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Tag: iPhone

Don’t hold it wrong

“Mobile phone manuals that describe where not to hold the devices”, collected by David Chartier. (Via Daring Fireball) http://dontholditwrong.tumblr.com/

HTC Evo’s front-facing camera

David Pogue on the front-facing-camera-equipped HTC Evo: After two days of fiddling, downloading and uninstalling apps, manually force-quitting programs and waiting for servers to be upgraded, I finally got video calling to work — sort of. Sometimes there was only audio and a black screen, sometimes only a freeze-frame; at best, the video was blocky [...]

MG Siegler on iPhone 4

MG Siegler: The Mac vs. PC debate has often found people using a car analogy to explain things. I keep coming back to that when thinking about iPhone vs. Android. For a long time, iPhone felt like a Lexus while Android was more like a Kia. With recent upgrades, Android has transformed into more of a Honda. [...]

Apple iOS 4

Just installed the newly renamed iOS 4. As my iPhone Developer Center account expired a few weeks ago it wasn’t supposed to work. But it did. The requirement is to have the iTunes 9.2 beta. First impressions: It feels a bit slower on my iPhone 3GS than the previous version of iPhone OS. The Notes [...]

Apple Sells Two Million iPads in Less Than 60 Days

I don’t think Apple was prepared for such a successful launch of the iPad. It continues to be sold-out in many Apple retail stores in the US and on the Apple Canada and UK web stores there’s a shipping date of “June”. On a personal note, I’ve been using the iPad since it was launched [...]

iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking

Steve Jobs about multitasking: Q: How do you close applications when multitasking? A: (Scott Forstall) You don’t have to. The user just uses things and doesn’t ever have to worry about it. A: (Steve Jobs) It’s like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it. In multitasking, if you see [...]

The Failure of Empathy

Mike Monteiro: As an industry, we need to understand that not wanting root access doesn’t make you stupid. It simply means you do not want root access. Failing to comprehend this is not only a failure of empathy, but a failure of service. Full article at http://✜.ws/23

Google Maps Directions for Romania

It’s back, and works like a charm on the iPhone. [Update] View Larger Map

AT&T Capacity Issues? Impossible!

Randall L. Stephenson – AT&T CEO at the launch of the iPhone in 2007: AT&T has invested $16 billion in its network over the last two years, and the network is now designed to handle the expected increase in wireless data users, he said, adding: “Capacity won’t be an issue. The network is ready.”

Quote of the Week:

The Macalope: It’s amazing how future Microsoft products beat current Apple products time and time again, isn’t it? You’d think Apple would have just given up by now.