{"id":597,"date":"2010-07-31T03:09:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T21:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techsatwork.com\/blog\/?p=597"},"modified":"2016-01-07T11:31:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T05:31:10","slug":"so-did-you-get-your-bumpers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"So did you get your bumpers ??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BP has capped up the oil well and the world needed something else to talk about.\u00c2\u00a0 Apple has pitched in with the &#8220;death grip&#8221; for their new iPhone4. I am pretty sure everybody knows about it by now and for those very few who hasn&#8217;t heard , apparently if you hold the new iPhone4 in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubergizmo.com\/photos\/2010\/6\/iphone-4-hold-signal.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">certain way <\/a>and the signal fades away.\u00c2\u00a0 This is mostly because Apple was &#8220;creative&#8221; about putting the antenna around the phone.\u00c2\u00a0 Surprisingly it passed QA !\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t get me wrong, I love iPhones,\u00c2\u00a0 I own\u00c2\u00a0one of them\u00c2\u00a0, I think they are great smartphones and perhaps one of the best out there.\u00c2\u00a0 But I wish Apple did a better job on these.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Capture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-599\" title=\"iPhone Case Program\" src=\"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Capture1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a>So what is Apple doing about addressing the issue ??\u00c2\u00a0 Giving out free iPhone4 bumpers and cases so that it cover the &#8220;magic&#8221; part of the antenna.\u00c2\u00a0 Well thats one way to &#8220;fix&#8221; the issue.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I like the way they are doing it.<br \/>\nThey have an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone\/case-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">app on the iTunes App Store<\/a>, you download it to the iPhone and it walk you though the selection of bumpers and cases available. You order it and off there and viola ! they ship it to you . All free of charge !\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The whole process takes less than two\u00c2\u00a0minutes (unless you can&#8217;t make up your mind on which case you want) . I got to tell , they have some good selection of cases, not anything fancy, but decent ones.<br \/>\nThe only\u00c2\u00a0condition is \u00c2\u00a0&#8220;\u00c2\u00a0For iPhone 4 purchases made before July 23, 2010, you must apply no later than August 22, 2010; otherwise, you must apply within 30 days of your iPhone 4 purchase. To qualify for this program, you must purchase your iPhone 4 by September 30, 2010&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BP has capped up the oil well and the world needed something else to talk about.\u00c2\u00a0 Apple has pitched in with the &#8220;death grip&#8221; for their new iPhone4. 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