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iPhone 4 Antennagate “Victims” Can Claim Their $15 Settlement

The Web site allowing iPhone 4 owners to claim a $15 settlement payment went live today. To be eligible, iPhone 4 owners must have experienced antenna-related issues but not taken advantage of Apple’s offer of a free case.

Apple’s Chilly Response to iPad Heat Complaints

“Well within our thermal specifications.”
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Antennagate Ends, With a $15 Settlement

Our long national nightmare, kaput.
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Consumer Reports Says iPhone 4S Fixes Antenna Woes, Can Finally Recommend

The magazine says the new model solves the antenna-related issues that caused it to withhold its recommendation of the iPhone 4.
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Logical: Smartphone "Death Grip" Is Universal, Say Researchers

“Smartphones have weak spots….You can grab them in the course of normal use and you will drop reception.” Steve Jobs said that during Apple’s antennagate press conference last summer and today brings fresh independent evidence to confirm it.

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Ex-Apple Exec Papermaster Surfaces at Cisco

Mark Papermaster, the exec who joined Apple’s iPhone team from IBM in 2009 after a non-compete controversy and left Apple in August after the “antennagate” controversy, has signed on with Cisco. As of this week, Papermaster is serving as the VP of Cisco’s Silicon Switching Technology Group, responsible for the chips in its Nexus 7000 and Catalyst switching lines.

Consumer Reports Can't Recommend iPhone, Can Recommend Consumer Reports Shopping App

Consumer Reports’ odd love/kinda-love relationship with the iPhone continues: If you ignore its advice and buy the iPhone 4, the buying guide has a $10 app it would like to sell you.

Ouch: Nokia Ranked Below Palm on J.D. Power’s Smartphone Satisfaction Survey

Customer satisfaction with the iPhone is as consistent as Steve Jobs’s keynote wardrobe. For the fourth year running, Apple’s smartphone topped J.D. Power’s Smartphone Satisfaction Study, besting rivals like HTC, Research in Motion, LG and Nokia, which placed dead last–below Palm.

Schmantennagate

A fair bit of time has passed since “antennagate” and Apple’s unprecedented response to it. So how’s the iPhone 4 been selling after all that criticism? As well as ever, says Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore.

Apple, the Angelina Jolie of Tech, Steps Into the Spotlight Again Tomorrow

For a secretive company, Apple sure has had a lot of events, launches and communications with the people in 2010. Such as tomorrow’s music-focused event in San Francisco, where oodles of announcements around the iPod and iTunes are expected. In a lot of ways, the company kind of reminds me of Angelina Jolie, the glamorous global celebrity. Let me explain.