Tag Archives: iPhone

It’s time to relax about multitasking

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Jeff

There was one thing I had intended to rant about last week that I just didn’t get to. Peo­ple need to chill the heck out about mul­ti­task­ing on the iPhone. I see com­ments every day either decry­ing Apple’s imple­men­ta­tion as not “real” mul­ti­task­ing, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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iPhone 4: The bars are a lie

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Jeff

There has been, well, some vig­or­ous dis­cus­sion this past week about the iPhone 4 and what those bas­tards at Apple have foisted upon us. Peo­ple are los­ing their freak­ing minds. Law­suits have been filed. Peo­ple are threat­en­ing to take their phones … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Thoughts on the iPhone 4

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Jeff

After stand­ing in line for a cou­ple hours very early Thurs­day morn­ing, I came home with a shiny new iPhone 4. The actual pur­chase and acti­va­tion process itself took about five min­utes and then I walked out of the mall with my shiny new … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Torn between two ecosystems

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Jeff

Google impressed at last week’s I/​O con­fer­ence. They demoed Android 2.2, “Froyo”, which is already avail­able for Google’s own Nexus One phone. (It’s com­ing “soon” for carrier-​branded hand­sets like Verizon’s Droid Incred­i­ble and Sprint’s EVO.) They showed mSpot, a new ser­vice … Con­tinue read­ing →

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What to expect from the next iPhone

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Jeff

What we’ll see in this year’s iPhone, why we won’t seen an iPhone on Ver­i­zon until next year, and when to expect all the new Apple hot­ness. We’ve got three weeks to go until Apple’s 2010 World­wide Devel­oper Con­fer­ence (WWDC). … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Apple is the new Palm

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Jeff

When Jon Ruben­stein and his band of Apple cast-​offs unveiled webOS and the Palm Pre, they were hailed as the next Apple. So it’s only fit­ting that the Apple of 2010 is tak­ing it’s cues from the Palm of old. Remem­ber … Con­tinue read­ing →

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It’s the apps, stupid

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Jeff

Why did Apple finally approve Opera Mini for the iPhone? Because on smart­phones, browsers don’t mat­ter. One of the most impor­tant mes­sages to come out of last week’s iPhone 4 sneak pre­view event at Apple has kind of fallen off the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Thrown

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Jeff

I lost my job last week. Or, to quote Bob­cat Goldth­wait, “well, I didn’t actu­ally lose my job, I mean I know where my job is still. It’s just when I go there, there’s this new guy doing it.” I won’t go into the details, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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New tools

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Jeff

“Don’t blame the car­pen­ter. Blame the tool.” –Howie Long in a new Chevy com­mer­cial Am I the only one who thinks he’s call­ing that guy a tool? Any­way, I’m not going to com­plain about my tools today, so much as doc­u­ment one more … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Something for nothing

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Jeff

Nuance released Dragon Dic­ta­tion for the iPhone yes­ter­day, and they made it free. By all accounts, it works pretty well, and should make using an iPhone much more intu­itive for lots of peo­ple. So it should come as no sur­prise … Con­tinue read­ing →

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