I just couldn’t afford to wait 4 weeks for my damn free bumper. The new smaller form factor caused the phone to slip out of my holster today. Can you imagine if I’d lost the phone? It’s not worth risking it, so I picked up one of the cheapest I could find at Best Buy … Read more
Back on July 17th, I ordered an iPhone 4. I knew about the so-called antenna-gate problem, and I waited until Uncle Steve gave the word for free iPhone bumpers/cases to mitigate the problem. I’d also been down to the Apple Store and checked out the issue myself. Even inside the Apple Store it was apparent … Read more
The changing face of travelling fascinates me. On my first trip to Taiwan, I didn’t have a cell phone, digital camera or laptop computer. Oh how things have changed! On this trip, we’re kitted out for every eventuality. Irene and I both have our MacBooks, our iPhones and my iPad. Linking it altogether, I brought … Read more
This video I recorded of my old and new iPhones side-by-side should explain this subject without further words.
I haven’t had my new 3GS long enough to really give a good account of what I think of the various upgrades, but I can, at this point, give my opinion on the Apple Store experience that I had getting the upgrade. For the record, generally, I have had no problems at the Apple Store, … Read more
It’s probably no surprise that my refrain around my house is, “I want an iPhone 3GS.” I also happy to report that, despite not getting one for Father’s Day as perhaps I’d hoped, I did, at least, get a promissory note for one in late July/early August. (The issue is not really the upfront cost … Read more
On the subject of the Stanford University (iTunes U) iPhone Programming class. I had a professor at university who walked in the door on the first day, slammed a book on the podium, and in a loud Germanic accent bellowed, “There will be no stupid questions in this class! The only stupid questions are the … Read more
Since I started programming computers a scant 31 years ago, I’ve had to learn many different programming languages – from ancients like COBOL, FORTRAN and RPG to more modern languages like Java. It’s all part of the game, but undeniably the programming paradigm has shifted beyond all recognition since I wrote that first TRS-80 Basic … Read more
I just watched the Apple presentation on the iPhone OS 3.0 and I was amazed at how lame the reaction of the crowd was. While they oohed and aahed over cut-and-paste, the practically slept through the most significant change to the iPhone and maybe even computing as we know it. With iPhone OS 3.0, you … Read more
I just picked up two new free applications at the iTunes store today and both of them are fantastic beyond belief! The first is SnapTell Explorer, a program that will, no doubt, get iPhones banned from bookstores inside of 6 weeks. Just use the iPhone to snap a picture of a book, CD, DVD or … Read more