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Google Android gPhone in Action: It Is No Apple Iphone - SAI

August 15, 2008 – 11:24 am

According to Silicon Alley Insider, the new Google gPhone, with Android software, is no Apple iPhone.

SAI writes, “apparently a hot item to show off in Google’s cafeterias these days — [Googlephone] is big and bulky, and not as sleek as the iPhone. And Android, while extremely powerful, has a less-elegant, less-user-friendly interface.” In that Google is just making the software, we’re not sure how relevant any review of hardware is at this point but this is still one of the first reports of Android in action.

In addition, it has been announced that T-Mobile will be the first to carry the new Android software from Google for its smartphones with an estimated, pre-holiday launch. Another rumor has it that Google is planning an iTunes like App store. We’ll believe it when we see it.

TechCrunch argues that this about a platform war and for Android to take hold its going to need compelling apps. We think its price for basic hardware and services.

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Dropped Calls on New Apple iPhone 3G

August 14, 2008 – 9:02 am

In an article in this week’s BusinessWeek, writer Peter Burrows gives new details on the dropped calls that many Apple 3G iPhone users are experiencing. According to Burrows sources, the dropouts and choppy web connections are due to an onboard Infineon chip.

Currently, software associated with the chip is creating conflict such that when the iPhone switches wireless networks (from high speed to low speed), it can needlessly lose a connection altogether.

But, fear not frustrated 3G users, a fix is on the way through a software upgrade rather than a full-on product recall. The news supports a Nomura Securities analyst, Richard Windsor, who stated on Tuesday that such a problem existed. Furthermore, the call and connection drop rate for iPhone users is 1 to 3%, not catastrophic by any stretch.

Online publications such as DSL Reports and GottaBeMobile are beginning to wonder when Apple itself is going to admit to the difficulties. With a software patch in the pipeline, we thinnk there must be a press release in the works that explains what’s gone wrong - and how this will be prevented in the future.

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Your Iphone As Your Computer’s Internet Connection

August 1, 2008 – 9:09 am

For a brief moment yesterday evening, if you had a 3G or rev 1 iPhone, you could have downloaded a new app called NetShare by NullApp in the Apple iPhone App store, and then used the app to “send” an internet connection to your computer. Unfortunately, 20 minutes after the app was made available in the store for $10, it was taken down.

VentureBeat postulates that perhaps the app was pulled due to lawsuit threats. The practice of using your iPhone connection as an internet connection is known as tethering and typically has been possible only using “jailbroken” iPhones. After all, AT&T doesn’t want you using your iPhone’s EDGE or 3G internet connection for your computer unless it can get you to ante up for it.

For anyone who was able to succesfully pull down Net Share, MacRumors says that Mac-Addict has posted a complete tutorial on how to use it.

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iTunes Purchases Won’t Play on iPhone: Reset Your Iphone

July 21, 2008 – 1:45 pm

Currently, we cannot play ANY songs (hundreds of songs) that have been purchased from iTunes on our iPhone. Effectively, all orders from the past few years do not work on our iPhone.

However they do work in iTunes on our G4 running 10.5.4 OS and our new MacBook (4,1) purchased in February 2008. Both machines are running iTunes 7.7 with iPhone firmware 2.0. (5A347).

We are also running/syncing this iPhone on both machines (which maybe isn’t a good idea. We’re just not sure about that.).

The two computers (the G4 desktop and macbook) are the only two authorized to play our itunes music. We are awaiting an answer from Apple Support and will follow up here.

Update on 7/22: The iTunes music now works on our iPhone. The trick? Reset your iPhone!

This is how to reset your iPhone according to Apple Support:

To reset iPhone, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least 10 seconds. During this time, a red “power off” slider may appear and the screen may go black, but do not release Sleep/Wake and Home buttons until the Apple logo appears.

