U.S. Air Force Combat Controller Ron Walker says he dropped his iPhone 4 at the time Walker was leaning out of a US Air Force plane door while preparing for a static line jump from 1,000 feet.
Walker says he used the Find My iPhone app, and found his iPhone at the base of a tree in a forest. The phone was unscratched and worked fine, according to Walker.
The phone had a Griffin Motif case, and no other protection.
This interesting story via iLounge
Nokia sued Apple in May 2010, claiming the company infringed five of Nokia’s patents. The patents cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and are infringed by all Apple iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007, Nokia alleged. Nokia’s statement in May 2010 about the lawsuit:
Nokia has been the leading developer of many key technologies in mobile devices†said Paul Melin, General Manager, Patent Licensing at Nokia. “We have taken this step to protect the results of our pioneering development and to put an end to continued unlawful use of Nokia’s innovation.
Now, Reuters reports that the International Trade Commision has ruled that Apple in fact did not violate any of Nokia’s patents.
A judge at the International Trade Commission, which hears many patent cases, said that Apple did not violate the Nokia patents.
It seems like Apple has been gathering feedback and crash reports from developers testing the first preview build of the next major version of OS X, 10.7 Lion, and the operating system is now nearing the “GM†stage. When a new OS reaches the Golden Master status, that means it’s usually ready for public release — although Apple previously announced Lion wouldn’t ship until Summer 2011. Indeed, a public release could happen around the WWDC — which should be scheduled for June as usual.
Specifically, Apple is gearing up to deploy an OS X Lion update to developers that they may be classifying as the “GM1″ release, we’ve heard. “GM†or “Golden Master†is a title reserved for software that is complete. But from what we’ve heard, this is only the initial Golden Master candidate. In other words, don’t get too excited just yet.
Apple is planning to deploy multiple GM builds of Lion, that would keep them on track for another (possibly final) GM build / release candidate seeded at the WWDC and public availability soon after that.
iOS 4.3.1 has hit Apple’s download servers.  4.3.1 is a bugfix release with claimed battery improvements as well.
– Fixes an occasional graphics glitch on iPod touch (4th generation)
– Resolves bugs related to activating and connecting to some cellular networks
– Fixes image flicker when using Apple Digital AV Adapter with some TVs
– Resolves an issue authenticating with some enterprise web services
| device | current version | date found |
|---|---|---|
| AppleTV(2G) (AppleTV2,1) | 4.3 (8F202) | 03/22/2011 16:12:01 |
| iPad (iPad1,1) | 4.3.1 (8G4) | 03/25/2011 13:12:01 |
| iPad2,1 (iPad2,1) | 4.3.1 (8G4) | 03/25/2011 13:12:01 |
| iPad2,2 (iPad2,2) | 4.3.1 (8G4) | 03/25/2011 13:12:01 |
| iPad2,3 (iPad2,3) | 4.3.1 (8G4) | 03/25/2011 13:12:01 |
| iPhone (iPhone1,1) | 3.1.3 (7E18) | 04/08/2010 21:05:48 |
| iPhone3G (iPhone1,2) | 4.2.1 (8C148) | 11/22/2010 13:08:57 |
| iPhone3GS (iPhone2,1) | 4.3.1 (8G4) | 03/25/2011 13:12:01 |
| iPhone4 (iPhone3,1) | 4.3.1 (8G4) | 03/25/2011 13:12:01 |
| iPhone4(vz) (iPhone3,3) | 4.2.6 (8E200) | 01/31/2011 20:30:02 |
| iPodTouch(2G) (iPod2,1) | 4.2.1 (8C148) | 11/22/2010 13:08:57 |
| iPodTouch(3G) (iPod3,1) | 4.3.1 (8G4) | 03/25/2011 13:12:01 |
| iPodTouch(4G) (iPod4,1) | 4.3.1 (8G4) | 03/25/2011 13:12:01 |
| last updated: 03/25/2011 13:33:02 EDT | ||