No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

The earbuds that come with the iPhone are the first I can use with comfort. I’m not sure what they did this time, but they work for me. When I’m using the phone as a…well, phone, the other caller reports a fine sound, as good as holding the thing up to my head.
I also love [...]

I know, I know…This is becoming an iPhone blog, isn’t it? Well hell, a few weeks ago, it was a Sopranos blog, so I guess it jumps around a bit. But then, so do I.
Reading the fantabulous iPhone Central Blog from the incredibly smart and good looking MacWorld people, I saw some disappointment over iPhone [...]

Okay, I’ve had the thing for 48 hours now, and I think I’ve figured out what’s going on with this device.
Working with my Blackberry 8700 a little last night (I’m running two phones currently while I figure out numbers, MS Exchange use, etc) I was struck by how retro my pretty new Blackberry is. I’m [...]

Apple’s taking some heat for making the headphone jack on the iPhone non standard. Well, it’s a standard 1/8th inch stereo plug, but it’s recessed so standard phones/buds won’t work. Dave Winer at Scripting News in response to Jason Kottke’s troubles:

Excuse me, but I like my headphones as they are, and the iPhone is a [...]

A revolutionary device. Absolutely no question about that, and it’s a device with the bugs pretty well worked out, in my opinion.
The WiFi is really great. Always looking for available networks, and automatically logging me into the one’s I’ve picked before. Pretty transparent. I can see a future where the phone’s constantly jumping from network [...]

Well, I did it. Went to the Apple Store nearest to where we currently are and bought one of the sleek little beauties. It’s true, the graphics on this thing are truly stunning. Amazing, even.
Now, if only I could get the thing activated. That’s taken up most of the afternoon. The Apple portion of the [...]

Oh, it’s here all right. After more hype than was flying around man’s first trip to the moon, the iPhone has landed…And, it’s right there on the shelf at the Apple Store. I wonder, if you were one of those hearty souls who camped out for the chance to get your iPhone when they first [...]