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Mobile Me-Too

As most people now know, Apple released a full suite of online web applications similar to Google’s offerings just a few weeks ago. Those products, launched under the name “Mobile-Me”, were touted my Steve Jobs as being crucial to the future success of Apple and the iPhone.
iPhone 3G, photo by Duane StoreyAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License
I’ve been [...]

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Entry #40: New iPhone Firmware About To Be Released

We’re up to about $530 now. I’m hoping we can hit $1000, which means we basically need about $100 an hour. That’s a big goal, and I’ll need the help of every reader to pull it off. If you want to know more information about the United Gospel Mission, please head over [...]

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Entry #10: iPhone 3G Agent 18 Eco-Shield Review

A while ago I posted about my recent purchase of the Agent 18 Eco-Shield product. I received it via FedEx the other day and have had it on my iPhone ever since. I thought I’d give a quick review of the product.
Agent18 Eco-Shield For 3G, photo by Duane StoreyAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License
Agent 18 Eco-Shield
First, I [...]

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Broken Laptop

I pulled my laptop out of my case tonight and fired it up. I was immediately greeted with this:
Fuck, photo by Duane StoreyAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License
$1000 worth of fail
As you can see, my LCD has a wicked crack in it. I did a quick scan in the forums, and replacing an LCD via the Apple [...]

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New iPhone Case On The Way

The first order of business with my new iPhone is picking up a decent case to keep it from being scratched. I called around town, but unfortunately nobody has any stock for the 3G iPhone cases yet. So basically the only place left to buy one from was on Apple’s store.
I originally went [...]

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24 Hours With The iPhone 3G

I’ve been messing around with the iPhone 3G pretty much non-stop for the last 24 hours. For the most part, it has exceeded my expectations.
Activation, photo by Duane StoreyAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License
First, being able to check your email or surf the web from any location is a pretty awesome feature. For example, today I [...]

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Why I’m Not Getting An iPhone On July 11th

As everyone knows, Rogers announced their lackluster iPhone plans not that long ago, and were immediately criticized by most Canadian wireless customers as being far too expensive. In addition, the lack of an unlimited data plan, a feature that Bell and Telus have for some of their phones, is also fairly disappointing give the [...]

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The Dream That Never Was

Most of us have been waiting patiently for Rogers to finally release their data rates for the iPhone 3G that is coming to Canada on July 11th. The good news is that the wait is finally over — Rogers just released full information about their plans.
Unfortunately, Rogers completely missed the boat on this one. [...]