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  • Apple confirms September iPhone update. (2.1, Push?) – [Briefly]

    It’s not a secret that, we as iPhone users have been having major problems. Since Apple changed the frameworks and launched an entirely new version of the iPhone OS, iPhone 2.0, users of the iPhone have been less than satisfied with the performance and stability of their device.

    The recent 2.0.2 update partially addressed 3G connectivity issues, as well as plugged various bugs to make the platform half stable again (the 1.X.X days). While the update brought stability in the form of reducing the amount and frequency of system crashes and resets, the stability of iPhone’s third party application’s, have yet to be addressed …

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  • Breaking: Apple’s iPod touch 2nd Gen to get A-GPS module. – [Updated]

    [Update – 03.09.08] – (1.14am GMT)

    Apple has confirmed it will hold a special event on September 9th 2008.
    The entire iPod line is now expected to be overhauled in both design and feature-sets.

    Original Article:

    With the certainty of Apple holding a special event sometime in late September, discussion has now shifted towards what might be added to the iPod product line, to get it ready for the holiday season.

    In a claim by iDealsChina, the people responsible for leaking an accurate factory-state mold of iPhone 3G before it’s release, they now claim to have ‘insider’ information from employees and designers who are involved in designing the iPod touch and iPod nano, that Apple’s second generation of their iPod touch line will introduce GPS. If true this will mean iPod touch will be the first and only iPod, to incorporate a GPS chip …

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  • The Halo Effect: Does it exist, or is it Hype?

    The Halo Effect

    From Wikipedia

    “The halo effect refers to a cognitive bias whereby the perception of a particular trait is influenced by the perception of the former traits in a sequence of interpretations.”

    When people talk about Apple, they talk mainly about the iPod. The iPod had, and most still think, has, a halo effect surrounding it. The basic theory is, you end up buying a low end iPod at first, and on that experience alone, brings you to upgrade to a higher, more featured, model …

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