Articles in the iPhone Category

iPhone Price Cut to Unleash College Students’ Pent-Up Demand
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Computing, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media on 13 September 2007
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From SurveyU.com, 15% of college students own or are now ready to own an iPhone when their contract expires and the NEVER WILING TO BUY AN IPHONE has dropped to 11%. In a flash poll conducted the evening of September 5, 1,000 college students were surveyed to gauge the impact of the announced price reductions. […]

iPhone Ringtones: How To … Save Money or Time
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Retail on 12 September 2007
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First, ringtones are not a huge deal to me – other than me mocking the idiotic choices that people select for their ringtones … because nothing could be more gangsta than having a Young Jeezy ringtone go off as you ask your patient if they are Delta Dental 😉 You could not be more street […]

The iPhone Competition? Still Not So Much …
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Design, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Mobile, Music, Retail on 11 September 2007
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Are we getting a repeat of the iPod? There it is – a big target as big as daylight – right by the broad side of the barn … yet, after 6 years, you still get comments & reviews of competiting products that offer faint praise such as … “Slightly more expensive than the iPod,” […]

Apple to create iWire?
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Posted in Apple, iPhone, Mobile on 10 September 2007
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Businessweek is reporting that Apple is considering bidding on 700 Mhz spectrum going up for auction in January of 2008.  Maybe they are waking up and smelling the bad aroma of their bed mate AT&T after all? Dubbed “beachfront property” by the Federal Communications Commission, signals at the 700Mhz spectrum could provide far faster Internet […]

New iPods: What’s New, What’s In, What’s Out, What’s Different
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Posted in Apple, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Retail on 7 September 2007
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With the onslaught of iPod changes, it’s easy to get confused as to what’s new, and what’s different – especially now that old iPhone users get $100 credit – a free or nearly free iPod (some models). THE SHUFFLE The shuffle is perfect for someone who flat out wants the smallest, least obtrusive thing to […]

iPhone Price Drop: Don’t Panic, It’s Really the Perfect PhD Thesis
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Computing, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Mobile on 6 September 2007
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The just announced price drop of the iPhone to $399 is an interesting launch price scenario that would make for an interesting research piece or PhD thesis. During the launch of any product now, people go look at eBay as the “marketplace” for judging hype and of course, supply & demand. Interestingly enough, during the […]

Review: Elgato Turbo.264 USB Stick for Mac Video
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Posted in Apple Mac, Computing, Gadgets, iPhone, Toys, TV on 31 August 2007
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Elgato Turbo H.264 USB Stick is a gorgeous looking device – sleek, small, elegant and all black – simply plug into a USB port and you’ve offloaded H.264 converting and compression off of your graphics card and processor and onto the device. It will speed up video conversion and encoding by a factor of 2 […]

Apple Sez iPhone Hack? Hack Away!
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Computing, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Mobile on 26 August 2007
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There are at least two announced hacks announced that have “unlocked” most aspects of the iPhone to use on another network. The simpler one is the Turbo SIM – which slips over your old SIM card (with some scissoring required) and you are able to use the phone overseas (presumably not the visual voicemail since […]

iPhone: Manage AT&T Settings
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Posted in Gadgets, iPhone, Retail on 21 August 2007
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The first few weeks, the online account management was mostly not functioning but seems to be working okay now more often … periodically … yes, that’s quite re-assuring but hey, it’s something. Sign in at: www.wireless.att.com Create an account with your number & password. On the RIGHT HAND side is RATE PLAN & FEATURES Click […]

Funky Ringtones via Vinyl Collectible Web Site KidRobot
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Posted in Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Mobile, Music, Toys on 20 August 2007
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If you are a fan of Hong Kong vinyl or just weird and wacky things, KidRobot has plenty of items they can sell to you including ring tones! They currently don’t offer tones for all carriers and mfgs of phones but if you are on Cingular (AT&T), T-mobile, or Sprint you might be in luck […]