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Link: Next iPhone software update to allow copy-paste | MacScoop
The reports we obtained claim that the software update will add copy-paste, which is one of the most requested features by iPhone users, and will provide a few other user interface improvements.
Cut and paste was a key function that never made it to the original list [...]
My father isn’t a patient man when it comes to limp wristed customer support. His patience rapidly departs in the face of illogical customer relationship policies. He’s particularly attuned to customer service, you see, because he’s responsible for infrastructure (servers, connectivity, data centres, the whole shebang) at a world leading [...]
Continue ReadingWired magazine has a fresh article today, recounting the events that led up to the Apple iPhone. It really is a good read, though a bit gushy at parts. The article gives great insight into the US cellphone industry, specifically the power that the carriers yield over manufacturers (or used to yield).
The article also [...]
Remember a while back I was writing about how my mum was loving her Apple iPhone?
Well, she loved it so much that someone at home (could have been her, I don’t know) upgraded the (unlocked American) iPhone as a result of a prompt on screen.
The device — obviously — screwed up and required unlocking again.
Since [...]
I’m firmly convinced that Apple does not fully comprehend the GSM standard, and more specifically, the concept of SIM cards. I have an iPhone, and I wanted to use my AT&T SIM card in it. Shouldn’t be a problem, right? Well, I’m only borrowing the iPhone for a bit, and I don’t want to give [...]
Continue ReadingI’ve recently gotten my mitts on a 4GB iPhone for testing and because I’m a geek. I’ve been playing with it for a few days, but the first thing I’ve come to realize is that it’s far from the ultimate music phone.
The problem is not in getting music ON the phone (which is where [...]
This is fantastic. Wired has listed out their Top 10 Gadgets of the Year, and making the list as the only mobile phone isn’t the Nokia N95 (which I would have voted for, fanboy that I am), nor is it the Apple iPhone. It’s the JAILBROKEN Apple iPhone. Yes, that’s right. According to Wired magazine, [...]
Continue ReadingYesterday I went to the gym. To the sauna, though. Not to do any excruciating exercise (that starts again tomorrow).  While I’m here in San Francisco, I’ve made an arrangement of the gym at the Fairmont Hotel. Very nice, good service, all is good. I picked up a complimentary copy of the FT as [...]
Continue ReadingLink:Â NussbaumOnDesign: Apple’s iPhone Will Fail In India. And Maybe Britain too. - BusinessWeek
Well I’m not too sure I agree with this viewpoint. The iPhone isn’t like your common-or-garden pay-as-you-go Samsung, hardwired with a particular interface. The iPhone can be updated in a jiffy — and what’s more, the infrastructure is in place thanks to [...]
I’m sure Avaya aren’t the only ones thinking about this. Enabling the iPhone for use within companies’ own IP telecommunications networks s very employee-friendly. No doubt enterprise IT managers may well have issues about enabling such a fancy, snazzy device (unless they each get one).
Link: webitpr | European employees can add Apple iPhone [...]
Apple iPhone sales are second only to Blackberry in the context of smartphones in North America. So reports Canalys as detailed at Computerworld.
Blackberry don’t have anything to worry about in the short term, I don’t think…
Link: Canalys figures in, iPhone clear winner in North America | Computerworld Blogs
Last month’s Net Applications iPhone browser [...]
Problems, problems, problems in the MacLeod Senior household.
I bought my mum an iPhone. An unlocked one from America.
Apple have made it a right bitch if you’ve got the wrong version of iTunes and the wrong version of the firmware and the wrong version of the….. [ insert other nonsense here ].
It really [...]
I’ve been using Press Display to keep up to date with what’s going on around the world for quite a while. The service let’s you actually look at your newspaper and click about it easily. It’s rather addictive. I used to like checking out the frontpage images of the UK newspapers each [...]
Continue ReadingNow you see it, now you don’t…
Link: Free Preview - WSJ.com
Deutsche Telekom AG’s mobile unit may exclusively market the iPhone in Germany, the Hamburg District court said Tuesday.
I had a note in from the chaps at iPhoneunlocked.eu to let me know they’ve got a special Christmas deal on the table.
£340 will get you a UK iPhone unlocked to work on any o2 sim card (although not totally unlocked yet). The price includes next day delivery.
Brand New UK [...]
Link: Micromat - Syphone
Syphone is a freeware Macintosh utility for use with Apple’s iPhone. The program installs on your Macintosh and does not alter the iPhone in any way. This application lets you view, save, and back up your SMS messages.
With Syphone you can now archive and view SMS conversations, including those that have been [...]
AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson was quoted by Bloomberg yesterday at a meeting of the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, California as saying that the 3G iPhone will be available sometime in 2008. Stephenson was asked about when the 3G version of the popular handset would be available and responded, “You’ll have it next year.”
AT&T’s [...]
I had an interesting conversation with a friend today regarding the recent announcement of France Telecom’s Orange and their pricing of the iPhone. According to sources, you’ll be able to purchase the iPhone unlocked for 749 EUR (649 for the phone, another 100 for the on-the-spot unlocking). Of course, you’ll still be hooked into a [...]
Continue ReadingThe fact my imported iPhone is stuck limping along on a T-Mobile connection is seared into my consciousness when I’m stood next to a few folk pressing, squeezing and flicking through their UK iPhones using o2’s Edge. My experience of Edge is reasonably good so far on the devices I’ve tried. Faster GPRS, [...]
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72% of UK consumers say they have no intention of ever purchasing the iPhone, with the vast majority of Britons saying the device looks good, but is far too expensive, according to a survey by market research firm GfK NOP.
I’ve been wavering on the iPhone in the UK. Really wavering. I wonder [...]
Apple may have changed the mobile phone subscription model, without anyone yet realising… So reckons Jon Mulholland — and it’s a perspective I asked him to expand on when we were discussing it by email. He’s been kind enough to put down his thoughts thus:
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Here’s an interesting question, how [...]
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Apple is to launch a 3G version of the iPhone in May 2008, according to Spanish technology firm SevenClick, although the technology giant is unable to deliver existing handsets to Spain in time for Christmas.
I didn’t think a 3G version would be that far away… for the sake of the people buying [...]
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Carphone Warehouse claims to have sold 11,000 iPhones over the first weekend of the Apple device’s launch on Nov 9. This is slightly above its earlier estimates of 10,000, and represents one fifth of the retailer’s initial iPhone stock. O2, meanwhile, says that 8,000 customers registered an iPhone with the network on Nov 9, [...]
Well this one has gone around the web like wildfire. I’ve had four people email on the subject this evening already.
Link: EXCLUSIVE: Apple Secretly Tracking iPhone IMEI and Usage (with proof)
As I sit here applying a new layer of Reynolds tin foil to my international hat of conspiracy, its been proven that Apple tracks [...]
I engaged 15 year old SMS Text News reader, Issah, to talk to young people around his area in London about the Apple iPhone.
Whilst it’s not representative of the UK as a whole, it’s a fascinating look into the minds of some of the next generation of mobile phone users. Issah asked [...]
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