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iPhone 4 Gets Official, launching June 24 for $199

cwhitmore — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:01:56 +0000

It’s no surprise that Apple unveiled its new iPhone 4 ($200-$300) today and it looks just like we expected. I’m still a die hard Android fan but after seeing this I guess I should take back a couple of those mean things I’ve said about Apple over the past couple months. Hardware wise this new bread takes a huge leap forward with features like an Apple A4 processor, app multitasking, 7 hours of talk time, a backlit 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash and 720p video recording (and iMovie), a front-facing camera for FaceTime video calls, an eye-popping 960 x 640 Retina display, a glass front and back and stainless steel body, and one of the skinniest profiles on the market.

So now that you want this, here’s what you need to know. They hit AT&T on June 24th and will be available in white or black, retailing at $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for 32GB. The 3GS will be dropped to $99 and the 3G will disappear completely. Pre-orders start in a week, with 5 countries at launch (US, France, Germany, UK, Japan), with 18 more following in July.

Check out the full press release after the break.

Apple Presents iPhone 4

All-New Design with FaceTime Video Calling, Retina Display, 5 Megapixel Camera & HD Video Recording

Thinnest Smartphone Ever

SAN FRANCISCO-June 7, 2010-Apple® today presented the new iPhone® 4 featuring FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, images and video. In addition, iPhone 4 features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, a 3-axis gyro and up to 40 percent longer talk time-in a beautiful all-new design of glass and stainless steel that is the thinnest smartphone in the world. iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which includes over 100 new features and 1500 new APIs for developers. iOS 4 features Multitasking, Folders, enhanced Mail, deeper Enterprise support and Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform. iPhone 4 will be available in the US, UK, France, Germany and Japan on June 24, starting in the US at just $199 for qualified buyers with a two year contract.*

“iPhone 4 is the biggest leap since the original iPhone,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “FaceTime video calling sets a new standard for mobile communication, and our new Retina display is the highest resolution display ever in a phone, with text looking like it does on a fine printed page. We have been dreaming about both of these breakthroughs for decades.”

FaceTime is as mobile as your phone, so you can see your loved ones and friends anywhere there is Wi-Fi. Using FaceTime is as easy as making a regular voice call, with no set-up required, and you can instantly switch to the rear camera to show others what you are seeing with just a tap.

Apple’s stunning 3.5 inch Retina display has 960 x 640 pixels-four times as many pixels as the iPhone 3GS and 78 percent of the pixels on an iPad™. The resulting 326 pixels per inch is so dense that the human eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels when the phone is held at a normal distance, making text, images and video look sharper, smoother and more realistic than ever before on an electronic display.

iPhone 4 is the thinnest smartphone ever-9.3 millimeters-with an all-new design and build quality like no other mobile device. The front and back are made of aluminosilcate glass, chemically strengthened to be 30 times harder than plastic, more scratch resistant and more durable than ever. The front and back glass have an oil-resistant coating that helps keep it clean, and encircling iPhone 4 is a highly finished stainless steel band made of a custom alloy that is forged to be five times stronger than standard steel.

iPhone 4 features a new 5 megapixel autofocus camera with a 5x digital zoom, a backside illuminated sensor and built-in LED flash that allows you to take amazing pictures even in low light and dark environments. iPhone 4 lets you record and edit incredible HD video and the popular tap to focus feature now works while recording video. You can use the iPhone 4′s LED flash for both still photography and video recording. The new iMovie® app for iPhone lets you combine movie clips, add dynamic transitions and themes and include photos and music, and users can buy it for just $4.99 through the App Store right on their phone.

iPhone 4 is the best mobile device ever for games and entertainment, with access to tens of thousands of games and entertainment apps on the revolutionary App Store. Every iPhone 4 has a built-in 3-axis gyro that when combined with the accelerometer provides 6-axis motion sensing such as up and down, side to side, forward and backward and pitch and roll, making it perfect for gaming. Developers can access the gyro using the new CoreMotion API to make games and other apps that go well beyond what other mobile devices offer.

iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. With over 100 new features, it includes Multitasking, Folders, enhanced Mail, deeper Enterprise support and Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform. With Multitasking, users can now instantly switch between any of their apps while preserving battery life. With Folders, users can easily organize their apps into collections by simply dragging one app on top of another. A folder is automatically created and named based on the category of apps selected. Users can change the name of any folder at any time. In addition, users can now customize their lock and home screens with an array of supplied wallpapers or with any of the photos on their phone.

