RE: Google Maps

I have had little or no trouble with Apple maps.  The voice interface is pretty cool.

 

From: Griswold, Michael

 

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=23365729&nid=1014&title=google-maps-return-to-iphone-with-new-mobile-app&s_cid=queue-4

AT&T now faster than my Comcast Cable Internet. Turned wi-fi off on my iPhone.

AT&T data LTE speed test in Salt Lake City

iTunes 11 tips and tricks

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57556465-285/itunes-11-tips-and-tricks/

RE: AT&T LTE and 4G coverage map

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=22738&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=34357

 

 

AT&T LTE and 4G coverage map

http://www.att.com/network/?view=technology&WT.srch=1&wtPaidSearchTerm=4g

Apple - Here's to the Crazy Ones (1997)

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/tjgtLSHhTPg

Apple Steve Jobs The Crazy Ones - NEVER BEFORE AIRED 1997

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/8rwsuXHA7RA

iPhone 5 Makes Galaxy S III Look Like a 'Hunk of Plastic': Jefferies

http://mobile.eweek.com/mobile/iphone-5-makes-galaxy-s-iii-look-like-a-hunk-of-plastic-jefferies/

iPhone 5 Overlooked Killer Feature/Best Smartphone?

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/26/the-iphone-5s-overlooked-killer-feature/

 

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201209261234KRTRIB__BUSNEWS_42224_26974-1&params=timestamp||09/26/2012%2012:34%20PM%20ET||headline||Review%3A%20iPhone%205%20still%20the%20best%20overall%20smartphone%20[Los%20Angeles%20Times]||docSource||Knight%20Ridder/Tribune||provider||ACQUIREMEDIA||bridgesymbol||US;NFLX&ticker=NFLX

 

Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-5-production-line-2012-9

The Associated Press: The iPhone 5 and LTE _ what it means for you

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gK0mxahXZeQLiDoG-VQvQH0wHleA?docId=10c4ec72d9204c0cb66d3f40ed8d72b3

Not Everyone Is Facebook: HTML5 Will Still Thrive

http://www.informationweek.com/byte/news/personal-tech/mobile-apps/240007328?nomobile=1

Martin Scorsese iPhone 4S/Siri commercial (HD)

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncv7VLkAAvA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Apple iPhone 4S Siri demo

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKRwV3DTVLo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

iPhone 5

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jtjpDlx6IBS5cx7NraYLpU_BMtJQ?docId=27104f47982c4cf99959b32cfb62890a

Top 5 things to do with an old Kindle Fire - CNET Mobile

http://m.cnet.com/news/top-5-things-to-do-with-an-old-kindle-fire/57508602

HEARD ON THE STREET: Apple Risks Start of the iPhone Evolution - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443779404577643913928496908.html

RealClearTechnology - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls

http://m.realcleartechnology.com/#/home/1_1007948/

IPhone 5 Sales Could Offer Big Boost to GDP - Real Time Economics - WSJ

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/09/10/iphone-5-sales-could-offer-big-boost-to-gdp/

iPhone or Android? 6 questions to ask yourself before deciding (updated)

http://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/09/iphone-android-6-questions/

 

 

At $249, the iPad Mini would be hard to stop, says analyst - CNET Mobile

http://m.cnet.com/news/at-$249-the-ipad-mini-would-be-hard-to-stop-says-analyst/57503096

Speed test iPhone 4 airport Wi-fi

The better question: Innovation vs. Refinement - The More/Real Blog

They currently sell 148(!) models of both traditional cellphones and smartphones. If you take just their touchscreen Android smartphones, you're still left with 43 individual products. 43! (Look at this post from Andrew Kim comparing the Apple and Samsung phone lineups. You'll get dizzy looking at the Samsung offering.)

The advantage to their continuous innovation strategy is they can try out many ideas and let the market decide what they want in a phone. This disadvantage is they are confusing the hell out of the market. Is the Galaxy S II better than the Galaxy S Aviator? Why does the Galaxy S II for AT&T have a different GUI than the Galaxy S II for US Cellular?

