ChazClout

Searching YouTube for a video of the iPhone 4 NOT having signal issues seems an impossiblity.

Thankfully a MacRumors memeber pointed me towards one!

Perhaps all the reports are blowing this thing out of preportion?

It seems that there is a little damage control over the recent iPhone 4 signal issue revelation when the phone is held (quite normally) in the left hand.

According to Engadget, Steve Jobs has responded to the issue citing that people are to “Just avoid holding it the wrong way” and another post by MacRumors also cites that there are “Other Mobile Phones With Similar Signal Loss Issues”

I decided to put this theory to the test as I’ve seen countless comments saying that the iPhone 3G or 3GS has the issue as well as the Nexus One (neither of which I have experienced during the 12 months of iPhone 3g ownership nor on my Nexus One).

As you can see from my video, my wife’s iPhone 3g performs better in hand and my N1 with it’s GPRS connection has no bandwidth degradation whatsoever.

The silliest thing about this “holding it the wrong way” affair? See for yourself…..

A Czech website has posted video and pictures taken on the iPhone 4.

jablickar.cz has a few shots of the iPhone 4 and pictures and video from the device. (click to enlarge)

The more that comes out about the iPhone  4, the more I am liking it!

More shots of and from the iPhone 4 and the video can be seen at jablickar.cz

Rovio have posted a quick video of their excellent game, Angry Birds running on Android (A Motorola Milestone to be exact).

Angry birds is one of my favourite games on the iPhone/iPod touch and it’s great to see it coming to Android. A must buy for anyone with an Android handset!

It seems that for the first time, smartphones running on Google’s Android OS have outsold the iPhone for the first time in the U.S.

Google’s Android-based smartphones accounted for 28% of smartphone sales, while the iPhone accounted for 21%, according to market research firm NPD.

I can think of MANY reasons for this. The iPhone is only on one US carrier (AT&T) and is at the end of its product life so sales would be naturally down (in my eyes) as more people will be waiting for the next generation iPhone.

It’s still quite an achievement for Google and the Open Handset Alliance but I suspect things would have changed back to the iPhone at number 2 once the next gen iPhone is released!

Source: Yahoo News

In a shocking turn of events, some clever iPhone modder has installed a pretty much 100% working Android build to the iPhone.

For more info on the Android installation, click the source link below.

Source: linuxoniPhone

Engadget have a very interesting scoop. They have acquired some supposed shots and what seems to be hands on time with the potential next Gen iPhone.

The worst thing is that the device doesn’t power on so there is a chance that this isn’t the real thing but in my opinion if it is real. it does look similar to the HTC HD2 or the Evolution.

Fore more pics and info, be sure to read the source link.
Source: Engadget

Apple have had to postpone the iPad’s worldwide launch due to high demand.

Apple iPad

Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad™. We have also taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April.

The iPad will now launch worldwide at the end of May with preorders starting on Monday May 10th. iPad fans are sadly going to have to wait a few more weeks unless happy eBay scalpers get your cash.

Source: Apple

Opera’s bandwith saving browser has been approved by Apple and is now availabe for download.

The browser connects to Opera’s servers which compresses websites server side and the compressed site is sent to the phone.

This can result in vastly improved browsing speeds when browsing using a slower GPRS or Edge connection and even helps full on 3g connections!

Available now in the Apple app store.

I saw this app mentioned in the comments of an article recently and the comment sparked my interest when it said that bTunes was just like the iPod app from the iPod touch and iPhone.
In the video below you can see the similarities between the two.

Its pretty good but is missing things like coverflow. One useful enhancement it has is the ability to go to the next or previous track by simply swiping on the album art left or right or double tapping on the album art to pause and resume playback.

It also features a homescreen widget and lockscreen controls so you have plenty of ways to control playback. A good app overall and it is available on the android market.
Sources: bTunes, Android Market