I’m celebrating the history of my iPhones! Read Part Two here. A lot happened since I purchased my 3GS. The iPhone 4 was splashed all over the internet after Gizmodo found a pre-production model laying around in a bar, Steve Jobs told us all how to hold it, a Verizon model was born, and a …
My iPhone Lineage: Part Two
I'm celebrating the history of my iPhones! Read Part One here. The iPhone 3GS (2009) The 3GS shared the same case design and shape with the 3G but included major internal improvements. It kicked off Apple's "S" strategy by taking the current form factor and making major improvements to the internals and adding other features. …
My iPhone Lineage: Part One
My iPhone X is now shipping and I should have it hopefully by Friday. The X will be my fifth iPhone. In celebration and anticipation of it's arrival I'd like to take a walk down memory lane to reminisce on the iPhones I've owned thus far. Prologue I joined the iPhone parade a couple years …
Buyer’s Remorse Avoided
Since my iPhone X won't reach me for a couple of weeks (someday I'll shut up about it, I promise) I've got some extra time to reflect on my purchase before it arrives. One of my reflections has been about my choice of color. I purchased a black model but I keep asking myself, should …
Musings from Apple’s September 2017 Event
Apple announced a number of new products at its annual fall event this week. This event is always about the iPhone but has recently included the Apple Watch and Apple TV as well. If you want the details of the announcements, take a look at this summary from Gizmodo. I'm interested in several of the …
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The iPhone 5s
Another year, another upgrade as they say. Well, another two years technically. As I mentioned before, my contract ended this month and I planned to upgrade to the iPhone 5s. The 5s gives me the most storage space and a two-year jump in technology and form factor. As with Apple's other "s" models, the 5s …
My Next iPhone
Apple announced its new iPhones this week and upgrade time has come. With my 2 year contract up and my 4s looking a bit, shall we say, short, I'm ready for an upgrade and that upgrade is going to be to a 5s. Why not a 5c? A few reasons, actually. While I do like …
"iPhone Math"
Aside from not making a lot of sense since Apple just changed the screen size of the iPhone, this has to be one of the most horrible product names I've ever heard of, even if it's internal. http://www.macrumors.com/2013/01/20/apple-rumored-to-debut-4-8-inch-iphone-math-in-june/
Apple's iPhone 5 Event Summarized
Apple had its big event today to reveal the iPhone 5 and new iPods. It appears that the company has finally combined its iPhone and iPod Music events into one, moving the June iPhone announcement to October last year and September this year. It now occupies the same time frame as the original Music events …
iOS 6 Wish List
The iOS has come a long way since its introduction in 2007. iOS 1.0 shipped on the original iPhone and while revolutionary in its design and performance it was often criticized for the things it lacked: third party apps, multitasking, copy and paste, MMS, system-wide search, folders on the home screen, a unified inbox in …
Relatively Ambitious 