OpenMoko has released the developer version of its open platform cell phone called the Neo 1973. Neo 1973 is an homage to Marty Cooper who is credited with creating the first cell phone in 1973.  $300 and its yours! (more for the full bore developer kit). OpenMoko is a project to create a smartphone platform […]

BTW, we have updated this post here – now up to 400 mini apps. Programmers are amazingly resourceful these days – give them access to HTML, Ajax and Javascript, and a challenge – there are already at least 200 mini apps for the iPhone. Note: Some of the links in this post are for the […]

Email survey via your iTunes account email (presumably – I also activated the AT&T.com “wireless account” using that email so it might’ve been from there). Pretty comprehensive – asking everything from the beginning to end how you liked the buying experience, why you decided to buy, how you bought, how did activation go, did you […]

E3 originally started out an a convenient place for hundreds of video games companies to bring together hundreds/thousands of video game retailers, buyers, and the CE press to showcase what the next year would bring and most important of all – get them to sign a sales order. In beginning, there were literally mom & […]

Having an iPhone means people stop you on the street or at the ballpark and ask if they should buy an iPhone also so this general checklist will help you decide. This is not a comprehensive checklist discussing technical specs – this is for the average person deciding if they want to switch. The iPhone’s […]

T-Mobile’s HotSpot@Home is a good concept – at home, add a router – cell calls (in or out) are er, routed through the wireless WiFi router. You presumably will get better cell reception, you can make and receive calls with no add’l cost. This also works with their WiFi Hotspots around the country – calls […]

In the last days of typing and re-typing my SMTP address, I discovered the iPhone text typing magnifying glass. If you need to make changes in the middle of a word, when you hold your finger to the touchscreen for a few seconds without moving it, a magnifying glass will appear that lets you move […]

Discover card will be introducing two new changes to their cardmember agreements 2aDay is told.  The changes will go ito effect after October 1, 2007.  Income from fees associated with credit cards is where banks make their dough not from reinvesting overnight the balances owed etc. Fee income is king to bankers but it should […]

Yes, there is one very non-Apple like flaw in the iPhone SETTINGS. I’m NOT sure why they didn’t point this out or just pre-set it so people wouldn’t spend a day thrashing about trying to set it. I even had to walk outside and a distance to finally find a weak WiFi signal and finally […]

While it’s easy to think of Flash as being a mainstay of the consumer internet era, the reality is that it was the equivalent of a Spray Paint Gun, in the hands of an artist, it was and can be art – bringing complexity and depth to a 1-dimensional webpage. However, the reality is that […]