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Well, now let’s continue with our adventures on the iPhone 4.

Home screen customization: Unlike the previous three features, this addition was low on our wish list, but Apple’s done a decent job rolling it out. Sure, you always could change the standard black background using a third-party app, but iOS 4 adds the native capability to the iPhone and iPod Touch. First, find the “wallpaper” option in the Settings menu and choose either a provided wallpaper or a photo in your camera roll. After making … Continue Reading

Is there anything bigger than the launch of the Apple iPhone 4 in the cell phone world? No, definitely no, maybe it has been a while since the debut of this iconic phone, but to the hardcore apple lovers or to us who cares about the cell phone world, it will never be too much to talk about this remarkable phone. Now let’s just see how it feels with the AT&T iPhone.

With a revamped design, a sparkling new display, a speedy processor, and additional features, the iPhone … Continue Reading

Apple is trying to go where Google failed by selling unlocked handsets openly to purchasers in Canada through its website.
Customers can purchase the eight-gigabyte iPhone 3GS for its full cost of $549, or the upcoming iPhone 4, which does not yet have a price listed on Apple’s website. The customer is then free to go shopping for the best monthly service deal they can find, the company supposed

“When you purchase your iPhone from the Apple Online Store, you’ll get it commitment-free. So you can sign up for service with the carrier of your choice and change your carrier at any … Continue Reading

Google today slammed Apple for imposing new rules on developers, which the Internet giant believes is a play to muscle it out of selling ads on the iPhone  and iPad, underscoring the growing tensions between the two Silicon Valley titans.
The latest dispute centers around recent changes to Apple’s developers agreement that would effectively bar Google’s from selling and placing ads on Apple’s products, creating “artificial barriers to competition.”

Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple amended its rules on Monday, prohibiting third-party companies that distribute mobile devices or mobile operating software from collecting critical usage data for distributing and analyzing ads.

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Officially announced on June 7, 2010 at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, the iPhone 4 ($199/16GB, $299/32GB) has been pitched by Apple as the most significant iPhone update since the release of the first version in 2007. Fundamentally re-engineered from top to bottom, iPhone 4’s new features include a wide variety of obvious and non-obvious hardware and software updates, ranging from significant body changes to new chip and battery characteristics and iPhone OS additions.

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Apple’s chief executive Steve Jobs today unveiled a new version of its iPhone, which features a thinner design, a clearer display and cameras on the front and back, as the company looks to extend its lead in the mobile market.
While Jobs described the glass and stainless steel rimmed device, dubbed the iPhone 4, as “thinnest smartphone on the planet,” he offered few surprises after details surfaced last March.

Among other things, Jobs praised the iPhone 4’s slim 9.3 millimeter profile — 24 percent thinner than the existing 3GS, higher-resolution touch screen … Continue Reading

This is the last part of the Apple ipad review.

Third-party apps

There are really far too many third-party apps to do a deep dive on, but we want to call out a few innovators that we feel are making the iPad seem like a viable fourth screen we want to engage with. Here’s a lightning-round rundown of what we saw and liked the most, but you can see a much larger and more detailed list right here:

* Marvel: This is just a cool application, and really gets our juices … Continue Reading

This  is the fifth part of the Apple Ipad review.

Video / iPod / YouTube

The entertainment portions of the iPad aren’t going to blow anyone away, but they all do an admirable job. The iPod app is actually much, much better than its smaller cousin, though we’re surprised that Apple hasn’t leveraged its new-ish iTunes LP content here. The iPad is the perfect place to view all that rich media, yet it’s nowhere to be found on the tablet. A real miss, guys! Otherwise, the video player takes on the task … Continue Reading

This is the fourth part of the Apple Ipad review.

Calendar / Contacts

The calendar and contacts apps on the device aren’t exactly groundbreaking, but they are far more usable and information heavy on the iPad. Both utilize — at different intervals — split screen, book-like displays. The calendar app actually gives you a proper full month view and lets you interact with your schedule much like the iCal application for OS X does.

Mail

This is a biggie for Engadget. Much of our … Continue Reading

We’re not going to go super deep into all of the bundled applications, but we feel quite a few deserve special mention. There are brand new applications that are hugely important to what the iPad is and does, and we wanted to take a moment to give an overview and opinion on what we felt really stood out.

Mobile Safari

Apple promises that web browsing on the iPad will be, to quote Steve Jobs, “The best browsing experience you’ve ever had.” Let’s just go over that one more time — Steve Jobs … Continue Reading