Breaking news? The UK smashes it
To all the Apple lovers on this side of the pond: ever feel like you’re missing out on the action? When the iPhone 4 was finally announced yesterday, did you wish for a seat in the San Fran conference?
To be honest, with so much fantastic coverage from UK media, we don’t see that you’d need to be anywhere other than Blighty, tucked up with your laptop and a cup of Darjeeling (or something). The number of British tech sites bringing news as-it-happened meant that Steve Jobs had barely finished his sentence before the facts were winging their way to us.
Have a look at the fantastic coverage we picked up. Wired gave a thorough run down of features, with T3 hot on their heels with a live blog. Tech Digest noted that the news might ‘herald the end for Old Man iPhone 3G’, while a video round up from Pocket Lint showed us exactly what had got the fanboys going:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-06/7/apple-iphone-4-announced-at-wwdc
http://www.t3.com/news/jobs-unveils-apple-iphone-4-at-wwdc?=46013
http://www.techdigest.tv/2010/06/iphone_4_releas.html
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/33547/best-iphone-4g-videos-internet
Stuff focused on the design, noting that this is the ‘world’s thinnest smartphone’, and Electric Pig provided a feast for the eyes with their image gallery. FiveFWD was keeping an eye on prices and tariffs, while the Crave blog reminded us what Team Jobs *didn’t* deliver this time around:
http://stuff.tv/News/iPhone-4-worlds-thinnest-smartphone-launched/14615/
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/06/07/iphone-4-all-the-official-photos/
http://fwd.five.tv/gadget-show/gadget-news
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/
But, now that Apple has truly taken tech to the mainstream, it wasn’t just the technology press with their finger on the pulse. The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Sun, Independent and Mirror were all quick to update their readers:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7809487/Apples-Steve-Jobs-launches-iPhone-4.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1284731/Apple-unveils-new-iPhone-4.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3003542/Apple-unveil-new-iPhone-4.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/steve-jobs-unveils-apples-new-iphone-4-1993995.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2010/06/07/iphone-4-apple-unveils-new-hanset-with-video-calling-115875-22317651/
The Register may not have attended the event, but theirs was a detailed post about the features of the iPhone 4. Know Your Mobile were hard to please, describing the much-hyped gadget as ‘still rubbish’, while TechRadar commented that the device ‘certainly looks the part’.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/07/iphone_4/
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/features/502551/why_the_iphone_4_is_still_rubbish.html
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/in-pictures-apple-iphone-4-694758
That ought to cover it, don’t you think?
So, who needs a place at the press conference? We heard the wi fi was a bit dodgy, anyway…