iPhone 4S: Features, Launch Date, and Price

Shaasthra has posted an article about the new features, launch date and pricing of the upcoming Apple iPhone 4S. They talk about Siri, A5 and the works. Pay them a visit to know better. The new Apple iPhone 4S also features tweaks to it's antennas by way of a new evolutionary design that takes care of antennagate that plagued the previous apple iPhone 4. 

iPhone 4 Case: 1500mAh battery pack

The Mugen Power Battery Case consists of a built-in Li Polymer batter, voltage 3.7v and a capacity of (mAh) 1500. It is available in brown or blue and comes with the USB to micro usb charging lead. 

Mugen do a range of add-on batteries and travel cases to power your devices. You can use them either as a spare battery to give yourself extra battery life on a long day or you can use them as a complete replacement battery to give yourself the extended life without adding extra to your gadget load. In addition, there are available slip-on cases.

iPhone 4 dual sim case - Rebel

A great iPhone 4 accessory that arrived on my desk this week was the Rebel 2Phone Dual SIM Case, a clever case which houses a second SIM, meaning you can have two phone lines connected to your iPhone. It's a great idea for business people who want to have both their work and personal lines on the same handset.

Iphone 4 Wow keyboard

I got to look at the new Wow-Keys Keyboard this week, which is available for pre-order now.  It's possibly one of the coolest keyboards I've seen as it docks your iPhone 4 (in it's case!) then lets you switch between typing on your PC and typing on your iPhone 4 - all at the push of a button.  Plus it charges and syncs your phone whilst it's docked and even integrates your phone to be part of the keyboard, allowing you to use it as a trackpad or a number pad.  This is definitely on my birthday list!

Nokia N9 vs The iPhone vs the HTC!

A youtube clip showing competign details of the nokia n9 vs iphone4 and an HTC make.

iPhone 4 has some sleazy users

It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.

So when Apple Inc launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.

With more than 3 million of the phones already sold, the adult industry stands to make big money on this new way to reach out and touch someone -- even if it puts Apple, which has always taken pains to keep its iPhone apps squeaky clean, in an awkward spot.

In at least five cities, Craigslist ads seek models specifically for video sex chat on FaceTime. Many of the ads even offer to throw in a free iPhone 4 for the new employees.

FaceTime lets people call another iPhone 4 user and have live video conversations over a Wi-Fi connection through the phone's camera and screen. In one TV ad, a soldier uses it to get a look at his faraway wife's ultrasound pictures.

The adult industry wants its customers to share moments of an entirely different kind with its stars. And while the technology may be new, the idea is not. Porn providers have always been early adopters.

In the 1970s, the demand for explicit videos at home helped VCRs become widespread, and the industry was the first to embrace DVDs, too. Internet porn peddlers were some of the first to make wide use of streaming video and online credit card payments.

"The first time someone created a camera there was someone who said, 'Wouldn't it be good for someone to take off their clothes in front of this camera?'" said Michael Gartenberg, vice president at Interpret LLC, a media research company.

And for years, cameras mounted on computers have helped connect people for racy online video sessions. But the portability and privacy of a cell phone makes FaceTime a new frontier for the industry.

"A phone is such an intimate thing, you usually don't lend it out or have someone else use it," said Quentin Boyer, a spokesman for Pink Visual, an adult production company.

Boyer said his company began planning for iPhone 4 video services almost as soon as the device hit stores. They should be ready in a matter of weeks. Boyer said the company will offer FaceTime sessions with some of the same women who appear in its videos.

Nokia pokes Apple

Nokia phone

Nokia goes offensive against Apple! This might turn out like those Coca Cola vs Pepsi days. The mobile phone numero uno Nokia, who lately has been bruised by Apple in marketshare, has got a few lessons for Apple on how to hold a mobile phone.
 

 Though the company has not named anyone, it's apparent that Nokia is making a dig at Apple in its official blog, Nokia Conversations, where it highlights the many ways users can hold their Nokia devices.


Since its launch last week, Apple's latest-generation iPhone, iPhone 4, has been facing several customer complaints about the gadget losing signal when held in a particular manner. It is said to pose bigger problem left-handed users, who can't help but cover the bottom left corner when holding it in their palm to make a call.


Indirectly criticizing Apple, Nokia goes on about how users can hold a Nokia device in any ways without any reception sufferings. The four methods highlighted step-by-step include "thumb and finger", "the cup", "the balance" and "the four edge grip".


The company goes on to note, "One of the main things we've found about the one billion plus Nokia devices that are in use today is that when making a phone call, people generally tend to hold their phone like a ... well, like a phone."


Commenting on the reception issue faced by users, Apple CEO Steve Jobs reportedly told users to "avoid holding it that way" (meaning a grip that blocks the antenna).
Both Nokia and Apple are currently embroiled in patent lawsuits that seek to keep the other's devices out of the US.