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Test Notes: iPhone 4 Camera

The best camera is the one you have with you, so I carry a very nice point-and-shoot everywhere. Nothing else has been good enough. But the iPhone 4 is. https://gizmodo.com/canon-s90-review-itll-never-leave-my-pocket-except-wh-5393112 Five megapixels is good enough. Photos are “real camera” size. I’ve always wanted a point-and-shoot camera that’s frozen at 5 or 6 megapixels, with the…

Tech News Matt buchanan & woody allen jang Jun 25

Apple Stops Replacing Shattered iPhone 4s After 50 Units

Apple has replaced 50 iPhones 4s with shattered backs so far, including the one that our intern Ryan Salerno dropped in the first day. According to what the Apple Store genius told him, Apple won’t replace any more units. https://gizmodo.com/i-accidentally-broke-my-iphone-4-on-day-one-5572227 This morning, three Gizmodo readers wrote to tell us that Apple had replaced their shattered…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 25

If You Have These iPhone 4 Problems, You Should Exchange Your Phone

We’ve been getting trouble reports from users about their iPhone 4, especially around the antenna reception/dropped calls issue. There are smaller factory defects as well, and thankfully they’re not as widespread, which means you can exchange your phone. http://gizmodo.com/5571171/iphone-4-loses-reception-when-you-hold-it-by-the-antenna-band From what we’ve seen, these issues are fairly minor (not talking about antenna or screens), and…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 25

Steve Jobs Shows Cool Antenna Trick to Russian President

Steve Jobs met with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to talk about his country’s future Silicon Valley. Steve also gave him an iPhone 4, and demonstrated a really neat antenna trick too. Magical. https://gizmodo.com/russia-searches-for-its-own-silicon-valley-5572010

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 25

The iPhone 4 Review (By You)

This is the final update from your tweets, emails, comments and Facebook messages. Here is the review that you’ve written for the iPhone 4. (For the most part, you seem to like it…aside from that pesky antenna issue.) https://gizmodo.com/review-your-iphone-4-early-5569994 Last updated 1:04PM ET, 6/25/2010. Unboxing [Ed note: The first 5 seconds cracked me up.] –…

Tech News The People Jun 25

New Romance

This simple iPhone 4 comic made me laugh this morning. I guess, to some extent, it explains why we’re all here. [explosm via TNW]

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 25

Call Apple To Test Out FaceTime With A Real Person

If your friends don’t have iPhone 4s, you’ll have no one to FaceTime with! Good thing Apple is letting you test FaceTime calls with Apple employees at 1-888-FACETIME. I got to talk to Dave. It was kind of awkward. They’re taking calls from 8AM-8PM CDT, so no late night freakshows. The employee gives you a…

Tech News Casey Chan Jun 25

Design Test Note: Fragile Beauty

iPhone 4, you’re the most beautiful thing. Holding you—so solid, so smooth, your zowielala screen glowing—makes me greedy. My precious. I want to lick you. I can’t stop looking at you. But your industrial design is a failure. Don’t get me wrong. Like I said back when we found you, you are oh so pretty.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 25

The iPhone 4, Slow-Mo Sniped by Navy Seal

A retired Navy Seal fired a .50 caliber round from a Barrett M82A1. His target? An iPhone. I can only hope the guy camps outside my neighborhood hipster-laden Starbucks and POW—right in the Face(Time). [Telegraph] UPDATE UPDATE: It looks like the shooter was a really a Navy Seabee, not a Navy Seal. (Telegraph had incorrect…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 25

Play Those iPhone Apps Like a Real, Live Guitarist

There are heaps of rhythm guitar apps available now (even a Guns ‘N Roses-branded one), but tapping your fingers on an iPhone does get pretty tired. Strumming on your iPhone inside a guitar though—now there’s an idea. https://gizmodo.com/slash-gets-his-own-arcade-rocker-iphone-app-5559863 It’ll come as no surprise that the Fingerist originates from Japan. With an inbuilt speaker (or line-out…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 25

How to Replace Your Broken iPhone 4 Screen

In this iPhone 4 teardown video, DirectFix.com explains how to repair a broken screen—very handy if you didn’t spring for the insurance, and like our very own Ryan, have suffered breakage already. https://gizmodo.com/your-iphone-4-warranty-and-insurance-options-5571866 Along with the usual caveats and warnings about doing this yourself, DirectFix’s video is a clear and comprehensive tutorial on screen replacement,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 25

