Ok, if this ad (which is to counter Apple’s Mac vs. PC campaign) was designed to show the loyal flock that Windows Vista is better then the Mac - Microsoft must be delusional. The ads simply makes Microsoft, literally, the ship lost in the middle of the sea.
A $300 million campaign basically has Microsoft [...]
Everybody’s favorite monolith, AT&T, has hinted that they are ready to go down the slippery slope of “Usage Based” billing.
Basically, with your high speed if you use more then what is viewed as your fair share - AT&T will charge you more.
“When AT&T provides broadband service by speed, it will do so in discrete, non-overlapping [...]
The highly anticipated Wordpress iPhone application is now available to download from the iTunes App store.
The app lets you post on the go to both WordPress.com and personal WordPress blogs.
As I’m using the App I see the ability to cover live events and product launches has gotten so much easier!
Yea, sure Twitter has “the whale” but sometimes you can’t beat signs in real life to show your site is down.
PS: They are all real and spotted by me and my friends.
Steve Wozniak infamous line cutter co creator of Apple Computer seems to be hitting the game show circuit.
Care to leave a caption? Would have posted sooner, but its hard to get internet at 35,000 feet. Thanks JetBlue!
The upgrade train just won’t stop at WordPress.
Version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever you are on the web, plus there are dozens of incremental improvements to the features introduced in version 2.5.</bl
If you like being on the bleeding edge, you can get the latest download here.
No, its not a typo Apple just announced that they sold 1 Million iPhones and had 10 Million Apps Downloaded in First Weekend.
Apple today announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have already downloaded more than 10 million applications from its groundbreaking new App Store since its launch late last week. Developers have created a wide array of innovative mobile applications ranging from games to location-based social networking to medical applications to enterprise productivity tools. Users can wirelessly download applications directly onto their iPhone or iPod touch and start using them immediately. More than 800 native applications are now available on the App Store, with more than 200 offered for free and more than 90 percent priced at less than $10.
“The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three days,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Developers have created some extraordinary applications, and the App Store can wirelessly deliver them to every iPhone and iPod touch user instantly.”[via
To give some perspective here it took 74 days to sell 1 million of the original iPhones. I must say thats impressive!
Roll your own Apple Store with a copy of the “Introducing the iPhone 3G” video that is currently playing at a Apple retail location near you.
Download AppleTV Version
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So, do you agree? Do you even care about the 3G speed? Or does only the 2.0 software matter?
Every tech analyst, blogger and “expert” is voicing their opinions about how the iPhone is more expensive over the life of the 2 year contract than the first generation. This is true and I’m going to explain, in the simplest way, why it’s not that big of a deal.
This is a 3G phone that passes data in and out twice as fast as the 1st generation phone. It’s a 3G data plan so $10 dollars more a month isn’t that much to ask!
About the iPhone plan not including 200 free SMS messages: So what? Some people weren’t even using them. The iPhone’s plan with 450 minutes, unlimited data and no SMS plan is still cheaper than a Blackberry with data and comparable minutes. We have a new iPhone with a faster data connection and GPS and yet complaining about an increase in the rate plan.
What would be a big deal is if they raised the price of the old plan too. AT&T left any iPhones on EDGE (1st gen) with the exact same plan as before. It’s no like AT&T pulled the whole “operating cost” excuse and raised prices all around. I’m going to state this again, this iPhone uses a data service that cost AT&T millions of dollars to deploy and costs more to operate so $10 dollars more a month is not that much to ask.
Another thing, you don’t have to upgrade! Apple isn’t forcing you to buy the newest model. I’m not going to buy a new sports car and complain that I have to use 93 octane gas. I had a choice and decided to go with the better model.
The big picture is, will this affect Apple’s sales of the new device and I say no. People don’t look at the rate plan before a purchase. It’s only $199 and that stands out in people’s head. Apple will sell tons of these, don’t worry.
I know there are some who are sick and tired of all the iPhone madness that is happening today (Me personally, I went to 4 Apple Stores and 6 AT&T stores and have bupkis - hoping for luck tomorrow!). I happened across the best quote, addressed to all the winers and complainers out there about their bad iPhone experiences, that made me feel better about my iPhone 3Gless experience.
OK, all of you folks who got up hours earlier than usual and stood in line in the heat for hours and hours to get your brand new iPhone 3G quit whining already. Sure you probably thought after all that waiting and work you’d have a working phone but come on! This is an iPhone. Didn’t you pay attention the last time? These things never activate properly right after you get one at launch so stop crying already. It will work in a day or two and then you can go back to telling the rest of us how much better than us you are with your new iPhone. [via]
In other news, seems like the iPhone Dev Team is having a little fun at Apple’s expense - their soon to be newest version of the PWNAGE tool can unlock and jailbreak the 2.0 OS (To a special reader out there, I was WRONG - the hack came out in one day despite my instance that it wouldn’t)
Check out the video.
