Let’s go back and reiterate that Apple is a multi-billion dollar company, and a company can only become that big by having a reputation for high quality products, which means that since Apple sold 1.7 million units in the first week and local Apple Stores can’t keep them in stock, the pros of the phone are out weighing the cons. Let’s be honest; the iPhone 4 is a fantastic upgrade to a phenomenal 3G S. It’s a simple equation:

pros > cons = happy people’s wallets > angry people’s criticsim

So Why make announcements, recall the phones, and give away  free bumper cases for? They shouldn’t and they won’t. If they do that, then they are blemishing their reputation that we established in earlier. They want the attention; they want the bad press; therefore, people like yourself will research all about the iPhone 4 and learn all the pros and just say ‘I would get it, but it has one problem’, and then Apple will come out of no where and fixes the problem and sell a million more iPhone 4s. So instead of filing lawsuits let’s understand that you bought a high quality product that is top in the market.

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There has been several videos, blogs, and  concerned emails sent to Steve Jobs and Apple Inc., but is the consumer’s voice really heard? A few days after the iPhone4 was officially released, a concerned customer was asking Steve Jobs if there was any future plans for Apple to fix these reception problems. Jobs replied back with, “Just avoid holding it that way”. What way? How are you supposed to hold the phone? One dead giveaway that the iPhone 4 had reception problems during testing was the available “Bumper Case” that Apple was selling at the launch of the phone.

I truly believe that Apple knew about these previous issue and wanted to provide a quality case to avoid these issues from customers. The case is stylish, but is not the true reason behind it. There has been leaked Apple care documents explaining to the staff how to “deal” with customers when asking/confronting you about the iPhone4 reception problems. You can see this below:

As well as reception problems accruing at opening day, their were several ticked-off customers when Apple did not release the iPhone 4 in white, Black ONLY. Apple states that the new iPhone 4, in white, will be re-released in mid-July. No exact date. After researching several blogs, websites, videos, and emails, Apple has released a statement that the iPhone4 reception problems are not the antenna, but the software. Supposedly, Apple has slipped up on the reception “bars” ever since the 1st gen iPhone. Apple says they are in the process of fixing the bug and will re-realeas the latest iPhone software with the new, and improved, software to increase call quality and overall better reception. We will see…

I hope you have enjoyed this blog over the reception issues/White iPhone4. Feel free to comment below with your take on what Apple is doing or needs to do…Hopefully they will listen to thier customers…

MacintoshTipz

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Do you have to be one of THE first to pre-order your iPhone 4?

I’m sure the Sprint site was running just fine when the Evo launched…but wait…who really has an Evo…Comment below with what you think the mad rush to the iPhone, and how many units do you think they will sell on Launch Day.

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The much needed update has a new “mini” design, which is more consistent with the “aluminum”, Mac line-up. The Mini desktop has a 1.4″ thin aluminum inclosure, and according to apple, the same machines that create mission-critical space craft components, created the mac mini.

Equipped with: Power Button, Built-in Power Supply, Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort, 4x USB 2.0 ports, SD card slot, Audio in, and Audio out. Also equipped with Blue Tooth and Wifi!

The Mac Mini is not only compatible with your HD television, with the new and improved HDMI slot, but also added a SD card slot. This will open the realm of importing digital stills and videos instantly. And of course, we continue to see “green” in the future of apple products. The redesign ensures lighter packaging, similar as the new MacBook Pros. This ensures more efficient shipping and cheaper rates.

This Mini Desktop packs a huge punch. the Nvidia Gefource, 320M graphics, allows a broader range of high-intensive graphic media; Call of Duty 4 plays up to 2x faster (graphic wise).

The prices stand at $699.

Check out more at Apple.com

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Click The Week of Streams to visit and below here are some of the many ways in which you can be involved:

-Donate: This will help us reach our goal of $2,000 dollars. Any where donation is greatly appreciated. You can donate as many times as you like and whenever. During a broadcast or hours after the broadcast for that day is over.

*Knowing that majority of our audience will be in the 13-17 year old age range, be sure to inform your parents that you would like to help make the difference in children’s lives. Remember any donation is accepted.

-Advertise: You can Advertise the Week of Streams by tweeting out info about it, uploading the Promotional Video to your channel and letting everyone you know (moms, dads, babysitters) to come out and watch the Broadcasts for that week. The More advertising means more awareness, more donations and more fun!

