Mac|Life Rethinks Apple: The iPod-less iPod

On January 16, 2012, in Industry News, by Ray Aguilera

iCloud and Siri allow the iPod of the future to reinvent the music playerApple didn’t invent the digital music player, but when was the last time you saw someone listening to MP3s on something other than an iPod? Still, gone are the days when the ori…

AnandTech Confirms Improved Wi-Fi Performance with 2011 AirPort Extreme

On August 9, 2011, in Industry News, by J.R. Bookwalter

Apple quietly slipped out hardware updates to the AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule in June, which FCC documents claim to have stronger Wi-Fi range and performance. Despite Apple touting this newfound ability, AnandTech now has an exhaustiv…

Updated AirPort Extreme Does Have One New Feature: 2.8X More Wi-Fi

On June 24, 2011, in Industry News, by J.R. Bookwalter

Despite all the crazy rumors about the new AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule having some kind of built-in Software Update caching or iCloud integration, this week’s hardware refresh was quiet and uneventful — that is, unless you like you…

What iOS 4.0.1 means for your iPhone’s signal strength

On July 16, 2010, in Industry News, by David Chartier

Apple released a promised iOS software update on Thursday that makes the iPhone 4 (and 3GS and 3G) report their actual signal strength more accurately. Our preliminary tests found that the update fixes some problems, but not others.

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Signal Bar Test: Before and After the iPhone 4.0.1 Update

On July 15, 2010, in Industry News, iPhone 3gs, by Roberto Baldwin

We decided to put the iPhone 4.0.1 update to the test with a barely scientific signal bar test. We tested an iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 and ended up with some odd results.We took screenshots of the iPhones resting on our non-metallic desks, then picked up…

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