I got a new cell phone, an LG Dare. It’s a touch screen phone with some nice features. It’s not an iPhone or even a Palm Pre but it seems a capable phone/pda. The more I use it the more I’m liking it.
I’d always said I wouldn’t leave Verizon for a particular phone and I [...]
I began a post yesterday and deleted it because it was about nothing. I know Jerry Seinfield can created a TV show and make millions all about nothing but I’m finding it difficult to finish one post. Where’s the justice in that?
I’m reading all about Apple’s release of the iPhone 3G S and [...]
I’ve been focusing on my skills with Adobe Photoshop for several months. As part of this graphical skills improvement process I want to get comfortable using a pen and tablet for editing in Photoshop, so I dug out the Watcom Tablet I had, loaded the drivers and set it directly in front of my monitor. [...]
Late yesterday Apple released iPhone and iPod Touch 2.2 updates offering enhancements and additions as well as improvements for stability and reliability.
Maps app got Google Street View capability and public transit directions and the performance of Safari is reported to be faster and more reliable.
There were also a number of enhancements to the iPhone to [...]
Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch make taking helpful computer applications into the field a reality.
For photographers there’s a number of utilities including a bevy of DOF calculators, an exposure calculator, references and geo-positioning aids.
I’ve compiled a brief list below of some of the applications you can fine on Apple’s App Store. In addition, there are [...]
Apple iPhone 2.1 firmware was released this morning. This much awaited upgrade is reported to contain many fixes and improvements to include:
decreased call failures and dropped calls;
better battery life for most users;
quicker back-ups to iTunes;
more reliable email;
faster 3rd part application installation;
less hangs or crashes with 3rd party apps;
faster text messaging; and
Genius music playlist creation.
You can [...]
As you may have heard, or read elsewhere, Apple released it’s iPhone and iPod Touch 2.0.2 software yesterday.
The firmware 2.0.2 download for the iPod Touch was 246.3Mb in size and is reported to contain various bug fixes. I didn’t experience any serious bugs with 2.0.1, although there seemed to be some quirkiness with the [...]
Yesterday afternoon Apple released iPhone and iPod Touch update 2.01 with various “bug fixes.” This is the first update for the second generation iPhone which was released this past July 11th.
There’s been various reports on the effects of the update to included anything from a slight performance increase to the crashing of some third party [...]
It appears that what Apple introduced today was nothing less then total chaos 2.0.
The 3G iPhone activation has stalled with Apple/AT&T activation servers being slammed by the apparent load/demand. Tempers are rising as new owners of the 3G iPhone are experiencing long waits for activation. Some may even be leaving the stores without phones.
Owners of [...]
Unless you live in a remote corner of the world and never read any news on the Internet (then what are you doing here) you’ve probably know that the new Apple 3G iPhone is launching in the US tomorrow and launched in Australia earlier today, which for them is tomorrow.
A small group of [...]
After what for me was an ex-ordinate amount of control I caved in today and ordered an Apple iPod Touch.
Apple introduced the original iPhone on June 29th 2007 followed by the iPod Touch on September 5th 2007, which was based on the same form factor and Multi-touch OS user interface.
I resisted the initial hype [...]