I've been up all night with a stomach ache, watching movies on Netflix. I'm truly digging the service. I've read articles on the internet with people complaining about there not being enough "new" movies for instant download - but I find something good every time I turn the thing on. What I've been most impressed with is a large selection of indie movies that normally I wouldn't even see in the old days of renting at the video store. I've saved hundreds of dollars using Netflix instead of renting for 4 bucks a pop.
Anyways...this is sort of a wasted blog. I just felt like writing something on here to pass the time while I sit here.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
iPhone 4 - Perspective from a former fan-boy
It was 5:45 in the morning. My nephew typed in "apple store the summit" into my iPhone 3G with a cracked screen so we could see if people were tweeting about how long the lines already were. They were tweeting. Apparently people had been waiting in line since about 2:00am. We found a place in line just where the line wrapped around the summit - 4 stores or so from the Apple store at The Summit - where I would receive my shiny new Apple iPhone 4 three and a half hours later.
It seems that experience amplified the entire experience for me. Things seem more awesome the more you have to endure to get them...and thus my phone is...awesome. The graphics are better than any phone I've messed with. The camera is better than both our digital cameras. The video, do I really need to say it? Yes. It's awesome. The phone is fast. The apps are great. It performs, and out-performs so many other phones.
I've been tempted by Android. I can't not admit that I have been tempted. Why? Well for the obvious reasons many others are: to answer the question, "Is Verizon's network really better?" and "is Android really that open of an OS?". Lately the blogs I've been reading suggest that Motorolla is throwing code into their devices that will "brick" your phone making it completely useless if you attempt to jailbreak it and fail. Only thought that came to mind was, "Geez. That's worse than Apple" - and as far as censorship, "worse than Apple" is pretty bad. None-the-less, that's not the point of this blog.
The point of this blog is to talk about the antenna of the iPhone and other smart-phones on the market today. Apple's Steve Jobs had a press conference today to respond to all the media's response to the iPhone signal issues. Apple's response can be summed up to this: Yes. There is a signal issue. Actual all smart-phones have weak spots. Yes. We attempted to cover it up with an algorithm that lied about signal strength making it seem stronger. We sent a fix for that today. Yes. If you don't like our phone you can return it. Yes. Since the bumper case fixes the issues - current owners can have the bumper for FREE. Those who have already bought the case will be 100% reimbursed.
How much better could they have addressed the issue? It IS a problem with every other phone. It ISN'T a big deal with any other phone. But, Apple being the big cheese that they are, should have known this. I wouldn't be surprised if they knew this was going to happen all along. Instead of tech blogs comparing the new Droid X to the iPhone 4, we've been reading nothing but bullshit about the iPhone 4's "design flaw" - which Apple just quite thoroughly proved to be a design flaw for every other phone on the market. They kept my attention, and if you're reading this - they kept yours too.
Fact is: the phone is made of glass. If you don't put a case on it, you're an idiot. And if you put a case on it, you will NOT have signal problems. Now back to the facts that matter. The iPhone 4 is the best smart-phone IN THE WORLD right now. Go get one. And before you leave the store, get your free bumper for cryin-out-loud.
PS- this was typed on a PC, not a mac. LoL.
It seems that experience amplified the entire experience for me. Things seem more awesome the more you have to endure to get them...and thus my phone is...awesome. The graphics are better than any phone I've messed with. The camera is better than both our digital cameras. The video, do I really need to say it? Yes. It's awesome. The phone is fast. The apps are great. It performs, and out-performs so many other phones.
I've been tempted by Android. I can't not admit that I have been tempted. Why? Well for the obvious reasons many others are: to answer the question, "Is Verizon's network really better?" and "is Android really that open of an OS?". Lately the blogs I've been reading suggest that Motorolla is throwing code into their devices that will "brick" your phone making it completely useless if you attempt to jailbreak it and fail. Only thought that came to mind was, "Geez. That's worse than Apple" - and as far as censorship, "worse than Apple" is pretty bad. None-the-less, that's not the point of this blog.
The point of this blog is to talk about the antenna of the iPhone and other smart-phones on the market today. Apple's Steve Jobs had a press conference today to respond to all the media's response to the iPhone signal issues. Apple's response can be summed up to this: Yes. There is a signal issue. Actual all smart-phones have weak spots. Yes. We attempted to cover it up with an algorithm that lied about signal strength making it seem stronger. We sent a fix for that today. Yes. If you don't like our phone you can return it. Yes. Since the bumper case fixes the issues - current owners can have the bumper for FREE. Those who have already bought the case will be 100% reimbursed.
How much better could they have addressed the issue? It IS a problem with every other phone. It ISN'T a big deal with any other phone. But, Apple being the big cheese that they are, should have known this. I wouldn't be surprised if they knew this was going to happen all along. Instead of tech blogs comparing the new Droid X to the iPhone 4, we've been reading nothing but bullshit about the iPhone 4's "design flaw" - which Apple just quite thoroughly proved to be a design flaw for every other phone on the market. They kept my attention, and if you're reading this - they kept yours too.
Fact is: the phone is made of glass. If you don't put a case on it, you're an idiot. And if you put a case on it, you will NOT have signal problems. Now back to the facts that matter. The iPhone 4 is the best smart-phone IN THE WORLD right now. Go get one. And before you leave the store, get your free bumper for cryin-out-loud.
PS- this was typed on a PC, not a mac. LoL.
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