How to Be an Apple Fanboy (A Practical Guide)

-6 Points

We've been hearing the term "Apple fanboy" quite a bit lately, but that's not surprising - every time Apple launches a new iDevice, there inevitably follows a backlash against the company by so-called "Apple haters," (in this latest case, people who actually expected their iPhone 4 to work when they hold it in their left hand) and an equally vehement outpouring of support by the aforementioned "Apple Fanboys" (in this case, people who think that you should shut up and love your iPhone 4 even when it dr

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How Apple SHOULD Handle the iPhone 4 Reception Flaw (But Won't)

-4 Points

We've all heard loads about the iPhone 4 reception flaw over the last few weeks; it's eclipsed the entire launch of the product and is one of the most discussed topics surrounding the launch of the new Apple device. This week, Consumer Reports rocked the mobile phone world by announcing that, despite the iPhone 4 scoring very high marks in CR's latest round of testing, they cannot recommend the phone to CR readers due to the reception problems.

  • Jul 13, 2010

Apple Lied to Customers About iPhone 4 Reception Flaw

0 Points

According to internal Apple documents leaked to the public today on the Boy Genius blog (Leaked: Apple’s internal iPhone 4 antenna troubleshooting procedures), Apple is fully aware of the iPhone 4 reception flaws that we discussed earlier this week, despite repeated assertations by Apple that there is, in f

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  • Jun 30, 2010

Apple Snubs Left-Handed iPhone 4 Users

-3 Points

Just days after the launch of the much-anticipated iPhone 4, Apple is already taking loads of flak from frustrated iPhone users who say that holding the device in their left hand causes the phone to lose all cellular reception. For its part, Apple has confirmed the problem, offering a dead-simple solution that's got Apple users up in arms: "Don't hold it that way."

According to Apple's official press release about the iPhone 4 reception issues:

  • Jun 28, 2010

How Apple Screwed the Pooch with iOS 4.0

-3 Points

It's official - Apple's made a serious mistake in the launch of the new iOS 4.0, the latest version of Apple's iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad operating system. The update, which has been much-anticipated throughout the tech world for months now, launched earlier this week, and already millions of users have updated their Apple devices to run the new iOS 4.0.

iOS 4 Jailbreak Already Possible with RedSn0w

-2 Points

Just hours after the official release of the iOS 4 (previously known as the iPhone 4.0 OS), jailbreaking of the iPod Touch 2G and iPhone 3G devices is already possible using the RedSn0w software. The RedSn0w development team has just updated the RedSn0w jailbreak software to version 0.9.5b5-3, which will effectively jailbreak the iPod Touch 2G and iPhone 3G.

Note: this version of RedSn0w will NOT jailbreak the iPhone 3GS. Currently it is not possible to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS device.

  • Jun 22, 2010
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