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Author: Ivanov Konstantin Source: Engadget Translation by: Paul Smith
One of the biggest areas for growth in smartphones has been gaming with numerous titles having emerged over the past couple of years. The iPhone especially has proven itself a very powerful, and attractive, platform for gaming. Android has been making an increasingly good showing in the gaming arena too. However, there exists a rather bizzare aberration in all of this, which sees very little cross platform gaming between Android and iOS despite them being at the forefront of smartphone gaming. There are a couple of titles out there that offer this sort of cross platform option including Raging Thunder 2 and Homerun Battle 3D. Well gamers on both platforms can now add Skies of Glory to that list. The game has been ported to Android (2.0 and above) and can communicate with its iOS bretheren over Bluetooth, WiFi and 3G should you be unable to resist the urge to show your friends just which OS really is king.
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Author: Ivanov Konstantin Source: IntoMobile Translation by: Paul Smith
Despite Apple's efforts at Friday's press event they're not winning everyone over to the iPhone 4, not least of whome is Consumer Reports. The consumer magazine had previously said that they could not recommend the iPhone 4 because of its antenna issues that saw signal reception drop drastically for some users. On Friday Steve Jobs promised free bumpers for iPhone 4 customers, but whilast some may have regarded that as the end of the matter (probably only Steve Jobs to be honest) Consumer Reports clearly didn't. In a statement they welcomed the free bumper offer, but stuck to their guns of not recommending the handset:
"Consumer Reports believes Apple's offer of free cases is a good first step. However, Apple has indicated that this is not a long-term solution, it has guaranteed the offer only through September 30, and has not extended it unequivocally to customers who bought cases from third-party vendors. We look forward to a long-term fix from Apple. As things currently stand, the iPhone 4 is still not one of our Recommended models."
Some might say that Apple have adressed the issue and done their best to rectify the problem and that Consumer Reports is just being picky. To be fair to Apple there isn't much else that Steve Jobs could have got up on stage and said on Friday that would have offered a better solution. It's unrealistic to think that Apple will have a re-designed handset in production within a matter of weeks, which means that a recall is off the cards. Giving away free cases is pretty much the only short-term solution Apple could administer. On the other hand Consumer Reports are spot on the money in saying that it isn't a long-term solution, it literally masks the problem, it doesn't solve it.
The other interesting point Consumer Reports made was the bumper offer only lasting until 30th September. Some other sites are speculating as to what this date signifies with some even touting the far fetched notion of an iPhone 5 in September. Far more likely is the release of a re-designed iPhone 4 that does contain a long-term solution to the antenna issue.
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Author: Irina Turina Source: Pocket-lint Translation by: Paul Smith
Apple's use of other manufacturer's products to illustrate the supposed ubiquity of signal degredation amongst smartphones was perhaps ill advised. In the wake of their press conference Apple have now come under fire from RIM, Nokia, HTC and now Samsung. Steve Jobs used a few examples of rival smartphones to make his point and in the case of Samsung that was the Omnia II. Well like the other manufacturers involved Samsung have released a statement on the matter and they're pretty unequivocal about it "Reception problems have not happened so far, and there is no room for such problems to happen in the future." In other words Apple's problems are their own making and nothing to do with Samsung. That's the same message that the othe rmanufacturers have been putting out. It's a sharp contrast to the attempt at fraternal comraderie that Jobs attempted to illicit at Apple's Friday press event where he said the signal issues were common to everyone in the industry and that they were all trying their best to deal with it. That idea of 'we're all in it together' is obviously not something that is shared beyond Cupertino.
Samsung's full statement is below:
"The antenna is located at the bottom of the Omnia 2 phone, while iPhone’s antenna is on the lower left side of the device. Our design keeps the distance between a hand and an antenna. We have fully conducted field tests before the rollout of smartphones. Reception problems have not happened so far, and there is no room for such problems to happen in the future."
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