Apr 29

White iPhone 4 Slightly Larger than The Original

Posted in: Apple, Today's Chili

White and Black iPhone 4

If you’re one of the folks who ran out to pick up a brand new white iPhone 4 from Apple this week, you might want to hold off on picking up a case for it just yet. The white iPhone is a little bigger than the black version, and by “little,” we really mean only about 0.2mm. 
Now that’s not a huge difference when it comes to how well it fits in your hand, or how well it actually makes calls or surfs the web, but where it’s a huge difference is when it comes to cases, peripherals, and other full-body devices designed to connect to the iPhone 4. Case manufacturers will have to redesign their cases to fit the slightly bigger device (unless we’re talking about bumpers and flexible cases, that is,) and peripheral manufacturers with stands, keyboard attachments, and other devices that clip onto the entire body of the iPhone will have to account for the ever-so-slight size difference. 
In the end, it won’t be long before you’ll head into your local electronics store and see iPhone cases along a wall marked with “AT&T – Black,” “AT&T – White,” “Verizon – Black” and “Verizon – White” on the packaging so you know which one to buy. 
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Apr 29

HBO Go mobile app hands-on (video)

Posted in: Android, android market, AndroidMarket, Apple, AppStore, hands-on, HandsOn, ipad, iPhone, IphoneApp, Today's Chili, video
HBO Go has been live on the iTunes App Store and Android Market for just a few short hours, but we’ve already put it through the paces, poking and prodding on our iPad and iPhone, to see what all the hubbub’s about. We’re pleased with the hefty amount of video that HBO’s offering up here, and the interface is pretty intuitive as well. Still, browsing through the myriad content on the iPad’s larger screen is definitely a bit more leisurely than on the iPhone’s 3.5-inch counterpart. Both apps sport the same feature set, so searching for content, saving things to watch later, and blasting updates to Facebook and Twitter will work well on whichever device you choose. To make the deal even sweeter, it’s free for current subscribers, so there’s really no reason to not check it out for yourself — unless you don’t have HBO, in which case we have a video walkthrough embedded after the break.

Update: Sorry Android users, but it looks like the only supported versions for the Android app are 2.1 – 2.3.3. However, we’re getting reports that it does function in the browser — so long as you’ve got Flash installed, of course. We’re also told that the HBO Go site works just fine on the PlayBook as well.

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HBO Go mobile app hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 29

Panasonic, Yahoo, more admit defeat, sign deal with Klausner

Posted in: Apple, Google, Law, lawsuit, Panasonic, patent, Today's Chili, Yahoo

It’s easy to mock the little guy when he takes a handful of giant corporations to court. Such litigious overzealousness usually gets tangled up or tossed out altogether — Klausner Technologies, however, is laughing all the way to the bank, with a stellar track record taking on some of tech’s biggest names over the past few years. To date, the company has scored wins in visual voicemail patent battles with Apple, Google, Verizon, LG, and Vonage — the company also struck a deal with Sprint, though presumably with less teeth-pulling. This week, Klausner added four more big wins to the list, inking deals with Panasonic, Yahoo, Qwest Communications, and Avaya in the wake of suits against the tech firms. The company still has ongoing battles with RIM and Cisco that will hopefully stay civil. We’d hate to see someone send a visual voicemail they’d regret later.

Panasonic, Yahoo, more admit defeat, sign deal with Klausner originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 29

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Release Date in 10 Days!

Posted in: Apple, Features, Release Date, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on October 16, 2007 by CyberNet.

Leopard Spaces Apple has finally decided to inform the public about the official release date of the acclaimed Leopard operating system, and it’s in just 10 days (on October 26th). Lines will surely form outside of the Apple stores, but I would imagine that there will be more than enough copies available.

What’s new in Leopard? Apple has detailed over 300 new features that will be shipping in the latest version of their operating system. I went through the entire list and grabbed the things that I thought were the most notable:

  • Boot Camp – run Windows on your Mac, and copy files between the two operating systems
  • Desktop – semitransparent menu bar, reflective Dock, organize files into “stacks,” and more
  • Finder – use the sidebar to group items into categories, flip through your files with Cover Flow, icons contain previews of files, and more
  • iChat – use Photo Booth to add effects to your video chats, tabbed chatting, file transfer manager, and more
  • Mail – includes stationary templates, to-do list manager, improved search, photo browser, RSS integration, notes, and more
  • Parental controls – simple account setup, time limits and bedtimes, web filters, remote control, and more
  • Quick Look – preview files without launching an application
  • Safari – enhanced find, full history search, resizable text fields, and more
  • Spaces – these are like virtual desktops, and you can drag and drop applications from one space to another using the Bird’s-Eye View
  • Time Machine – backs up all of your files in case you need to retrieve something that has been removed

Starting October 26th you’ll be able to pick up your copy of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard at an Apple retail store for only $129! That’s quite a steal, but the even better deal is the $199 household license that covers up to five computers. If you bought a new computer after October 1st, 2007 you qualify for the free upgrade. You will, however, have to pay a $10 shipping fee to get it.

