Apple iPhone 4 Has It's Share of Problems

It's the end of June, shortly going to be the beginning of July and we all know what that means! A new iPhone model is about to become available to consumers today, the 24th of June.

Already the iPhone has its share drama surrounding it, some of it started as early as April of 2010. In early April, Gizmodo editor Jason Chen acquired a then secret iPhone 4 prototype model from an unnamed source for a sum of $5,000. Gizmodo.com held extensive coverage of the iPhone 4 and even was mentioned on large news networks like FoxNews, CNN and MSNBC. His house was later raided by the California Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team and had his computers seized. The reason for the raid on his home was something to do with industrial espionage; but how could you be guilty of that if all you are doing is buying something? You're not stealing it so what's the problem.

Then when the iPhone was available for pre-order online, the system crashed after over 600,000 preorders had been registered. Not only that, AT&T's systems were suffering from security breaches and people were accessing other people's accounts accidentally, and being able to view and edit other customer's information. There were reports of AT&T stores being closed over the amount of people trying to preorder and the stress of AT&T's system being overloaded. Finally, after hours of confusion and errors, AT&T and shut down the pre order system.

Mashable reporter Sam Axon reported being mugged while standing in line for the iPhone 4 earlier today in Chicago. His tweet on Twitter was as follows "I was just mugged while waiting in line for the iPhone 4. Not kidding." What is this world coming to?

And finally, there are reports abound of the iPhone 4 having issues with its hardware. Gizmodo.com is reporting the iPhone 4 will drop all service if the case of the phone is squeezed near the antenna mount on the side of the case. It turns out that you can bridge two antenna with your finger and that will cause the phone to drop calls. The solution is as simple as a tiny piece of scotch tape, or put the phone in a case. It's an easy fix, but for $500 should this really be an issue?

There is also verifiable evidence that the screen of the iPhone 4 has issues with yellow pixels, bands and splotches on the screen from normal use. Most likely Apple will not repair the problem for free and will claim that the user damaged the LCD themselves. Again, should this be an issue at release or should it have been fixed before the extremely expensive device was sold to the public?

Apple has a history of releasing cutting edge products, but with the knowledge that the iPhone 4 was going to be as popular as it is they should have put more thought and time into testing and development. It's far easier to deal with design problems before you put item into mass production than it is to deal with them after the consumer has purchased the item. Maybe Apple will learn a valuable lesson from this release.

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Apple iPad & The Tablet Marketplace

So we are now just days away from the release of Apple's new product the iPad. Will it change the world or will it turn out to be a dud?

There has been a lot of negative comments but the?pre-orders have been huge. Looks like another marmite product that will divide opinion for many years to come. By then we will know where it fits in the marketplace.

The iPad runs the phone OS which is a closed environment. All apps designed to run on it,have to be approved by apple and so are only available from one source. This is the same system that we are used in the gaming world As all game console are closed systems. For the majority of customers they pick a console on the game library available. Currently Nintendo Wii is the market leader but there is space for several competitors. I believe we will also see this in the Tablet marketplace.

With the I Pad firmly being the number 1 choice. Also with ease of developing games Apple will become a gaming force to be reckoned with.

Currently it will come with no multi-tasking. But is this such a problem? Our devices in our home are not capable of multi-tasking. But what they offer is fast start-up times and easy operation. The idea that a computing device can work in the same way is really cool. I am sure you are sick like I am of waiting 2-3 minutes for my PC to start-up just to access your e-mails / Facebook & Twitter updates.

It has no flash. This is an inconvenience when currently surfing the internet. It's main use in when streaming video. Due to the impact the phone OS has on the online world. You will see the world broadcasters creating apps which do not require flash and so side stepping the problem. Websites around the world are now starting to move from flash to HTML5 and this product will speed this process up.

It is also the perfect device for electronic print publication. You will find e books, magazines and newspapers flooding to the iPad. Interactive content will be the draw and the ability to control it with your digits will create a more personal relationship with information. This will also create a paid model for the printed world inside the iTunes environment.

So let the revolution begin!!!

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How to reset your iPod

Your iPod just crashed, and it's gasping for breath and giving you the black iPod screen of death. Resuscitate it with the magical, life-giving key combination:

1. Toggle the Hold switch on and off. (Slide it to Hold, then turn it off again.)
2. Press and hold the Menu and Center (Select) buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears, about 6 to 10 seconds.
This works on the latest click wheel 'pods; check out the whole Apple document for instructions on older models and other iPod troubleshooting techniques. —Gina Trapani

How to reset iPod [Apple]