I Accidentally Broke My iPhone 4 On Day One

I woke up this morning overcome with anticipation, just like the 599,999 other people who pre-ordered the iPhone 4. I pre-ordered my phone through Best Buy, and it proved to be a simple and easy process. Obvious “foreshadowing” alert. Unlike Apple, Best Buy didn’t have any lines wrapping around their store, having staggered their iPhone…

Tech News Ryan F. Salerno Jun 25

Apple Acknowledges iPhone 4 Reception Issues, Says Don’t Hold It Like That

Here’s Apple’s response to the now officially-acknowledged iPhone 4 antenna reception problems. http://gizmodo.com/5571171/iphone-4-loses-reception-when-you-hold-it-by-the-antenna-band They told Engadget, and our own reader Jason: Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 24

I Am T-Pain Autotuner App Adds Video For iOS4

Maybe the best use of the front-facing camera I’ve seen yet comes from Smule’s auto-tunetastic I Am T-Pain app. Because now, you can star in your own autotuned music video. It’s pretty genius. https://gizmodo.com/i-am-t-pain-iphone-app-is-auto-tuning-genius-5352299 You can make your own track, upload it to your social network of choice, record over your iTunes library and, most…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 24

Test Notes: iPhone 4 Call Quality

The iPhone 4 is supposed to have better reception than prior generations. Its additional noise-cancellation microphone should result in better call quality and less distortion during chats. Our somewhat unscientific tests confirmed it—iPhone 4 is go for talk. https://gizmodo.com/roundup-the-iphone-4-re-revealed-5557549 We made a series of calls to a regular landline from an iPhone 3G, an iPhone…

Reviews Rosa Golijan and Jason Chen Jun 24

Wireless Test Notes: 3g iPhone 4 Uploads Files 5-10x Faster

We sent the intrepid Ryan Salerno across 20 NY blocks armed with an iPhone 3GS and an iPhone 4. He ran speed tests along the way, ferreting out any oddities. Downloads? Exactly the same. Uploads? An order of magnitude faster. Let’s take a quick step back. In terms of downloads, the iPhone 3GS and iPhone…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 24

Something Seems Out of Place at the Soho Apple Store

These poor AT&T techs, with their Dells and Blackberrys, set up hidden away next to the glass staircase on a folding table, looked so bored and uncomfortable. There’s a metaphor for Apple and AT&T’s relationship in here somewhere, I think.

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 24

Official Tumblr iPhone App Now Supports iOS4 and Twitter

After Tumblr acquired Tumblerette and the iPhone app got renamed simply “Tumblr” (catchy, eh?), the hip New Yorkers have updated it to version 1.2, with native reblogging, more photo-posting options, and even support for iOS4 multitasking. Those thoughtful guys. A few bugs have been exterminated here and there, but the main thing is really the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 24

Test Notes: FaceTime

Videocalling has been a sci-fi staple for decades. From 2001 to Back to the Future people chatting face-to-face from great distances was a way of saying “Hey, look, it’s the future!” So does Facetime mean we’re in the future? FaceTime is Apple’s stab at making videocalling a reality. They’re certainly not the first: European and…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 24

Your iPhone 4 Warranty and Insurance Options

The iPhone 4 is far from indestructible. Hell, it’s starting to seem like it might actually be fragile. So here, for worrywarts and klutzes alike, is an overview of some warranty and insurance plans in case things go wrong. https://gizmodo.com/first-iphone-4-broken-after-one-foot-drop-5571658 Click the chart for full-size. Lumping warranties and insurance plans together is sort of an…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jun 24

Test Notes: iPhone 4 Camera

Apple Stops Replacing Shattered iPhone 4s After 50 Units

If You Have These iPhone 4 Problems, You Should Exchange Your Phone

Steve Jobs Shows Cool Antenna Trick to Russian President

The iPhone 4 Review (By You)

New Romance

Call Apple To Test Out FaceTime With A Real Person

Design Test Note: Fragile Beauty

The iPhone 4, Slow-Mo Sniped by Navy Seal

Play Those iPhone Apps Like a Real, Live Guitarist

How to Replace Your Broken iPhone 4 Screen

I Accidentally Broke My iPhone 4 On Day One

Apple Acknowledges iPhone 4 Reception Issues, Says Don’t Hold It Like That

I Am T-Pain Autotuner App Adds Video For iOS4

Test Notes: iPhone 4 Call Quality

Wireless Test Notes: 3g iPhone 4 Uploads Files 5-10x Faster

Something Seems Out of Place at the Soho Apple Store

Official Tumblr iPhone App Now Supports iOS4 and Twitter

Test Notes: FaceTime

Your iPhone 4 Warranty and Insurance Options

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