Category Archives: Apple
Apple: iPhone signal bars are bullshit
Those little bars on your cell phone are bullshit, as Apple acknowledged in an email today. “Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength,” Apple’s letter reads. “For example, we … Continue reading
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iPhone 4 antenna fail
I guess we know why Apple is selling those bumpers for it’s 4th generation iPhone. “Gripping any phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the … Continue reading
Speaking of ads
Apple has thoughtfully provided a way to opt out of interest specific iAds. How to opt out of interest-based ads from the iAd network Apple and its partners use cookies and other technologies in mobile advertising services to control the … Continue reading
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The AT&T iPhone data plan thing…
Although AT&T called it unlimited, it wasn’t. There was a 5 gig cap. The overwhelming majority of iPhone users never got anywhere near that cap. One of the constant complaints was the $30 iPhone data plan fee required of all … Continue reading
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Google doesn't do Windows any more
Financial Times: Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees. The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google’s Chinese … Continue reading
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iPad camera kit
The iPad camera kit arrived this morning! The camera kit is two dongles that connect to the iPad dock connector. One is a USB port the other is a SD card reader. Typical Apple packaging. The USB is on the … Continue reading
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Blogging with an iPad
I’ve been carrying around the iPad for a couple of weeks now. It was my primary in Charlotte for the NRA convention and except for recording VC I haven’t used my MBP very much in the last two weeks. The … Continue reading
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Things you can do with an iPad #1
Stream video from your PC. The iPad makes a nice little personal video player. It sits well on the treadmill’s book holder and it’s easy to hold in bed or on the sofa. There are a lot of video streaming … Continue reading
OK, so I bought an iPad
Yeah, laugh it up. I was wrong about the iPad… Sort of. I was not happy with the iPad when it was announced and posted at least once here and bored people to death in other places complaining about it. … Continue reading
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What do Apple and car makers have in common?
They have to change the design every year, otherwise your old iPhone (car) will still look like the new model and you’d have no reason to buy a new one. Gizmodo has what appears to be, and likely is, the … Continue reading
