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$150 Zunes -- buy one, please buy one {Engadget}
Sep 5th 2007 4:26AM Gosh, have you heard the news? me2microsoft is talking about offering photos & music on their windows mobile os. Gosh, looks like they're following the leader once again.
Palm Centro: Palm's next Treo, er, smartphone {Engadget}
Aug 24th 2007 2:45AM AT&T's unlimited data plan for the iPhone is a mere $20. Although at this time the iPhone does not function as a modem for a notebook computer. I find that I don't need that, the iPhone is doing a pretty good job, esp for a version 1.0 product
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Tenacious hacker brings the iPhone keyboard to a Nokia N800 {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2007 4:10AM Wow, guess cloning the look wasn't much of a challenge. Has he implemented a word lookup that suggests only words that can be made by adjacent keys? Has he developed a statistical algorithm that uses successful keyboard taps to improve typing accuracy? Apple has done their home work on this keyboard. Before listening to the critics, go out and try one yourself, because the critics haven't, which is why they are commenting on something they can't even verify. I own the iPhone and (as a friend said about his iPhone) it rocks!
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Tenacious hacker brings the iPhone keyboard to a Nokia N800 {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2007 3:59AM Some apps like Mail & SMS text messaging only work in vertical mode. There isn't much to be gained by making any program available in any mode, ie videos only run in horizontal mode, because their aspect ratio requires it. Safari & iPhoto can benefit from either vertical or horizontal. Some websites are wider others longer and I switch depending on which is best for my viewing needs. The iPhone has three viewing angles, vertical, horizontal (left) & horizontal (right). The two horizontal modes fit your personal style or comfort when switching views. The iPhone does not offer two vertical modes, which is good, because when you use the phone, the display will always orient you so you're not using the phone upside down
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Tenacious hacker brings the iPhone keyboard to a Nokia N800 {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2007 3:31AM As an iPhone user, I am qualified to answer this question. Yes, the iPhone has a dynamic keyboard which is available in both vertical and horizontal modes. Better yet, the keyboard gets out of the way when it isn't needed giving you more usable space. Unlike the awkward keyboard that Palm developed for horizontal mode, Apple's keyboard uses the same familiar setup.
Where Apple really though different was in realizing that some non-alpha keys are not needed while others are in different apps. Therefore, you're likely to have an @ or ".com" key conveniently at hand rather than having a static, one mode fits all keyboard.
Apple did good on this area
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Will the iPhone be undone by its keyboard? {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2007 3:22AM Hi there. I am an iPhone user. Yes, you can enter text single handedly on the iPhone. I personally feel that I'm faster with two. Not sure what I can do with the other hand would be doing if I am walking and entering text single handedly. Seems like there's a lot of mis-information going on out there about the iPhone touchscreen. I personally find it so intuitive, that I want to be able to flick through long pages like I can on the iPhone.
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Will the iPhone be undone by its keyboard? {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2007 3:16AM As a new iPhone user, I can honestly say that they keyboard is overly criticized.
1 - It is very responsive to touch, in contrast to any Palm device, whose soft, easy to damage beyond repair screen doesn't register nearly as many touches and often mis-coordinates where the stylus hits. Note: iPhone's glass touch screen doesn't attract screen residue like the media wanted everyone to believe, and it's easily cleaned with a cloth as well
2 - Touchscreen entry is aided by the use of a dictionary. The iPhone will suggest words in case the wrong key was struck. I find that the on-screen touch keyboard is surprisingly accurate. I have been trusting the iPhone's ability to suggest alternate words, buy allowing misspellings rather than correcting them myself. Apple did their homework on this, because the iPhone is fairly accurate at suggesting the correct word. This should not be confused with autocompletion. The iPhone isn't completing your word, rather it's looking for existing words that can be made from neighboring keys. It's really looking for misspellings and does a great job at that. It doesn't try to complete the word you are typing, mostly because the touchscreen keyboard is as easy to use as a hard keyboard.
I would be surprised that droves of people are returning their iPhones, or will, over the touchscreen keyboard. Especially since an earlier study noted that after one week, iPhone users were at least as proficient on their new iPhone as they were on their previous device
Might as well mention that Apple's ability to support the real Internet on a small screen is truly visionary. It makes all those baby Internet devices look like dime-store quality design.
So here's one iPhone user that wont be returning his iPhone
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6G iPod UI video: Apple's new interface? {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2007 7:42PM It is Apple's policy to neither confirm nor deny any rumors, whether they be true or false. Apple will vigorously take action against fake rumors as they would against real leaks. This makes it tougher to distinguish the accurate rumors from the fakes, giving Apple the element of surprise
PSA: 160GB Apple TV now shipping {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 2nd 2007 2:09AM That's the way of technology. What's shipping this week is next week's old-tech clearance. I bought my PowerBook knowing that it would be ahead of the curve for a short time, six months max. Sure enough, less than 6 months later, Apple rolled out the PowerBook with ambient lighted keys. Yes, I find myself in dark corners often and this is truly a useful & drool-worthy feature. But oh well, I knew something better would come out soon enough. Either be happy with what you have or upgrade.
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Microsoft's iPod Amnesty Bin keeps Zune coders on the up and up {Engadget}
May 26th 2007 3:32AM Same here using Safari. Thanks to built-in pop-up blocking and plug-ins for flash control, etc. This is surfing the Internet in style 8 )
