And with that, the tradition continues. Every year or so, it seems that an iPhone prototype of some description manages to find its way onto eBay, and just over a year after the first iPhone 4 prototype made its way into public view , the precious item you see above is now available on a public auction site. To our knowledge, this is the first iPhone 4 prototype to be offered for sale on eBay — at least from someone who actually appears to be legitimate and in possession of the device he / she claims to own — boasting an etched ‘DF1692′ label in the lower right, omitted volume button markers and a mysterious ‘XXGB’ label around back. Unfortunately, we’re told that it can’t be activated through iTunes, and popping in an AT&T SIM did the seller little good. ‘Course, at $810 and rising, we highly doubt such trivial matters will deter collectors from ponying up. Hit the source link to get your bid in — you know, before Apple’s henchmen convince Mr. Donahoe to pull the plug. iPhone 4 prototype surfaces on eBay: A+++ condition, would buy again originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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iPhone 4 prototype surfaces on eBay: A+++ condition, would buy again
July 4th, 2011 
jedwan 
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No Comments »SugarSync adds mobile device management, lets you push digital delights directly to iOS (video)
June 14th, 2011 admin Apple’s iOS is great at displaying content already on a device, but transferring documents from your computer to your iPhone or iPad has traditionally been a tedious, inefficient process. SugarSync’s new mobile device management sets out to help change that, allowing you to send files directly to your smartphone or tablet using a simple web interface. After selecting a connected device from the sidebar, you can click to upload content, booting it directly to your handheld. A push notification will appear, prompting you to download any or all of the files you uploaded, which will also remain in the cloud — so you’ll be able to access files synched with the SugarSync app from the Web, even when your device is offline. The feature is rolling out for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch this week, and will be available for Android and BlackBerry soon. It looks like the concept of emailing documents to yourself just to access them on the go is about to follow iTunes sync and tethered updates to a permanent group home in the sky. Continue reading SugarSync adds mobile device management, lets you push digital delights directly to iOS (video) SugarSync adds mobile device management, lets you push digital delights directly to iOS (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: adds-mobile, black, cloud-computing, engadget, from-the-web, handheld, handset, iosapp, iphone4, push-digital, sugarsync, video, your-smartphone No Comments »Kogeto Dot brings bite-size panoramic video recording to iPhone 4 (hands-on)
May 24th, 2011 admin We’ve seen panorama add-ons for the iPhone before , but Kogeto’s offering is quite a bit more pocketable than other crowd-funded solutions. The Kogeto Dot snaps onto an iPhone 4 in your choice of pastel colors, and catches 360-degree video when placed face down. It’s got an accompanying iOS app that will un-distort the video for sharing, or even broadcast it on the net in real time. We got to check out a prototype, and though there’s still some residual distortion at this point in time, we’re assured that it’ll all get straightened out if and when the project meets its funding goal. Interestingly (and annoyingly), this implementation requires your iPhone be held perpendicular rather than upright, making previewing a capture virtually impossible until after you’ve stopped the recording, which seems unnatural to us. Combine that with a minimum Kickstarter pledge of $98 to secure one of your own, and suddenly the less-portable and lower-degree alternatives start sounding a little more attractive. If you’re still interested, hit the source link below and get in on the action. Promo video after the break. Continue reading Kogeto Dot brings bite-size panoramic video recording to iPhone 4 (hands-on) Kogeto Dot brings bite-size panoramic video recording to iPhone 4 (hands-on) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 May 2011 13:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget Tags: after-the-break, dot, entry, iphone, iphone 4, iphone4, panoramicvideo, pastel-colors, project, recording, source, video No Comments »Curtain lifts, Audience exposed as iPhone 4′s noise cancelling wizard
May 19th, 2011 admin It’s hard not to respect good detective work, so we have to give kudos to the good folks at Chipworks for putting a long-lived iPhone mystery to rest. The iPhone 4 has been applauded for its dual-mic noise cancellation , but nobody knew who actually built the voice processor responsible for this “magic and revolutionary” feature. Jobs and Co. white-labelled a certain chipset inside the iPhone 4 — it asked the manufacturer to scrub all branding off — so nobody could properly identify it. Was it made by Apple or a third party? Fast-forward nearly eleven months and it turns out the company responsible is none other than Audience, the same lovely folks behind the Nexus One’s renowned noise reduction . We’re unsure why this was kept under wraps for so long, but we can understand why Apple would want to remain quiet and keep this superb technology all to itself. A little sleuthing can go a long way, however, so follow the links below to learn how this mystery was unraveled. Continue reading Curtain lifts, Audience exposed as iPhone 4′s noise cancelling wizard Curtain lifts, Audience exposed as iPhone 4′s noise cancelling wizard originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 18 May 2011 20:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: apple, audience, built-the-voice, dual mic, dualmic, engadget, iphone 4, iphone4, manufacturer, mobile, nexus one, voiceprocessor No Comments »OpenPaths lets you visualize your iPhone location data, donate it to science (video)
