All Entries in the "iPhone" Category
Testing the AT&T EDGE Data Network Today
At the suggestion of Doug in DC, who posted a comment today in defense of AT&T’s EDGE data network, I tested the data speed of AT&T’s EDGE network, using the iNetwork Test for iPhones that Doug had suggested. My tests were conducted in northern Virginia, between Arlington and Fairfax, just outside Washington, D.C. Sitting within [...]
iPhone Original Vs. 3G, Part 2
No blog posting I have ever written before has sparked as much controversy as “iPhone Original Works 3G … Anywhere But America.” As you can see, there have been comments posted in response that explain everything from the inner chips of the iPhone, and technical specifications of mobile phone systems in Europe to outright outrage [...]
iPhone Original Works 3G … Anywhere But America
Here’s a headline for you — the original iPhone works on 3G data networks, and works just as fast as the new iPhone 3G. In fact, the iPhone original is a quad-band cell phone, and capable of operating on 3G networks. But in America, however, original iPhones are throttled back by Apple’s software and forced [...]
Apple Wins on Campus
At a time when Dell continues to define an old style of technology by announcing it would get into the online music business … trailing nearly everyone from Apple to Wal-mart … it seems as if Apple increases its rule on many college campuses. Today’s New York Times has a terrific story about how Freed-Hardeman [...]
iPhone Service: Here & There
Apple has taken a lot of flack in recent weeks over its simultaneous debut of the iPhone 3G-new iPhone software-MobileMe-iPhone Apps store. There is no question it was ambitious … but Apple is the kind of customer-focused company that will get any problems all resolved and make everyone happy. My issue is not with Apple [...]
iPhone Update + Two Weeks: Poor Crisis Communications
It’s now been two weeks since Apple debuted the new iPhone 3G and made available version 2 of iPhone software for owners of previous iPhones. Even though I am an Apple enthusiast, the new version of iPhone software has ranged from problematic to aggravating to a disaster. If you own an earlier iPhone and have [...]
Lack of Accountability at AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless, the cell phone company, is one of those big, faceless corporations that bumps along and manages stays in business despite itself, I believe. Case in point is the fiasco over the announcement on AT&T’s Web site that Apple iPhone users would get free access to AT&T’s 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots around the country. [...]
New iPhone Apps
At the risk of gushing over the latest iPhone updates from Apple, I must write a few words about the exciting new iPhone feature, called Apps Store. It is a giant WOW! and blows the competitor, the Blackberry, away, in my opinion. A few months ago, Apple made its development software available at a reasonable [...]
Day 2: iPhone 3G & Software Update
A friend went by the ATT store in downtown Washington, D.C., today to buy an iPhone 3G … no joy because the store had sold-out. I suspect both ATT and Apple are celebrating with sales despite yesterday’s significant glitches with activating new iPhones and installing the new software on older iPhones. I had no problems [...]
MobileMe Rollout Stumbles
Apple’s highly anticipated rollout of its new MobileMe service to provide hopefully seamless syncing of calendar, email and contacts between your computers and iPhone is working … its first day … like a train wreck. The primary Me.com Web site (screenshot is left) has crashed, the older .Mac Web site has crashed and other Apple [...]
iPhone Day
The scene (left) at the ATT store in downtown Washington, D.C., this morning was similar to that at other ATT and Apple stores across the nation this morning – lines of people waiting to buy Apple’s new iPhone 3G. Apple has intentionally kept the iPhone off the market for the last month, both to [...]
iPhone 3G: The Earth Stands Still … Again
When it comes to hyping an honest-to-goodness fabulous new product, no one is better than Apple. The company’s newest iPhone – the iPhone 3G - is being released this Friday, and people are already camping out at Apple stores to be first in line to buy one. While the iPhone 3G is front-page news, more details [...]
@me.com Active
For anyone who uses .Mac email, as I do, Apple’s newest offering is now automatically available – @me.com. In other words, if your .Mac email has been (yourname)@mac.com, it’s now also (yourname)@me.com. While I have read Apple’s announcements about MobileMe, of which @me.com is a part, I am not sure how I feel about having [...]
Apple iPhone 3G Update
A source at Apple tells me that a cosmetic difference between the original iPhone and the new iPhone 3G is that the new model will have a plastic case. Buyers will have a choice of black or white plastic. That could be a issue to some iPhone purists – the brushed metal case of the original [...]
The New iPhone 3G
Readers of this blog and friends have asked my thoughts about the new Apple iPhone 3G that was unveiled, as expected, by Steve Jobs last Monday. Well, I admit that I’ve been dragging my feet a little while I learn more about the new iPhone. Now, a few words: 1. I believe David Pogue of the [...]
Good Headlines, Bad Headlines
A acquaintance writes on Facebook today, “Dear Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer: Vista sucks! Vista is slow on my fast Lenovo x61 with 4GB RAM! [expletive deleted] Driving me to Mac!?” The opinion he expresses is but the latest in a chorus of complaints and news headlines about the significant shortcomings of Windows Vista, the [...]
