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  • What happens when there’s no story?

    Posted by Simon with No Responses Yet

    Those in the blogging community who cover Apple related news have been jumping all over the Mobile Me launch, and its well documented failures.  It’s even got to the point where, allegedly, Steve Jobs has admitted Apple made a mistake in launching Mobile Me at the time they did.  It would be very easy to [...]

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  • Where’s Alex when you need him?

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    If there’s one thing missing from the 3g iPhone that everyone’s calling for, it’s voice guided navigation. While the maps application serves a purpose, it can be distracting if you’re trying to follow of while driving. Having to constantly check the screen isn’t as usefull, or as safe, as having voice prompts.
    The really baffling [...]

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  • What’s happened to FireWire?

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    Like many others, the purchase of a new iPhone 3g has rendered many of the iPod accessories obsolete.  The biggest surprise for me is that Apple’s own iPod dock, which was purchased with my 4g iPod, won’t charge my new iPhone.  There was talk of Apple changing the charging mechanism, but I refused to believe [...]

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  • 5 Quick iPhone 3g Tips

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    I won’t beat around the bush, so here are 5 really quick iPhone 3g tips to keep you occupied. And even if you’re not using an iPhone 3g, many will work with the original iPhone and iPod Touch. So here goes.

    Don’t pay for ringtones - There’s no need to pay for ringtones.  Just [...]

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  • Display Upcoming Events on the iPhone Sleep Screen Without Hacks or Apps

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    Moving from a Nokia N95 to an iPhone 3g (eventually), one of the things I will miss is the list of upcoming events on the home screen.  Essentially, it’s just a simple list of events in my calendar that occur in the next few days.  So how can we emulate this functionality on an iPhone [...]

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  • How To Easily Check iPhone 3g Availability

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    With O2 and Carphone Warehouse completely sold out of iPhone 3gs (at least according to their websites), it would appear that Apple Stores are the only place you’re going to find one of the elusive blighters.  But how do you know they’ll have one in stock?  Well fortunately Apple has provided a page on its [...]

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  • iPhone Twitter App Showdown

    Posted by Simon with No Responses Yet

    The iPhone App Store has been one of the few true triumphs with regards to the iPhone 3g launch.  Considering the problems Mobile Me has been having, the problems upgrading the firmware 2.0 and the mass activation problems that struck on day one, the App Store launch is really the only thing that went smoothly.  [...]

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  • iPhone 3g Pricing From Around the World

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    With iPhone 3g enjoying a simultaneous release across over 20 countries, Apple and the various carriers it’s partnering with have been forced to announce their pricing strategy at about the same time.  Some reactions have been positive, some negative, and some very negative.  As far as I’m concerned, there are four markets of real interest [...]

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    This post was written on July 5, 2008 (last modified on July 5, 2008) by Simon and posted in Apple, Uncategorized.

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