The new iBooks® app will be available for iPhone 4 as a free download from the App Store and includes Apple’s new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile product. The iBooks app will sync your current place in a book, along with any bookmarks, highlights and notes you have created, between copies of the same book on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch®. iBooks users can also now read and store PDFs right in iBooks. There are now over 60,000 books available in the iBookstore, and users have downloaded over five million books in the first two months.

More than five billion apps have been downloaded from the revolutionary App Store and more than 225,000 apps are available to consumers in 90 countries. Almost 100 million iPhone and iPod touch users around the world can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel.

iPhone 4 delivers an amazing seven hours of talk time on 3G networks, up to 10 hours of web browsing on Wi-Fi and up to six hours on 3G, and up to 10 hours of video playback and up to 40 hours of audio playback.** iPhone 4 is powered by Apple’s new A4 processor that provides exceptional processor and graphic performance along with long battery life. iPhone 4 features a second microphone and advanced software to suppress unwanted background noise for improved call quality when in loud places. iPhone 4 also offers 802.11n Wi-Fi networking and adds quad-band HSUPA to provide 7.2Mbps downlink and 5.8Mbps uplink capability.***

Pricing & Availability
iPhone 4 comes in either black or white and will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model and $299 (US) for the 32GB model in both Apple and AT&T’s retail and online stores, Best Buy and Wal-Mart stores. iPhone 4 will be available in the US, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on June 24 and customers can pre-order their iPhone 4 beginning Tuesday, June 15 from the Apple Online Store or reserve an iPhone 4 to pick up at an Apple Retail Store. iMovie for iPhone will be available on the App Store for just $4.99 (US).

Also on June 24, a new iPhone 3GS 8GB model will be available for just $99 (US). iOS 4 software will be available on June 21 as a free software update via iTunes® 9.2 or later for iPhone and iPod touch customers.****

iPhone 4 will roll out worldwide to 88 countries by the end of September. iPhone 4 will be available by the end of July in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

*Qualified customers only. Requires a new two year AT&T rate plan, sold separately.

**Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.

***Speed is dependent on cellular network capability.

****iOS 4 is compatible with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, second and third generation iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or 64GB). Some features may not be available on all products. For example, Multitasking requires iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or third generation iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or 64GB).

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues to lead the industry with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system, and iLife, iWork and professional applications. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

[via Engadget]

Meet the Nokia N8

cwhitmore — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:21:17 +0000

Most cell phones come with cameras these days but this could be considered a camera that comes with a cell phone, meet the Nokia N8 ($TBA). Sporting the new Symbian 3 operating system this PHONE packs the best cell phone camera yet. It features a 12 megapixel sensor, Carl Zies optics, a Xenon flash and HD video recording. Oh and the phone part… it’s got a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, HDMI output, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD slot, and will support a lot of upcoming apps.

Pretty sweet IMO.

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Is it Incredible? Verizon thinks so.

cwhitmore — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:26:13 +0000

I haven’t geeked out on a new phone in a while so I think we’re about due. Now granted this isn’t the EVO but I think it’s up there. It’s the new HTC Droid Incredible ($200) and it hits Verizon on the April 29th. (You can pre-order it now) I instantly think this is leaps and bounds above the Motorola Droid if for no other reason than that it comes with the Sense UI. This guy is taking some cues from the Nexus One as well, the Incredible offers a 3.7-inch, 480×800 AMOLED capacitive touch screen, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, Android 2.1 with the HTC Sense UI, an optical joystick, an eight megapixel camera with dual LED flash, and the usual Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

So is it incredible? That’s for you to decide but I bet it’s better than your current phone.

