Category Archives: iPhone

The iPhone, LTE, and battery life

When the iPhone 4S was announced and was shown not to be LTE capable, a lot of the tech press and blogosphere were up in arms that this was going to damage Apple, since both Android and Windows Phone 7 … Continue reading

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“Disappointing” iPhone 4S has biggest launch day ever

Showing once again that tech pundits have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about. Apple’s iPhone 4S has broken the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 set by the iPhone 4. According to Apple, the iPhone 4S has been … Continue reading

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How Apple’s new Siri assistant works

Excellent video overview of how Siri works in the everyday world. This is seriously cool technology. It’s too bad the idiots in the market are punishing Apple stock this afternoon. While this isn’t the first digital assistant, it certainly seems … Continue reading

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Sprint purchases 30 million iPhones for $20 billion — new definition of “betting the farm”

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has made it clear that his company needs the iPhone. He recently stated that the number one reason Sprint subscribers switch to another carrier is to gain access to the iPhone. One of the persistent rumors … Continue reading

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The hubub over the iPhone location tracking explained

Apple has responded to the recent kerfluffle over the fact that the iPhone stores location data in accordance with, well, let’s see, the government mandating that cell phone locations be available for 911 calls. It’s also needed for a GPS … Continue reading

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The smartphone singularity

The singularity has been written about extensively in science fiction circles for at least the past decade, and for a lot longer in less well known, less public venues. The concept of the singularity is fairly simple. Here’s one of the definitions from Wikipedia: … Continue reading

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iPhone tips and tricks

I know, there are tons of these all over the web. So why am I adding another one here? My company just switched from BalckBerries (the execrable Storm, the worst phone I have ever had the displeasure of using) to … Continue reading

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Advertising: iPhone vs. Android

I’ve noticed something about the advertising differences between Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android phones, specifically the Motorola Droids (and, specifically, television ads). I think what I’ve noted highlights the differences between the devices and their intended audiences. I also think … Continue reading

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Now mobile browser friendly

For those of you who pop over here on mobile devices, I’ve made some mods that make the site mobile friendly and much easier to read. It gets rid of the clutter and focuses on the posts, sans images, calendars, … Continue reading

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