iPhone News Updated

iOS 4.1 Update Apple Reneges on iPhone 4 Proximity Sensor Fix

Seems like Apple is full of failed promises these days, what with the expected release of the white iPhone 4 being delayed, the issues with the iPhone 4 antenna, and back in July Apple Guru Steve Jobs acknowledged there was an issue with the handset’s proximity sensor.

Originally Apple said the proximity sensor problem would be fixed in the next iOS update; however, according to an article over on Gizmodo by Val VanHemert, and by way of The Next Web, a spokes person for Apple Australia has said that Apple is still working of a patch to fix the proximity issue in the iPhone 4.

The spokesperson also confirmed that the proximity fix will not be ready in time for the iOS 4.1 update. Doesn’t really surprise me considering how Apple seems to be full of false promises these days.

So no proximity sensor problem fix, no white iPhone 4 release, no Verizon iPhone on the horizon yet, just what is Apple up to other than toting their music media?

[Thanks: http://www.phonesreview.co.uk]

Microsoft Enters Google’s Unwalled Garden

In late 2009, when Microsoft introduced a downloadable application for the iPhone from Apple, it set off some excitement in the tech world. For years, Microsoft and Apple had been head-to-head in the war for personal computing.

On Monday, the tech world was buzzing again with an announcement by Microsoft’s search group, Bing, that the company has released an application for the Android platform from Google. The move could be seen as an encroachment on Google’s turf, as the two companies compete directly on a number of search platforms.

In a company blog post, Andy Chu of Bing’s mobile group said that the application was available as a free download for Verizon Wireless customers in the Android Marketplace.

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