Sun Nov 30 21:58:12 2008 4gb ram upgrade from OWC is causing crashes on the unibody Macbooks. Long thread on support boards. Ugh.
Sun Nov 30 18:32:06 2008 The Apple Company Store: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=194
Thu Nov 27 21:32:37 2008 Had a lovely tg day in sunny Santa Monica. I dig socal
Wed Nov 26 17:59:12 2008 BlackBerry Storm: not great: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=190
Sun Nov 23 01:56:01 2008 yet another amazing app: touch physics: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=189
Sat Nov 22 16:50:21 2008 “Hewlett-Packard Out-Touches Apple”: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=188
Fri Nov 21 16:16:30 2008 google maps street view on iphone 2.2 is hot. no compass like in the G1, but the interface is smooth as butta.
Thu Nov 20 23:25:12 2008 Jumped on the tweetie bandwagon. Seems like a fine client.
Wed Nov 19 04:59:24 2008 speak your google searches: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=187
Sat Nov 15 16:13:27 2008 played with PersonalBrain on the mac…i want to like it but it’s just not quite there.
Thu Nov 13 17:16:59 2008 @thingstocome I like dreamhost
Thu Nov 13 00:03:58 2008 eh, don’t use the Say Who voice dialing app for iPhone. it uploads your entire contact list to their servers. http://tr.im/118c
Mon Nov 10 15:53:45 2008 iPhone outsells RAZR. #1 phone in the US now. http://tr.im/ydd
Sun Nov 09 08:41:13 2008 free voice recognition apps on iphone: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=179
Sun Nov 09 07:56:47 2008 just watched Vexille in HD. pretty frickin awesome CGI anime. http://tr.im/xbo
Sat Nov 08 20:08:58 2008 added the RTM gadget for Gmail. nice.
Fri Nov 07 16:58:01 2008 iPhone: #1 in Business Smartphone Customer Satisfaction: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=178
Fri Nov 07 07:01:09 2008 ocarina for iphone: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=176
Wed Nov 05 06:46:36 2008 faith in america: restored: http://tinyurl.com/6dyq7e
Mon Nov 03 23:01:11 2008 the iPhone naysayers: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=175
Mon Nov 03 22:02:46 2008 “250 to 110
Dick Cheney’s Hometown Paper Endorses Obama Today: http://tinyurl.com/5hd42q”
Mon Nov 03 20:38:03 2008 A(nother) Conservative for Obama: http://tinyurl.com/6bg4cz
Sun Nov 02 21:37:51 2008 putting the mobile web on your desktop: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=174
Sat Nov 01 00:21:10 2008 wedding toast: http://tinyurl.com/5zv4t6
The reviews generally seem somewhat negative, though from the videos I’ve seen they really should be a lot harsher given the standard set by iPhone. David Pogue, however, let’s loose:
The company says that it’s hard at work on a bug-fix software update. Until then, maybe Storm isn’t such a bad name for this phone. After all—it’s dark, sodden and depressing.
Also, consider the timing of things. Apple said that iPhone was “years ahead” of competitors, and it really seems to be true. iPhone was announced in Jan ’07, released June ’07, and now it’s November ’08 and the competition still isn’t quite caught up…and I doubt Apple has been sitting around in it’s R&D labs. Macworld ’09 is right around the corner.
As time passes, the stickiness of iPhone is building. People are buying iTunes content, amazing Apps, learning on iTunes U, getting hooked on Podcasts. So if/when someone else makes an equivalent device, it won’t be a simple switchover.
“Apple watchers assumed Jobs & Co. would be the first to offer a multitouch laptop, but Hewlett-Packard has beaten them to the punch.”
…so reads this lame article on businessweek. what they fail to mention though, is that it sucks:
it’s hard to imagine this guy doesn’t say a thing about how shittily it’s implemented. like the fact that, about 5 times in the demo, he uses his other hand to grab the back of the screen for support while pressing with the other hand. or how laggy the UI is in response to his gestures: he swipes, and half a second later the screen reacts.
here’s what you can count on from pc makers: multi-touch bolted onto Windows, implemented in an unusable way, and thrown onto the market with a big “multi-touch enabled!” sticker on the side.
here’s what you can count on from Apple: multi-touch will be added to the OS when are where it makes sense. like how the new macbooks are have multi-touch trackpads (not screens) that are slowly introducing people to using gestures for input on laptops.
and when Apple does dive in and fully integrate it into the OS, it’ll feel like they were first because it’ll be the first time it was done right.
