Remember that TUAW post about 1st-generation iPhone users getting screwed over when it came to push notifications that turned out to be incorrect? They’ve apologized: TUAW’s bloggers and editors strive to provide accurate information and to clearly distinguish conjecture or rumor from fact. In this instance, we got it wrong. We are truly sorry for [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
The Arrested Development Documentary
Arrested Development was probably the best show on television the first half of the decade. It aired on FOX, and pushed the limits of what broadcast TV could get away with. After miserable ratings, the show was cancelled after the third season. Sadly, it has a small – but rabid – fan base, but that [...]
Camping Out for the iPhone 3G S
When the first iPhone came out, AT&T and Apple Stores were mobbed when the doors opened at 6 p.m. At the Apple Store here in Memphis, we had campers from New Orleans 3 days before launch. This time around, the crowds were smaller, but those who were there had the same excitement as the very [...]
More on Jobs’ Health
I usually keep away from posting about Steve Jobs’ health, but this is pretty big news, via the Wall Street Journal: Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well [...]
On the Importance of the Pre
Steven Frank: It is absolutely mind-blowing that Palm pulled this off as well as they did. This is like the Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X transition for Palm — a massive rethink of the entire platform that must succeed for the company to survive. And, on a technical level at least, they have done [...]
I Never Tire of These
The boys over at Rapid Repair have already gutted an iPhone 3G S. It’s built pretty much like the 3G, but this is interesting: This phone is capable of 833MHz and 720p video. Right now, Apple has it clocked at 600Mhz. No doubt running the processor at 833Mhz would eat through the battery, but it’s [...]
‘Filling the Gaps’
Time has posted a piece about a service I never knew existed: Presto and Celery, which both launched in 2006, deliver e-mail printouts almost in real-time because they require subscribers to purchase hardware to handle incoming messages. (In addition to personal updates and interesting articles, caregivers can send reminders about doctors’ appointments or family functions.) [...]
iTunes Servers Down
It happened last year, and it’s happening again this year: the iTunes servers are crumbling under the load of millions of users upgrading to 3.0. I hate to say, but I told you so.
AT&T to Forgive Early 3G Adopters
Well, well, look at this from Engadget: The original plan was to offer mildly subsidized prices of $399 and $499 for the 16GB and 32GB versions of the iPhone 3G S to AT&T customers who weren’t currently “upgrade eligible,” but the carrier’s having a change of heart, ostensibly in response to… you know, people wanting to pay [...]
Apple Holding iPhone 3G S Shipments
For the many users who pre-ordered their iPhone 3G S, it looked like they would be getting their new phones a day before Apple’s public launch data of June 19. When I first read this, I thought “How very un-Apple to have a messy release.” It seems I was right in my thinking. Engadget: We’re [...]
