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Pocket-Lint has received a tip indicating that T-Mobile in the UK could be launching the iPhone 4 on it’s network. The tip comes from someone who has been right about T-Mobile related things in the past.

The message came via Twitter and said…”@Pocketlint just had it confirmed. 30th of July on t-mobile for iphone4, not on pay as you though”.

Right now there are no prices available at T-Mobile. It is also unknown what stock levels they will have and if they will follow the likes of O2 and provide the iPhone 4 for current customers only. [Read more…]

Apple [AAPL] is launching the iPhone 4 this Friday in 17 more countries. The countries where the iPhone 4 is landing includes Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. This adds to the current five countries which are the UK, US, France, Germany and Japan.

Prices haven’t been revealed yet, but we suspect they will fall somewhere between the US and UK pricing in most places. Mobile Crunch suspects prices in Australia will be $1000 AUD for the 32GB model which works out at about £20 cheaper than the iPhone 4 32GB UK price of £599. [Read more…]

The BBC has launched a new iPad and iPhone app for BBC News that brings current news to the devices.

With the app being created by/for the BBC, it has no ads and is free to download. The application it’s self works well. On the iPhone version you get a list of the current news stories by category on a side scrolling carousel. The categories can be moved around as well as deleted from the top of the page if not required. When clicking a story, it opens up to display the text as found on the BBC News site. An additional feature includes the ability to play video through the application. When visiting the BBC News site in Safari, you lose the flash elements. [Read more…]

Apple [AAPL] just launched the free iPhone 4 case scheme by way of an app that you can download. As well as getting the free case program up and running, the company has also announced that the White iPhone 4 that was expected this month, has been delayed.

White models of Apple’s new iPhone® 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.

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Etsy is a place where you can purchase all kinds of weird and wonderful products. The latest follows on from the Band-Aid fix for the iPhone 4 we posted about a few days ago. This fix is another Band-Aid solution but instead of the colourful blank bandaid the previous Etsy owner offered, this owner has created some “End Call” band-aids to stick on the bottom left corner of your phone.

From the Etsy End Call Band-Aid Description…

THIS LITTLE STICKER WILL END YOUR ANTENNA ISSUE WITH THE IPHONE compleatly covers the anttena at teh “weak” point EVEN IF YOU DONT HAVE ANY ISSUES THIS IS A GREAT LITTLE CONVERSATION STARTER SURE TO GET A LAUGH SET OF 4 SO YOU CAN GIVE TO YOUR FRIENDS OR JUST PUT THEM ON ANYTHING YOU WANT

HIGH END VINYL THAT WILL COME OFF CLEAN WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH IT.

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If you purchased an iPhone 4 bumper from Apple [AAPL], you should be getting an email through soon that informs you that a refund is being processed.

For those who have purchased an iPhone 4 bumper case, the refunds will all happen automatically from what we understand. For those who haven’t purchased a bumper case yet, you will be entitled to a free bumper or similar case depending on stocks. This promise runs for a few months till September 30 where it will be re-evaluated. [Read more…]

Last night, a new version of Skype was approved and released in to the iTunes App store. The new Skype is version 2.0.1 and brings a few new features to the software, one of which includes the ability to run Skype in the background allowing you to leave the app mid-call and carry on talking while browsing the internet for example.

Running the app in the background also allows you to run Skype 24/7 if needed which allows people to contact you at all times.

Receive Skype calls and IM while other apps are running or when your iPhone is locked. You can also continue your call while you switch to another application.

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We’ve had a few weeks of no details regarding the iPhone moving to other networks in the US. A few weeks ago we heard it was getting close to arriving at Verizon [VZ] and now we hear again (perhaps the second time this year) that T-Mobile will be getting the iPhone from Apple [AAPL].

This rumour (pinch of salt required) indicates that T-Mobile US are very close to closing a deal with Apple which would see the end of the AT&T exclusivity.

T-Mobile USA is very close to getting the iPhone in the fall, ending Apple’s exclusive relationship with AT&T, according to a highly placed source at the wireless company.

Talks between Apple and T-Mobile are at an advanced stage, our source says, and it’s 80 percent likely that the iPhone will be coming to T-Mobile in Q3.

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Apple [AAPL] last week revealed in the press conference that they were to provide a free case to all iPhone 4 owners and all those who plan to buy an iPhone 4 up till September 30. At that point the situation will be re-evaluated.

On the earnings call yesterday a question was asked about the free case and the impact it will have…

“Any way to quantify the impact of the free bumpers on next quarter?”

To which an answer came…

“Two impacts. We will need to defer revenue for the iPhone 4s that we’ve sold where we’ve not delivered the bumpers and we haven’t heard from the customers. Our estimate is $175 million. We will expense the cost of the bumpers when we ship them to customers. Our most important objective is to take care of every customer and delight them.” [Read more…]

Since the iPhone 4 has launched we haven’t come across too many apps that use the built-in gyroscope.

However, today we came across Acrossair. Acrossair is an augmented reality app that allows you to search for things with an augmented reality overlay on a live camera feed. The iOS 4 compatible app when running on the iPhone 4, makes use of the built-in gyroscope to add a more silky smooth layer on top of the video feed. Previous versions for the 3GS etc… were a little jerky whilst running. [Read more…]

We have previously seen the iPhone 4 FaceTime feature used when flying in a plane. The next video shows FaceTime being used from a boat 1000 miles away from any land in the Pacific Ocean.

The video call was made to Santa Cruz and uses a satellite connection that is commonly found on those who sail across the sea. The results are quite amazing when looking at the quality of the video stream and hearing the voice quality.

The sound does drop out slightly a few times but that could be related to it being hands free and surrounding noises muting the sound a little. [Read more…]

As well as introducing a new version of iTunes last night, Apple [AAPL] also pushed out a new version of iBooks for the iPad and iPhone. The new version is iBooks 1.1.1 and brings several new features to the eBook reader.

The new features include the following…

* Double-tap an image within a book to view it in greater detail.
* Experience books that include audio and video.
* Enjoy substantial performance improvements when reading PDFs.
* Look-up definitions to English words inside books without a specified language.
* Addresses an issue that may have caused some book downloads to not complete.
* Includes many stability and performance improvements. [Read more…]