So, yesterday was the big day. The Coming of The Tablet. I’m not exactly a big tech pundit. I’ve never seen an iPad in person. I haven’t even played with the emulator yet. But I thought I’d still post my immediate reactions.
The Name: It’s not that bad. It doesn’t trigger the same juvenile “feminine products” [...]
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OS X Tip of the Day: Twitterific and QuickSilver
There are a few tips online as to how to use Twitter and QuickSilver together, but they’re lame. Particularly because they send your Twitter password over a nice non-https connection. And because I don’t like to have to choose between getting prompted to grant access to my Twitter password every time I post from QuickSilver [...]
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 [...]
