Over the weekend we reported that Apple [AAPL] could be launching iOS 4.0.1 which is a small update to fix reception issues that appear on the iPhone 4 when holding it a certain way. Basically, if you hold your iPhone 4 in your left hand and your skin bridges the gap over the black bar that separates the two antennae, the signal drops slightly. When in a low reception area the signal is lost completely.
The iOS 4.0.1 rumour started when a post on the Apple forums written by someone at Apple indicated that there was some lag when switching between frequencies on the iPhone 4 and that some calibration needed to be done. If this is correct, it could fix the issues although a number of people still insist it is a hardware fault. Until Apple respond with an iOS update, we’ll never know if it can be fixed by software.
Another iPhone 4 user emailed Steve Jobs asking if a free case would be provided. Having a case prevents your skin bridging the two antennae together. Normally Steve Jobs has responded with the same response to all saying that holding any phone makes changes to the antenna. His latest reply says the following though… “There are no reception issues. Stay Tuned.” [Read more…]
Best Buy has announced that they are now (as of today) offering the Motorola DROID X on pre-order.
RIM are launching two new phones before August this year it is believed. One of the two BlackBerry devices will be a slider.
Motorola a few days ago announced the Motorola DROID X. The DROID X has a 4.3 inch widescreen display, runs a 1GHz processor and is Flash 10.1 ready.
Swype is an alternate text entry system for mobile phones. The system works by you sliding your finger across a virtual keyboard to spell words. The company claim it is far quicker to do text entry with Swype than it is with a standard virtual keyboard.
We have featured a number of teardowns here on gadgetvenue from the company called iFixit.
Apple [AAPL] announced yesterday that it had shifted 3 million Apple iPad’s in just 80 days. That’s an impressive number considering a few criticisms saying that people wouldn’t be interested in it.
If you have upgraded your Apple [AAPL] iPhone and want to 
iOS 4 became available yesterday for download and with that download comes a new privacy policy which by default, lets Apple track where you are and provides that real time information to partners and licensees. What this means is that the new ad system, iAd can be use your location data to customise ads on your phone.
iOS 4 is landing today although it isn’t ready for download just yet. For those asking when it will arrive, we expect that in the UK we’ll see it around 6pm although with the amount of iPhones that will be upgrading today it might be difficult to get a quick download of iOS 4.
After a few months of waiting, iOS 4 will be arriving today for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G. In preparation for it you should download 
Palm recently mentioned at a developers webinar that next year, 2011, is set to be exciting for the company. Palm couldn’t say what exactly was coming out, but it did confirm that it has a roadmap and that a new version of the OS is being worked on as well as new devices will be arriving.
