Thursday, September 02, 2010 at 02:48 PM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
“A source from Apple tells this [examiner.com] that the iPhone is a definite go for T-Mobile.
‘There were talks about it, then strong rumors. Then, there were problems with the carrier. But now, the iPhone will definitely be available for T-Mobile.’
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get an exact availability date, but it sounds like the very beginning of next year.”
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 08:19 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
London detectives arrested nine people suspected of orchestrating an elaborate cell phone fraud conspiracy in a series of early morning raids this week.
“The raids followed a month-long investigation into a rapidly growing criminal conspiracy profiting from the theft and illegal use of almost 1,000 iPhones," reports Telegraph.
“Police were called in after mobile phone company 02 watched the scam spiral out of control, with £1.2 million stolen through premium phone lines in July alone.”
Continue reading British police break up iPhone crime ring.
Monday, August 09, 2010 at 07:53 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
First reported by The New York Times, Mark Papermaster, the Apple executive in charge of iPhone engineering, has left the company, and, according to Reuters, been replaced by Bob Mansfield.
“Apple confirmed Mr. Papermaster’s departure, but would not say whether he was ousted or left of his own accord,” writes Miguel Helft.
“Reached on his cellphone, Mr. Papermaster declined to comment.”
Wednesday, August 04, 2010 at 08:25 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
“Apple strongly cautions against installing any software that hacks the OS,” writes Apple on its support forum.
“It is also important to note that unauthorized modification of the iOS is a violation of the Phone end-user license agreement and because of this, Apple may deny service for an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that has installed any unauthorized software,” states the article.
InformationWeek reports that though iPhone jailbreaking is officially not a crime in the United States, Apple “reserves the right to terminate service to jailbreakers.”
Continue reading Apple reserves right to brick jailbroken iPhones.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010 at 04:57 PM | Posted by kazouz
The Korea Communications Commission today announced that Apple received approval to sell the iPhone 4 in South Korea, Bloomberg reports.
The regulator said it granted a certification after reviewing documents submitted by Apple, including the results of tests conducted locally. Apple filed an application on July 29, the watchdog said.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said during the iPhone 4 press conference that the launch of the device in South Korea would be delayed as the company continued to seek government approval.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 09:57 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
Two patent applications reported on by AppleInsider suggest future iPhones may use photo and video data coupled with motion sensing and GPS to generate three dimensional models of an environment which a user could then navigate “in an order other than that of the recording.”
“By walking with the device in the user’s real environment, a user can virtually navigate a representation of a three-dimensional environment,” reads one application titled “Generating a Three-Dimensional Model using a Portable Electronic Device Recording.”
Continue reading Future iPhone to render 3D environments?
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 08:17 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
MacNN reports that problems achieving the correct paint thickness on the front panel of the white iPhone 4 may have been solved, according to a source.
The new iPhone demands that the paint be applied to the front panel “in a way that doesn’t affect the proximity sensor or create light bleeds.”
Having conquered this obstacle, the source reports, Apple could be ready to start shipping the white iPhone 4 very soon.
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 11:36 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
“Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday,” the AP reports.
“The decision to allow the practice commonly known as ‘jailbreaking’ is one of a handful of new exemptions from a federal law that prohibits the circumvention of technical measures that control access to copyrighted works. Another exemption will allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers.”
Continue reading U.S. government legalizes iPhone jailbreaking.
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 07:43 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
This Friday, July 30, Apple’s iPhone 4 will officially go on sale in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Originally launched in the United States on June 24, the iPhone 4 is the thinnest smartphone in the world, features an ultra-high resolution Retina display and offers a video calling feature called FaceTime.
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 07:41 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
Apple Inc. announced Friday that manufacturing complications with a white glass panel, speculated about earlier this week, have proved too much to handle for iPhone 4 component makers.
“White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year,” the company said in a statement.
“Availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.”
Continue reading Wait “until later this year” for white iPhone 4.
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 07:13 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
People who purchased iPhone 4 bumpers before last Friday’s bumper giveaway announcement are being reimbursed by Apple.
Apple held a press conference last Friday to address customer complaints about the latest iPhone where company CEO Steve Jobs promised free bumper cases to customers to help improve reception.
Customers were originally charged $29 for the ring of “durable rubber and molded plastic,” that buffers one’s hand from the phone’s antennae which are wrapped around the edge of the device.
Continue reading iPhone 4 bumper buyers start getting refunds.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 09:09 AM | Posted by kazouz
AT&T today released its financial results for the second quarter of 2010, announcing a new company record of 3.2 million iPhone activations during the quarter.
New customer accounts seem to be slowing down, however.
The high number of activations is primarily due to strong initial iPhone 4 sales at the end of the quarter with most representing handset upgrades from existing AT&T customers. Only 27 percent of iPhone buyers this quarter were new customers compared to last quarter’s “more than one-third.”
AT&T’s press release reads:
On June 24, AT&T began offering iPhone 4, the most powerful iPhone yet. Preorder sales of iPhone 4 were 10 times higher than the first day of preordering for iPhone 3GS a year earlier. For the full second quarter, AT&T iPhone activations totaled 3.2 million, the most quarterly iPhone activations ever. Approximately 27 percent of those activations were for customers who were new to AT&T.
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