Happy Birthday, iPhone!

iPhone image, courtesy Apple
 
Exactly one year ago today Apple Fanboys (and girls) were able to finally get their hands on what they had been savouring for four months - the first generation Apple iPhone.
In this year, several firsts have come to this revolutionary device, as well as new products spawning from the iPhone. Below is [...]

Ruined iPhone…

The folks up north in good ole Canada are more than unhappy with the rate plans Rogers/Fido is going to offer for the iPhone. iPhone fans in Canada have set up http://ruinediphone.com to protest the pathetic plans. The creator has set up a petition and posted a copy of the letter he has sent to [...]

Carriers: The Destruction of the iPhone’s Perfection

If there’s something that we know about Apple, especially within the past ten years, it’s that they strive for perfection in their products, and while they don’t always get there, they certainly put out the effort to get pretty darn close. From the design, look, and feel of the product itself to the functionality of [...]

Deskepticizing Old Skepticisms: My Look at the WWDC Announcements

If there is one thing that has been consistent about the keynotes that Steve Jobs (et al) make during the San Francisco Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), it’s that they have not really been consistent.
Take 2003, for example, when the PowerMac G5 was first introduced, topping off at 2 GHz, and Steve Jobs promised 3 GHz [...]

The App Store: A Place of Great Potential

The iPhone/iPod touch App Store. Talk about a place of so much potential. It could very well be where iPod users go to get in debt, along with the iTunes store. I mean, think about it: A bunch of useful (and useless) applications to go on your iPhone or iPod touch ranging from productivity to [...]

Making the switch to 3G

With the release of the 3G iPhone some will be very tempted to upgrade. However, making the switch may not be all that easy. TUAW reports all activation will be done in an Apple or AT&T store and not through iTunes.

For current iPhone users this presents a problem. With all iPhone activations taking place in [...]

Is the iPhone ever good enough?

That is called sarcasm. The iPhone was, pound for pound, the BEST phone out there. And then Apple went and made it better. What happened next? Complaining, and lots of it. Well, I’m going to clear things up and let you all in on a little secret. Faster internet costs more. Crazy huh? Oh, and [...]

ACU Demonstrates the iPhone in Education

Abilene Christian University, in the Great State of Texas, has released a video demonstrating some of the educational and even social uses of the iPhone in a university environment. While the video demonstrates amazing potential, it sends mixed feeling to me.
Upon first seeing this video, I felt the implications of having a community literally being [...]

VoIP, VoIP, VoIP on your iPhone

If you’re the type of person who would love to have VoIP on your iPhone to save you from going over hundreds of minutes each month, then you’re in luck. This week there were two more iPhone VoIP services released on top of one that currently existed via Installer.app. Each of these services [...]

The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Geoff Smith.

So you have your new iPhone, you’ve added all of your contacts, setup all your mail accounts, but there is one essential thing that gets overlooked by many iPhone costumers: your ringtone. Of course you could choose the infamous “marimba” sound that the iPhone is known for, or you could make a ringtone from one of [...]