“Consumer Reports” (http://www.consumerreports.org) says it still can’t recommend the iPhone 4. The product testing company/mag says Apple still hasn’t adequately addressed the issue of when your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone’s lower left side if the phone is being used in an area with a weak signal.
Read MoreThe third Apple store in Italy will open this Saturday at the Le Gru shopping mall in Torino, a city of 1 million in the north of the country adjacent to the Alps, reports “ifoAppleStore” (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/09/13/grand-opening-in-n-italy-scheduled/).
The huge ground-floor store is located in the center of the mall next to the McDonald’s restaurant. The store opens at 10 a.m. You can see a diagram of the mall at “ifoAppleStore.”
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Apple has launched a new online help system called Express Lane (https://expresslane.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.do;jsessionid=BKRfMQFfsNQLlJ9GDZy4nhQKmk7j9yV8BLSkMLSrXmppt2YdZHT5!1929009106) for diagnosing problems with Apple products. It’s designed to streamline the customer service process and troubleshooting system.
It lists these categories: Mac & Software; iPod; iPhone; iPad; iTunes; More Products & Services. Once you begin using the service, it offers “My Products” and “Case Lookup” features.
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Ultrasone (http://www.Ultrason.com) is releasing both a standard, single cable version and a balanced, double cable version of its PRO 2900 headphones.
Read MoreSorenson Media (http://www.sorensonmedia.com) has released Sorenson Squeeze 6.5, which adds greater encoding, publishing, pre-processing and filtering functionality to theonline video encoding product. The Squeeze 6.5 update is free to current Sorenson Squeeze 6 users.
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