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Crisis? What crisis?

Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Apple's iPhone 4 becoming crisis? It seems there are not one but two separate signal-related issues plaguing iPhone 4, writes Computerworld, and Apple has released statements on both.
The first issue is the widely-reported death grip problem, in which gripping the iPhone at the lower left corner can sometimes cause the device to cut off a connection.
This doesn't seem to affect everybody, and some people have had difficulty reproducing it.
The second issue is one in which the signal strength indicator bars on the iPhone 4 would inaccurately reflect the strength (or lack of it) of network reception. The question is, how bad are these problems really, and how widespread are they?
As TUAW writes, "What's going on with the iPhone? It certainly depends on who's talking. This morning Dan Frommer of Silicon Alley Insider says the iPhone reception problem is a non-issue and will blow over."
And Leander Kahney at Cult of Mac writes " In the minds of mainstream consumers — the kind of people who don’t read tech blogs — the iPhone 4 has a major hardware flaw and a leading consumer-advocacy publication is telling them to stay away. If this isn’t a PR crisis for Apple, I don’t know what is."
It's not really affecting sales, though this may change. The bottom line is, if you want an iPhone 4, you'd better get a case for it. 

iPad journal: MaxJournal by Omaxmedia is a journaling app for the iPad ($4.19). It offers several useful features in a beautiful, uncluttered interface, says Macgasm. More importantly, it is a safe place to store your memories, offering passcode protection, several exporting options, and a backup method using Apple’s file sharing via iTunes.

Apple tells you how to use FaceTime with firewalls: Apple has posted a note to its support website which details how to deal with FaceTime behind firewalls. Firewalls are usually present in schools, business, and ultra secure households.