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3G Apple iPhone Inventory Disappears from Marketplace

July 21, 2008 – 12:19 pm

Nearly every state is out of iPhones according to Mac News Network with the exception of MyNewIphoneWorld.com’s home state, New York, California and New Hampshire. Even the stores that do have the new 3G iPhone have only a few models remaining.

With availability plummeting, what does this mean about the iPhone?
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Light iPhone Apps: Which One is Best? Our Top Pick

July 18, 2008 – 1:27 pm

As of this writing, there are three, count ‘em three, iPhone apps in the Top 50 Free iPhone apps on iTunes that are dedicated to turning your iPhone into a light - something we fully support after trying to use the iPhone on several occasions during particularly dark, evening moments.

Here’s a run down on the three apps and our pick - click the little app icon next to each summary to download any app:

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Light - From Erica Sadun, this was one of the first iPhone light app available to users - and the first one we noticed - when the iPhone’s 2.0 firmware launched on July 11. This could not be simpler to use. After installation, click the “Light” icon on your Apple iPhone’s desktop. The screen turns into a screen of all white pixels. When you’re done, just hit the home button again and you’ve turned your light off. Great to see women developers cranking it out.

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AT&T Offers Free Wi-Fi to Us at Its Hotspots

July 18, 2008 – 9:51 am

It’s true! iPhoneAlley has ferreted out a late-breaking development sure to please all the iPhone users who are on the move. In all AT&T hotspots such as airport lounges, restaurants, hotels and universities, users of an Apple iPhone will be able to access free Wi-Fi.

It’s a move that makes sense on several levels for AT&T.

First, Apple iPhone users ARE AT&T customers. If you want to keep your customers, and keep them happy, a service like this will help.

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iPhone App Store downloaded - iPhone Works - Still Get iTunes Store Error

July 11, 2008 – 10:52 am

Follow-up from our previous post.

The good news: we’ve got the iPhone App Store on our phone….

The bad news: we still cannot access the iTunes Store (still getting the -4 error) and we had a mysterious message on our 1st generation iPhone: “SIM failure.” In addition, we still have not been able to sync so though we can access the store, all of our music, presets, bookmarks, etc. are currently not available.

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We could not complete your iTunes Store request. An unknown error occurred (-4).

July 11, 2008 – 10:18 am

Been a rough morning here on the East Coast of the U.S. as we’ve been working diligently at installing the new iPhone 2.0 Firmware. There’s already several articles out there about difficulties regarding installation of the new iPhone 2.0 firmware and we’ve experienced this in two parts.

First, we couldn’t wait for the new 2.0 firmware to officially come out through iTunes so we went and grabbed the golden master on MacRumors site. (Apple has since told Macrumors to remove the link.)

After downloading the 225 MB file, we installed it by following the instructions of a Twitter user. Evidently, if you’re going to install the upgrade from your machine, you need to “option-click” the “check for updates” button. We did and installed it. And, then came our first problem below:

On the Apple support forums we found others experiencing this particular issue that has to do with flushing the iPhone’s cache using the terminal window. To quote from the thread:

i ended up doing what the person said worked for them, but you might want to try flushing the DNS first to see if that works.

to flush the DNS cache in terminal/x11:

LEOPARD:
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

Otherwise, the phone is only good for emergency use… presumably to call Apple! Here’s the support thread:

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Google Mobile Application Sure To Be A Hit

July 10, 2008 – 8:18 pm

Software Engineers Alastair Tse and Nicholas Jitkoff announced today on the Google Mobile blog, the first native mobile application for the iPhone from the Google Mobile team. The app provides a bunch of different great ways to search - whether for the normal things you’re used to searching for using the Google Search engine, or to find an area coffee shop, or even find a contact on your iPhone. Looks cool.

Robert Hamilton, a product manager, on the Google Mobile application team, explains it all in this video:

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How Do I Turn My iPhone Off and On?

