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July iPhone 4 Release Date Spotted on Orange Website?

Apple hasn’t announced the official July release date for the iPhone 4 yet, but there are a few hints suggesting that it might launch between July 15 and July 31. Remember the white iPhone? Apple said it would launch by the second half of July because they’re having some problems manufacturing it. Then, some providers have already removed their iPhone 3GS plans from their homepages and said new plans for “something new” are coming “soon”.

Now, ApfelBlog has discovered some strings in Orange’s website (the provider that carries the iPhone 3GS in Switzerland) which report that the iPhone 4 is “not available yet but will launch on July 31”.

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Apple Posts New iPhone 4 Commercial, Featuring FaceTime

If you downloaded the WWDC ‘10 keynote from iTunes (or watched it online), you’ve already seen this. In case you haven’t, Apple has posted a new iPhone 4 commercial entirely focused on FaceTime, the video calling technology built in the new iPhone. You can watch the ad here.

The 1 minute video shows different usage scenarios for FaceTime: a deaf couple signing, a kid graduating, a baby smiling to his dad on the iPhone screen. Like I said when I first saw the ad, well done.

iOS 4 Jailbreak: Why It Still Matters

iOS 4 brought multitasking, folders, unified inbox, threaded email conversations and note syncing to the iPhone. For these reasons, some people think that jailbreaking a device running iOS 4 is now pointless, considering that two of the biggest features of jailbreak (multitasking and folders) are now developed by Apple itself.

Did I jailbreak my iOS 4 iPhone 3GS? Yes. Do I think is still worth it? Yes.

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