The iPhone is a dud

Someone is going to write a piece like this so I thought who better than an Apple fanboi? Why wait for an industry pundit who is paid to write hate pieces when you can get it here first! The iPhone sucks! Here is why: They only sold like a bazillion phones. There are still phones… Continue reading The iPhone is a dud

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PCWorld tests iPhone durability

Very nice indeed, I’m going to sleep better knowing how much abuse they put the phone through and it came out ok. Watch

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iPhone Impressions Part iii

I am going to make these posts shorter and more often just so its easier for others to track updates. Pros You get a nice little “E” or WiFi icon in the status bar for Edge or WiFi. Really easy to tell which network you are currently on. Setting per contact photos and ring tones… Continue reading iPhone Impressions Part iii

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Movie of Matt’s iPhone experience

haha the Verizon booth bit is great. Watch (But he won’t be recording cruddy video on that iPhone, it can’t do video at all! 🙁 )

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iPhone Impressions Part II

Pros Conference calls rock. It is so easy to add people to a call, or go private with just one. Amazing. I paired my Jabra JX-10 headset. After finding bluetooth (Settings-General) it simply found my headset that I had put in pairing mode and listed it. I tapped the Jabra, entered the code and wah… Continue reading iPhone Impressions Part II

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Cancelling my old cell service

Non-ATT Carrier: “Hello Mr. Riggins, it is nice to meet you. I’m sorry to hear you are leaving, would you like to tell us why?” Me: “Would you like to guess?” Non-ATT Carrier: “You got an iPhone?” Me: “Yep!”

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iPhone Impressions

OK this is going to take a long time to write up. I’m tired as hell so let me get some talking points down on paper: Cons Let me do the cons first because its a short list The speaker is weak, weak, weak. Even on full volume, while in a restaurant we could only… Continue reading iPhone Impressions

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Apple launches the iPhone!

10:23pm Whew! What a day! First off, let me say a huge thanks to my excellent girlfriend Elizabeth for coming and swapping batteries for me, to John for coming to Wash Sq to buy his phone and hang out all day, to Starbucks for all of the free goodies, the Washinton Square mall staff and… Continue reading Apple launches the iPhone!

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Apple unveils iPhone plans!

Talk about a home run. $3 cheaper than my current t-mobile plan and unlimited data, rollover minutes and 200 SMS minutes. Check out the plans!

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iPhone, I worship your creators

Apple has released a 20 minute iPhone demo movie that anyone, anyone who thinks they handle the small details should watch. The iPhone is going to blow people away. Seriously. Even with the stuff its missing. Apple has a winner. A huge winner.

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Cheap, nice storage ottomans

Thanks to Elizabeth’s mom for this tip, cheap $20 ottomans that have storage inside. Picked up two black ottomans!

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Excellent support from Apple

People following my blog have noticed that I’ve a lot of problems with my Airport Extreme N, from VPN, to dropouts, to AirDisk. Throughout all of this, Daniel has been giving me excellent service, including phone updates, new equipment and status on the issues. I’m looking forward to the day I can report that my… Continue reading Excellent support from Apple

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Major Airport Disk flaw

I’ve just discovered a nasty bug with AirPort Disk on firmware 7.1.1. While using Chronosync to backup my iPhoto library, CS kept complaining about a file already existing. Well replace it! So I finally started looking at the files. On the source, the filename was: 100_0002_2.jpg On the Airport Disk: iNode142770 Oops! So I unmounted… Continue reading Major Airport Disk flaw

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