Entries Tagged as 'Wireless / Mobile'

Jobs to give “keynote” at Wal-Mart iPhone launch?

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 18, 2008 at 2:45pm   User  by thecodepounder

Cringely, in his second posting on his new website, theorizes as to why Steve jobs won’t be giving the keynote address at this years Macworld. Don’t know if I agree, but it’s an interesting theory…

Tagged   Apple · Technology · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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MacDailyNews’ nearly exhaustive list of iPhone haters

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 24, 2008 at 1:14pm   User  by thecodepounder

Priceless. A few of my favorites:
“Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone… What Apple risks here is its reputation as a hot company that can do no wrong. If it’s smart it will call the iPhone a ‘reference design’ and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else’s marketing budget. Then [...]

Tagged   Apple · Technology · Wacky Shit · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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Macalope tackles latest iPhone-hating, silly pundit

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 23, 2008 at 2:44pm   User  by thecodepounder

Gotta love that Macalope! This time he takes to task Tom Kaneshige and his InfoWorld piece “A new etiquette for the iPhone generation”:

…people love showing off their iPhones.
Yeah, what is up with that?! My god, people! Get a phone you’re embarrassed of! Tuck it away in the closet! Bury it in a mason jar [...]

Tagged   Entertainment · Technology · Television · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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iPhones are a “must have” for Congress

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 23, 2008 at 12:05pm   User  by thecodepounder

The Hill is reporting that demand for an iPhone option on Capitol Hill has grown to the point where the
Chief Administrative Office (CAO), which oversees the communications systems for the House, has begun testing a small number of iPhones within its ranks to see if they are compatible with the working needs of lawmakers and [...]

Tagged   Apple · Government / Law · Technology · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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Best Buy to sell iPhone

Comments   0   Date Arrow  August 13, 2008 at 11:48am   User  by thecodepounder

Starting September 7th.

Tagged   Apple · Technology · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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WordPress for iPhone application now available

Comments   0   Date Arrow  July 22, 2008 at 8:02am   User  by thecodepounder

The WordPress for iPhone app is now available at the iTunes App Store.  Woo-hoo!  This is the one I’ve been waiting for…  Downloading it now, can’t wait to give it a spin!

Tagged   Internet · Technology · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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Apple sells 1 million iPhone 3Gs in first weekend

Comments   0   Date Arrow  July 14, 2008 at 9:08am   User  by thecodepounder

Compared to about 270,000 original iPhones in it’s first two days of sales last June.

Tagged   Apple · Insanely Great! · Internet · Personal Computing · Technology · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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Sure are a lot of reports of iPhone problems…

Comments   0   Date Arrow  July 13, 2008 at 10:06am   User  by thecodepounder

So much for the “Apple is just a media darling” claim that I keep hearing about from the haters and the Microsoft apologists.  There sure are a lot of reports of horrible, devastating problems surrounding the release of the iPhone 3G.  Well, that’s what the headlines say, anyway.
Me?  No problems to speak of.  But then, I’m not one [...]

Tagged   Apple · Insanely Great! · Internet · Personal Computing · Social Commentary · Technology · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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Is the government tracking us through our cellphones?

Comments   0   Date Arrow  July 2, 2008 at 7:47am   User  by thecodepounder

Yes. The question is how widespread is the practice and under what circumstances are they permitted to do so? The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Justice last November to try to ascertain the answers to those questions. The DOJ did not respond to the request. [...]

Tagged   Government / Law · Privacy · Technology · Wireless / Mobile

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iPhone 2.0 software to go “gold master” today?

Comments   0   Date Arrow  June 27, 2008 at 8:08am   User  by thecodepounder

Gizmodo says “highly probable,” citing “sources inside the Cupertino’s iPhone software development effort.”

Tagged   Apple · Can't Wait! · Entertainment · Games and Gaming · Internet · Movies · Music · Personal Computing · Technology · Television · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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