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July 19

Steve Jobs has defended the iPhone 4 against complaints

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The Wall Street Journal says that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has defended the iPhone 4 against complaints that it has a flawed antenna design, arguing that all smartphones have reception problems and saying the issue has been blown out of proportion. Jobs, on stage Friday at Apple’s headquarters, admitted the iPhone 4 loses reception when touched in the lower left corner and drops slightly more calls than its predecessor. He said Apple will offer free cases to iPhone 4 owners to alleviate the problem. Customers who have already purchased Apple’s USD29 bumper will get a refund. Jobs also showed videos of rival devices that he said had similar reception problems. “This has been blown so out of proportion that it’s incredible,” he said. However, Jobs’ claim that all phones suffer from similar problems drew fire from smartphone rivals including BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and Motorola

July 16

APTX making an new deal with Apple

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The Irish Times reports that Belfast firm APTX has taken a major step forward in getting its audio technology into mainstream products, following a new deal with Apple. The firm has developed technology that makes Bluetooth usable for high-fidelity audio. The firm’s technology streams high-quality stereo sound over Bluetooth wireless connections from devices such as laptops, mobile phones and portable music players. The compression and decompression algorithm, known as a codec, was used in Apple’s Mac Mini, which was unveiled last month.