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Jailbreaking is Legal; Now What?
July 26, 2010 - 12:14 pm
Posted in Apple Inc, Technology, iPhone | No comments
Today the U.S. Librarian of Congress ruled that jailbreaking is legal, citing it as an exemption to DMCA regulations. Specifically, they stated: “Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer [...]
My Non-Article on Antennagate
July 22, 2010 - 12:24 pm
Posted in Apple Inc, Technology, iPhone | 1 comment
I promised myself that l would not write an article describing my reaction to last Friday’s Apple press conference on “Antennagate.” I knew there would already be way too much written on the matter for me to want to add to the pile. I will simply say that I believe Apple handled the situation well [...]
iOS 4.0.1 and Signal Strength
July 15, 2010 - 12:43 pm
Posted in Apple Inc, Technology, iPhone | 1 comment
The iOS 4.0.1 update is out. It claims to “improve the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display.”
From my initial (admittedly anecdotal testing), I can confirm a difference in the number of bars displayed. Whether or not the difference is an improvement, I suppose can be debated.
My iPhone includes the Field [...]
Apple’s Lingering iPhone 4 Problem
July 13, 2010 - 12:38 pm
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With so much already written on the iPhone 4 antenna topic, I want to keep my contribution to the absolute minimum (”if that,” as Chili Palmer might say). Here’s my attempt at brevity:
• The iPhone 4 antenna issue is not going away. As such, Apple should do more than do nothing. Actually, by deleting threads [...]