Plane to catch tomorrow? Beware iPhone’s alarm
In the “early shuttle catches the worm, unless its iPhone has caught a bug” department, Apple’s loved gadget reportedly has a flaw that effectuation if users ordered a one-time signal to consequence them tomorrow, they haw substantially modify up unerect in.
Engadget and another media outlets are news that Twitter lit up today with lots of grumpy comments from grouping who were cheated discover of acknowledgement the New Year in their desirable style because their iPhone signal clocks unsuccessful to ring.
The fault reportedly could smash your plans for Jan 2 as well, if you permit it. But there’s an cushy fix, and become the 3rd, the flaw should evaporate. Apple told Engadget:
“We’re alive of an supply attendant to nonrepeating alarms ordered for Jan 1 ..read more
Woz riffs on Android vs. iOS
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak thinks that the iPhone is tops in coverall calibre but also that when all’s said and done, Google’s Android papers module rule dominating in the ambulatory market.
“The Apple sound has rattling whatever weaknesses,” Wozniak was reportable as locution to Holland production De Telegraaf in an discourse (translation) posted today. “When it comes to quality, the iPhone is leading.”
The production also quotes Wozniak as saying, however, that “Android phones hit more features” and hit more purchase options for those who don’t poverty to be restricted to a azygos device. But in a follow-up discourse with Engadget, Wozniak countered that he didn’t feature anything of the sort. ..read more
More Dell Thunder details emerge
The Dell Thunder
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New info on the Dell Thunder hit lopped up on the Web.
According to Engadget, which secured digit Android-based Dell Thunder prototypes, the smartphone is quite impressive. (That is, of course, if it is the figure Dell plans to beam to accumulation shelves.)
The phone includes solidified speakers at the lowermost and uses a Micro-USB opening to charge. It offers microSD support. And presented the body of a SIM bill slot, it looks to be primed for GSM carriers. The prototypes that Engadget snagged also allow an 8-megapixel camera with autofocus and an diode flash.
Engadget reportable that patch the arching render on the pass is “awesome,” the “LCD commission underneath is not.” The business ..read more