Cell Phones

Apple’s iPhone 4 suffers from antenna problem--Consumer Reports

The product review magazine, Consumer Reports, on Monday declared that it will not be recommending Apple’s new iPhone 4 as the new model suffers from reception and antenna issues.

Judge grants lawsuit against Apple, AT&T class action status

A U.S. District Court Judge, couple of days ago, has granted class action status to the lawsuit filed against iPhone’s creator Apple and its exclusive carrier in the country AT&T for their exclusive contract.

Alcatel-Lucent software slows download speed on iPhones--AT&T

AT&T Inc., the second-largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, on Wednesday revealed in its official statement that the slow download speed issue faced on some phones including iPhone 4 is due to a glitch in a software supplied by Alcatel-Lucent SA.

No antenna problems in iPhone 4--Apple

Apple Inc. on Friday surprised many by admitting in an open letter to its iPhone 4 owners that the device does not suffer from antenna problems but its reception issues are due to a software glitch which has been there ever since first iPhone was launched in 2007.

Verizon to start offering iPhone in January 2011--reports

According to several market reports on Tuesday, the largest U.S. mobile-phone company Verizon Wireless will start offering Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) popular iPhone device on its network, starting as early as January in 2011.

Apple iPhone 4 components cost barely $187.51—iSuppli teardown report

A research firm iSuppli announced via a statement on Monday that as per their in-depth internal teardown of Apple’s new 16GB iPhone 4, its components barely cost $187.51.

iPhone 4 recall news based on fake Steve Jobs tweet

British newspaper The Daily Mail, having one of the most popular news sites in the UK, reported Sunday on its site that Apple CEO Steve Jobs in his Twitter posting has revealed that iPhone 4 might be “recalled.”

Long serpentine queues outside stores as iPhone 4 debuts

The scene outside stores that were to sell Apple’s iPhone 4 was no different than what the Cupertino, California based behemoth has witnessed during earlier launches.

Google Voice thrown open to the hoi polloi

Google Voice is now available to the whole of the nation after a year of exclusive invite-only status. The rest of the world, outside of the United States has to wait a wee bit longer though.

iPhone 4 orders to arrive by June 24?

Last Friday reports emerged that Apple has notified some of its iPhone 4 customers that their iPhone 4 orders are ready for shipment and will most likely be available by June 24 (iPhone 4 launch day and date to deliver device to customers, who booked it in advance).

Apple, AT&T apologize to customers for suspending iPhone 4 pre-order services

Apple Inc. and the carrier AT&T on Wednesday apologized to their customers for temporarily suspending iPhone’s pre-order services due to unexpected increase in demand.

High demand for Apple’s iPhone 4 clogs phone lines, websites

Apple Inc. (NSDQ: AAPL) along with its carrier AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) on Tuesday morning opened its online store and phone lines for pre-orders of its new iPhone 4 but within short time customer complaints started pouring in that phone lines and websites were jammed.