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Category: Apple

  • iPod touch Support Area Went Live

    Apple’s…

    iPod touch Support

    …website went live. And, according to Engadget, units are showing up in Apple stores. My unit still hasn’t shipped. So, I guess I won’t be playing with one as soon as those you who are buying off the shelf. In the meantime, however, the 85 page iPod touch manual is available on Apple’s website as a PDF download.

    The good news is that the support pages are up. The other good news is that the touch is so close to the iPhone that Apple is essentially repurposing its web pages for the touch. The bad news is that Apple didn’t bother to take out iPhone related references to things like the EDGE network or even the word iPhone out of the documentation pages.

  • Revisiting the Apple Newton While Waiting for the iPod touch

    Apple Newton Messagepad 130

    The Apple iPod touch is weeks away from delivery (early October at best). So, while waiting for it I decided to revisit the original Apple PDA. This is the Apple Newton MessagePad 130. I said in the video that is it 12 or 13 years old. However, according to Wikipedia, this model was released in March 1996. So, I probably bought it around then which makes it a bit over 11 years old. Although its rechargeable battery and backlight died long ago, the unit itself still works after all these years. So, click on the image above or this link here to view the short video to see the Newton in action. I’ll probably bring it back to show the Newton and iPod touch side-by-side in October.

  • Apple iPod touch

    I’ve been saying since the introduction of the Apple iPhone that I just wanted the “i” part and didn’t need the “Phone” part of it. Today, with the introduction of the iPod touch, I got my wish.. or at least part of it.
    Here’s what’s missing from the iPod touch when compared to the iPhone…

    • Phone radio (of course!)
    • Bluetooth radio (aargh!)
    • Camera (sigh…)
    • Microphone and speakers (no VoIP either)
    • Email client (for IMAP4 and POP3)
    • Google Maps client

    Still, what is left is pretty good. You can watch a video introduction on Apple’s site here (though the choice of spokes-person leaves me a bit baffled).

    Apple iPod touch Guided Tour
    I ordered mine this evening with shipment currently scheduled for late this month. So, you can expect to read iPod touch rants and/or raves sometime next month.

  • Facebook iPhone Site Snubs Windows Mobile

    Facebook iPhone site

    I mentioned a while back that the Digg iPhone website wasn’t viewable on Windows Mobile devices. Well, we WiMo users are being left in the browser dust again. This time it is the Facebook iPhone formatted site. The m.facebook.com site still works for WiMo and other mobile platform users. But, it is still kind of irritating to be left behind again. Ah well.

    FYI: The screen cap above was taken by using Firefox on a Mac (it works on Windows too).

    BTW/FYI: If you are on Facebook, I created a Facebook MobileViews group. Drop by. Say hello. Tell us about your iPhone, Nokia, WiMo, or any other interesting mobile device.

  • Information Week’s Smartphone Browser Shootout

    Information Week has an article comparing a bunch of smartphones’ browsers at…

    Smartphone Browser Shootout: Palm, BlackBerry, HTC Vs. iPhone

    It’s quite a long article (6 web pages), so I’ll save you some reading and tell you the conclusion is a lot of fawning over the Apple iPhone and a bit of dissing the Treo (Palm OS version), Blackberry, and T-Mobile Wing entrants. Don’t neglect to read the comments at the bottom of one of the pages (the same comments are at the bottom of each web page). They are quite interesting themselves.
    Although I don’t haver an iPhone, I am a huge admirer of it myself. But, is its browser that much better than everything else? I think it may be. I can’t speak for the non-Windows Mobile devices. But, I’ve been a huge critic of Mobile Internet Explorer for years. It has essentially not made any progress in being able to view “normal” sites (sites not reformatted for mobile devices) or even https secure sites well. Microsoft needs to take a hard look at its mobile browser if it wants to stay in the game.

  • everythingiPhone Wiki: An iPhone Website You Can Contribute To

    everythingiPhone wiki

    I don’t have an iPhone. I think what I really want is just an “i“… everything except the Phone part of the iPhone. That said, the iPhone is definitely a cool device. If you have a hankering to contribute to a website focused on it, here’s one to take a look at…

    everythingiPhone

    It is built using the Wetpaint Wiki web service. So, I logged in with my Wetpaint account and, yep, I was allowed to edit pages that weren’t locked.