iPhone Archive

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 […]

EBay Glut of iPhone Junk

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. […]

60% of Americans Not Interested in iPhone

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 […]

iPhone Creates 2000 Summer Jobs

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 […]

Hackers To Break Apple’s Security

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 […]

iPhone, schmiPhone
Excuse me if I’m not overwhelmed by the media hype concerning the upcoming launch of the iPhone. For me it has nothing to do with hating Apple like it obviously does for some of the pundits out there. For me it’s a question of A + B does not equal C.
On the […]