July 10, 2008 – 6:43 am

When I first purchased an Apple iPhone, I didn’t know (or didn’t care to know) how to turn off my new toy. After all, I was entranced by the glassy, jewel of a phone. Why would I need to turn it off? But, I came close to running down my battery a couple of times so I had to power off. For experts, this is super easy, for anyone who has just purchased the new iPhone, here’s how you do it..

First, view the button on the top of your Iphone:

Next, depress the button and hold for about three seconds or until the screen changes:
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Tommorow is the Big Day! 3G Apple iPhones For Everyone

July 10, 2008 – 5:09 am

Well, 3G iPhones anyone who can afford one.

Surprisingly, according to Mac Daily News and O’Grady’s PowerPage among others, Canadians are going to be getting the deal they were looking for with a a promotional 6GB data plan for the iPhone at a bargain-basement of C$30 from Rogers. Not bad. That’s cheaper than we’re getting here in the States.

iPhone Atlas breaks it down country-by-country for the roll-out of the new 3G iPhone tomorrow. Here at MyNewIphoneWorld.com, we have no plans to be first in line, but eagerly anticipate any feedback from those that do.

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iPhone Camera Not Working? My Solution

March 30, 2008 – 7:20 pm

Recently, my Apple Iphone’s camera stopped working with an issue that looked like this: when I went to the camera roll to view any picture I’d taken, it appeared that the image had not been saved except for a small gray outline where the picture thumbnail would normally live (I’ve enhanced the gray outline in the thumbnail to the right). When I touched the small gray-outlined box, the program would appear to crash and return to the home position.

But - good news. After a couple of days of attempting to find a solution, victory was mine. For those running into problems with the camera on their iPhone, here’s what I did to fix it.

The Fix
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East Village of NYC Cold? Try Chicago

January 19, 2008 – 6:27 pm

One of the pleasures of my iPhone is quickly looking at the weather of favorite hot spots - or cold spots, as the case may be.

And this time the case in question is Chicago.

No doubt, I prefer the East Village of New York City to be warmer than it is right now - say late May and definitely June. According to my iPhone, it’s 36 degrees outside and after a brief tour of the hood, I can confirm that it felt like 36 degrees - cold enough to keep me moving from the Post Office on 4th avenue and 11th Street to Starbucks on 2nd Avenue and 9th streets and home again.

But, after breezing through my iPhone weather pre-sets, I quickly understood how positively balmy the weather here in New York is. Thank you, Atlantic Ocean.

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It Rains In Las Vegas

December 8, 2007 – 12:48 pm

For the past week, I experienced Las Vegas - the other city that never sleeps.

In comparing the East Village of New York City, there are several notable differences with the Las Vegas lifestyle. (Oh, the irony.)

First, cabs seem to cost a fortune. My co-worker and I took what would amount to short $5-10 cab rides in NYC, and spent $15-20 in Vegas. I’d like to see a study on what’s going on there - is my mind playing tricks with me? Las Vegas isn’t that big.

Another difference: people can smoke indoors - but they can’t smoke in restaurants, thankfully. As it turns out, this wasn’t ever an issue despite the fact I’m not particularly fond of cigarette or cigar smoke.

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Blogger Gets Apple iPhone; Life Changes

September 22, 2007 – 8:48 pm

As I sit post-burger at Royale, my new second home on Avenue C between 9th and 10th Sts., my new Apple iPhone is pounding out its first blog post. I bought my latest gadget at the Apple Store in Soho around 6:30 p.m. last night.

The switchover from my Verizon plan to ATT could not have been more painless - all facilitated through iTunes. By morning the number I have had for at least ten years had been transferred.

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My New Phone - iPhone, and Carrier - Cingular

January 9, 2007 – 10:03 pm

One please.

The new Apple iPhone is here, according to Engadget and many others, and it is evident that I will need one.

Normally, I have a single fetish for the latest iPod. But, I can now see that not only am I going to have new technological bling, I will be getting a new phone plan - moving from Verizon to Cingular.

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