battery drain on the company’s newest iPhone , according to a report.
The Guardian reports that some iPhone 4S owners are being contacted by Apple after complaining about lower-than-expected battery performance on the company’s support Web site. Numerous users there are saying (more…)
According to my sources both inside and outside Apple , after Antennagate the iPhone engineering team identified another potential design flaw that appears to have sent them into a quiet lockdown, and has them working behind the scenes in what's been described to me as something of a quiet panic to preempt any further tarnishing the iPhone brand. Apple has apparently found that non-bumper style cases — specifically those that slide onto the iPhone (more…)
The most common criticism is that the phone is slow after an upgrade. There are also many complaints that the phone drains the battery quickly and becomes excessively hot. Concern about general problems such as slowness and battery life on gadgets isn't unusual, but using iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G seems to make the problems so bad that the phone is nearly unusable for some people.
for iPhone 3G due to hardware limitations so it was disappointing (more…)
Gizmodo has published details about the raid on its website.
“Last Friday night, California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen's home without him present, seizing four computers and two servers. They did so using a warrant by Judge of Superior Court of San Mateo. According to Gaby Darbyshire, COO of Gawker Media LLC, the search warrant to remove these computers was invalid under section 1524(g) of the California (more…)
Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media, had revealed that the company had paid $5,000 for what could be
.
Apple has spoken to local police about the incident and the investigation is believed to be headed by a computer crime task force led by the Santa Clara County district attorney's office, the source said. Apple 's Cupertino headquarters is in Santa Clara County, about 40 miles south of San Francisco.
The police is currently trying to (more…)
TheiPhoneBlog reports that many users who had reported issues regarding poor battery life are being contacted by AppleCare helpdesk with a list of 11 follow-up questions. The questions apparently focus on the usual suspects such as email (using Push), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and
that are frequently used.
The interesting bit is that they have also sent these users an unsigned profile as an attachment, which enables battery life logging on the iPhone .
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began making a hissing sound before the screen suddenly shattered, sending broken pieces of glass “flying in the air”
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had reported that a Dutch guy had claimed that his iPhone had exploded and burnt the seat in his car.
had reported of an incident where a second generation iPod Touch exploded, set a person's pants on fire, and caused second-degree burns.
, which claimed that Apple had offered a refund to a British family for an iPod (more…)
Google Voice (formerly GrandCentral) is a free and innovative service that uses voice over internet protocol to link customers' phone numbers together. Users of Google Voice are able to select a single U.S. phone number, from various area codes. When a Google Number is called, any or all of the user's phones may be set to ring based on the calling number or on the contact group (e.g. Family, Friends, Work, etc), and/or based on time of day (more…)
