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I totally get that people love their iPhone or want an iPhone if not for the fact that it exists only on ATT. I was reading a post on Verizon's LTE deployment and wishful thinking by TUAW (hey, I do that all the time - thinking wishfully) about the possibility of the iPhone working on Verizon's LTE network in 2010 instead of waiting for ATT to take it live in 2011. But here's the larger issue.  You go with the network you like or go with the iPhone and have to tolerate an arguably inferior network?  Well, that's the great thing about the iPod Touch.  You can get the iPod Touch with all the great features of the iPhone OS, iTunes, and the app store and then go with a Storm on Verizon or Pre with Sprint when it comes out.   I understand with the iPhone, you carry one single device.  That works the ideal situation.  What about folks are locked into non-ATT contracts or live in areas where ATT just plainly have no signal?  Since I've been trying out the G1 for the last ...

I'm sure Apple is always looking ahead but may be concerned whenever someone tugs at you trying to pass you.  But for CNet to say that Apple is scared, it's going a bit far. There is definitely a lot to like about the Storm.  Here's a few that CNet listed that I agree: cut-and-paste - but by all accounts, it's not implemented with much grace.  But Storm has it and the iPhone don't. removable battery - I have an issue with this one. tethering - ATT said it's coming.   memory - I like the expansion slot.   Now, I have some issues with how CNet spun it.  First, the battery.  I totally agree.  110% that the iPhone needs an user-replaceable battery.  One of two things has to happen.  Either the battery becomes user-replaceable or that Apple or the chip makers find a way to extend battery power by a lot.  Personally, I don't see that happen.   Now, memory.  Please.  Totally ignore the fact that Apple has onboard st...

With the Mac back in the news today.  Oh, sorry.  You heard right.  The Macbook is back to headline once again after ceding media and blog attention to its smaller mobile cousins, the iPod Onxo Updates: Pole Position for iPhone   Can Apple make America read again? Need a  better way to blog  on the iPhone. Mac Hybrid Onxo  on the best non-Apple Macbooks. Hand crank  to charge the iPhone or iPod Podcaster  via Jailbreak Onxo  feels iPhone games should contain more depth. iPhone-iPod Update: iSmashphone  on iNotes for the iPhone. TUAW  on Street View and special features for Japanese iphone users.  Emoji should have been on the iPhone to start with.  Next step, make it easier for people to read enovels and comics, Jobs. Touch Arcade  on $10K prize for best iPhone/iPod game. Small Wave  talks about App Store. iLounge  on contract free iPhones in Mexico. Macworld    reports owner...

Hardly.  Technologically, the iPhone is still the only game changer in town.  But I'm very glad Blackberry, finally somebody, sought to challenge what no one else has done since the iPho came out about 15 months ago. This is why Apple does not have to worry.  Storm, with all its wonders, is missing a lot of things the iPhone has.  And some of these things are not likely to come to the Storm if ever. No Wi-Fi.  Seriously? 1GB - in this day and age?  This is the same complaint I have got with the G1.  (15 more days till I get it!) It's bulky.  It's something some executive or manager might like but the bulk of the consumer will still prefer the sleek form factor. Ease of use is still something Apple dominates. Mind set.  Teenagers, college students still identify with the iPod.  That is translating into iPhone.   Innovation.  Innovation.  Innovation.  Apple is the only company today to change the landscape of t...

We did not post a lot of Mac updates last week because there really was not a lot to write about and I don't want to waste your time for the sake of clicks. Just to recap a bit from last week, Apple finally lifted their nondisclosure agreement for iPhone developers. I can't call it the right move.  It was just "a move" that really should have been done.  Apple really screwed up by not communicating with the iPhone community on this issues. Also today, NDP stated the iPhone took command of the smartphone market with 17% of total units moved.  It's possible Apple has already broken through the 10 million mark it set for itself for total 2008 sales. Onxo Updates: Pole Position for iPhone   Can Apple make America read again? Need a better way to blog on the iPhone. Mac Hybrid Onxo  on the best non-Apple Macbooks. Hand crank  to charge the iPhone or iPod Podcaster via Jailbreak Onxo  feels iPhone games should contain more depth. iPho...