Watch Nexus One get built, then beaten

cwhitmore — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:42:28 +0000

Here are two awesome videos showing what went into the building and testing of Google’s Nexus One. Watch it get dropped, slammed, bent and poked all as a part of Google’s and HTC’s stress tests. Now I want to go watch stuff from Will it Blend.

Check them out after the break.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Is Verizon getting the Nexus One on March 23rd?

cwhitmore — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:00:24 +0000

The rumor wheel is turning again for Google’s Nexus One. The new report is that it’s headed to Big Red on March 23rd. According to the guys at Neowin.net the Nexus One, originally released on T-Mobile in January, has passed FCC inspection for use on Verizon’s CDMA network.

The word on the street is that Verizon will introduce the Nexus One on the day the International CTIA wireless show begins in the US. It’s not yet clear if Verizon plans to hold a press conference at CTIA regarding the launch and we don’t know anything on pricing but we hear that it will be “competitive.” Pretty much we don’t know anything but aren’t rumors great!

[via Neowin.net]

Sprint Palm Pixi now $50

cwhitmore — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:00:40 +0000

If you’re in the market for an upgrade now might be a good time. Sprint has dropped the price of the original WiFi-less Palm Pixi to $49.99 (after $100 mail-in rebate and a new two-year contract) This is probably because Verizon has the Pixi Plus with WiFi for $79.99. Now I’m not a huge fan of the Pixi, mainly due to the screen size and the buttons but WebOS is pretty sweet. It should be a good deal if you’re tying to jump into the smartphone market. Now we’ll have to watch for a price drop on Sprint’s Palm Pre so that it can compete with the Pre Plus on Verizon.

[via Palm Infocenter]

Motorola Devour is headed to Verizon

cwhitmore — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:17:39 +0000

This is one I’m sorry I missed while I was out last week. You may have already seen it but if not I think you’ll like it. So what’s it? It’s the Motorola Devour, a new Android smartphone that’s going to hit Verizon in March. Like it’s Droid predecessor it’s got a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, aGPS and it comes with an 8GB SD card with support up to 32GB. Now granted, it’s got a smaller screen than the Droid but it’s still pretty sweet. Another nice thing about this phone is that it has MOTOBLUR, the first solution to sync contacts from work and personal e-mail services, including Gmail, with posts, messages, photos and more from popular sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

I’m pretty excited to see more on this phone, Megan Fox seems to like it too… Check out the full press release here.

Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus have landed at Verizon Wireless

cwhitmore — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:52:54 +0000

At CES we heard about the Palm Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus making there way to Verizon. Well now Verizon customers can score the Palm Pre Plus for $149.99 after a $100 mail in rebate and a two year agreement and the Pixi Plus for $99 after a $100 mail in rebate and a two year agreement. Anyone grabbing one of these?

Motorola Backflip: AT&T’s First Android Phone

cwhitmore — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:02:37 +0000

Here’s one of the new phones that was announced at CES. It’s the Motorola Backflip($TBA; Q1 2010) will be the first Android phone released on AT&T. One of the things that sets this apart is it’s sporting a unique reverse flip design and the MOTOBLUR content delivery service. The design lets the screen slide up for access to a hardware keyboard, or flip around to act as a video viewing stand. Features like a 3.1-inch touch screen, 5 megapixel camera, a GPS, and Bluetooth round out the experience.

Did anyone else catch my name on the promo shot? So what if it’s a girls last name….

[via Uncrate]

Verizon Wireless cutting plan prices?

cwhitmore — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:26:49 +0000

New plans on the horizon for Verizon. Get it? Man I’m hilarious…

Anyway, there’s been a lot of buzz today about Big Red cutting their plan prices. This is something that would put them a little more in line with other carries and their unlimited plans. Boy Genius Report broke the story/rumor today highlighting a 30% drop in pricing on the unlimited minutes options for some of the plans. Another big change is the data plans where among the changes they now have $29.99 unlimited data. (that’s included in the Sprint plans) I guess there gearing up for more Android phones like the Nexus One.

The pictures after the break highlight the new plans and compare them to other carriers. It still looks like Sprint has the best pricing. How does this effect you?

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