I had an interesting evening with several T-Mobile employees about the iPhone today. I called up to get a new number for my old phone. I had arranged with them previously to port my number to the iPhone and replace it with a new number without incurring any penalties. T-Mobile’s charged me [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Personal Technology'
Why T-Mobile is the Company to Watch
July 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Personal Technology · iPhone
My Preciousssss iPhone
July 16th, 2007 · 7 Comments
It’s been almost 3 weeks since I bought the iPhone. To say I like it is an understatement. I have a visceral attachment to it. I’ll admit it. I’m like Gollum and the Ring. The iPhone may not have all the features under the sun, but the features it does [...]
Tags: Apple · Personal Technology · iPhone
Why I Won’t Buy the Helio Ocean
June 16th, 2007 · 12 Comments
Apple makes features more usable. Simple idea, but the results are magical.
I had a conversation with some sales reps at the Helio kiosk Friday night.
I asked them which phone competes with the iPhone. This question put them on the defensive, and they proceeded to question and antagonize me about the iPhone instead of selling [...]
Tags: Apple · Personal Technology · iPhone
Check Out the iPhone Ads.
June 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Another Reason Not to Buy a Dell
May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
If the craplets weren’t enough to keep you from buying computers from Dell, Sony, HP, et al., this spyware-like behavior by Dell and Google might convince you. The average user doesn’t even notice this though, so who cares. Vendors will keep doing this because it works.
Tags: Personal Technology · marketing
Touch Screen a la Minority Report
February 14th, 2007 · No Comments
UPDATE: I had embedded a video of an amazing demo of a Perceptive Pixel Touch Screen, but it auto-played and became quite annoying. Take a gander (you’ll have to watch a short ad first) and imagine this on your wall at home or your computer monitor. I wonder if they plan to use soft-keyboards with [...]
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Sweeeeet! I want my iPhone
January 9th, 2007 · No Comments
I read Steve’s keynote speech live at MacObserver today. I was not that surprised to see the iPhone announcement, but I was really surprised to see how advanced it is. There are so many juicy features to love, but random-access voicemail is a great one. You can drool here.
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