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iPad: 10 Initial Thoughts

1. It's wicked fast. Uncle Steve, please put this chip in an iPhone.

2. The Netflix streaming app is AWESOME.

3. The glossy screen sucks. Can't wait for someone to make a matte cover like I have on my iPhone. Glossy screens on laptops, iMacs, iPhones, iPads. BAD idea Apple.

4. We discovered a bug. You can drag 5 icons into the menu bar on the home screen but occasionally one will just drop off and vanish when you do. It doesn't move back to the main screen, it just vanishes.

5. NY Times, USA Today, and The Weather Channel all created beautiful apps (Netflix still takes the cake).

6. Love the photo frame button on the lock screen

7. Did I mention the glossy screen sucks? And shows every little fingerprint?

8. We need an update to the PUMA Index STAT. I'd even pay to see Miguel Iglesias in full resolution.

9. Navigating email is awesome. 10x better than on the iPhone.

10. Navigating the iTunes store is equally improved.

All in all, the device is amazing. And I haven't even read a book yet. Might try that tonight. The iPad shipped with Winnie The Pooh, just about my reading level. LOL

OK, one more thought. The Apple case for the iPad is VERY well designed and thought out. The ability to prop up the iPad for reading or typing is genius.

Lies... all Lies....

OK... Kinda late... but still funny... (and not true Uncle Steve)

I'm Famous: iPad News Footage

The Denver CBS affiliate dug up old footage of me buying my original iPhone a few years ago and spliced it into their news report on the iPad last night...

Time for a New Phone

OK> I swore I'd go to the grave with my iPhone. I loved it. I thought it was the best device out there. But then I met the xPhone. And I'm hooked. It's WAY Better than the iPhone could ever be... and it doesn't run on AT&T.

There's an App for that.

Learn Something New: Inspiration for Apple's Logo

OK. We all know I'm an Apple geek. Hell, my credit card stars to sweat anytime Uncle Steve walks out on stage. But the other day I learned something I didn't know about my beloved company. Apple's logo, the infamous apple with the single bite out of it, was inspired by the suicide of Alan Turing. Alan was a code breaker for the U.K. during World War II and was instrumental in breaking the Nazi Enigma codes. Alan was also gay. And in 1952 he was convicted for having sex with a man. The conviction was humiliating and Alan took his own life two years later by lacing an apple with cyanide and eating it.

This week the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a formal apology to Alan Turing, and in doing so highlighted the contributions gays and lesbians have made throughout history. It's yet another reason why I'm proud to be an apple addict and to support a company that has always been gay friendly.

Thanks to Pam's Houseblend for bringing this to my attention

More Bad News for AT&T: Customers Angered as iPhones Overload AT&T

From the NYT:

Customers Angered as iPhones Overload AT&T

The result is dropped calls, spotty service, delayed text and voice messages and glacial download speeds as AT&T’s cellular network strains to meet the demand. Another result is outraged customers.

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AT&T Confirms Denver Signal Problems

AT&T has confirmed what Denver iPhone users have known for a while. The service sucks here. But they say by the end of September they will have the network upgraded within the Denver metro area.

From 9News.com:

Frustrated customers are being told to expect poor signal quality and dropped calls through the end of September as the network upgrades equipment.

A service representative in Denver told 9NEWS customers using AT&T's 3G network with a seven to ten mile radius of the Washington Park neighborhood will be impacted. That area includes parts of Downtown Denver, LoDo and Cherry Creek.

Another local store employee said the network upgrades causing the service outages are in response to "months and months of coverage problems," especially in LoDo.

Read the full article

Mac users 'superior'

I know this comes as no surprise to most of you, but now there is scientific PROOF. Mac users are superior to those other people.

According to Mindset Media, Mac enthusiasts are open-minded and liberal. The study, with a robust sample of 7,500 respondents, revealed that people who are highly open-minded or, in Mindset Media parlance, "Openness 5's", are 60 percent more likely than people in the general population to have purchased a Mac. These purchasers are also more liberal, less modest, and more assured of their own superiority than the population at large.

According to the study:

• Mac users more likely to use teeth-whitening products
• Mac users bought on average five new pairs of sneakers in the last year
• More likely to buy organic food
• More likely to frequent Starbucks
• More likely to own a hybrid car
• Mac users are perfectionists
• More likely to use notebooks
• Prefer to drive station wagons
• More likely to pay more for green products
• More likely to pay for downloaded music

Did I mention this blog runs on an Apple Server, this entry was written on a Mac, and 5% of my traffic comes from iPhone users. I'd better go polish the apple sticker on the back of my car.

[Source] (thanks Mike!)

Oscars, iPhone Movie Times

Today the Oscars were announced but the usual fanfare was muted by the writer's strike. Will the show go on? Will Jon Steward just turn the 3.5 hour broadcast into one big improv show? Personally I'd rather see that than the press-conference-style event that was the Golden Globes this year!

And since I haven't seen many of the films again this year, I thought it might be handy to have a web-app on my iPhone to look up movie times. I found http://themacbox.co.uk/iphone/cinema/ it uses the Google Movie search as its back end and will display movie times in the US and the UK. And now that we can add icons to our home screen, this little app is really handy!