No new toys here so I have to read what other’s share about them.I spent my morning sipping a hot cup of coffee and reading the day after impressions and comments. I think many of those bloggers who purchased their iPhones yesterday are so absorbed in playing with their new tech toy that they didn’t do much in depth writing today…. They’re catering to a group of readers that only focus on any subject for a few moments before veering off to the next one.It wears on me, but maybe that’s my age talking.
If you’re a supervisor and some of your employee’s called in sick today you might want to keep checking the photo’s and news video reports of people waiting in line for an iPhone.( PHOTO VIA GIZMODO )Just don’t let them tell you that their fever was so high they thought they were waiting in line at the Emergency Room!
As expected, Apple released iTunes 7.3 this morning with all the hooks for the iPhone sync and activation. Upon starting up for the first time iTunes 7.3 seems to do an update to the itunes library. You can see the additional iPhone preference tab in the screen shot below:There are also some enhancements for AppleTV to do with syncing photos.
In his content I’ve always found him to be fair and honest, even when he’s probably had reasons to be otherwise.I’ve read and enjoyed many post of Louis Gray and I understand he’s concerned about Technorati’s ranking system. I believe Louis would have been better served by more carefully focusing on the problem of perceived manipulation of Technorati’s system via Viral Tags/Links rather then indicating Kent as a ring leader of some sort of fraud…. If it’s a fraud, then it’s one I’ve participated in as well.Kent, in his response questions:…is a link from some other blogger via viral tags that much worse than all those upstream “I agree” or “look at me, please” links from some pandering wannabe.I think probably not.
There will be a good number of people camping out tonight hoping to be among the first to have one of these beautiful devices.It will also mark a change for the cell phone industry, no matter how successful or unsuccessful the iPhone is. The iPhone has moved the bar that any future smart phone will have to clear to be considered state of the art. It’s truly a design innovation…. I’m sure all the larger cell phone manufacturers have their Research and R&D departments working to compete with this new standard.So whatever the results of the iPhone, the cell phone market place and future cell phone designs for all us consumers will be improved.
All plans include unlimited data (email and web), Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, roll over minutes and unlimited mobile-to-mobile and a one-time activation fee of $36…. These features will be locked until you activate the iPhone with a 2-year plan.Users will be able to activate their iPhones from home using Apple’s iTunes software…. [tuaw] Demand for iPhones:Research group, Parks Associates, says the pricing for the iPhone may have pushed the limits of the US tech buyers.The research group claims that a representative study in May of US buyers pegs high interest in the iPhone at just 3 percent of American buyers for those aware of the iPhone’s cost and contract requirements.
If you’re subscribed to the Meandering Passage RSS Feed I apologize for the many re-published post today…. I’ve installed a couple of WordPress Plug-ins today in an effort to improve my feeds and to help make them more secure from content stealing splogger bots. The feed problem occurred during the testing process of a plugin.
The main new feature called “Cover Flow” gives you a view of your files using a interface similar to the cover view option in iTunes. This new view presents a rolling preview of your files, applications, documents, etc. Very pretty, but how useful is it?James Stoup, Apple Matters, expressed his opinion on Cover Flow as being “Eye Candy.”… Well, if they want to look through their music they would use iTunes, if they wanted to view their photos they would use iPhoto, and so that leaves what for Cover Flow to do?
I had the opportunity to have lunch last Wednesday with three people I worked with for many years. They continue to work for the same company and many of their comments about work quickly reminded me that it’s the people and friends that I’ve missed, certainly not the company or the job. I don’t think most of us appreciate those we share so much of our life’s with, those colleagues and coworkers that we see each day.
Apple iTunes now holds a 9.8% of market share of the US music retail business moving ahead of Amazon and following closely behind Walmart (15.8%) and Best Buy (13.8%) according to a recent report from market research firm NPD. Digital music only accounts for 13.8% of total sales of music in the US with physical CD sales still accounting for 86.2% of all sales. The iTunes move is notable because the NPD report considered all retailers, including brick and mortar stores, and not just on-line retailers.
by Earl on June 23, 2007
in Linux
In switching to Linux from Windows one larger steps is deciding you no longer want to run Windows and Linux in a dual boot setup on your main computer. You know, that moment when you take the Linux install disk and wipe Windows completely off the platers. Richard Querin of Renaissance Man, a long time read and supporter of Ubuntu Linux, recently took this step and summed it all up by stating, “…it’s sometimes refreshing to start with a clean slate”.
