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Mythical iPhone 4G's Existence Proven, AT&T's Coachella Fail

by Warren Riddle on April 19, 2010 at 11:58 AM


Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • After a lengthy period of speculation, rumors and innuendo, someone has apparently finally spotted real evidence of the elusive iPhone 4G tech-Yeti. According to Engadget's sleuths and truth-seekers, the iPhone 4G was actually caught in a photo that was reportedly leaked from Apple's test lab. [From: Engadget]
  • The Coachella music festival offered an iPhone app to attendees this year. Sadly, the app was not only a massive failure, according to most fans, but was also impossible to use by most of the crowd. Apparently, AT&T's service was so poor that people couldn't access the Web or interact with social networking services, and text messages were reportedly horribly delayed. A Nelson Muntz-style "Haw-Haw," aimed squarely at AT&T, definitely seems to be in order. [From: San Francisco]
  • Various universities across the U.S. are celebrating, and even promoting, the educational benefits of the new iPad, like Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania's move to distribute the gadgets to incoming freshman next year. Not every academy is welcoming the gadget, though, as establishments like George Washington and Princeton are actually blocking the use of some of the devices due to both bandwidth and security issues. [From: The Wall Street Journal]
  • 'Http,' that classic mainstay of the URL, disappeared from the developers' version of Google Chrome recently. Unfortunately for the developers, Google neglected to tell anyone. The vanishing act has inspired a series of complaints, particularly because of malfunction problems; some folks believed the absence to be the result of a bug. [From: Read Write Web]
  • Film adaptations of mature comic books have evolved from geeky niche offerings into mainstream, capitalist, commercial creations. Very few of them will enjoy the success of such recent offerings as Frank Miller's 'Sin City' and '300,' though. Despite a tidal wave of Comic-Con and Internet hoopla, 'Kick-Ass' failed to dominate movie sales over its first weekend, as the film -- which generated $19.8 million -- finished second to 'How To Train Your Dragon.' [From: USA Today]
  • Underground subway cell coverage has grown exponentially of late, but the rise in commuter connectivity also seems to be linked to a particularly troubling trend: gadget theft. According to the New York Times, pilfered phone statistics have skyrocketed, particularly in the major metropolitan areas of Washington D.C (65-percent increase from 2008 to 2009), and Boston (70-percent spike over the first three months of 2009). [From: New York Times]

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