Gizmodo published some really sad news for those in the iPhone camp. AT&T needs to get its act together.
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My opnion? Basically Apple is being a little too controlling. Next they’ll announce the next version of Mac OS won’t allow unapproved applications, and won’t support flash.
When the iPad allows flash support, I’ll consider getting one. Until then, thanks, but no thanks. I would rather watch this on a real web browser than surf with one of those things.
PushMail is a new iPhone app that gives you push notifications for any email address with forwarding capability. That means I get instant notifications for any email sent to my gmail account, which is awesome.
I just installed it this morning, and I’m loving it! Before, I had the mail app check my email every 15 minutes, which kind of got me push notifications, but up to 15 minutes late. Now within a minute, I always get notified.
Sure, you can get push email through Mobile-Me, but that’s $100 a year. This is a one-time cost of $5, and it works beautifully. I just set it up on my phone, and it’s perfect.
There are basically no privacy concerns here. You setup an account with the app that creates an email @dopushmail.com. No mail is stored on that account. And you don’t have to give your user name or password to your other account to PushMail.
This is how I configured my gmail account:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10957
I recommend this to anyone with an iPhone or iPod touch with OS 3.0.
Yes, I seem to be falling farther and farther towards the dark side. Sunday, I bought a 16GB white iPhone from a local AT&T store. I’m sure had I gone into an actual Apple store, I would have wasted much more money than I did.
Actually wasted is the wrong word. Apple makes some amazing stuff. So spent is the word I was looking for.
Ever since buying my iPod Classic a year ago, I have become more and more enamored with the Apple brand. In December, I bought an iPod Touch, and was fascinated with the accelerometer, WiFi connectivity, and multi-touch screen. None of those features had I ever seen in any pocket-size device, period.
I sold my iPod Touch like 3 hours after I bought the iPhone. It basically sold itself. I told my friend I got an iPhone, and his girlfriend was immediately interested in my iPod Touch.
I had been carrying around my iPod Touch, my iPod Classic, and my Treo with me almost everywhere I went. The Treo was out of place; it had to go. With an iPhone, the touch was no longer necessary. Now I only carry my iPhone and my iPod Classic. My pockets love me again.
The iPhone is basically an iPod touch with a built-in phone, GPS and camera. iTunes ported my settings/apps/data directly from my touch into the iPhone. It was super easy. Apps I have that use the iPhone’s mic (like Midomi, iSteam, Zippo, Lie Detector, etc) no longer need the mic/earbuds combo.
In summary, best purchase I’ve made since my Rhodes.
I recently bought an iPod Touch after seeing how cool my roommate’s was. Hands down, I think the best feature is its ability to connect to WiFi networks to access the Internet.
Beyond that, however, is another very interesting feature. It can access Skyhook data from WiFi access points. This basically turns the device into a GPS unit, as long as it is connected to the net.
I’m at the airport, right now, writing this from the WordPress app. Just a few minutes ago, I was blown away when the wireless location feature even knew what terminal I was in. Amazing!
