Following today’s press conference over at Cupertino’s campus, Apple has just launched a new webpage: apple.com/antenna where they explain all the details regarding the signal degradation issues people have been recently reporting.
Apple Launches “Antenna Performance” Webpage
Apple July 16 Conference Available for Streaming
The press conference it’s over since a few minutes, yet it’s already available online for your streaming pleasure. This is the link to follow.
Expect it to drop on iTunes tomorrow.
Apple Plays the Antenna Song at Press Conference
Yes, folks: Apple started its special iPhone 4 conference by playing the satyrical Antenna Song by Jonathan Mann. Steve Jobs said he was browsing Youtube this morning and decided to use the song in the press conference.
Check out the video and lyrics after the break.
It’s Official: iPhone 4 Coming in 17 More Countries on July 30th
Telenor Denmark called it this morning. Steve Jobs has just announced that the iPhone 4 will be released in 17 more countries on July 30th. The white iPhone 4 will also ship by the end of July, but we don’t if these countries will actually get it.
The countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
We’ll keep you posted about offers and carrier plans.
Apple Gives Away a Free Bumper to Every iPhone 4 User Until September 30
This was pretty much expected, and we can’t help but be happy about it. At Apple’s special iPhone 4 conference in Cupertino, Steve Jobs has just announced that Apple is going to give away a free bumper to every iPhone 4 user until September 30. Then they’ll examine the situation.
If you bought one already, you’ll get a full refund. You’ll also be able to apply for a free case through Apple.com and Apple will send one to you.
Nice.
iPad Sales to Dominate Notebook Market
With the iPad being one of the only viable tablets currently on the market for consumers, it’s no wonder that Apple will dominate 93% of the the tablet space by the end of this year. 9 to 5 Mac reports,
The Chinese-language Commercial Times tells us global shipments of tablet PCs in 2010 and 2011 are predicted to come in at 16.4 and 35 million units. That’s nice, but even better (for Apple) 93% and 75% of these tablet PC shipments will be accounted for by iPads. In fact, the iPad is going to grab 40 percent of global demand for notebooks.
Which is bad news for Microsoft and related companies such as Hewlett Packard, whose shipments fell 9 percent while Lenovo and Apple have seen increases in demand.
[via 9 to 5 Mac]
David Lanham’s FaceTime Portraits
How far can a designer push his creativity? I guess it’s just about inspirations and the tools you have with you. Ask David Lanham, designer over at the Iconfactory (developers of apps such as Twitterrific), who’s started drawing portraits / caricatures over FaceTime. We interviewed David last year during the Apps Tree, in case you missed it.
Apple Not Paying Foxconn Employees Additional Extension as Rumored
Apple news seems to come in waves. Before we had all the negative iPhone 4 press, there was a period of time when Foxconn was constantly making headlines among Apple sources, and near the end of the bad press, there was a rumor that Apple would be paying Foxconn an additional 2% so that employees could receive wage increases. This never happened.
Foxconn officially denies any involvement with Apple concerning the wages of their employees, stating that they never received any subsidies from Apple. “This isn’t true.” 9 to 5 Mac reports,
The intention of these payments was to end a wave of suicides among Foxconn workers, reportedly unhappy at long hours, long wages, anti-social working conditions and authoritarian management practises.
Foxconn has moved to offer workers large pay hikes, while breaking some of its production units into plants it owns elsewhere in China.
[via AppleInsider and 9 to 5 Mac]
Canal+ iPhone App Commercial [Video]
Canal+ is a French TV channel which has recently released its official iPhone app in the App Store. Unlike many other TV channels, they decided to promote the app in a pretty unusual way, by airing an awesome commercial.
Check it out after the break. [via MelaMorsicata]