Archive for July, 2010


After numerous reports on blog sites and forums of the iPhone 4 having poor reception when held in certain ways. Many were wondering if a recall of the newly launched device was on the horizon. Today Steve Jobs stood by his product in a 90-minute press conference and offered a quick fix to the wrap-around antenna issue.

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Fring-Skype Video Call Blame Game

Currently Fring and Skype are pointing the finger at each other as Skype video calls are no longer available on Fring. A few days ago Fring disabled the Skype service on their application without warning. Leaving many users to wonder if their smart phones had issues, some even going as far to reformat their configurations to see if that aided the situation.

Skype Blocks Fring

After much confusion in the community Fring finally provided an explanation on their forums stating that while Fring had intended to reduce Skype access temporarily to accommodate the sudden surge in fring video traffic, Skype had now blocked all access.
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If you’ve been watching Sports Center today, you may have noticed the continuing Apple iPhone 4 FaceTime marketing campaign that is being shoved down our retinas.

Apple FaceTime makes it a lot easier for Pedo Bear to video chat

Actually as I was typing this, one of the commercials played right behind me on the tube. There are about four new variants: Big News, Meet Her, Haircut and my favorite Smile.

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