It also causes them to divide the attention of their workforce, makes their supply chain overly complicated, and forces them to reinvent the wheel every time they bring a new phone into production. They never get a chance to fix the problems of the first gen products because in a sense, they only produce first gen products. Look, Samsung is very successful and they make good products. If they emphasized refinement more, they could be even more successful and make great products.

Refining and building on what came before leads to better products. Simple refinements may not always yield the most exciting results, but you end up making a genuinely better product both for the end user and for your company.

http://itsmorereal.tumblr.com/post/26834078599/the-better-question

--
Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

Apple fires closing shots at Samsung in patents battle - Chicago Tribune

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-17/business/sns-rt-us-apple-samsungbre87g0wm-20120817_1_wireless-patents-samsung-apple-experts


Sent from my iPad

Google’s Motorola Files New Patent Case Against Apple - Businessweek

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-17/google-s-motorola-files-new-patent-case-against-apple-at-itc


Sent from my iPad

iPhone Flaw Allows SMS Spoofing, Says Hacker | PCWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/261068/iphone_flaw_allows_sms_spoofing_says_hacker.html


Sent from my iPad

What the next iPhone will look like - DailyHerald.com

On Twitter, I've seen some speculation that the leaked pictures are part of an elaborate conspiracy to trick the tech press — that Apple may have created and planted decoy iPhone parts in the media to throw us off the real, not-at-all-boring new iPhone. All of the images have come from anonymous sources who are said to be close to Apple's production facilities, so that's not out of the realm of possibility.

But I find the decoy argument pretty far-fetched. That's because the leaked pictures add up to a device that's in keeping with Apple's overall philosophy of constant refinement — the new iPhone will be a slight improvement on the old iPhone, 

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120818/business/708189985/

iPhone has a better cam than Curiosity | CNET Update - CNET News

http://news.cnet.com/8301-33692_3-57491273-305/iphone-has-a-better-cam-than-curiosity/

Wang Shangkun, Chinese Teen Who Sold Kidney To Buy iPad, Too Weak To Face Alleged Harvesters In Trial

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10/wang-shangkun-kidney-ipad_n_1764335.html

iOS 6: 10 Things Worth Knowing - Development - Mobility - Informationweek

http://www.informationweek.com/development/mobility/ios-6-10-things-worth-knowing/240005139?itc=edit_in_body_cross

iPad Mini Is Pointless, Survey Says - Hardware - Handhelds/PDAs - Informationweek

http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/handheld/ipad-mini-is-pointless-survey-says/240005226

Fwd: Sanctions at the Genius Bar

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/opinion/why-is-apple-discriminating-against-iranian-americans.html

Maybe I want one

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/story/2012-07-03/nexus-7-tablet-review/56005986/1

Apple planning biggest change to iTunes since 2003 - chicagotribune.com

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-apple-planning-biggest-change-to-itunes-since-2003-20120628,0,3114669.story

FW: Apple

From: Robert

 

It’s true, I’ve fallen away from the Church of Apple.  I’m sort of an Apple apostate.  I used to be very zealous about computers and a lot of things.  I’m much less zealous about anything these days.  All those PC versus Mac days are long gone for me.  I was on the Mac side back when but not for at least the last 20 years or so.

 

I don’t have anything against Apple or people who buy Apple products.  I even buy stuff from Apple for my daughter.  It’s good stuff.  It’s just not for me personally.  And I’m definitely not in the cult of Apple.  I’m more like a post “Cult of Apple” survivor now.

 

Whenever anyone asks me, “What phone should I get?”  I consider who is asking.  If it is someone who is not very technically inclined, I immediately say, “Get an iPhone” or “Get a Mac”.  Mostly because I don’t want to be providing any assistance or technical support to their cheaper and harder to use Android phone or PC.

 

I can dislike Apple and be still be friends with Apple fans or fanboys or fangirls.    LOL.

 

Samsung Galaxy S III is an iPhone contender: review

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2012/0620/Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-is-an-iPhone-contender-review/%28page%29/2

Apple iPhone 5: All Eyes on WWDC Monday for Release Date

http://www.vision2mobile.com/news/2012/06/apple-iphone-5-all-eyes-on-wwdc-monday-for-releas.aspx

Please check out the video.

