Remains of the Day: Right there in black and white

02.05.2011
Is the white iPhone really thicker than the black iPhone? One publication attempts to satisfy our curiosity with the application of rigorous science. Elsewhere, Apple's rumored cloud service may have a codename, and Cupertino wins round one of a patent dispute. The remainders for Monday, May 2, 2011 are innocent until proven guilty.

(Consumer Reports)

Not so fast, ! (Sorry, all the other good -gates were taken.) Consumer Reports has subjected the white and black iPhone 4 models to testing with a pair of high-precision calipers and says that the two models are the exact same thickness. However, other sources continue to disagree, leading some to believe that separate batches of the phones may differ. Apple has not, as of yet, heeded calls to produce the white iPhone 4's long-form girth certificate.

(Ars Technica)

Another day, another rumor about Apple's supposed cloud service/MobileMe replacement/unicorn-giveaway program. While speculation has swirled that the service intrepid investigators digging through the have uncovered references to the codename "Castle." The evidence suggests that Castle is poised to take over MobileMe's functions, as well as adding additional abilities like Find My Mac. With this discovery, it's clear that Apple's online service has had the worst ratio of monikers-to-success of any product the company has ever produced.

(Yahoo Finance)