January 2011
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Verizon and iPhone sitting in a tree....
So today is supposed to be the day that VZ announces that they’re going to carry the iPhone. But if the announcement was about something entirely different, there’s a few reasons why I wouldn’t be totally surprised.
The biggest reason would be voice & data. Verizon’s network uses a technology called CDMA to carry your voice and data traffic. The problem is that CDMA...
December 2010
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Verizon launches LTE... everyone snoozes
Verizon just announced their LTE network will go live on December 5th in 38 US markets.
Initially, only USB modems will be able to access the LTE network (with handsets to follow in mid-2011). The biggest shock is the pricing. 5GB of data is $50/month. 10GB per month is $80/month!! And $10 for each additional GigaByte after that!
Are they on crack? With LTE’s increased speed,...
November 2010
3 posts
Big announcement?
On Apple’s homepage and also their iTunes splash page is a teaser for an anouncement that “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget”.
What could it be? Some have speculated they’re announcing the server data farm in North Carolina is going to be up & running. I doubt that will be it, however (most people don’t even know about the new farm)....
ADC Search
ADC Search is an extension I created for Safari & Firefox that lets you search directly on the Apple Developer website.
When searching in Google for Apple framework keywords, results from the ADC (Apple Developer Central) website are usually buried.This extension provides search results directly from the ADC website.
You can get it here
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Back to the Mac roundup
On Oct 20, Apple revealed two new MacBook Airs (11” & 13” models).
I had thought that the 11” model ($999) would all but spell the end of the white, polycarbonite MacBook. That turned out wrong :-)
Apple made no subtractions to the product line that day, only additions. And what additions they were!
If you do any sort of traveling (even on a moderate basis) and don’t...
October 2010
2 posts
Open sesame
Steve Jobs got on the Apple earnings conference call this past Monday, and made some criticisms about their competitors.
One particular criticism was aimed at Google. Jobs called them out on their stance that Google’s Android is an ‘Open’ system and Apple is ‘Closed’. You might be thinking “What? What does “open” mean anyway, and why do I...
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Bye bye MacBook?
On Wednesday, Apple is holding a ‘Back to the Mac’ event. The current rumor du jour is new MacBook Airs along with a sneak preview of OS X 10.7 (Lion?)
I do think that the MacBook Air will see a refresh (espeically since it’s been almost twice the number of days (on average) since the last refresh (http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Air))
The idea that there will be...
September 2010
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Apologies
A while back, Posterous had a bad couple of days. First they were hit with a Denial of Service attack on a Wednesday & Friday. They quickly fixed that and then moved to new data centers on that Friday night. They worked over the weekend to get things running right.
A few days later, their CEO (Sachin Agarwal) sent out an email to all Posterous users. In it, he outlined what happened, but...
August 2010
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Congrats to The Chive
In case you missed it yesterday, The Chive posted a story about a girl that had quit her job via dry-erase board and sent pictures to the entire office.
It was revealed today that it was a hoax. But it doesn’t matter. It wasn’t intended to “increase brand awareness”, “increase engagement”, or “share brand experience”. It was supposed to make people...
July 2010
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Antennagate: Post-mortem
Now that Apple’s “antennagate” has died down, let’s take a look back, shall we?
If anything, this whole fiasco has illustrated the difference between a blogger and a journalist.
The thing lost in all the “OMG! The sky is falling!” reports is actual data. There wasn’t ONE report from any of the blogs and/or news outlets of how many people this affected.
...
June 2010
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WWDC '10 Predictions!!
Today is Christmas Day for Apple lovers (courtesy of “St. Jobs”). At 10AM PDT, Steve Jobs will give the keynote at WWDC in San Francisco and we’ll almost surely see a new iPhone (iPhone HD?) along with a few other surprises.
Here’s my predictions on what we’ll see:
- new iPhone. I know, I’m going out on a limb here. However, it’s not guaranteed that the...
May 2010
4 posts
Analysts & flying pigs
I think I’m going to advertise myself as an “analyst”. Trip Chowdhry said that Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, would have seven minutes at the upcoming WWDC to introduce Microsoft’s Visual Studio 10. And that VS10 would allow Windows devs to make iPhone apps.
