I’ve only got one more week left of summer research. This time next week, I’ll be back on the East Coast. I’ve already sent my desktop off to a cozy garage, and am posting this from my laptop. It was a pretty involved process – I needed to move all of my RSS feeds from [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2008
iPhone 3G: Real-World Use
I’ve now had my iPhone 3G for four days, and I’ve had a chance to use it in some real-world scenarios.
Apps
The App Store is, unequivocally, the most important feature of iPhone OS 2.0. Exchange support is nice, yes, and there are lots of little tweaks. But the App Store is what makes the iPhone attractive [...]
iPhone 3G: Unboxing and First Impressions
I’ve posted a few pictures of the unboxing of my iPhone 3G. As usual for an Apple product, the packaging was excellently done. The box was surprisingly small, but contained everything necessary:
Docking Connector -> USB cable
Tiny, tiny power adapter
Iconic white headphones (with microphone… somewhere…)
SIM Card Removal Tool
Cleaning cloth
Once I got done with my activation mess [...]
iPhone 3G: Activation
Activation is the scary part of the iPhone process. Tales abound of yesterday’s long waits and crushing failures. Unfortunately, my story is no different.
I got my iPhone home at about 12:30 P.M. today. When I connected it to my MacBook (named Caladan for reasons that anybody familiar with my computer naming scheme should understand), iTunes [...]
iPhone 3G: The Purchasing Process
My iPhone 3G experience started this morning at about 5:50 AM, when I left my dorm to get an iPhone 3G. I hiked over to the Montclair Transcenter and picked up the 6:30 OmniTrans Route 66 bus heading Eastward. At about 7:05, I stepped off the bus, thinking I was there. Unfortunately, I was at [...]
