Voyager VX 10000

Why does anything have to be an "iPhone Killer", or an iPod killer for that matter? Why can’t Verizons new phone rest on its own laurels and force the iPhone to become the Voyager VX 10000 killer. [It’s gonna need a better name, no one wants to be a Voyager VX 10000 killer]
But […]

Cory Doctorow, over at BoingBoing has mentioned an interesting group over at Flickr. Called the Bad Signage Pool, it’s a very large collection of pictures that contain something that’s not quite right.
On the very first page I was chuckling from the get-go. Here’s my favorite from just the first page:

Video What?!?

Bricked!

Earlier this week Apple released a warning that unlocked iPhones "will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed."
That scenario has come to pass. Shortly after the release of the iPhone update 1.1.1 consumers have reported that unlocked iPhones began having problems. The image at […]

Soldiers performed pre-dawn raids on Buddhist monasteries today as the junta tried to gain control of an ever increasingly volatile situation. Not since 1988 has the ruling body faced such a severe challenge to it’s authority. And, like petty dictators everywhere, protests have been met with violence. World leaders gathered at the UN in emergency […]

Gizmodo links to a USA Today article that talks about a survey conducted by a Santa Monica firm, Interpret, LLC. The survey polled 200 owners of the iPhone and asked how satisfied they were with their phone; 90% indicated they were “extremely” or “very” satisfied with their phone. Although, this is a number that I […]

A quick search of “iPhone” on EBay returned “1696 items found for iPhone“. And iLaunch hasn’t even arrived yet. I can’t wait til’ Saturday when I’l lbe presented with the opportunity to buy an empty iPhone box or complete iPhone manual.
 

OK, this is what I’ve been afraid of. The aggregate costs have been computed and here’s the hit to the bottom line for all of those waiting in line for the iLaunch. OK, so a very quick comparison: Family plan with Verizon; 2 Razrs $49.99 + $35 activation + $79.00/m = $1,981. […]

As we inch ever closer to iLaunch, Bloomberg.com tells investors that they may be getting set up for a fall. As with many of their products, Apple would like to capture the market share but in a business that is four times larger than the PC market, this could be harder than most people […]

Well, I almost missed this article in Information Week. Reinforcing my claim that Not All That Glitters Is Gold.

iPhone Backlash Misses the PointPosted by Richard Martin, Jun 20, 2007 06:50 PM
Fake Steve Jobs is not someone to suffer indignity lightly. And lately he’s had plenty to wax indignant about. We refer, natch, to the […]

As Clara Peller might have asked, Where’s the Beef?
In what must be a high level decision, AT&T announced it’s own video sharing service that will not work on the iPhone. Just what is up with that? We can only imagine that there has been enough lead time to either have Apple tweak the iPhone to […]

Ummmmm, like, you’re kidding, right? Please tell me your kidding. Please????

Will you be able to unbox your own iPhone?
Posted Jun 22nd 2007 9:00AM by Michael Rose

You’ve saved your pennies, and then thought better of the whole penny-centric strategy. You’ve moved on to cashing in your savings bonds. You’ve figured out which AT&T […]

So, it’s not just Apple that’s taking a slightly lower than high road with the immanent release of the much touted iPhone. (See related story) AT&T intends to charge you $175.00 for early cancellation despite the fact you’re not getting any kind of deal on the price of the phone. Isn’t that special!
For years cell […]

A recent survey of on-line mobile phone shoppers (by the Electronic Manufacturing Services online presence, EMSNow!) has revealed some surprising results! Nearly 60% of the people polled were interested in the iPhone, but had no intention of jumping on the bleeding edge bandwagon.
The overall initial cash output which included the cost of the toy […]

AT&T has created 2000 temporary jobs nationwide to handle the surge in business expected with the launch of Apples iPhone. With units available exclusively at AT&T and Apple stores, there is expected to be a mad, frenzied rush for the devices.
As many of you are aware, I’m underwhelmed with the whole idea. I […]

I’m glad that there are at least a few similar minded folk out there with regards to the iPhone. Here is a thought provoking article which logically debunks the ’break a network’ scenario that Jobs suggested in Newsweek.
Instead it appears that P2P file sharing might be one of the causes. Hmmmmm - I […]

With Apple maintaining a stranglehold on the code for their newest toy, many experts believe that will only fuel the hackers frenzy to crack the code.  Only Apple seems to know how to write apps for it’s soon to be launched mashup of technology.  And so far the only thing it’ll do that is new […]

As we get nearer and nearer to the official release date if the One Phone to Rule Them All we see a very important group of people chiming in and there are sure to be many who don’t like what’s being said. Corporate IT departments are viewing the un-secure nature of the device and […]