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Android hits the streets to combat the iPhone

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Breitbart, “Google phone to cost $179, debut Oct. 22”

NEW YORK (AP) - The first cell phone running Google Inc.’s mobile software looks something like Apple Inc.’s iPhone and has a large touch screen, but it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google’s e-mail and mapping programs.

Google made its debut as a cell phone software provider Tuesday at an event where wireless carrier T-Mobile said it will begin selling the G1 phone for $179 with a two-year contract. The device hits U.S. stores Oct. 22 and heads to Britain in November and other European countries early next year.

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Dallas/Forth Worth airport sporting Best Buy vending machine

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AIRLINE BIZ, “D/FW Airport has Best Buy in a machine”

We did a story months ago about Zoom Systems and its vending machines at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and elsewhere.

Swipe your credit card, and you can get an iPod, headphones, whatever you might want for you to take on a trip or a bribe to take home for your kid after the trip.

Now, Zoom has teamed up with Best Buy to have Best Buy-supplied merchandise in a couple of its machines, inside the security checkpoints at Terminal B’s Gate 29 and Terminal E’s Gate 32.


iPhone release bugged by activation problems

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on July 11, 2008
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Breitbart, “Software problems bug Apple’s launch of new iPhone”

NEW YORK (AP) - The launch of Apple Inc.’s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.

“It’s such grief and aggravation,” said Frederick Smalls, an insurance broker in Whitman, Mass., after spending two hours on the phone with Apple and AT&T Inc., trying to get his new iPhone to work.

In stores, people waited at counters to get the phones activated, as lines built behind them. Many of the customers had already camped out for several hours in line to become among the first with the new phone, which updates the one launched a year ago by speeding up Internet access and adding a navigation chip.

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Apple fanboys are sheep

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on July 11, 2008
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The Joy of Tech, “1125”

Thanks Vic


In case you missed it, here’s Jobs’ keynote in 60 seconds

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iPhone 3G announced, go buy stock so it hits $200/share

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on June 9, 2008
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog, “iPhone 3G announced”

In a keynote speech today, Steve Jobs announced the next version of the iPhone, complete with 3G networking, better battery life, a slimmer profile, and global positioning system support.

The phone features a black plastic back, solid metal buttons, the same 3.5-inch LCD display, and a headphone jack mounted flush with the enclosure (which should make third-party headphone vendors happy).

With GPS, the iPhone can be tracked across a Google map as a pulsating blue dot. The iPhone can still derive location data from cell phone towers and WiFi networks.

In terms of battery life, the iPhone 3G offers five hours of 3G talk time, 5 - 6 hours of browsing time, seven hours of video time, or 300 hours of standby time.

The new iPhone will be available in 70 countries over the next several months via a variety of carriers, including Canada, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and many others.

The iPhone 3G will start $199 for an 8GB model. The 16GB model will sell for $299, and is available in a black or white backing. It will be available in all countries starting July 11.


Oh, Those 1980s and Their Telephones!

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on May 28, 2008
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Gizmodo, “Oh, Those 1980s and Their Telephones!”


South Korea consider GPS handsets to track citizens

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on March 29, 2008
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Engadget, “South Korean police aiming to equip all new handsets with GPS?”

South Koreans

SEOUL, March 27 (Xinhua) — South Korean police are pushing a controversial plan to have all new mobile phones equipped with a chip that can locate the user through satellite-based positioning technology, the Chosun Ilbo reported on Thursday.

According to Song Kang-ho, chief of the investigation bureau of the National Police Agency, the government had already submitted a related bill to the National Assembly.

The new proposal is submitted in a bid to combat the increasing incidence of kidnapping and other crimes against women and children, the police said.

The measure will risk infringing on the privacy of mobile users and raise the prices of cell phones, the Chosun Ilbo said.

In addition, the system does not work well indoors, where satellite signals are blocked.

Some 20 percent of mobile phones in the country are currently equipped with a GPS device.


4 Videos Feb. 17

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on February 17, 2008
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iAno

 

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Mediaz

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on November 21, 2007
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Google Android

 

Reunion in the airport

 

Earthrise/set filmed by Japanese moon probe

 

24 in 1994

 

Video game band

 

Semi goes 370mph

 

HL2 on 3 screens

 

Mr T WoW commercial

 

Shatner WoW commercial

 

Elephant playing balloon darts

 

The Mormons (Orgazmo)
Warning: Profane

 

Handy Work (Orgazmo)
Warning: Profane

 

Get out your f*cking checkbook
Warning: Profane


Jobs responds to complaints

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on September 6, 2007
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To all iPhone customers:

I have received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers who are upset about Apple dropping the price of iPhone by $200 two months after it went on sale. After reading every one of these emails, I have some observations and conclusions.

First, I am sure that we are making the correct decision to lower the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399, and that now is the right time to do it. iPhone is a breakthrough product, and we have the chance to ‘go for it’ this holiday season. iPhone is so far ahead of the competition, and now it will be affordable by even more customers. It benefits both Apple and every iPhone user to get as many new customers as possible in the iPhone ‘tent’. We strongly believe the $399 price will help us do just that this holiday season.

Second, being in technology for 30+ years I can attest to the fact that the technology road is bumpy. There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever. This is life in the technology lane. If you always wait for the next price cut or to buy the new improved model, you’ll never buy any technology product because there is always something better and less expensive on the horizon. The good news is that if you buy products from companies that support them well, like Apple tries to do, you will receive years of useful and satisfying service from them even as newer models are introduced.

Third, even though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with a lower price. Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these.

Therefore, we have decided to offer every iPhone customer who purchased an iPhone from either Apple or AT&T, and who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration, a $100 store credit towards the purchase of any product at an Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store. Details are still being worked out and will be posted on Apple’s website next week. Stay tuned.

We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers. We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple.

Steve Jobs
Apple CEO


Messing with accelerometers

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on August 29, 2007
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Engadget, “iPhone’s tilt sensor hacked”

Engadget, “Roomba obeys MacBook tilt sensor commands”


Teen trades hacked iPhone for car

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on August 28, 2007
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hotz iphoneCNN, “Teen trades hacked iPhone for car”

Hotz posted on his blog that he traded his modified iPhone for “a sweet Nissan 350Z and 3 8GB iPhones.”

“This has been a great end to a great summer,” Hotz wrote.

Hotz made the deal with Terry Daidone, co-founder of CertiCell, who also promised the teen a paid consulting job.

nissan 350z


17 year old unlocks iPhone

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on August 24, 2007
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FOXNews, “N.J. Teen Says He’s Unlocked Apple’s iPhone”

NEW YORK — A 17-year-old hacker has broken the lock that ties Apple’s iPhone to AT&T’s wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones.

George Hotz of Glen Rock, N.J., confirmed Friday that he had unlocked an iPhone and was using it on T-Mobile’s network, the only major U.S. carrier apart from AT&T that is compatible with the iPhone’s cellular technology.

In a video posted to his blog, he holds an iPhone that displays “T-Mobile” as the carrier.

Hortz’s blog (and how it was done)


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