What's Next

http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/06/a-touchscreen-with-keys-that-rise-and-disappear/?hpt=hp_t3

InformationWeek Mobile Edition - OPINION

http://mobile.informationweek.com/80269/show/c00470304a44b46aff232bbaf2d7c56d/

iPhone 5

http://mobile.informationweek.com/80256/show/5dfc83e2d6b6f705a514afd12a74a005/

RE: Prepaid iPhone

2 years seems like a good time period to have a phone..  I am still quite happy with my iPhone 4 after 22 months.  I think that I will have to wait an additional 4 months for the iPhone 5 to come out.  Even so, I am not sure how badly I want to upgrade since I am still quite happy with the 4.  I will most likely upgrade.

Best wishes,

John Coffey

 

From:  Robert

 

I’m getting ready to drop my $80 monthly post-paid, off contract and move to a pre-paid $50 dollar, unlimited text, voice and data plan with a $600 phone soon.  I can only stay with a phone for 18 months before I start climbing the walls so I don’t want to buy the phone on contract.  Contracts just suck all around for me.  So I’ll buy the phone off contract and drop the traditional carrier.

 

This is the one I’m looking at:

 

http://straighttalksim.com/

 

I’m going to try them out for a month.  If I’m still happy, I’ll move my primary number over to them.  They say they don’t support 4G but everyone on the boards say their phones operate at 4G.

 

http://androidandme.com/2012/05/opinions/7-reasons-to-shred-your-wireless-contract-and-switch-to-pre-paid/

 

 

Bob

 

From: Coffey, John R

 

It doesn’t make sense to sell a $500 phone on a prepaid plan.

 

Best wishes,

John Coffey

 

From: Robert

 

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9V3RTV01.htm

Snappers review part 2

Snappers review part 1

Water-proof, life-proof: the Motorola Defy+ [Review] | gearburn

http://gearburn.com/2012/05/water-proof-dust-proof-life-proof-the-motorola-defy-review/

IPhone 5 Release Date 2012: Apple Fans Predicting A Dud - International Business Times

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/328166/20120414/iphone-5-release-date-apple-news-rumors.htm

iPhone 5 News, Opinion & Release Date | iPhone 5 News Blog

http://iphone5newsblog.com/

Snappers

There is a game called Snappers on the iPhone.  I don’t know if it is available for android.   It is a puzzle game that is similar to nuclear fission.  

 

I love the game.  Some of harder puzzles have taken either several minutes of trial and error or several minutes of thinking or some combination of both for me to figure them out.

 

iPad 3

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225552/New_iPad_shortchanges_users_on_battery_life_says_expert

 

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/319114/20120325/new-ipad-3-yellow-tint-problem-retina.htm

46inch_iphone_dont_believe_the_hype

http://www.pcworld.com/article/252346/46inch_iphone_dont_believe_the_hype.html

galaxy-tab-10-1-vs-ipad2-smackdown

http://deviceguru.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-vs-ipad2-smackdown/

 

RE: Fastest wireless in SLC?

I have gotten 4Mb just from my office.  Somebody I know with a 4S phone got 5Mb from the Salt Lake Community College, where I only got 3Mb with my iPhone 4 from the same location.  His phone showed a “4G” network even though his phone is not technically 4G.  Until recently I could only get about .5Mb.   - John Coffey

From: Witmer, Robert

 

4G

1^st Verizon – 8 Mb

2^nd T-Mobile – 5.281 Mb

3^rd Sprint – 3.412 Mb

 

3G

1^st AT&T – 2.7 Mb

2^nd T-Mobile -

3^rd Verizon - 0.694 Mb

4^th Sprint -

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/53699958-53/network-verizon-download-lake.html.csp

 

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/53668633-80/map-bit-download-speeds.html.csp

 

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home3/53599322-200/network-speeds-mobile-verizon.html.csp

I ordered a refurbished iPad 2 from Apple for $349.

