iTunes 9.2.1 is out via Software Update, which addresses performance issues during syncing and upgrading some iOS 4 devices, among other things.
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Apple support, Security content
July 17 2010
Week in Apple: iPhone 4 antenna-gate
This last week in Apple news has been intense, with a short-notice Apple press conference, a software update to adjust the iPhone signal display, and disappearing discussion threads on Apple’s support boards. What more is there to say? Read on for the bite-sized summary.
If I were at the Apple press conference today and was called upon during the Q&A session, this is the question I would have asked:
Apple has already posted a QuickTime video of today’s iPhone 4 press conference, along with pages detailing cell phone antenna performance and Apple’s testing labs.
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Press Conference, Antenna Issues
Apple also released an update to iOS 3.2.1 for iPad Thursday, including a fix for reported WiFi reception issues and a Bing search option for Safari.
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Apple will be holding an invitation-only press conference this Friday, July 16, to discuss the iPhone 4.
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All Things Digital
By now, you have undoubtedly heard that Consumer Reports has flipped its position on the iPhone 4 antenna. At first, the publication said that the signal woes weren’t as serious as the Internet seemed to think, but it decided this week that it couldn’t recommend the iPhone 4 thanks to its own lab tests on the issue. Now, Apple seems to be deleting discussion threads about the latest Consumer Reports conclusion, and Apple-watchers are incensed—even though this behavior is old hat for Apple.
Apple is really pushing FaceTime as the must-have feature for the iPhone 4 with a series of new TV ads.
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After the iPhone 4 mania of last week, this week was relatively quiet in Apple land. Apple copped to the iPhone 4 antenna problems by claiming it was an issue with signal quality reporting by iOS, AT&T blamed slow iPhone 4 uploads on a cell base station software glitch, YouTube got an iPhone-friendly HTML5 makeover, and MobileMe has a new Calendar Web app in beta.
