When the iPhone 4 free bumper program finished a week ago, Antennagate ended. But Ryan Block reports that the iPhone engineering team has discovered another major design flaw that could lead another iPhone 4 scandal. While i’ve had my own concerns over the iPhone 4′s glass back, what the iPhone engineering team discovered post-Antennagate, according to Block, is that non-bumper cases that slide onto the iPhone 4 can cause...

While Apple’s Bumper is a decent way to prevent iPhone 4 reception problems, it unfortunately—and somewhat obviously—doesn’t keep the device all that safe if it takes a fall. The NYT’s Nick Bilton discovered this sad fact earlier after dropping a Bumper-clad iPhone 4 onto concrete. Thankfully for Nick, the device he was using is a loaner unit from Apple—provided for a review—and not his personal gadget, but the...

The Motorola Droid and Dell Streak are just a couple of the gadgets using Corning’s high-strength Gorilla Glass for their displays, but from next year we could be seeing TVs donning stab-proof protection too. While Corning is yet to sign on any TV manufacturers, they’re hopeful they will have something on the market by early next year, even upsizing a factory in Japan in anticipation of the orders. As we saw when...