Comments on: Oops, I Did It Again

By: jbelkin

jbelkin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:02:06 +0000

Just to answer a question. posted above:

No, cannot be used as a modem.

Once SDK kit is released in a few weeks, no reason why Sling or some voicechat can’t work.

3G isn’t coming until AT&T is ready not only to have an additional 3 million users but also not make $60 extra a month from 3G. No point in waiting 6-12 months + 20 seconds for 3G when you can have internet access anywhere that takes maybe 20 seconds longer now – plus wifi is faster than 3G.

After 8 months, there have already been 3 major upgrades + the 4th with the 3rd party apps in a month – the iPhone is the best cell phone by far.

And no, there’s not ever going to be Flash – too many ads suck up too much bandwidth plus it’s an Adobe thing … that’s why it doesn’t pay to annoy Steve Jobs.

By: Earl

Earl — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:14:44 +0000

Can the iPhone be used as a usb modem for laptop internet access? 3 things are must have’s before I would go the iPhone route, USB modem, SlingPlayer Mobile, and 3G.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:28:26 +0000

Jon, she loves the Curve and she can type faster on it than any other device. In fact, she’s doing most of her email just from the phone these days. She has the T-Mo variety which doesn’t have GPS though I did download the Google maps with cell tower triangulation for her. It also has WiFi – which she doesn’t make use of.

By: Ben Drawbaugh

Ben Drawbaugh — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:52:59 +0000

Petey,
Good point, I haven’t tried it since I updated to Leopard.

By: petey

petey — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:38:58 +0000

TivoDecode manager doesn’t work on my imac on leopard either, at least not with my Tivo HD.

Specifically, if I tell it to download a show, it happily downloads that show. And once its finished downloading, it starts re-downloading it. Over and over.

That app also hasn’t been updated for over a year, sadly. Maybe I’ll poke at the source of it sometime.

By: jon

jon — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:24:01 +0000

does she like the curve? does google maps mobile work with the gps chip? i feel like i would enjoy the curve much more than anything else right now, esp since im the blackberry admin at work and i don’t own one…

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:57:53 +0000

MC, I thought about getting the iTouch but I’m already on AT&T and can use the SIM with several other of my phones. Actually my monthly rate with AT&T is cheaper with the iPhone’s data plan though I lost my corporate discount from my old NGS days. (Which is fine, since it no longer applies.)

Nicholas, I’ll definitely be unloading the Blackjack on ebay at some point. Was going to wait for WM6 though… Melissa’s old phone is a Dash which we’ll also ebay. (She moved to the Blackberry Curve a few months ago.)

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:19:09 +0000

No, it doesn’t allow you to insert iphone pics. also, since the iphone doesn’t have copy/paste you can’t really insert links. I mainly use it to manage comments/edit existing posts.