We will be directing our charitable efforts towards the Ronald McDonald House in Memphis, TN. Ronald McDonald House is a “home-away-from-home” for families who are in Memphis while their child is receiving treatment for cancer or another catastrophic illness at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. All families stay completely free of charge. Our goal this year is to raise $2,000; If this goal is met, MacintoshTipz will donate $500 dollars…which brings the total to somewhere around $2,500! So Re-Tweet, Email and Promote the Week of Streams to truly be a part of something great!

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Chrome for Linux is also a possibility in the future.

Google claims that the beta Chrome for OS X will include all the features of Google Chrome, and is more stable than the Google Chrome developers build.

Keep in mind, this is the beta, so there will likely be a few bugs. The bugs should be gone by the release of the full Google Chrome.

Click here to download the beta.

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Below are the YouTubers links along with the day of their certain giveaway. Visit their video to find out to be entered into their giveaway.

Good luck to all of the contestants and thanks to all who contributed in this great event! Happy Holidays

Day 1 (Dec 14th):

YouTube: MacOSXTutorials12

Giveaway: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3 or Xbox 360). Click to see who won

YouTube: MacBoyProductions

Giveaway: RichardSolo 1200 w/ Flashlight & iPhone and iPod Accessories.

Click to See who Won!

Day 2 (Dec 15th):

YouTube: MacManLtd

Giveaway: Apple Magic Mouse & MacManLtd. T-Shirts.

Click to See Who Won!

Day 3 (Dec 16th):

YouTube: LastStopReviews

Giveaway: 8 GB iPod nano. Click to see who Won!

YouTube: AppleGenius0921

Giveaway: iPhone Accessories & $10 iTunes Giftcard.

Click to See who Won!

Day 4 (Dec 17th):

YouTube: TechReviewer7

Giveaway: iPhone/iPod accessories. Click to See who Won!

YouTube: Pashyn

Giveaway: iPhone/iPod touch accessories. Click to See who Won!

Day 5 (Dec 18th):

YouTube: MattsMacintosh

Giveaway: $50 iTunes Giftcard. Click to see who Won!

YouTube: ThatOneGuy158

Giveaway: Parallels Desktop for Mac. Click to see who Won!

Day 6 (Dec 19th):

YouTube: iTouchiPodz

Giveaway: iPhone/iPod Touch cases. Click to See who Won!

YouTube: TheMacintosh1

Giveaway: $15 iTunes Giftcard. Click to see who Won!

Day 7 (Dec 20th):

YouTube: iMacarly

Giveaway:  1 yr. Subscription to MacWorld Magazine. Click to see who Won!

YouTube: CockyJeremy

Giveaway: $15 iTunes Giftcard & Mac App Bundle. Click to see who Won!

Day 8 (Dec 21st):

YouTube: DiMcoProductions

Giveaway: 4GB iPod Shuffle. Click to see who Won!

YouTube: theapplefreakk

Giveaway: 5 RichardSolo DX007 Batteries. Click to see who Won!

Day 9 (Dec 22nd):

YouTube: GoMacForest

Giveaway: Mac/iPhone accessories. Click to See who Won!

YouTube: MarquesBrownlee

Giveaway: RichardSolo 1200 iPhone+iPod Backup Battery + Custom RichardSolo iPhone Case.

Click to see who Won!

Day 10 (Dec 23rd):

YouTube: iTalkApple

Giveaway: $15 iTunes Giftcard & Application, Cram, License. Click to see who Won!

YouTube: TheSavage042

Giveaway: 2GB iPod Shuffle. Click to see who Won!

Day 11 (Dec 24th):

YouTube: MacintoshTipz

Giveaway: PowerMat Home & Office Mat/ PowerMat iPod Touch case, iPhone case & more:

Click to see who Won!

YouTube: SihWinston

Giveaway: $15 iTunes Gift Card. Click to see who Won!

Day 12 (Dec 25th):

Website: MyAppleSpace.com

Giveaway: Brand NEW Apple iPod Touch: Click to see who Won!

Thanks to all of the sponsors of these great giveaways:

MyAppleSpace, Maccessorized, Powermat, Marware, ElagoDesign, Wrapsol, Richardsolo, iFrogz, AccessoryGeeks.

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Feral Interactive are a small company that convert old PC games, usually 2 or 3 years old, into games, if they haven’t already been released, for the Mac. They haven’t released many games so far, but are working as fast as possible to get the next game out.

