Tag Archives: iPhone

Top Five Reasons the iPhone Sucks

I have been using my iPhone as my sole mobile phone for a full month now. I think that is long enough to know why the iPhone sucks. The problem is that in some ways is it the absolute best mobile device I have ever had.
Notice I called it a mobile device and not a [...]

My iPhone Experience Today

I had a 9am meeting this morning so I was not able to be one of the first in line for the iPhone. That didn’t stop me from at least checking out the festivities. Here are pictures from the Apple Store in the Green Hills Mall and the AT&T store in Green Hills:

After talking [...]

Business Intelligence on the iPhone

Oracle has released what looks to be a really great app for the iPhone.
From the iTunes App Store:

Oracle Business Indicators is a business intelligence application that provides real-time, secure access to business performance information on the mobile device.
- Requires the licensing of Oracle Business intelligence Suite, … [and a bunch of other Oracle products] … [...]

Location Based Match Making for the iPhone

I guarantee that we will see a location based match making application for the iPhone before the end of the Summer. Here is how I think it will work…
You will sign up and create a brief profile including a picture, age, and some parameters of what you are looking for (i.e. someone of the opposite [...]

iPhone 3G Achilles Heal

Did you catch what the biggest change is to the iPhone 3G?
No, it is not the namesake 3G chip and it is not push email per se.
Apple has decided to replicate a portion of BlackBerry Server. This opens the iPhone up to outages similar to the ones Blackberry users experience when the BIS/BES servers go [...]

Initial Thoughts on iPhone 2.0 and iPhone 3G

I have to admit I am excited about both iPhone 2.0 and iPhone 3G.
Those that are not quite as obsessive about mobile technology news may be wondering what the difference between iPhone 2.0 and iPhone 3G are. While they both sound like the new version of the iPhone that is not quite true. iPhone 2.0 [...]

Mobile Insanity

The wireless handset (i.e. cellphone) market is getting absolutely insane just in time for the “economic stimulus checks” to start arriving. I am not using “insane” as some sort of bad-meaning-good euphemism; I really think people are losing some mental stability.
For those living under a rock, the next generation of the iPhone is going [...]

MacBook Aiiiiiiirr Baaallll

My thoughts on the MacWorld 2008 keynote announcements:

MacBook air is pretty sweet looking, but…

everyone is complaining about the battery not being (user?) replaceable.Fred Wilson made an excellent point on twitter: “can you at least pull the battery out when every other reboot option fails you?”
No internal 3G (more on this in a sec)
No ExpressCard slot [...]

Post Christmas Thoughts on Apple

My in-laws gave me a sweet new iPod Nano. I had been wanting one for a while because my iPod photo feels too big and bulky, and I am willing to trade off disk space for pocket space.
Sabrina and I gave Carter and Zavier iPod shuffles. They love them and I love that I am [...]

Holiday Cell Phone Shopping Tips

Now is the wrong time to buy a new cellphone. The landscape is going to change drastically over the next few months. If you ask me there are very few safe mobile decisions these days. There are some safe bets though; lets start with those before I detail why I think it [...]