Engadget also mentioned that the Boot Camp Beta will not expire until the end of 2007 for Tiger users, and until then you’ll be able to add/edit your Windows partitions. After that time you’ll still be able to run Windows, but you won’t be able to manage the partitions without making the upgrade to Leopard.

Lifehacker has also started a poll wondering what feature is making you lust over the upcoming operating system.

Thanks for the tip CoryC!

Copyright © 2011 CyberNetNews.com

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Apr 29

NPD credits Verizon iPhone with stemming the Android tide in Q1 smartphone sales

Posted in: Android, Apple, Google, ios, iPhone, market, market share, marketshare, sales, smartphone, Smartphones, stats, Today's Chili, us, usa, verizon, vzw

As much as we were hoping to get some definitive statements from AT&T and Verizon’s Q1 2011 financials about the Verizon iPhone’s impact on the smartphone market, none were really forthcoming. It’s left to analyst outfits like the NPD, therefore, to try and parse the data for us and read between the official lines. The latest numbers from the NPD Group’s Mobile Phone Tracker indicate that Apple’s share of US smartphones sales jumped from 19 percent in Q4 2010 to 28 percent in the first quarter of this year, which helped stymie Android’s prodigious expansion. The Google OS went from being on 53 percent of all smartphones sold to a flat 50 percent in the quarter. Also intriguing about the period is that, for the first time, smartphones accounted for more than half of all mobile phones sold in the US, at 54 percent. The top five best-selling cellphones also happened to be smartphones, with Apple and HTC providing two each; the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, Droid X, EVO 4G, and the Droid Incredible took home the NPD commendations.

[Thanks, Matt]

Disclaimer: NPD’s Ross Rubin is a contributor to Engadget.

NPD credits Verizon iPhone with stemming the Android tide in Q1 smartphone sales originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 29

Panasonic Viera AR Setup Simulator app augments the reality of your TV dream (video)

Posted in: app, Apple, application, augmented reality, AugmentedReality, ios, iPhone, ipod touch, IpodTouch, Panasonic, Software, Today's Chili, video

A cardboard cut-out, really? You pasted a 50-inch rectangle of stiffened paper to the wall in order to preview the flatscreen of your dreams within your new Vitsoe shelving system? For shame. A true nerd, nay, a real man would have cast aside those arts and crafts for Panasonic’s new Viera AR Setup Simulator app. Just grab the wall or pedestal AR marker from the printer and place it wherever you hope to showcase that new Panny. Then watch the app augment your reality through the iPhone’s camera. Don’t cost nothin’ but your time, starting with the 60 second video embedded after the break.

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Apr 29

Thicknessgate: White iPhone 0.2 mm Fatter than Black iPhone

Posted in: Apple, Phones, Today's Chili

Paint? Sunscreen? Whatever the reason, the white iPhone is 0.2 mm thicker than its black counterpart. Photo: TiPb.

We may have discovered the secret behind the new white iPhone, and why now, 10 months late, Apple finally thinks it will stay white instead of fading to a dirty, stained yellow. Extra paint, and lots of it.

The internet is abuzz today with comparison photos showing that the white iPhone is noticeably thicker than its black counterpart. The metal antenna band is just the same, but the glass panels on the white phone are thicker. From the pictures, it appears that it’s the rear panel that has grown the most, and the whole phone is now 0.2 mm fatter.

This probably isn’t just layers of extra paint inside the glass, although Apple’s Phil Schiller did mention that extra UV protection was needed on the long delayed handset.

In practical terms, this layer of sunscreen means that many precision-made cases will not fit the new iPhone. Add this to the slightly different positions of the mute switch on the Verizon iPhone, and we now have four handset configurations for case makers to cover. Given that Apple is famous for keeping its product lines simple, this starts to look rather messy.