May 12th, 2011 jedwan What use could science possibly have for your iPhone location data ? Well, you won’t be curing cancer, but you could theoretically be contributing to epidemiology, land use surveys, or a study proving that people move around just as quickly on foot in New York as they do inching down the 405 in LA. At least that’s the idea behind OpenPaths, a web-based tool that lets you securely and anonymously “donate” your cache. If you’ve upgraded to iOS 4.3.3 , your iPhone will no longer store your location, but there should be plenty of coordinates spinning around on your hard drive to play with. After downloading the OpenPaths Uploader, you’ll be able to visualize your own location information, and even if you’ve somehow deleted the data from your computer, the tool will search Time Machine backups (for Mac users) — a little scary, no? Of course, there’s always potential for misuse with any such service, but a researcher probably won’t care that those late nights at the office were actually spent in Cindy’s home office, unless that researcher also happens to be your wife. Continue reading OpenPaths lets you visualize your iPhone location data, donate it to science (video) OpenPaths lets you visualize your iPhone location data, donate it to science (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 May 2011 14:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: apple ipad, cache, data, engadget, iphone 4, iphone4, office, paths-uploader, wife No Comments »iOS 4.3.3 rumored to be coming within next two weeks with fix for location tracking issue
May 3rd, 2011 admin Apple promised last week that it would address the iPhone tracking issue in a software update in the “next few weeks,” and BGR is now reporting that the update is coming within the next two weeks, or “possibly sooner.” What’s more, the site says that it’s actually been sent an early version of the iOS update, and that it does indeed no longer back up the location database to iTunes — the size of the database is also said to be reduced, and it’s apparently deleted altogether when Location Services are turned off. Somewhat notably, BGR says that the update includes some further battery life improvements as well, although it also notes that it hasn’t actually tried it out just yet — it is promising additional details, though. iOS 4.3.3 rumored to be coming within next two weeks with fix for location tracking issue originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 May 2011 15:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget Tags: actually-tried, att, coming-within, further-battery, ios, ios 4.3.3, ios4.3.3, iphone4, software-update, tracking, tracking-issue, update No Comments »NPD credits Verizon iPhone with stemming the Android tide in Q1 smartphone sales
April 29th, 2011 jedwan As much as we were hoping to get some definitive statements from AT&T and Verizon’s Q1 2011 financials about the Verizon iPhone’s impact on the smartphone market, none were really forthcoming. It’s left to analyst outfits like the NPD, therefore, to try and parse the data for us and read between the official lines. The latest numbers from the NPD Group’s Mobile Phone Tracker indicate that Apple’s share of US smartphones sales jumped from 19 percent in Q4 2010 to 28 percent in the first quarter of this year, which helped stymie Android’s prodigious expansion. The Google OS went from being on 53 percent of all smartphones sold to a flat 50 percent in the quarter. Also intriguing about the period is that, for the first time, smartphones accounted for more than half of all mobile phones sold in the US, at 54 percent. The top five best-selling cellphones also happened to be smartphones, with Apple and HTC providing two each; the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, Droid X, EVO 4G, and the Droid Incredible took home the NPD commendations. [Thanks, Matt] Disclaimer: NPD’s Ross Rubin is a contributor to Engadget. NPD credits Verizon iPhone with stemming the Android tide in Q1 smartphone sales originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget, htc Tags: 2011, all-smartphones, analyst-outfits, att, data, engadget, iphone, iphone4, mobile, parse-the-data, smartphones, verizon, vzw No Comments »White iPhone 4 hands-on (again)
April 28th, 2011 jedwan Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet… Gallery: White iPhone 4 hands-on (again) White iPhone 4 hands-on (again) originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget Tags: 16gb, apple-iphone, appleiphone, att, engadget, engadget-mobile, entry, friend-via, iphone, iphone 4, iphone4, mobile, patience, white, white iphone 4 No Comments »White iPhone 4 releases tomorrow, finally
April 27th, 2011 admin The rare albino iPhone 4 has been spotted numerous times in the wild, skulking through the trees in the magical United Kingdom , cavorting across the mysterious lands of Vietnam , and most recently standing in formation in Belgium . Now it’s coming somewhere rather less exotic: the Apple Store. Apple has finally announced it will release the white iPhone 4 tomorrow around the world. Here in the US it’ll come in both AT&T and Verizon flavors, warming the hearts and minds of those who like a little less pigment on their handsets. Other than a proximity sensor tweak nothing else has changed on the device, and so the pricing remains the same: $199 on contract for the 16GB model, $299 for 32GB. Sadly, though, your contract also remains the same, and we’re pretty sure really wanting a new phone to match your earbuds isn’t grounds for avoiding an ETF. Continue reading White iPhone 4 releases tomorrow, finally White iPhone 4 releases tomorrow, finally originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget, LG Tags: apple, breaking-news, contract, handsets, ios, iphone 4, iphone4, shipping, white, white iphone 4, whiteiphone4, your-contract No Comments »iPhone nano may not exist, but this KIRF does
April 20th, 2011 admin While the folks “familiar with the matter” continue to debate over whether or not we’ll actually see a real life iPhone nano at some point in our lifetime, the crafty KIRFers in China have taken matters into their own — apparently undersized — hands. Yes people, what you see above is a Shanzhai-crafted shrunken iPhone 4 running an iOS rip-off based on Java, garnished with a 1.3 megapixel camera. All it takes is a measly
Posted in att, engadget Tags: att, based-on-java, cellphone, iphone, iphone 4, iphone nano, iphone4, nano No Comments »
