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.
First iPhone 4 Reviews Are In
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]
iPhone 4: First Unboxing Photos [UPDATE: And Videos]
The iPhone 4 is arriving early. 2 days early, to be exact. You can blame the faster processor, you can thank FedEx - no matter who you’d like to thank or praise, some American folks already got their hands on an iPhone 4.
If you’re not jealous and think you can hold up to a few pictures, jump beyond the break and take a look at what unboxing the iPhone 4 looks like.
You’re warned though: it looks great.
[UPDATE: scroll down for some great photos and videos shot by Loyal Moses with his iPhone 4]
Bistromath: Beautiful, Intuitive Check Splitter for iPhone
Sometimes I happen to go out with some friends and enjoy a good beer over at a pub called “Porter”. Usually, a few pizzas go over with that beers.Then, when it’s time to split the bill and pay - nobody knows what to do. Should I just pay with my credit card and than take the money from my friends? Should we all put our cash together and pay the right amount? What about the tip?
Bistromath for iPhone really comes in handy in situations like the one described above.
iPhone Dev Team Releases PwangeTool 4.0 - Let the Official iOS Jailbreak Begin
Earlier today we posted a tutorial on how to jailbreak an iPhone 3GS running iOS 4 with an unofficial build of PwnageTool. Now, the Dev-Team has just release its official build of PwnageTool, read the blog post here.
PwnageTool 4 works on the iPhone 3G / 3GS and iPod Touch 2G. iPhone 2G, iPod Touch and iPod Touch 3G are not supported. The process of creating a custom firmware is the same we described this morning.
Enjoy your jailbroken iOS 4, folks.
iOS 4 on iPhone 3G [Video]
Here’s a video comparison of an iPhone 3G running iOS 4 and another iPhone 3G running 3.1.3. No matter what, iOS doesn’t seem to play nice with the 3G.
Stay tuned for a similar post in a couple of months, when we’ll put the 3GS to shame against an iPhone 4.