Clear to Partly Cloudy over Appledom
11 July 2008 12:53 EST
Kenn Marks
With the introduction of the iPhone 3G, firmware 2.0, the App Store, and MobileMe everyone is a twitter with pent up excitement. But, the weather over Appledom is clear, in the fact that all stores had a good stock of iPhones and some are already sold out by 10am EDT.
The App Store is up and serving up great apps, while iTunes updates are a little sluggish people are patiently updating. The Cloud in the otherwise clear skies or lack thereof is the much touted MobileMe, "Exchange for the rest of us". It appears that the MobileMe Cloud is coming through as partly cloudy at best.
Its taken this writer over five hours to get my first working PUSH event. The first four hours were spent just trying to keep or even connect to Me.com. The last hour was spent making sure all preferences were correct and all the syncing went without loosing any data. Once I achieved a stable connection I tried making changes on my desktop, iPhone, and lastly at MobileMe and PUSH worked albeit rather slowly, not the quick response of Steve's demo at WWDC.
This could be indicative of the immense network load with activations, firmware upgrades, and App Store downloads. We all have to understand that the Internet in not an infinite pipe, it's a packet network with lots of nodes, just like the freeways of California no matter how many lanes or limited access it still becomes a parking lot at rush hour. So when the dust settles and hopefully rises to make a stable Cloud all the new features of the iPhone 3G, Firmware 2.0, and MobileMe can be realized to it's fullest.
Post Script - Observations from below the Cloud
Some of the oops items that have been encountered are my number one pet peeve, holding the the delete key for an extended period causes key to go into repeat mode, even if you remove your finger, quickly erasing all you just typed, until you can type another key to stop it. I searched the preferences for a delay to repeat entry, but could not find one. My next upset deals with the content of a previous article where AT&T 3G is not where they say it is. Here it is 5 hours into iPhone 3G and still no 3G within 5 miles of my center of operation. The final straw was when I went to Starbucks for a Grande Cappuccino only to find that I could not log into the AT&T Wi-Fi page and connect with my iPhone, so my leisure day as a road warrior was cut short.
Let us know what you think over in the comments and forums.
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Apple Store Using Wasteful Packing?
27 December 2006 08:18 EST
Chris Barylick
An e-mail from reader R. Emory Williamson-Lundberg pointing to a Flickr.com photo demonstrates that despite Apple's efforts to become more environmentally conscious via reduced packaging and computer recycling programs, small items are still being shipped in excessive materials:
"I can't believe that is the box a mini-DVI video adapter came in. No bubble wrap. No filler. Just the packet for the adapter and an invoice."
Take a look and let us know what you think.
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Greenpeace Targets Apple (Again)
26 September 2006 08:19 EST
Jason D. O'Grady
Apple is not Greenpeace's favorite computer company, as we all know (though I'm not sure what company Greenpeace actually likes, but that is a subject for a different blog). Continuing their 'Why must Apple sell poison' campaign Greenpeace has launched a site that parodies Apple.com. While this is a clever idea, I have to wonder why there is no Dell page.
TUAW >> Greenpeace creates mock Apple homepage
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More Bad News for Enviro Mac-Heads: MacBooks are Toxic
20 September 2006 01:04 EST
Jason D. O'Grady
We all know that Greenpeace isn't too happy with Apple's commitment to the environment. The latest news is that Apple portables have some of the highest amounts of toxic chemicals in them of 5 manufacturers tested (Acer, Apple, Dell, HP, Sony). The MacBook has the highest concentration of tetrabromobisphenol A, which is a flame retardant.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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