Category: Gadget-related Services
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Assigning Locations to OmniFocus iPhone Contexts
Reading Time: 4 minutes My latest Inside iPhone post is called How an iPhone Can Help You Be More Productive When Commuting Via Mass Transit. One of the things I talk about in that post is the power of using location-based contexts within the OmniFocus for iPhone application. I realized while writing the Inside iPhone…
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My Estimate on iPhone 3G Rate Plans Was On The Money
Reading Time: 1 minute I was happy to find out that the iPhone 3G Rate Plans are in line with my previous estimate of $86 for 450 minutes of talk, unlimited 3G data, and 200 SMS messages. From the reaction on other blogs, such as The Apple Phone Show, you’d think that they expected AT&T…
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Gadget Links: Lazy Friday Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cool Tool: StrollAway on Cool Tools: “… Once we got this hook, rather than just parking our stroller in the kitchen or dining room, we created a set, out-of-the-way place to store it. And since it’s off the floor, that gives us more space to fill up with more baby stuff.…
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Questions Surface About SMS Messaging Costs on iPhone 3G
Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier this month, I estimated the monthly mobile phone service cost of an iPhone 3G at $86. I included $5.00 in this estimate for a bundle of 200 SMS messages, because I had heard that AT&T Mobility was unbundling SMS messages in the data rate plans for the iPhone 3G. In…
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Apple Reportedly Advocated Web Development Based on SproutCore at WWDC
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve seen a several tweets and articles today stating that Apple is advocating a Javascript-based Model View Controller framework for web development called SproutCore. Reports indicate that Apple based the MobileMe web application announced at WWDC on SproutCore and provided details on the framework in sessions at the Apple World Wide…
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iPhone 3G Rate Plan Estimated Monthly Costs: About $86 for 450 Minutes and Unlimited Data
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the aftermath of the iPhone 3G announcement last Monday, a lot of people who are considering purchasing an iPhone for the first time are looking for information about AT&T rate plans that cover the iPhone 3G. I’ve had an iPhone for a year, so I am very familiar with AT&T’s…
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Nokia N78 Unboxing Photos
Reading Time: < 1 minute This morning I received a Nokia N78 as part of my participation in the Nokia Blogger Relations Program. I just posted a bunch of photos of unboxing the N78 to Flickr. See more of my Nokia N78 Unboxing Photos on Flickr. [ Photo: Dave Aiello. ] Some of the Nokia N78’s big…
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Twitter is Basically Unusable When Working Behind a SonicWall Content Filter
Reading Time: 3 minutes On Wednesday, I visited the Panera in Levittown, PA to sip a diet soda and use their WiFi. This is supposed to be an amenity for customers. I had never taken advantage of it before. I saw a Twitter post (aka “tweet”) from someone I am following in my Twitterific window,…
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How Apple Saved Mother’s Day
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kathleen and Jimmy looking at the iPhoto book that we ordered for her mom. The second copy arrived today. [ Photo: Dave Aiello on Flickr. ] Kathleen and I took advantage of an iPhoto Custom Photo Book promotion that Apple ran for Mother’s Day. We ordered Kathleen’s mother a hard cover photo book.…