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Just how bad is AT&T?

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Feb 13th, 2009

The well-known tech blogger Om Malik has broken up with his iPhone. It seems that despite loving the iPhone itself, AT&T's shoddy service in San Francisco just wasn't cutting it. A couple of dropped calls during a phone interview was apparently the straw that broke the camel's back and Om traded his iPhone for a iPod touch plus a couple of phones from other carriers.

That got me wondering. Just how much of a drag on the iPhone is the AT&T network? My service has generally been reliable here in the Twin Cities, but I have suffered problems when traveling. So how about it? How many of you have actually had to dump an iPhone because of the carrier?

[via jkOnTheRun]

Tags: att, carrier, cell, coverage, iphone

Filed under: iPod Family, Portables, Rumors

Concrete iPhone info?

by Dan Lurie (RSS feed) on Sep 14th, 2006

Looks like we might finally have some reliable information regarding the specifics of the long rumored iPhone. MacRumors has posted a description provided by a "reliable MacRumors.com source" of the upcoming device as well as an artists rendition of what the phone might look like. Judge for yourselves, but this certainly strikes me as the first mock-up we've seen that I could really see Apple releasing. The sleek simple design closely follows the look of the 5G iPod line, and it makes sense Apple would take advantage of user familiarity with the interface and the recently announced iPod games. According to the source, the clickwheel will slide down to reveal a standard numeric keypad.

[Thanks Jason Kraus}

Tags: apple, cell, cellphone, iphone, ipod, ipodphone, mobile, phone, rumor

Filed under: Humor, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends

Woz and Buzz to take Hydrogen Hummer to South Pole

by Dan Lurie (RSS feed) on Aug 2nd, 2006

Before we dive into the actual story, lets just take a minute to sit back and appreciate just how fantastically bizarre that title is.
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Ok then! Mac daddy Steve Wozniak has announced that in December 2007, he and Moon man Buzz Aldrin (second person ever to set foot on the Moon) will participate in an expedition to the South Pole in which the intrepid explorers will be conveyed by Hydrogen fuel cell powered H1 Hummers.

The Apple co-founder revealed his plans at Stanford University's AlwaysOn conference. The modern day eco-friendly adventure will be filmed using 3D cameras for use in an upcoming James Cameron film. According to Woz, the team has received significant input from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, which runs three of its buses on fuel cells.

[via Cult of Mac]

Tags: 11, aldrin, antarctica, apollo, astronaut, buzz, cell, fuel, fuelcell, h1, hummer, hydrogen, moon, pole, south, steve, woz, wozniak

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware

IBM/Sony Apple's biggest threat?

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Mar 24th, 2006

Adrien Lamothe, writing for ONLamp.com, thinks that Apple has gotten itself into a position where their real competition isn't the likes of Dell but rather Sony and IBM. Is he referring to Sony's VAIO series of machines? Nope, he thinks that the Playstation III which will sport IBM's Cell processor will blow Macs out of the water.

Somehow, I doubt it considering that the Playstation, while computer like, has been designed to be a gaming machine. Want to do all your Internet surfer via your game console? I don't.

Tags: cell, ibm, playstation, sony

Filed under: Accessories, Rumors

Proof that Apple will be launching a mobile service?

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Jan 31st, 2006

Take this with several grains of salt, but an anonymous tipster has sent the above photo to us of what appears to be an Apple branded SIM card (or an iTunes gift card modified to look like a SIM card). Our tipster says that Apple is about 85% ready to roll out a cell service using the moniker Mobile Me, which was recently trademarked. Apple will be using Cingular's network and Motorola's hardware.

We are told that the service is on track to launch sometime in February (or so we are told).

Update: I should point out that our source isn't claiming that the phone pictured is the fabled iPhone (it is a Samsung SGH x497). He claims that the SIM card is Apple's.

Update II: Our friends at Engadget also got the same tip that we did, so check out their take on it.

Another picture after the jump.

Continue reading “Proof that Apple will be launching a mobile service?”

Tags: apple, cell, mobile me, MobileMe, rumor

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