The buzz this morning is the NDP data point to a dramatic change in leadership in the smartphone sector.  Who are the top sellers? iPhone Blackberry Curve Blackberry Pearl Palm Centro Here are some statistics to chew on: 30% of people who bought iPhones were new customers to ATT versus industry numbers 23% customers switchers 47% - nearly half of new iPhone owners came from Verizon 24% - nearly a quarter of new iPhone owners came from T-Mobile (I'll be staying with T-Mobile for the G1 experience) 19% of new iPhone customers came from Sprint 11% of smartphones sales were iPhone before iPhone 3G intro.  17% after iPhone 3G was made available.  About a 55% increase. NDP surveyed 150K customers for this report Related links: Virtual Press Office Gizmodo Macsimum News : Cult of Mac :   Cult of Mac :  Numbers suggest big sales for iPhone.  A little analysis. BullCross :  Use of IMEI numbers to track iPhone sales (via MacDaily News ) Macnn ...

You probably already know unless On Apple is your sole Mac and iPhone information but Apple withdrew their NDA. And just as we wonder why they continued to implement the NDA, we now switch to why withdraw it now?  Their claim:  competition.   But it does make sense since all their main competitors, including Android, is out on the market or soon will be.  There won't be any need for Apple to hold developers hush-hush.  Although, I just have to wonder though.   Since anyone can download the iPhone SDK and have a peek around, what why would the NDA be an issue?   We had speculated on why the NDA was so important to Apple but we were right when we said it wouldn't go on forever. iPhone-iPod Update: Yesterday, the biggest news was Adobe making a boneheaded announcement about Flash for the iPhone pending Apple's approval.  With the NDA lifted, Adobe should be able to say more about it.  No word.  Wouldn't bet in it happen unles...

The biggest news, although it's really a non-news, is an Adobe director announcing that a Flash player would be available pending Apple approval. Just to chime in, I doubt it is the case and if we do see Flash on the iPhone, it will not be in the form that we are used to seeing on the Internet. As with all things Apple, time will tell.  But don't hold your breath. The other big news today is the availability of IBM's Lotus Notes available on the iPhone as a web app.  I'm glad for three reasons.  One is that now iPhone users have another enterprise mail option and the iPhone also becomes an option for 140 million Notes users. Secondly, this reinforces the iPhone's place in the enterprise.  And lastly, I'm glad develop on the Web front continues. TUAW InfoWorld  - IBM had two customers participate in testing iNote Ultralight and they love the implementation.  However, they do wish that eventually, iNotes would become a standalone app. Speculation be...

Once again, the dominant story in Cupertinoland continues to be the iPhone related issues. First, Apple, who has opted to remain quiet through this developer revolt (I rather think that Apple is up to something brilliant during this period of silence) about app rejections and outcries about NDA. Nevertheless, work continues to be made on the app store. Now, if you don't buy an app, you can't provide reviews.  Finally! A minor step back.  You can't simply find free apps with a click.  Someone will have to provide that link in a blog or something.  Why do that, Apple?  My guess:  trouble with revs from developers as everyone downloads mostly free apps.   Apps are now ranked by release dates, not app updates. TUAW  thinks there are specific reasons for this, depending on how you feel about Apple and the iPhone. Posts on changes to app store: iPodnn   World of Apple   Appleinsider   Touch Podium Silicon Alley Insider   ...

One thing in politics is you want to focus on your message and you want to avoid mentioning your opponent, right?  That's before the mudslinging got to where it is today. Well, Verizon will be doing the latter when they launch their counteroffensive on the iPhone 3G with the Blackberry Storm.   Crackberry has some notes and a video on Verizon indoctrinating their troops when it comes to Storm versus the iPhone. Never mind that the Storm is a phone with limited computing capabilities while the iPhone and iPod Touch is a true mobile platform built from the ground up.  So, the comparison isn't apple to Apple but some-kind-of-a-berry to Apple. Ask yourself this.  Of the two, which are we like to see mobile devices being born out of the underlying technology?  One thing is for sure, we're likely to see an Apple mobile device with additional mutli-touch functionalities before we seen something like that from anyone else, let alone RIM. And truly, what do...