Entries from June 2007

June 30, 2007

iPhones STILL IN STOCK: Saturday, June 30

Stores open at 9 AM so if you missed it - every Apple store is still reporting that they are stocked.

According to Apple’s iPhone in-store inventory page, a quick check to every state shows ALL IN STOCK - ALL GREEN for tomorrow June 30, 2007 so while you missed a chance to mingle with Steve [...]

June 29, 2007

iPhone Online Ordering UP: 6 PM PDT

Just placed my order. Took me only 5 seconds to place the order. Took 8 minutes to get a confirmation back.
If you have an Apple/iTunes account, they’ll take your credit card info from there.
You can also try the 1-800-MY-APPLE number.
They are listing ship times as 2-4 weeks. I’ve ordered other items online with similiar [...]

June 29, 2007

iPod & the Balance of Trade Deficit

The Personal Computing Industry Center (Research Group) decided to take a look inside an iPod to determine where its 451 internal parts are from … according to them 85% of the most valuable parts are from Asia or the U.S. No real big shocker there but it does raise an interesting issue about how the [...]

June 28, 2007

iPhone Buying Tips: AT&T In-Store Credit Check & Apple’s Online - iPhone Still In Stock?

What’s the difference between buying it at an AT&T store and at an Apple store?
AT&T STORES
The AT&T stores will only sell you one and they will run a credit check before selling you the phone - mainly because that way they can track who gets commission on the sale - especially if they load you [...]

June 27, 2007

The iPhone: What We Know Now That We Didn’t Last Week

Here is a summary of an avalanche of info from the last few days:
COSTS:
Surprise, the monthly plans are either pretty much what most people are paying for talk + advanced services with other carriers or in some cases even slightly less. This are the basic rate plan choices:

If you need more minutes - there are [...]

June 26, 2007

Online Video: Grabbing & Free Converting With Your Mac

With a few exceptions, most online video sites allow you to download the videos to your desktop. Google Video is the easiest. On the right side, you can choose to download MP4’s by selecting PSP/iPod. YouTube is relatively easy, in Safari, just look for the GET VIDEO/FLV line in WINDOW>ACTIVITY and just double click.* But [...]

June 26, 2007

iphone call plans announced by AT&T

So, you wanna juice up dat phat new iphone?  She’s gonna hoover yer wallet for at least $60 bones per month people.
The plan includes voice, unlimited ‘data’ (I’d like to know what they classify as ‘data’), and some new feature which allows users to scroll through their email just like ye olde regular inbox email!
From [...]

June 25, 2007

Hatin’ the iPhone: When Did the I.T. Department Become the DMV of Corporations?

When did the I.T. Department of most America corporations become the DMV of Technology?
If you really think about, the DMV is supposed to be at our service - much like most government agencies (WE pay their salary) - instead, not only they do not “serve” us, they loathe our very existence - that if it [...]

June 24, 2007

Vasectomy, Dementia & Star Wars

And now for something completely different.
Sure, we mostly cover tech, computing and fun stuff but a friend mentioned he had to break his appointment for his big Vasectomy because of some crisis at work so I had to forward him this study linking dementia and vasectomy’s - as I’m not a doctor, I cannot say [...]

June 22, 2007

The iPhone: 1999-2007 & The Final Answers

The iPhone: From rumor conception to the actual keynote announcement to the lead up process & to the actual release next week has been amazing on so many levels. Whether you like, love or hate it that it’s actually coming out next week, it has been an interesting and amazing ride so far. It has [...]