Apple waited till a couple of hours after the iPad 3 announcement to drop the price on the iPad 2.

iPad Touch? How Senseg's haptic system gives touchscreens texture

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/07/ipad-3-touch-senseg-haptic?newsfeed=true

 

The most amazing fake iPad 3 you’ll ever see

http://www.bgr.com/2012/03/03/the-most-amazing-fake-ipad-3-youll-ever-see-video/

25 Billion Apps downloaded.

Apple - iTunes - 25 Billion App Countdown

http://www.apple.com/itunes/25-billion-app-countdown/

Been watching the counter for awhile. It just went from 24,966
million to 24,905 million when I did a refresh of my web browser.
This tells me two things: The website counter is not real time and
occasionally they update it to bring it in align with reality.

RE: Rumor: iPad 3 to Cost $70-$80 More Than iPad 2

I saw 2 tablets last night that look interesting.   One is the Blackberry Playbook with a new O.S. that appears to be a fully loaded 7 inch tablet.  It was around $199 and so was another 7 inch android tablet that I looked at.

 

Having looked at many tablet options last night, it is easy to see that Apple has a ton of competition.  I see Apple losing market share.

 

It is time that Kindle Fire got a SW upgrade.

Amazon Free Cloud Storage

https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive?_encoding=UTF8&ref_=sa_menu_acd_urc2#G=0

Apparently the Blackberry Playbook is 1 up on the Kindle Fire

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/blackberry-playbook-os-20-dj-vu/19919

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/rim-blackberry-playbook-is-a-compelling-choice-at-199/5286?tag=content;siu-container

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/ipad-2-vs-blackberry-playbook-of-course-you-realize-this-means-war/15990

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/blackberry-playbook-os-20-dj-vu/19919 

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/rim-drops-blackberry-playbook-to-199-for-limited-time/28476?tag=content;siu-container 

Rumor: iPad 3 to Cost $70-$80 More Than iPad 2

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400838,00.asp

 

If true, then I think that this is going to bomb big time.  $500 is bad enough for a tablet.  If the iPad2 is not discounted to around $350, then I am going to take another look at the Nook or the Kindle.

 

 

Bottom Line - T-Mobile left hanging after AT&T, subscribers abandon it

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/23/10488726-t-mobile-left-hanging-after-att-subscribers-abandon-it

I am hoping for a discounted iPad 2.

When they announce the iPad 3 March 7.

Prediction:

iPad 3 - $399

iPad 2 - $299

Maybe this is just wishful thinking on my part. Actual prices could be
$50-100 higher.

John Coffey

The Patent War to End All Patent Wars

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400601,00.asp

 

 

is-apple-over-a-chinese-ibarrel?

http://behindthewall.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/15/10416453-is-apple-over-a-chinese-ibarrel

Fox News’ Shepard Smith rants on AT&T “unlimited” plans – Android and Me

http://androidandme.com/2012/02/news/fox-news-shepard-smith-rants-on-att-unlimited-plans/

AT&T throttles iPhone unlimited data plans.

From: Witmer, Robert

 

I was talking with Marty M.  He said since the beginning of the new year or in the last few weeks the throughput here in the office has gone up considerably.  He is getting 1 Mbit and 1 Mbit up sitting at his desk on his iPad.  He ran the test in my cubicle also.  They must of activated a new tower nearby recently.  I can barely get 33 kbits on T-Mobile sitting at my desk unless I go outside, then I get comparable to what he is getting.  But for 99% of stuff I’m too lazy to walk outside just so I can download something that’s big.  Which is probably a good thing for not getting distracted.

 

Bob Witmer

 

From: Coffey, John R

 

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=19214400&nid=1014&title=att-customers-surprised-by-unlimited-data-limit&s_cid=queue-4

 

… maybe a reason to switch to Sprint.

 

 

AT&T throttles iPhone unlimited data plans.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=19214400&nid=1014&title=att-customers-surprised-by-unlimited-data-limit&s_cid=queue-4

 

… maybe a reason to switch to Sprint.

 

 

Egg Punch | Pixel Juice

See video on page

http://pixeljuice.dk/games/egg-punch

Sent from my iPhone

2012 the year of the ultra book

 

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/232300674

 

Re: Siri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VkIhi9rc00&feature=related

Re: Siri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1QjZVfibN4&feature=related

Siri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_6EUAe7oU&feature=related