Where did I put my hip-waders? Where do I even begin? First of all, there is NO way in hell that Ballmer...
A hint of a Verizon iPhone?
AT&T is rumored to raise the ETF (early termination fee) for cell phone contracts from $175 to $325. If true, that’s nearly DOUBLE. Supposedly it’s to match Verizon (who raised their ETF to $375 last year). Hey, if Verizon can gouge people, why can’t we?
I’m guessing that a Verizon iPhone is coming by years end and this is AT&T’s way of keeping people from...
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Why you'll never see Flash on the iPhone
A lot of talk lately is about Apple not being “open” and them “shutting out” Adobe; that Apple is not giving people a choice because they’re not supporting Flash. Apple isn’t supporting Flash because it’s some master plan to “kill Adobe”, or that Jobs is still pissed at Adobe for the late 90s, or anything ridiculous like that.
You will...
iPad "guest" mode
Craig Hockenberry wrote a very well thought out piece on “communal computing” and the iPad.
He makes good points about keeping your data separate and private when you’re passing around the iPad and letting people play with the device.
I know that Apple designed the iPad to be a “single-user” device (similar to the iPhone). So I don’t think that Apple is...
April 2010
15 posts
Jorge Quinteros: How I Will Be Using the iPad →
Up to this point, any doubts I ever expressed about owning an iPad specifically of me not being the targeted audience for the device is irrelevant because I’ve completely succumb to my initial thoughts of getting one. I’ve heard and read more than enough favorable praises from satisfied owners…
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iPad dead pixel test →
New blog post: Got an iPad? Here’s an easy way to test for dead pixels
iPad Data →
Interesting to see the breakdown by states…
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Adobe says what?
Looks like Adobe’s “Platform Evangelist”, Lee Brimelow, is a WEE bit upset about Apple’s latest SDK agreement. Specifically this part:
Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited.
Translation? Things like the upcoming Adobe’s Flash CS5 (which essentially has a...
iPhone OS 4 recap
Well, Apple didn’t disappoint! There’s a TON of new stuff in 4.0!
Their ad support and multitasking is going to be HUGE. I can’t emphasize that point enough. The ads they showed were truly immersive and miles beyond any of the current (crappy) banner-ad type mobile ads that are out there now.
And the folders for apps! Sorely needed. Now I can organize in a much more...
My iPhone 4.0 predictions
In a little less than 30 minutes, Apple will show a preview of the features in the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0. Here’s what I think you’ll see:
- Mobile ads. Their recent acquisition of Quatro Wireless paves the way for Apple to get into the mobile ads market space and compete with Topeka, I mean, Google.
- Better push notification management. Currently, if you get more than one push...
iPad tip
The “shift” key acts like a regular typewriter shift key. You can keep it held down and type capitals.
Next gen iPad?
I hope this is version 2.0! http://www.mobilelove.org/2010/03/12/redneck-ipad/
“Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper,...”
– Steve Jobs (via davidkaneda)
I couldn't have said it better myself →
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“I don’t think of my life as a career, I do stuff. I respond to stuff. That’s not...”
– Steve Jobs in an Interview with Stephen Fry in Time (via minimalmac)
March 2010
13 posts
That sums it up. →
“The fact that NOT ONE SINGLE REPUBLICAN voted against the party line is damning (more than thirty Democrats crossed the other way, by comparison). Today’s GOP has abandoned all pretense of serving the people or attempting to redress the country’s problems. Today’s GOP belongs to the religious fundamentalists, the loonies and the haters, the lobbyists for the banks and corporations, and the very...
Digital delivery is MORE than a physical card? →
How is it that Amazon charges $10 more if I get a code delivered digitally as opposed to sending me a card in the mail with the code on it??
Isn’t that backwards?
The 22 minute meeting →
Scott Berkun nails it. Those endless meetings where you talk about the next meeting, meetings that go way off track, Powerpoint meetings that add no value & just read the material from the slides are all worthless. Focus people.
February 2010
4 posts
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