I heard that the iPhone 3G’s camera wasn’t all that wonderful. But I never knew it was that bad. If you actually need to take pictures, the iPhone 3G’s camera is totally a joke. You really need the iPhone 3G S upgrade. Here’s some side-by-side photo comparisons taken with the 3G and 3G S by Guy Kawasaki, one of my favourite writers.
I cannot resist the opportunity to say something sarcastic about the iPhone. But I think Apple is asking for it. Their self-professed “most advanced mobile operating system” now has such wonderful features as Cut, Copy and Paste. Yah, this part just doesn’t sound right. One of the other “new features” includes MMS. Wow. This is 2009. Cut, Copy and Paste, as well as MMS, are still counted as new features in certain mobile operating systems.
With the just announced upcoming iPhone OS update, Apple’s iPhone can now finally do just about what other phones have been doing for years. I cannot resist dissing the iPhone, because I’m so amazed at how such a modern piece of technology can be missing such fundamental features that everyone just assumes is there in every phone. What are the new features in the new iPhone OS 3.0? Hold your breath…
More information about the non-contract price of the iPhone 3G has been revealed. Recall that I previously posted news about the non-contract iPhone 3G price from AT&T at US$599 and US$699 respectively for the 8GB and 16GB models. The new information comes from the online Apple Store itself, which gave prices for the non-contract and unlocked iPhone 3G. It seems to be slightly more expensive than AT&T’s, probably because AT&T’s iPhone 3G will still be locked to the carrier.
I know nowadays phones are becoming like computers, which means to say phone software are getting crappy like our beloved Windows *cough* *cough* is. But it does get a little worrying to get reminded how lousy the iPhone software is. Look at the change log of the latest iPhone 2.1 software, for example, which lists one highlight as “fewer dropped calls”. You mean it has been dropping calls?
Hello, Singapore. SingTel has announced their iPhone 3G prices. You could get the phone free, if you’re willing to shell out $205 every month for the next 24 months. The prices are high, but not unexpected (see here and here). Once M1 and StarHub get into the fray, the prices might fall. Or it might drop anyway soon after launch, because Singaporeans are not going to fall simply for the iPhone “wow” factor.
After much speculation over the last many months, it is now officially confirmed that SingTel will launch the iPhone 3G in Singapore on 22 August 2008. The same day will also see the iPhone 3G launched in about 20 other countries. The Reuters report of SingTel’s announcement said nothing more. I guess the next biggest question on everyone’s mind is: How much?
Apple claims to have sold 1 million units of the new iPhone 3G in the first weekend of its launch. Just three days to sell 1 million units. I find it incredible, considering that there were so many complaints of delays due to activation problems. Many things have been happening with Apple the past week. Some good, some not so good.
The iPhone 3G has been launched yesterday in 22 countries worldwide. First to get their hands on the iPhone 3G were New Zealanders when the iPhone 3G went on sale at midnight on July 11 local time. Although there were queues for the iPhone in most countries, it seems it didn’t quite get much excitement in Italy. There’s now a whole bunch of reviews, reviews, reviews, unboxing and disassembly posts all over the net.
The worldwide launch in 22 countries does not include Singapore. SingTel is expected to launch the iPhone 3G here in September. Just about 2 more months to wait.
My blog cum homepage is currently at PageRank 4. It’s been at 4 for several months already, so actually this is not new. I’ve found that getting to PageRank 4 is easy; Getting past 4 seems to be the challenge. But why do we care about PageRank at all? For me, it is something that eventually helps to earn more side income from Adsense. More money is cannot be bad.
This is the Nokia 5730 Comes With Music phone which, as the display says, will be coming soon. It seems like lately Nokia is releasing a whole bunch me phones that look and function about the same. Case of giving customers a false sense of choice?
— Posted from my N95 Lifeblog.
Back to this stall for their yummy beef brisket again. It's at Holland Road Hawker Centre. It's really good. But the funny thing is that they are supposed to be famous for their pork ribs I think (which I've not tried).
— Posted from my N95 Lifeblog.
