With the drama surrounding the iPhone 4 and it’s glaring signal problems, the world at large has become a bit more paranoid it seems. I mean, why else would people randomly start death gripping (could this become a new verb?) their phones to see if it exhibited the same signal slaying losses the iPhone 4 experiences. Fear motivates folks. With that said, a growing number of people are raising their voice over a slight signal issue affecting the Samsung Vibrant. ...

The day many an iPhone 4 user has been waiting for — update day. Well, it’s not technically available to the general public. Apple is pushing out iOS 4.1 to devs as we speak, which includes the highly debated software fix for the iPhone 4′s signal display. How does it affect that hardware side of things? Shocker: It doesn’t do a single thing for the hardware related signal problem. Have a look at the video inside and see that the bars still...

iPhone’s of years past weren’t exactly energizer bunnies when it came to long runtime. Unless you were what Apple or AT&T would call a “common” user, getting a full day getting anything more than 6-8 hours required a top-up at an outlet or battery addon of some sort. The iPhone 4 has mostly remedied those problems as it features a fairly heftier battery than iPhone’s of yesteryear combined with even more frugal hardware and optimized...

While Apple goes about pulling a cover over iPhone 4 users’ eyes in regards to the antenna issue, real people with real solutions are stepping forward and going where Apple fails to go — the truth. Introducing, the iHand. Made out of authentic European beechwood, the iHand will stop that pesky signal attenuation from occurring when your mammally mitts wrap their greasy bits around it’s finely contoured bottom. And worry not dear reader, for the makers of...

Plenty of uproar has been expelled at the expense of iPhone 4 reception issues (among others). While there has been plenty to suggest that it is purely a hardware or software issue, AandTech just published their own review of the iPhone 4, paying special, almost anal attention to the reception topic that’s dominated conversation. The results are rather intriguing, though still leave room for some worry. Specifically, the iPhone 4 signal meter has a solid -40db...