Now, the games do cost. They are around a normal game price £30 – £40 (which is $49 – $66 using a converter) There are demos for the games which can easily download of the site.

On the Home page it tells you the latest releases, and upcoming releases. It has a navigation menu at the top with, Home, Games, Demos, Store, Support and About. Home obviously takes to the Home page. Games gives a list of all the games. Demos gives a list of the demos for the games and where to download them, you can do it by torrent or direct download. Store is just buying the games. Support is only support for the games themselves and finally About is all about feral!

When you find a game you like you can click on its logo and it’ll take you to another page, and sometimes you need to verify your age. On the games page it has a “buy now” button usually located at the top, The logo, and a small description of the game. They sometimes have the trailer for the game too.

Some of the games are Intel only, so if you do have an old Mac this method may not work for you.

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When I first received my Mini 10v it was running Windows XP.  I started playing around with the netbook as soon as I got it, and I have to admit that it was pretty slow, running windows.  This scared me a little bit, I was hoping that Snow Leopard would perform better.   I then proceeded to begin the install of Snow Leopard, which only took about an hour.  WIFI, sound, camera, and even my keyboard shortcuts all worked right after the install, I did not have to do any tweaking, or install any special drivers to get anything working.

Snow Leopard performance was better then Windows XP on the netbook.  I was considering upgrading the netbook from 1gb of ram to 2gb of ram, but it is not necessary.  I am able to browse the web and watch You Tube videos, which is all I ever wanted it for.  I am very pleased with the Dell Mini 10v and recommend it to anyone wanting a cheaper and more portable Mac OS X machine.  The Dell Mini 10v stock model is $300, add a copy of Snow Leopard for $30, and you have one powerful Macbook Mini.  All that is left after the install is to put an Apple sticker on it, and your done.  If you are looking for any support, or have any questions about installing Mac OS X on a Dell Mini 10v, you can visit the forums at MyDellMini.com.

-Bill Savage

How to Install Snow Leopard on a Dell Mini 10v:

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I’m sure many of you have heard about the flash problems in the new iMac’s.  The first day I received my iMac, I did not experience any lag with flash.  The next day, however, was a different story.  I woke up my iMac from sleep, went to play a youtube video, and the video was stuttering as well as the sound.  I went to Apple’s support forums and found a possible fix.  I uninstalled the flash player plug-in, and then downloaded and re-installed the plug-in.  I am happy to report that I have not had the problem since, but I might be jinxing myself right now, as I have only had the iMac for a week.  Unfortunately, this fix does not seem to work for everybody.  Members of the forums are still reporting flash lag, after re-installing the plug-in.  Hopefully Apple will address this issue soon.

The new iMac’s come standard with a wireless keyboard, and the new magic mouse.  The wireless keyboard has been around for some time, but this was my first experience with it.  The battery seems to last a long time, one week and two days later, I still have 89% battery left.  The only thing I do not like about the wireless keyboard is the missing USB ports, which the wired keyboard provides.  I will most likely be ordering a wired keyboard, because it can sometimes be difficult getting to the back of my iMac to plug in USB devices.

The magic mouse definitely takes some getting use to.  At first I did not like the mouse.  It felt uncomfortable in my hand and the speed of the mouse seemed a little sluggish.  After a week of use, I do not even notice any of these problems.  The touch sensitive part of the mouse works great, but do not expect it to feel like a MacBook track pad.  The surfaces feel different; the magic mouse is a little more “sticky” than the smooth track pad on the MacBooks.  I hope apple adds more functionality to the touch sensors on the mouse, I would love to activate expose using the mouse.  Apple claims that the magic mouse gets four months of battery life.  I am skeptical, as of this review I have 77% battery left.  It is only natural for the mouse battery to drain quickly, because it is used all the time.  The mouse does have a switch to turn it off, but it takes 35 seconds to be discovered by the iMac once it is turned back on.  You can imagine how frustrating that can be, when you just want to get on and use your computer quickly.

The new iMac’s are great.  The only problem I ran into was the flash lag, but thankfully it was easily fixed (knock on wood).  I will have another update on the iMac in about a month.  If you want to see my unboxing, you can check that out at the end of this post.  I am also looking forward to reading some Quad Core iMac  reviews, hopefully they will ship soon.  Anyone order a quad core?  Or planning on picking one up?  Thanks for reading guys.

-Bill Savage

Unboxing:

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