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iPhone4 Fail
Jun 23rd
I just felt like posting a few links to articles about the “wonderful” iPhone4. Some of these you may question but mind you, they are real. Maverick didn’t believe one of them and tried it on a friends (the reception problem). Really Apple? Did you make ANY calls with this before releasing it? I find it extremely hard to believe that noone there noticed that the signal disappeared while it was in the user’s hand. Was every tester using a bluetooth headset? Were they all fascinated by the “Facetime” video calling with it laying on a table? This is ridiculous. “Oh, let’s just sell it, it’s the iPhone4. They’ll buy it no matter what’s wrong with it. Our fans will follow us regardless of our problems. We’re ingrained too much into their lives with iTunes for them to give up on us now.”
- iPhone4 Reception problems (Apple tries to encourage “hands-free” phone calls *by preventing use in hand*) Wired.com Article Explanation
- iPhone4 precious “Retina” display has had it’s share of controversy due to the poor choice of wording. But now it shows it’s REAL colors (yellow primarily).
- iOS 4 Causing Frustrated Adopters
- iPhone breaks on second drop; “Gorilla Glass” my ass…
- iOS 4 Multi-tasking a big letdown
- Privacy violations?
And just for fun…the banned iPhone4 promo vid
Update:
Steve Jobs’s response (as seen @TechCruch……@Engadget) to the reception issue.
Just avoid holding it that way.
Also, a friend of mine brought up a good point. The field testers for the iPhone probably didn’t notice the problem because of those camouflaged 3GS look-a-like covers they had on them when testing. With that on, noone would have been touching the metal band. Oh if only someone had realized it was going to be a problem (Thanks Professor Gert).
Update:
Response to Jobs’s response…@Engadget
You’re holding it wrong. We’re only holding it the way you showed us.
HTML5 vs Flash
Jun 14th
Short version: Flash still wins, but browsers are catching up.
Long version: At the moment I can see 3 viable alternatives to Flash for animation: HTML, Canvas and SVG. Only Canvas is strictly HTML5, but since everyone’s getting all hot about making web apps on the iPad with “HTML5″ I thought I’d lump them all under that buzzword.
Short story…don’t let Apple convince you that HTML5 will make Flash obsolete (boy Apple just can’t win *1* *2* *3*), at least not any time soon. Sites will have to be redesigned and browsers improved to take full advantage; but as for now and some time to come, Flash seems to be clearly superior by leaps and bounds. I’m personally getting over 5X the framerate for the Flash test vs the Canvas (using FF 3.6.3) and don’t even get me started on the HTML and SVG tests. Not completely sure how accurate these tests are but there are obvious speed benefits to Flash.
Try it for yourself: http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2010/03/22/
Results using the links provided:
- Firefox 3.6.3
- HTML= 7.73-16 FPS
- Canvas=19.4-19.6 FPS
- SVG=2.12-2.15 FPS
- Flash= 97-107 FPS
- Chrome 5.0.375.70
- HTML=19.7-22 FPS (blocks generated instead of balls)
- Canvas=26.5-27 FPS
- SVG=17.7-19 FPS
- Flash=46-50 FPS
- IE6
- HTML=20-21 FPS (blocks generated instead of balls)
- Canvas=1.02-1.04 FPS
- SVG=N/A
- Flash=54-62 FPS
Apple iPad
Jan 27th
Well, Apple finally released their much-talked-about tablet computer. They’ve donned it the Apple Ipad. I must say, I’ve never been a big supporter of Apple but this does look quite nice.
Firstly, before I show the prettiness, I would like to point out that some people are calling this the “Kindle killer”. I can’t even imagine what these people are thinking. This isn’t even targeted to the same group nor function in a similar manner. The Kindle is an EREADER with an electrophoretic (eInk) display that runs for days. In other words, no color, no full motion, no “real” browsing capabilities (I say real b/c it has been hacked). How is that a logical comparison? I mean really. The next time a new revolutionary cellphone comes out…I’m donning it the “Internet Killer”….yea, this phone is so cool you’ll be making calls all day instead of surfing the internet. Yup, you can do it too. Way to go you “Kindle killer” writers. You just started a fad. Hmm, maybe that’s what you wanted all along……….
Anyway,
Email Received from Apple:
iPad
“Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price”
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TM and copyright © 2010 Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, MS 83-DM, Cupertino, CA 95014.
iPhone 4
Jan 10th
Just thought I’d throw out the news. I’m sure there’s plenty of other articles out there but I heard from a friend who manages an AT&T store that the newest iteration of the iPhone is on the books for the end of summer. As we all know, release dates get pushed back all the time. But it seems as though, at this point at least, AT&T is planning to have it at the end of summer. I wonder how it’s going to stack up against all these Android phones that are hitting the market. Only time will tell.
Apple FORCES Ad Viewing
Nov 16th
Ads have always been, well, inviting to parties interested in their product but at the same time people that weren’t interested could just ignore them. It appears as though this isn’t good enough for Apple. No more playing the probability game for the fruity company. Now they are planning on FORCING users to view the ads, interested or not. I suppose in these harsh economic times revenue increases are king.
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