In honor and memory of Steve Jobs: 2004: I’d never owned any Apple product. 2005: I bought my first Apple product, an iPod Classic. 2007: I bought my first Apple computer, an iMac, through a friend of a friend’s Apple employee discount. As of today, I’ve already owned and retired: That original iMac 2 iPod [...]
The promise of greater network reliability? Alluring! But I’m not switching quite yet. Here’s why: No simultaneous voice and data — This is a non-starter. I frequently access the Internet while on a call. AT&T allows it, Verizon doesn’t, because of the nature of CDMA. Limited international reach — GSM is the global standard, and [...]
Curious as I performed my religiously weekly review of Gizmodo’s “This Week’s Best Apps,” I just used WetFish Software’s App Store Expense Monitor (free download) to determine that over the past few years I’ve downloaded 269 apps for the iPhone and/or iPad, spending a grand total of $596.09 on paid ones. I daresay I’m a [...]
Alright, I don’t want to get anyone in trouble here, especially after what I sort of consider the kindness of strangers, so I won’t disclose too much detail. I’m in NYC. I bumped into a couple Google folks — Google folks working on the Nexus One launch. Sincerely, I congratulated them, knowing it was a [...]
This year, I’ve been experimenting with (loosely following) David Allen’s Getting Things Done productivity system. With an Outlook plug-in and a BlackBerry application, I had the tools I needed, particularly at work. But when I switched to the iPhone over the summer, I needed a new set of tools. In my typical optimizer (read The [...]
I just upgraded this morning to the new iPhone 2.2 software. For those following my iPhone trials and tribulations, you know that 2.1 broke my Microsoft Exchange integration of calendar and contacts — neither would sync with 2.1, and 2-3 trips to Genius Bars and multiple calls to Apple support didn’t help. I still plan [...]
This is Part II in a series describing my iPhone 3G issues and how I’ve addressed them. Last, I described how to conserve the battery life, although the iPhone Firmware 2.1 upgrade was certainly the biggest factor. Today, I describe how my Microsoft Exchange integration broke and describe my somewhat involved setup and sync needs. [...]
I know I’ve been complaining a lot about my iPhone. Apple products are supposed to just work — that’s their brand — and this one just hasn’t, at least not for me. But I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel of technology torture, and just about everything’s working now, if not the [...]
Some of you may know that I’ve been having myriad problems with my iPhone 3G, mostly around rapidly deteriorating battery life and inability to restore from backup. Today, Apple released the new 2.1 firmware, and it’s broken my Exchange integration. Right now, I have no calendar, no contacts and no email — the unit is [...]
I’ve been the proud, delighted owner of my 16MB white iPhone 3G for a week now. I love it. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have its drawbacks. And I find that many of my complaints are around the absence of functionality I had on my BlackBerry Pearl. Following my first impressions, here’s what Apple [...]
