The iPhone 4 can now be stuffed with iOS 4.0.1, bringing bigger signal bars and a tweaked algorithm for figuring out how many of those bars to show. The big question though, is whether it makes any difference in practice to the millions of iPhone owners all over the world.
We’ve got a poll, and an open comments section right after the break, ready and waiting for your first hand reports, so tell us now!
iPhone 4 owners, plug your Apple WonkyPhone into your Mac or PC right now, there’s an iPhone 4 update available, taking its OS to version 4.0.1 and adding Apple’s much-debated improved “formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display.” If you’ve got an iPad, slap a USB cable in that too as iOS 3.2.1 for iPad is also available for your updating pleasure, adding improved Wi-Fi performance and a bundle of minor bug fixes.
Peter Molyneux – the legendary game designer behind titles such as Populous, Theme Park and of course Fable took to the stage at the Develop Conference in Brighton today to talk up Fable 3 and how it’ll conjure up an experience like no other. Of course we were there to lend him our ears. So what makes Fable 3 so special? Read on to find out.
The number of Android apps being downloaded has surpassed one billion, according to estimates from Android app aggregator site AndroLib, and is growing at an explosive rate.
The new iPod touch is rumoured to be arriving with FaceTime but so far we’ve been in the dark about how Apple would route calls without a phone number to kick them off. Now a source purporting to know its plans has suggested it’ll all be pinned to your Apple ID. Here’s how…
Yes, yes, we know the new Sony VAIO P isn’t a netbook, according to the official line anyway. But how else would you describe something bright, tiny, eye catching and under powered? Sony’s covered the whole spectrum in its second gen models, and we’ve got hands on photos of the lot right here.
On the eve of Apple’s mysterious press conference, let us not forget that the iPhone 4 saga is not the first time Apple has failed. Over the years, countless products have come and gone within a year or two, in cases of overpricing and underselling, and while it’s unlikely the phenomenal sales of the iPhone 4 will push it into the same obscurity as these gems, we at Electricpig towers couldn’t help having a dig around the archive to bring you the best examples of Apple at its worst. We’ll reserve judgement on the iPhone 4 until tomorrow…
A Macbook Air update is pretty certain to pop up soon. The last refresh occurred in June last year (here’s our Macbook Air review to remind you) so another tweak is due and the unsleeping rumourmongers at DigiTimes claim to have the details on the next incarnation. Could Steve Jobs, scourge of netbooks, be about to sanction shrinking the Macbook Air down to 11.6in?
