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Steve Jobs on ‘Antennagate’

There’s a press conference going on at Apple at the moment and as expected it’s all about the problems with iPhone 4. Well I say all about the problems but in the first part of the ‘show’ Apple state that the iPhone is the number one smartphone and that in 22 days over 3,000,000 (that’s three million) handsets have been sold!

So in what is now being referred to as Antennagate, Steve Jobs confirms that the issue with the signal and reception is not unique to the iPhone and that most, if not all phones, will suffer a similar fate depending in how and where you hold them. In fact the Blackberry 9700 was demo’d as being one of those handsets similarly affected.

Apparently less than one half of a percent of customers have complained about the problem.

Apple are going to offer a free case for every iPhone 4 customer. You’ll be able to register on the Apple site from next week and will receive YOUR CHOICE of case within the range they are offering. If you are not happy you can return your iPhone 4 for a full refund within 30 days of purchase, assuming the phone is undamaged.

As there have also been reported issues with the proximity sensor (I’m seeing this problem!) there will be an update to the OS to address the soon.

This conference is still on-going so we’ll bring you more as it comes in!

Posted by: Matt

Apple hold a press conference

Apple has announced a special press conference about its problematic iPhone 4 – prompting speculation of a recall.

The conference will be held today at 6PM UK time and will address the ‘death grip’ that so many people are having issues with.

Will we see a fix for the problem or maybe some compensation? Either way I am not having the problems that others are. I have not had a single dropped call. I must be holding it right!

We will endeavor to bring you the details from the press conference tonight.

Posted by: James

An interview with GiffGaff

As you may have seen us mention on the blog or on Twitter, last night Matt and I recorded our weekly mobiletechaddicts podcast and had a special guest, Mike Fairman, the boss of GiffGaff.

We put to him a selection of your questions and our own and the interview went extremely well with Mike confirming a few facts we were not sure of and also a few future ones.

To download head on over to mobiletechaddicts. It is well worth a listen.

Posted by: James

Bit Defender new beta

Those of you that watch our videos on unboxings.com will have seen that we recently introduced a sponsor in the form of bit defender. We all need computer security and I have just been told that they have just released bit defender 2011 beta.

They also currently have one or two special offers over on the site so please go and check it out. You have nothing to lose.

Posted by: James

New official BlackBerry 6 video

At last RIM have decided to give us an official glimpse of what will can expect from BlackBerry 6. As you will see, the video is very much orientated at a touch screen device and looks to work well. We know we will see BlackBerry 6 on the forthcoming 9800 Slider and more than likely on a Storm 3 if that is made but what about the majority of us that already have a non touch screen BlackBerry. Not only do we need to know for sure that ‘6’ will run on non touch screen devices but more importantly will it run on our current phones such as the Bold 9800 or the Curve 8520. Please tell us RIM? We need to know.

See what you think below and feed us your thoughts on the forum.

Free iPhone 4 cases

You may have seen that I recently did a quick post mentioning that mobilefun had a nice new range of iPhone 4 cases. To follow on from that and to tackle the ‘death grip’ problem, that many people are having with the iPhone 4, mobilefun are giving away free cases!

The cases are made from non conducting silicone gel which acts as an insulator to prevent your hand from causing signal drop issues. How jolly decent of them!

The offer is not actually live until Monday so this is just really a heads up but if you have an iPhone 4 be sure to click here on Monday for some free stuff.

Posted by: James

BlackBerry webkit browser on video

driphter.com have posted a rather nice video of the forthcoming BlackBerry web kit browser on their site. As you will see they don’t think that this is the finished product but even now it performs at a fantastic speed.

The browser is demoed on the BlackBerry 9800 Slider that we are hoping to see in the next few months. If you missed the video we posted on that device earlier in the week you can see it here. 

We have not seen many detailed demos of the new browser so this one is most welcoming. I think us BlackBerry users are in for a nice treat in the future.

The dilemma for me will be if I keep using my Bold 9700 or switch over to the 9800.

Enjoy the video below and feel free to air your comments on the forum.

An interview with GiffGaff

You more than likely saw the post I did the other day mentioning that GiffGaffs goody bags were currently half price. To follow on from the good work GiffGaff are currently doing we are lucky enough to have set up an interview with Mike Fairman, their CEO.

Even better news is that you will be able to listen to the interview as we will be recording it next Tuesday evening as part of our regular slot on the mobiletechaddicts podcast.

The podcast is normally posted late Tuesday evening so from then you will have the opportunity to hear what Mike has to say. Head on over to mobiletechaddicts.com for download details or just do a search on iTunes.

We need your help though. We would love you to submit any questions you have for Mike. We will endeavor to ask as many as possible but depending on the quantity we have we cannot guarantee all will be asked.

We are rather excited about this opportunity and hopefully this will be one of many similar interviews to come in the future.

So, either submit your questions on the forum under this post or you can email to Matt or myself.

[email protected]

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Posted by: James

Buy the HTC Wildfire sim free

If you are after the HTC Wildfire sim free we have some good news. devicewire.com will have the Wildfire in stock over the next day or two so if you want one you had better get your orders in quick as I think this one will be pretty popular. At only £224.95 (Incl. VAT) the HTC Wildfire represents real good value for money. It is not the cheapest Android phone but what you are getting is more or less the HTC Desire experience on a smaller and less powerful device.

If you have not read our Wildfire review please do so and then head on over to devicewire and place your order.

Posted by: James

BlackBerry 9670 video

Earlier today we brought you the BlackBerry 9800 video and now we have the 9670 courtesy of salomondrin.net

Not sure how this guy has his hands on the new devices but I want to go round his house to play!

As you will see, this version of the 9670 flip is not running BlackBerry 6 but it does have some new features such as tabbed browsing.

Although the BlackBerry 9670 does look bit strange when open I think it looks really cute when closed. Perfect for slipping into a pocket and not having to worry about scratching the screen.

See what you think in the video below and let us know your thoughts over on the forum.