512 Pixels

The free iPhone 3GS is doing very well on AT&T.

Order it from Amazon via this link and I get a kickback.

I ordered the hardcover version.

Apple has released the first TV ad for the iPhone 4S:

The company isn’t helping me with a little problem I’ve developed.

I keep trying to talk to my iPhone 4. I’ve caught myself trying to set reminders several times.

Maybe it is because I’ve spent a large amount of time playing with a coworker’s 4S. Maybe it is because my feed reader is full of 4S-related stories. Maybe it is because Siri seems like such a natural way to interact with a phone.

Maybe I’m just losing my mind a little bit.

Christina Bonnington over at Ars:

The C Spire announcement comes as a surprise to most Apple enthusiasts, as C Spire isn’t as well known as other national carriers, such as T-Mobile, or even Cricket Wireless. But maybe all the surprise stems from a likelihood that most Apple watchers are concentrated in large, metropolitan markets.

C Spire is pretty big here in Memphis. I know several people who are excited about this move. While C Spire is small, I think it will sell a ton of iPhones to its customers.¹

Vlad Savov:

The N9 is flawed and doomed, but you have to understand, I don’t care. The universal experience of using this phone is one of delight and desire. Yes, it can get bamboozled and freeze up, and no, you won’t be finding an avalanche of awesome new apps for it, but those downsides fade in comparison to the abundance of positives.

It’s a shame the N9 is dead in the water. It really is.

Graham Cluley at Sophos:

I borrowed a passcode-locked iPhone 4S from a colleague here at Sophos and, with his permission, was able to write an email, and send a text message. If I had wanted to I could have meddled with his calendar appointments too.

All without having to enter the passcode. I’m sure you can imagine some of the ways this could potentially be abused.

Of course, this can be changed with a simple setting. I’m glad Cluley points this out, but I could do without the side order of passive-aggressive sauce¹:

What’s disappointing to me though is that Apple had a clear choice here.

They could have chosen to implement Siri securely, but instead they decided to default to a mode which is more about impressing your buddies than securing your calendar and email system.

Passcodes are good, but — as always — once physical access is acquired, all security measures are less effective.

[via CNET]

I’ve gotten a ton of emails asking where I got my iPhone wallpaper. Well, here’s the source!

All I know is this: my three-year old will go crazy when we get this film into iTunes.

I love everything about this.

This sure puts things into perspective.

On episode 4 of Ungeniused, Myke and I discuss two US military programs during World War II that tested using bats and birds as bombs.