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iOS Update May Tackle iPhone 4's Antenna Problems

DJRumpy was one of several readers to point out rumors that Apple will soon be deploying an update to iOS 4 to combat the iPhone 4 antenna problems we discussed last week. This could be good news for users of the 1.7 million iPhone 4s purchased during the first three days of its release. (And no, Daily Mail, Steve didn't announce a recall, though there's speculation that this problem could be a boon for Android.) An anonymous reader notes an analysis of a teardown of the phone, which found that its parts collectively cost about $188, with the most expensive part — the LCD screen — costing $28.50 by itself. In other Apple news, Germany has demanded that the company "immediately make clear" what data it collects from customers, and what use it makes of that data (perhaps spurred by Google's Wi-Fi sniffing debacle).

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  1. Well that's a broad summary by Cigarra · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How am I supposed to be off-topic then? Oh, I know...

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  2. Re:Interested to know... by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What in the FUCK is up with that dude's fingernails?

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  3. Re:Interested to know... by darth+dickinson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Standards aren't Variables don't.

  4. Re:Interested to know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lol..A little long aren't they ;)

    FYI, I think this is the link he's referring to:

    iPhone 3GS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9ztRup6cLs

  5. Re:Steve responds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As for OS X, all my experience with it, previous versions of Mac OS, practically every desktop Windows version since 3.x and a boatload of X11 window managers (including but not limited to: PWM, FVWM1/2, Openstep, Enlightenment, Metacity, IceWM, 4DWM, Blackbox, Fluxbox...) tells me that it's better than most if not all of the competitors in many ways (although if you have a very specialized workflow then you may benefit from another UI but as a general desktop OS it's definitely one of the better and sure beats previous incarnations of Mac OS).

    OS X is supposedly UNIX but when I want to save things off the internet it will only let me go down one directory.