Movies Now HD: Beautiful, Useful - I Wish It Worked In Italy

I’m no cinema expert, but I enjoy watching a good movie every once in a while. You know, when you have those 2 hours you don’t what to do with. I also find myself interested in knowing what’s the next big movie coming out, maybe because I’m a sucker for news. I followed the whole Toy Story 3 thing with so much interest I can’t wait for the movie to come out here.

Should someone make an app for that? Box office movies, new trailers - perhaps with the possibility to buy tickets from inside the app? It turns out someone made Movies Now HD.

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Verdict: New Retina Display is Awesome

If you haven’t noticed, the new retina display is pretty cool. Despite all the packed pixel goodness, tests were to be done, and the results have been published. Out of all the major competitors in the market, who has the best display? PC Mag wanted to find out, so they ran a bunch of smartphones through their laser chambers until they were satisifed with the results. The iPhone wins, but isn’t the best in every category.

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Two Days With iPhone 4: My First Impressions

I bought a French iPhone 4 on eBay, 16GB model. I paid a lot for it, but I’m not complaining - I needed one. Waiting for Italian providers to comfortably announce their plans wasn’t a viable option. I’ve received the device on Wednesday and had some problems cutting my SIM to fit the new Mini-SIM tray; my first day with the iPhone 4 felt pretty much like using a Retina iPod Touch. Yesterday I managed to buy another SIM, make it mini and finally start using the iPhone 4 - well - as an iPhone.

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iPad Browser Usage Surpasses Android, iPod touch

With so many iPhone handsets in the world, it’s still the most convenient device to get your Internet on when you’re in a cab, in the airport, in an airplane, at grandma’s, etc. But those measly Android and iPod touch devices? They’re not being used as much as the iPad. From rock bottom, more people have come to adopt the iPad as their instant on Internet device of choice.

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Letter from Apple Regarding iPhone 4 and Reception Problems

Finally, it happened. Apple has just issued an official press release about the iPhone 4 “problems”. It turns out, the iPhone 4 comes with a “totally wrong” formula for calculating the signal strength - it displays more bars than it should. The good news is, this will be fixed with a software update soon.

Still, it seems like you’ll have to keep holding the phone without touching “the spot”. If you’re in a low signal area, the reception issues will still happen, but iOS will display the signal drop more accurately.

Check out the full press release below.

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First Commercial Shot on iPhone 4 [Video]

FLF Films and director Jerry Dugan, decided to try  the newiPhone camera by shooting an entire Minelab commercial with it.

“We were shooting a series of three national spots for them. During the shoot the iPhone 4 came out and we decided we’d shoot and mount the iPhone next to our RED and shoot a whole commercial on the iPhone 4.

We really wanted to see how it would perform on a stabilized platform.”

They even put it on a RC heli for aerial footage. Impressive result, check out the video after the break.

[via The Apple Lounge]

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Apple’s CDMA iPhone

I’ve been holding back the past few days because many of you readers don’t like Verizon news. When Bloomberg broke wind and everyone went crazy with the news, I decided not to report it. But you’re going to have grin and bear it again, because it’s getting incredibly loud out there.

Yes, Bloomberg reported a Verizon iPhone coming in January. Lots of headlines were passed around, and even those close with Verizon were questioning whether it’s really happening. But at this point I want to make something clear, and recent rumors have reaffirmed my position: Apple is already sitting on a CDMA iPhone. They have been sometime now. All Verizon has to do is pull the trigger.

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