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Apple announces iPhone 4
Jun 8th
As expected by everyone, Apple announced the new iPhone 4 during the WWDC.
Hardware wise, it is still using GSM/UMTS radio, and that’s probably why it is not called iPhone 4g. It has a front facing camera that does video calling, and a rear camera of 5 mega pixel with LED flash. The camera can do 5X digital zoom and can also record HD video at 720p / 30fpsThe display doubles the pixels in each direction (960 x 640) for a 4X overall pixel count increase and Apple calls it a “Retina Display.” It’s rated at 326ppi, which Apple claims is beyond the human eye’s limit of distinction. The size of the display is still 3.5″. The CPU is the same as the iPad which is the new A4 chip from Apple. The battery is now larger (which gives more talk time) but the thickness of the phone is actually reduced to 0.37″ due to the new engine.
The iPhone OS is now called iOS 4. The FaceTime is the new video call application bundled for the front camera. At the moment, it is wifi only. The default search engine can now be configured to use Bing and others.
The iPhone 4 will be made available in 88 countries between June 24 and September, in black and white models, 16GB or 32GB. iOS 4, detailed earlier this year, will be released June 21. The phone will be retailing at $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for 32GB in US with contract.
4th generation of iPhone (4g) teared down, showing A4 chip
May 13th
The guys at Taoviet has claimed that they have got the 4th generation of iPhone and they have taken pictures and teared it down.
From the looks of these images, the Vietnamese site has the 4th generation 16Gb iPhone It’s clearly pre-production judging by the XXX placeholders on the backside stamp. We also saw the A4 chip in the phone.
Will we see another guy taken down by Apple. But this time it is in Vietnam.
[via engadget]
Android phones outsells iPhone in US for the first time
May 11th
Apple’s fear of being beaten by Android has come through. According to Q1 2010 statistic, Android phones sales volume is higher than iPhone in US for the first time. The Android phones sales is recorded at 28% while iPhone is 21%. The number in US is still the Blackberry phones from RIM, recorded at 36%.
When Apple sued HTC, many thought that it was Apple strategy to stop Android’s growth and now it has been proven that Apple’s fear is solidly existed. With the strong push from many Android partners, the figure will continue to growth for a while and we shall see how Apple respond to that.
iPhone 4g, may be?
iPhone 4g to be capable to record at 1280×720?
May 6th
While we are waiting Apple to reveal the next generation iPhone (4g?), more details of the new phone have been found from various sources.
The latest rumour by Macrumors is the capability of recording video at the resolution of 1280×720. The new iPhoneOS 4 Beta SDK reveals the ability to capture video at higher resolutions than the current standard 640×480 (“VGA”) resolution. These preset values suggest that a future iPhone will be able to capture at 720p (1280×720) resolution:
AVCaptureSessionPreset640x480
AVCaptureSessionPreset1280x720
The new iPhone could be called iPhone HD when it is released 
[via macrumors]
Apple’s WWDC is on 7th June
Apr 29th
Mark your calendar and hold your breathe. Apple is hosting its WWDC on 7th June this year.
So what are the things to expect? We believe that Apple will be announcing its next generation iPhone (a.k.a. iPhone 4g) since iPhone 3GS was announced in last year’s WWDC. And we are expecting to see some news of the next version of Mac OSX as well.
Apple iPhone 4g loss case getting big, police seized computers and servers from Gizmodo editor
Apr 27th
This is a bit crazy, the police of California actually got a warrant and raided Jason Chen’s house. Jason Chen is the editor of Gizmodo who reported the details of the loss iPhone 4g from an Apple employee.
The police actually broke the door of the house and went in to do the search while Jason and his wife went out for dinner. And they also seized 4 computers and 2 servers from Jason house. It sounds like a criminal case to me.
What’s the purpose of this raid? They iPhone had been returned to Apple when Apple demanded it. I guess Apple wants to ensure no other secretes have been leaked and kept by the Gizmodo editor. And the police of California is just helping to do that
[via gizmodo]
Installing Android to your old iPhone
Apr 26th
Do you have an old iPhone 2g lying around? Do you want to do something dramatic to it by changing its OS to an Android? Below is a video from Androidalot showing you how you can achieve that. And the full instruction can be found here.
Guide to Installing Android on iPhone 2G from AndroidALot on Vimeo.
