Hasta La Gadget!

BGR appears to have nabbed a document being distributed by Apple corporate to AppleCare reps tasked with handling iPhone 4 customers miffed with the antenna performance fiasco — and for the time being, the recommendations are focusing on managing expectations, not fixing the problem. In a nutshell, reps are being instructed to pass on a more politically correct version of Steve’s email by telling customers that they should “avoid covering the black strip in the lower-left corner of the metal band.” Interestingly, they agree that bumpers might fix the problem, but they’re emphatic in saying that they “ARE NOT appeasing customers with free bumpers – DON’T promise a free bumper to customers.” And yes, that statement is complete with caps and bold in the source document, so they mean business, it would seem. If it’s any consolation, Apple says that “the iPhone 4’s wireless performance is the best [they] have ever shipped,” but let’s be honest: for those zapping their calls into the afterlife every time they brush their phone the wrong way, it’s not much consolation at all.

Apple telling reps to smooth over iPhone 4 reception complaints, not to offer free bumpers? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  BGR  | Email this | Comments

iWork, Apple’s productivity suite of applications that is available on Mac OS and the iPad, is coming to the iPhone very soon.

Rumors of iWork coming to the iPhone started when Apple, in one of its support documents for the iPhone, used a screenshot that showed a menu saying “open in Keynote.” That image was quickly replaced, but the rumor mill kept churning. ipodnn found a few fuzzy screenshots of iWork, but those were somewhat less than convincing.

A whole lot more convincing is the Pages walkthrough that 9 to 5 Mac posted, complete with 12 screenshots of various parts of the Pages interface. For the most part, it’s just a shrunken version of Pages: same wood-like toolbar, same document navigation and menus, same basic interaction. But there were a few new things, like wireless syncing of documents across your iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches.

Pair the fantastic screen (and new Bluetooth keyboard capabilities) with a full-featured application like Pages, and the iPhone is a viable productivity device. At least, as long as you can resist playing Doodle Jump.

(Photo Courtesy 9 to 5 Mac)

Looks like the Moment‘s over for Samsung and Sprint — check out these leaked shots of the SPH-M910 Intercept, said to be the carrier’s new mid-range Android slider. Screen size is said to be the same at 3.2 inches, and the keyboard certainly looks much nicer, but we can’t help but be bummed to hear this thing will launch Froyo-free with Android 2.1 — a 2.2 update is said to be a “high probability,” but it took Samsung and Sprint some seven months to update the Moment to 2.1, so we’re not holding our breath. The rumored launch date is July 11, so we’ll see how much of this is true around then — for now, we’re betting Samsung will be doing its best to keep us focused on Galaxy S sets like the Epic 4G.

Samsung Intercept to replace the Moment on Sprint? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Electronista  |  Samsung Hub  | Email this | Comments

After less than a week of iPhone 4 availability, iPhone 3GS users have found a way to get Apple’s iMovie iPhone 4 app running on their smartphones. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20009203-17.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Digital Home/a/p

Although its black levels challenge the best ever, some other picture-related aspects of the Sony XBR-HX909 series don’t live up to the high price.