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
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
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
Be careful with those mobile to mobile minutes
So of course all of us new iPhone users made a bunch of calls last night to play with our toys. I checked my bill this morning and found that all of the calls had been billed against my 5,000 night and weekend minutes, not my unlimited mobile to mobile. Oh AT&T, you sly dog.… Continue reading Be careful with those mobile to mobile minutes
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! 🙁 )
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
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!”
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
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!
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!
The madhouse that will be iPhone launch
I stopped in at an Apple store tonight to discuss iPhone launch logistics, as many of us will be there at 8am or earlier. The nice floor guy had no info but listened to my ideas and sent me off to the manager. The manager of the store informed me that there will be no… Continue reading The madhouse that will be iPhone launch
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.
Getting my Plantronics USB headset’s mic working again
I have a plantronics m2 (I think, the white apple one) which has worked fine with a PowerBook and rev A macbook pro, but the santa rosa, no go on the mic. The headphones work ok. I had migrated from the old macbook pro to the new one using migration assistant. Apparently some audio preferences… Continue reading Getting my Plantronics USB headset’s mic working again
Cheap, nice storage ottomans
Thanks to Elizabeth’s mom for this tip, cheap $20 ottomans that have storage inside. Picked up two black ottomans!
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
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
Did Airport Extreme N firmware 7.1.1 fix AirDisk?
While Charles reports he’s had one dropout of AirDisk (My name for Airport Disk) since 7.1.1 shipped, I’ve had an entire day of a disk mounted and operating quickly, about 2-3MB/s, over 802.11n and USB 2. Not bad I guess. I even used ChronoSync to sync 25gb of data to the AirDisk. Its been going… Continue reading Did Airport Extreme N firmware 7.1.1 fix AirDisk?
MacBook Pro Santa Rosa/LED Day 1
My new MacBook Pro 15″ arrived today. It has the Santa Rosa chipset and LED backlight screen. Its late so I will make a quick bullet point list: Screen is great. Compared to my 14 month old MacBook Pro, its brighter at the max setting and dimmer at the low setting World of Warcraft runs… Continue reading MacBook Pro Santa Rosa/LED Day 1
Using PathFinder and keeping changing desktop patterns
For some time I have been a big fan of Path Finder as a Finder replacement. One of the things I missed tho was changing desktop photos. It turns out, I could have had this all along, but the convoluted preferences are well, convoluted! You see Path Finder has a much nicer display of desktop… Continue reading Using PathFinder and keeping changing desktop patterns
Asked at PMUG – My MacBook is running the fans a lot
At PMUG last night, someone asked what to do about their fans running non-stop on a MacBook. Aside from bad sensor, or a runaway application, we told the person to update their SMC firmware. But where do you get that? Well luckily Apple just redesigned the Apple Support page and I really like it. From… Continue reading Asked at PMUG – My MacBook is running the fans a lot