In reality, this doesn’t really matter too much. After all, the iPhone 4S looks like it might be arriving in September, and hopefully Apple will manage to make all models the same size and shape.

iPhone 4 Is Thicker in White [Ryan Cash via Mac Rumors]

Yes, your case will probably still fit the 0.2 mm thicker white iPhone 4 [TiPb]

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Apr 29

Thicknessgate: White iPhone 0.2mm Fatter than Black iPhoen

Posted in: Apple, Phones, Today's Chili

Paint? Sunscreen? Whatever the reason, the white iPhone is 0.2mm thicker than its black counterpart

We may have discovered the secret behind the new white iPhone, and why now, ten months late, Apple finally thinks it will stay white instead of fading to a dirty, stained yellow. Extra paint, and lots of it.

The internet is abuzz today with comparison photos showing that the white iPhone is noticeably thicker than its black counterpart. The metal antenna band is just the same, but the glass panels on the white phone are thicker. From the pictures, it appears that its the rear panel that has grown the most, and the whole phone is now 0.2mm fatter.

This probably isn’t just layers of extra paint inside the glass, although Apple’s Phil Schiller did mention that extra UV protection was needed when speaking about the long delayed handset.

In practical terms, this layer of sunscreen means that many precision-made cases will not fit the new iPhone. Add this to the slightly different positions of the mute switch on the Verizon iPhone and we now have four handset configurations for case makers to cover. Given that Apple is famous for keeping its product lines simple and this starts to look rather messy.

In reality, this doesn’t really matter too much. After all, the iPhone 4S looks like it might be arriving in September, and hopefully Apple will manage to make all models the same size and shape.

iPhone 4 is thicker in white [Ryan Cash via Mac Rumors]

Yes, your case will probably still fit the 0.2mm thicker white iPhone 4 [TiPb]

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Apr 29

White iPhone 4 thickness creates issue for case makers, owners

Posted in: Apple, cellphone, cellphones, iPhone, sensor, Today's Chili

By now you’ve probably seen the latest spectacle to consume the white iPhone 4: it’s thicker than the black model. The image above illustrates the point using a piece of lead from a mechanical pencil. So what, you say, in righteous indignation to a device that shipped ten months late. Well, the size difference creates a potential consumer issue since cases (at least the good ones) are manufactured against the tight tolerances supplied by Apple. We’ve confirmed ourselves, that an Incase slider that fits a black iPhone 4 just fine has to be forced into place on the new white model. Unfortunately, Apple’s own spec page doesn’t highlight the change in thickness (measured at 9.5mm by TiPb). Instead it still shows a 9.3mm depth with a tiny disclaimer stating, “Actual size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process.” The result is confusion — will this case fit or won’t it? — which is never a good thing for consumers.

But why is the white iPhone 4 thicker? Phil Schiller mentioned that Apple needed to add extra UV protection among other tweaks, in an attempt to reduce the “unexpected interactions” between the white cover and the internal components. As such, Apple apparently needed to sacrifice some slimness for a better functioning white phone. In the end, we have what looks to be four different size / button configurations that must be considered when purchasing a shrink-wrapped case for your white iPhone 4, black iPhone 4, white Verizon iPhone 4, or black Verizon iPhone 4. Good luck with that.

Additional reporting by Sam Sheffer

[Thanks, Jon]

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Apr 29

Pioneer AppRadio brings apps, iPhone connectivity to your dash

Posted in: Apple, AppleIphone, ios, iPhone, leak, leaked, mod, Today's Chili, touchscreen

If Pioneer’s AppRadio (SPH-DA01) ever sees the light of day, it’ll join a long list of integrated and aftermarket products trying to play off of the iPhone’s success. According to CrunchGear (and its anonymous tipster), the FCC-leaked device boasts a 6.1-inch touchscreen and built-in apps, along with a USB port for accessing content (and presumably, the data connection) on your iOS 4.1 devices. We imagine the hardware to be similar to the 6.1-inch AVIC-X930BT that Pioneer announced at CES, including Bluetooth connectivity, a microSD card slot, and GPS functionality, in addition to an AM/FM radio and single-disc CD player. iPhone connectivity really sets this receiver apart, along with the inclusion of additional apps, such as Pandora and iHeartRadio, with the possibility of adding more apps in the future as well. We’re incredibly skeptical about the device’s GUI having any basis on the mockup image above, but if graphics are anything like those on the models we saw at CES, we don’t expect to be disappointed either.

Pioneer AppRadio brings apps, iPhone connectivity to your dash originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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