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The iPhone is such a wonderful device that I can't imagine how I was able to live without it for the longest time. The new iPhone 4 is the first iPhone I ever owned and all I can say is...wow! I'm in the consulting business and before the iPhone came out, I used to to carry a ton of stuff. A laptop, a cellphone and a PDA. For the cellphone, I've always used a Nokia but I never used a high end Nokia phone. I went from the Nokia 3360 to the 8860, Sony Ericsson and then the Nokia 3500. They all worked great as cellphones, but lacking in terms of internet connectivity or use as a PDA. On the PDA side, I went from carrying a paper based calendar to the Palm Pilot, to the Palm V and then finally to the HP iPAQ. The best of the bunch was always the Palm Pilot or the Palm V until Palm pretty much failed with the development of the Palm OS. I went to the HP iPAQ on the feature that it included a web browser and WiFi connectivity. Sad to say, it was all just a promise. It worked grea...

Apple has official launched the iPhone 4 case program. You download the iPhone 4 case program app from the App Store, sign in and select your Bumper or case. Some customers are also getting an automatic refund of their purchase of the Bumper cases as well. Here's the link to Apple's website on the iPhone 4 case program.

Here's the recap of the iPhone 4 antennagate press conference today. All iPhone 4 owners gets a free Bumper case until Sept 30, 2010. Available for order next week. Those who already bought a Bumper case will get a refund. Apple will also offer a choice of different cases . Not just the Apple Bumper case. If you are still not satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone 4 for a full refund within 30 days. AT&T will void/cancel your contract. Here the video of Apple's July 16, 2010 press conference. Here is the link to Apple's website explaining the antenna issue. Here are photos of Apple's antenna lab facility. Tech porn!

Apple, in a press conference today held by Steve Jobs said that Apple will be providing a free bumper case to all iPhone 4 owners until September 30, 2010. Those who bought a bumper case before will be refunded. Users can order the free case on Apple's website. The application for a free Bumper case will be available next week. For those who are still unsatisfied with their iPhone 4, they can get a full refund within 30 days of purchase without restocking fee. AT&T is said to also waive their contract if they have one. The free bumper case offer will also extend outside of US but only until Sept 30, 2010. Apple will decide after September 30 if they will extend the offer.

Here's the link to the ongoing iPhone 4 Press conference at Apple Headquarters. MobileCrunch live coverage . Video they showed before the start of the press conference. Some notable quotes from Steve Jobs "We're not perfect, phones aren't perfect." "We want to make all of our users happy. If you don't know that about apple, you don't know us." "We heard about this not long after we started shipping. We've been working our butts off for 22 days. 22 days. It's not like we've had our head in the sand for 3 months." "Antennagate" "We haven't figured out a way around the laws of physics. Yet." "Phones aren't perfect. It's a challenge for the entire industry." "If you read all these articles out there, you'd think: Jesus! At least half our customers must have called in angry!" "We asked ourselves: Whats the percentage of all iPhone 4 users who have called about antenna o...

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