iPhone 4 release date.

[Bruce551]

Report: iPhone's glass back giving Apple headaches

by Josh Lowensohn, CNET

Apple likes glass. A lot. You can tell that much from its many retail stores, and in its products where glass is used in displays, notebook trackpads, and both the front and back of the iPhone 4.

That last place, though is what might be causing the company some headaches. That's according to a report today from Gdgt, which says that slip-on cases--the kind that cover the back and sometimes front of the iPhone 4, have been the cause of serious cosmetic damage with the backside of the iPhone. Dirt and other loose bits of debris from your pocket end up in that space. Over time, that can lead to a shattered backside as small scratches grow to become large cracks that travel across the back of the device, much like a ding on a windshield.

This has become a big enough problem, the report says, that Apple's engineers have been hard at work in "a quiet lockdown," testing various third-party cases to see how widespread the problem is, and presumably to make sure it does not happen with future iterations of the device.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20018982-248.html

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Over time, that can lead to a shattered backside as small scratches grow to become large cracks that travel across the back of the device, much like a ding on...

hehehe...

[SweetieBabie]

Is green tint circle in the middle a common problem on Iphone camera's or other phone's as well? Dr. Google said it happens when photos taken under florescent light with light/white background.

[SweetieBabie]

NICE!

[Admin_2]

Finally, you can quickly send videos of snowball fights to your friends and family across the mountain and across the world. I wonder where they will complete a 3g network next? :shock:

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/28/everest.mobile/index.html?hpt=C2

Mount Everest gets 3G mobile network

Katmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- The world's highest third generation (3G) mobile network services base station was set up at the bottom of Mount Everest on Thursday.

Ncell, a mobile phone and internet operator in Nepal, said it set up a 3G base at an altitude of 5,200 meters (17,000 feet) near the village of Gorakshep, according to Aigars Benders, the chief technical officer of Ncell.

"The speed of the 3G services will be up to 3.6 MB per second," Aigars said.

"But we could have it up to 7.2 MB if there is demand."

A total of nine stations, with the lowest at 2,870 meters (9,400 feet) at Lukla where the airport in the Everest region is situated, came into operation on Thursday.

The service is mainly targeted at the approximately 30,000 tourists who come to trek in Nepal's Himalayan region every year.

A few hundred mountaineers attempt to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain at 8,848 meters (29,028 feet) and it is estimated that the annual total number of mountaineers in the region number several hundred.

Although Ncell has not tested its 3G services from the top of Everest, Aigars said it is theoretically possible.

Up to 50 people can use the services at a time and if there is demand this capacity can be increased.

Four of the base stations are run by solar power with a back-up battery that can power the stations for up to three days.

Sweden-based Teliasonera, the fifth largest mobile company in Europe, has the controlling and operating stake in Ncell.

"Teliasonera also has the world's lowest 3G base station in the world," said Teliasonera's CEO Lars Nyberg. He said that the lowest one is at 1,400 meters (4,595 feet) below sea level in a mine in Europe.""