Can you believe it? The iPhone 4 comes with better hardware than the iPad, it even runs the same A4 processor, but it turns out that the tablet might be faster than Apple’s new iPhone.
First Benchmarks Tell Us the iPad Is Faster Than the iPhone 4
iFixit’s iPhone 4 Teardown Confirms 512 MB of RAM
The new iPhone comes out tomorrow, but iFixit has (as usual) managed to get a unit and tear it down. The result, unsurprisingly, confirms the rumored 512 MB of RAM, a bigger 3.7V 1420 mAh Li-Polymer battery and dual purpose steel frame / antenna.
Check out the full teardown here, and a few pictures after the break.
The First iPhone 4 Game?
The iPhone 4 has a retina display that’s perfect for showing off lots of gorgeous pixels. Low and behold, games are going to look gorgeous, and ngmoco’s Eliminate:GunRage for the iPhone 4 has you selecting a variety of weapons to blast those beautiful pixels into pieces. We didn’t figure the first game would be a gun game, but what the hell – bullet holes never looked so gorgeous on a mobile phone. Click past the break for juicy screens.
Twitter for iPhone Updated with OAuth and iOS Multitasking Support
Twitter has released an update to their official Twitter for iPhone client, bringing support for iOS 4 (says “tested”), OAuth and various bug fixes.
First iPhone 4 Reviews Are In
It happened with the iPad back in April, and it’s happening with the iPhone 4 now: Apple sent some review units to the most important blogs and the reviews are starting to come in.
Check out the excerpts we’ve collected after the break.
Engadget Reviews the iPhone 4
Insanely in-depth review of the iPhone 4 online on Engadget. I suggest you to Instapaper it, but let me quote just a few passages:
“The iPhone 4 is the best smartphone on the market right now. The combination of gorgeous new hardware, that amazing display, upgraded cameras, and major improvements to the operating system make this an extremely formidable package. Yes, there are still pain points that we want to see Apple fix, and yes, there are some amazing alternatives to the iPhone 4 out there. But when it comes to the total package – fit and finish in both software and hardware, performance, app selection, and all of the little details that make a device like this what it is – we think it’s the cream of the current crop.”
Just a Reminder: No Walk-In iPhone 4 Sales at AT&T Until June 29th
Some of you are just lazy. Others had substantial problems with AT&T’s mess of an iPhone 4 pre-order. If you plan on visiting your local AT&T in anticipation later this week, sit your butt down. We’re not going anywhere until June 29th.
[via MacRumors]
Byline Reaches 3.2 - Brings Background Feed Syncing and Caching to iPhone
We’ve talked about Byline 3 for iPhone before. It’s a great RSS application that features a brand new engine and a good looking UI design. The latest 3.2 update, just approved by Apple and available in the App Store, brings complete iOS 4 support to Byline.
Thanks to iOS’ task completion mutlitasking APIs, the app can now finish the syncing and caching process in the background. Like many other apps though, it can’t fetch feeds on its own. Also, restore state is used to bring you back to the exact location you were before closing the app. Last, Byline now supports the iPhone 4’s Retina Display.
Go get the app here.
Bing for iPhone Updated with Visual Search and Social Feed
Microsoft is putting out some decent iPhone applications lately, and now they’ve decided to revamp Bing for the iPhone. Bing was pretty great on its own as a Google competitor, but now it adds “Google Goggles” like features for visually search. Microsoft calls this Visual Scanning, which can check out CDs, books, and video games using your iPhone’s camera.
If you connect your Facebook and Twitter account to Microsoft’s Bing, you can also get a nifty list featuring status updates from your bestest friends and Twitter adversaries. It’s pretty slick, and you can download it here via iTunes.
[via TechCrunch]