iPhone 3G S / Torradeira - Wired

Esse assunto está literalmente pegando fogo na web.

Denis

 

Gadget Lab Hardware News and Reviews

IPhone 3GS Handsets Overheat, Turn Brown

• By Charlie Sorrel
• June 29, 2009  | 
• 7:54 am  | 
• Categories: Phones

The iPhone 3G may, at least for some users, have an additional, undocumented feature: It can be used to toast bread.

Reports are coming in that the new, million-selling iPhone is suffering from overheating issues. The handsets are getting so warm, in fact, that the plastic cases of the white models are discoloring to pink. The picture above is from Ben on the French site Le Journal du Geek.

It's not just anonymous forum posters, either. Melissa J. Perenson of PC World has a toasty 3GS, too:

And at some point, I became aware the handset had become very hot. Very, very hot — not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too. I was using a game, and then later the Web browser for reading the news about Michael Jackson, all over a Wi-Fi connection while plugged in. And in those circumstances, well…toasty doesn't even describe how surprisingly hot it got. It was too hot to even put the phone against my face. No discoloration to report, though; I have the black handset, and didn't see any effects.

Other reports across the web, including the Apple discussion forums, seem to point at GPS use and playing games as the culprits. Of course, there are problems with product launches all the time, and Apple users tend to be more vocal than most. And Apple is notoriously reticent to admit anything is wrong, Remember the first gen white MacBooks that turned yellow on top?

If true, these overheating issues may even end up in an exploding battery scandal. To add to the confusion, I have noticed my 2G iPod Touch getting a lot hotter than usual since updating to the v3.0 software. This happens while web browsing, and the battery is draining fast, too. I have no idea if this is related, but if it is it could point at some bad power-management software in OS 3.0.

Overheating problems with the iPhone 3GS [Nowhere Else]

Topic : Battery getting hot [Apple Discussions]

Worries of overheating for iPhone 3G S? [Le Journal du Geek]

[DAPB]

Businesses use Twitter to communicate with customers - USATODAY.com

Someone thought you might be interested in the following story on USATODAY.com
:

Businesses use Twitter to communicate with customers
http://usat.me/?35467282

To view the story, click the link or paste it into your browser.

Copyright 2009, USATODAY.com

Mobile @ iPhone

NYTimes: Acer’s Everywhere. How Did That Happen?

From The New York Times:

Acer's Everywhere. How Did That Happen?

By ASHLEE VANCE

In the PC industry's worst slump ever, a Taiwanese company is taking aim at both Dell and Hewlett-Packard....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/technology/companies/28acer.html

Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://nytimes.com/iphoneinstaller

Mobile @ iPhone

O Rei do Pop morreu, viva o pop do rei

"Michael Jackson, o homem, era menor do que sua obra. Sua influência musical, maior do que conseguimos entender. Quem duvida, que vá ouvir "Thriller", nem que seja pela primeira vez. Ou a última."

Sérgio D'Ávila - Toda a crônica em http://bit.ly/rv82I


[DAPB]

O Criador revela-se

Leo Cardoso é criador do popular perfil do Twitter @OCriador, que dá plantão no site SAC Divino, e escreveu o primeiro livro interativo da blogosfera brasileira, no site Sedentário & Hiperativo.

Mobile @ iPhone

Morte na era da internet

Morte na era da internet - http://ismichaeljacksonazombieyet.com/ via
@movingtarget
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/crisdias/status/2334720849
Sent via TweetDeck (www.tweetdeck.com)

Mobile @ iPhone

NYTimes - YouTube: iPhone Already Accounts for Half of Mobile Uploads

iPhone 3G S em uma semana já é o responsável por metade dos uploads do YouTube.

Denis

YouTube: iPhone Already Accounts for Half of Mobile Uploads

By LIZ GANNES

Published: June 25, 2009

It might just be a burst of people playing with their new, fancy toy, but it appears the the new iPhone 3GS, the first Apple phone to enable mobile video capture, is already affecting web video in a big way. YouTube, the world's biggest user-generated video site, said the iPhone was responsible for more than half of its mobile uploads in the last week.

YouTube said today mobile video is an "exponentially" growing part of its site. In the last six months, uploads from mobile phones to YouTube have increased 1,700 percent. Since last Friday, when the iPhone 3GS was release, video uploads are up 400 percent per day.

Those are impressive numbers, but they're growth floating out there in space without axes. YouTube declined to disclose a breakdown of mobile uploads by devices, the total number of mobile uploads it sees, or what percent of all its uploads are from mobile phones.

YouTube is likely to monetize very few mobile uploads, since it only runs ads on videos created by partners who regularly produce videos that attract thousands of viewers. Mobile video tends towards the off-the-cuff and personal. Not to say those videos aren't valuable to the people who make them, and in some instances of citizen journalism or viral hits, a much broader audience.

Copyright 2009 GigaOm. All Rights Reserved.

[DAPB]

Dois bilhões rápido!

Agora a Apple vai para os 2 bi de downloads rapidinho!

HTC Hero

Show de interface!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTDSfbcbBU

[DAPB]

Hackers modificam máquina de escrever para receber Twitter

Do Terra

A equipe da oomlout, uma empresa britânica especializada na venda de peças e kits para entusiastas da eletrônica, gosta tanto do Twitter que desenvolveu um meio inusitado para ficar a par de tudo o que é dito na rede social: conectou à internet uma máquina de escrever elétrica, que transcreve automaticamente em papel sulfite, em duas vias com papel carbono, todas as mensagens.

» Veja imagens da máquina de escrever modificada
» Máquina de costura tem câmera e tela para exibir o trabalho

A "TwypeWritter", como foi chamada, usa uma máquina de escrever Smith Corona modelo XL 2700 ligada a uma placa Arduino, muito popular entre os "hobbystas" por seu baixo custo, expansibilidade e mentalidade Open Source. A placa, por sua vez, foi ligada a uma interface de rede e esta à internet.

Um software rodando na Arduino monitora constantemente o Twitter em busca de mensagens que contenham uma "hashtag" (nome dado às palavras-chave usadas pelos usuários) específica, como "#haiku". A máquina recebe o texto através de uma interface serial e o transcreve para o papel.

Infelizmente, os hackers não documentaram a interface entre a Arduino e a máquina de escrever, embora tenham liberado o código-fonte do software na página oficial do projeto, http://oomlout.co.uk.

[DAPB]