Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Steve
As you may know I have an iPhone and now I have the iPhone 2.0 software. It is all good. I have the MobileMe trial going and I am going to do some limited testing. If it is good, I may migrate from GMail back to that (it was .Mac and I was a member […]
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Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Steve
Rumor: AT&T to Subsidize New 3-G iPhones | Gadget Lab from Wired.com:
If our math is correct (and Apple keeps the same pricing scheme), that should bring the final price of the 3-G iPhone down to $200 and $300 for the expected 8- and 16-GB versions. Not bad if you can stomach a two-year commitment.
It will […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Steve
AT&T providing free Wi-Fi to iPhone users | iLounge News:
AT&T has begun offering free Wi-Fi to iPhone-using customers at some of its Wi-Fi hotspot locations, according to several reports. When a participating AT&T Wi-Fi network is accessed by an iPhone user, a specially-formatted page appears offering “Free AT&T Wi-Fi for iPhone.” iPhone users must enter […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Steve
Psystar Open Computer notes, benchmarks and video - Engadget:
Okay, so we’ve been playing with the Psystar Open Computer for a few hours now, and we’ve formed some early impressions and put together a short video of it in action. We haven’t really tried to stress the system yet, but based on our other experiences with […]
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Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Steve
My thanks to Matt Mitchell for pointing me in the direction of this;
Forget the Courts; Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech :
While Apple could likely tie Psystar up in litigation by filing patent or copyright lawsuits, the better choice may be technical — issuing OS X firmware updates.
“Apple issues regular updates to Leopard,” (Raj) […]
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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Steve
Psystar Corporation - Reinventing The Wheel: Open Computing:
I’ve been looking at this Psystar story now for the last couple of days. For those of you that aren’t aware, on Monday, they announced the Open Computer (OC). A PC that’s been designed to run a hacked version of Mac OS X.
Suffice it to say, I think […]
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Steve
From Griffin Technology: ClearBoost
ClearBoost
Antenna-boosting case for iPhone
We all wish we could carry around an external booster antenna for our cell phones. ClearBoost lets you do exactly that for your iPhone.
This clever case conceals a built-in booster antenna that captures more of the available wireless signal and sends it to the internal antenna of your iPhone. […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Steve
From Macworld:
Microsoft says Wii owners can ‘graduate’ to Xbox 360:
Jeff Bell, VP of global Xbox marketing, implied what many hardcore gamers believe: that Wii’s lack of technology and lasting gameplay leaves something to be desired.
“We’re positioning ourselves to be ready if, in fact, gamers find they’re ready to graduate from a certain experience potentially with […]
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Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Steve
If you updated your iPhone to 1.1.3 yesterday, and you’ve been using Gmail’s POP service (in other words, you hit the "Gmail" button instead of "Other" when you set it up) you now have IMAP.
Here it is:
If you configured Gmail access on your iPhone by tapping the large ‘Gmail’ icon in mail setup, please note […]
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Posted on November 15th, 2007 by Steve
OK, I admit it. I have a Toshiba laptop.
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