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Ask TUAW: Syncing from a portable to a desktop Mac, battery comparisons, Apple TV to NAS, iPhone SDK and more {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Mar 8th 2008 8:21PM The SDK is based around a version of the iPhone OS that's in beta. Think of it sort of like a new version of XCode that supports features in Leopard. You can't build applications for the current iPhone OS, only for the new one that is still in beta.
When Apple talks about using this SDK in-house, remember that the Apple people using the SDK are likely a few doors away from the guys building the SDK. If there's a problem or a bug in the SDK, they can sit down for a few minutes and work out how to fix it. If the documentation is fuzzy or ambiguous, then you can ask the author.
A publicly released SDK is going to have way more people using it, without the direct assistance of the authors, and they are also likely to complain a lot more.
When Apple speaks of having used this SDK for the last year, they don't mean they used the final, completed product. They started with an early alpha that was probably not really ready for us to use, and kept working on it over many months...
AT&T loses its cool over GoPhone unlockers {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 19th 2008 1:57PM The $292 cost you mention is an estimate of the parts cost, from a third party. It isn't necessarily very accurate, and it does not include the software cost or any R&D.
I think it's quite inaccurate to suggest that the iPhone is unquestionably un-subsidized because of the component cost. From what I have read of the development process, Apple went through a lot of revisions before they shipped - revisions that, based on the bugginess of the other smart phones I've used, would've actually been sold to customers by other companies.
As to whether he's thought every detail out, he's made some mistakes. The trashing he got from the development community when he described AJAX-based stuff as "sweet" at WWDC was ferocious. The whining and complaining about the $200 price drop took him by surprise. Jobs is good but he's not perfect. Part of the reason that Jobs is 10 steps ahead of the competition is that much of the competition simply makes stupid mistakes. Every smart phone I've used has had a long list of things that could've been trivially fixed in a few days of the dev team's time. What the competition lacks is somebody with the finely honed berating skills of Jobs to point out their mistakes.
Phosphor E Ink watch giveaway (part 2) {Engadget}
Dec 21st 2007 3:18PM I use an iPhone; previous watch was a Fossil running PalmOS.
Phosphor E Ink watch giveaway (part 1) {Engadget}
Dec 21st 2007 3:18PM I use an iPhone; previous watch was a Fossil running PalmOS.
Phosphor E Ink watch giveaway (part 3) {Engadget}
Dec 21st 2007 3:17PM I use an iPhone; previous watch was a Fossil running PalmOS.
Report: Germans buy 10,000 iPhones {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 10th 2007 10:23AM See, this is why Apple didn't want iPhones unlocked. AT&T sold what, 500k on opening weekend? And there have been around 250k unlocked iPhones exported internationally. When you combine that with the much higher market share of smartphones in Europe - meaning lots of people *already* have smartphones - I'm not that surprised the sales volume is unimpressive.
Leopard... shipping 10/18? {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 17th 2007 10:08PM Why did this fellow post this *before* he got the shipment?
If there really is a Leopard box on its way to Canada via Airborne Express, I'm sure that Steve is going to stop it. A quick call to the CEO, explaining that they'd better not deliver the package if they ever want to ship another Apple product again should fix it.
I'm curious though - why is the carrier listed as Airborne? Airborne Express was bought by DHL about four years ago...
TUAW Interview: Inco, simple sysadmin from your iPhone {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 14th 2007 4:18PM starkruzr: I disagree. Have you actually tried to do significant sysadminning on an iPhone, with its screen size and keyboard? Trying to watch how much CPU a specific process is using is very painful. A graph of CPU load would be great.
Latency? There does need to be latency because the cellular network is high latency. Can't avoid it. Typing interactive commands makes latency far more annoying.
I understand that some people are allergic to HTTP and javascript, but if you've spent any significant time administrering a computer staring at a postage stamp sized display and typing with toothpicks, you'll be ready for a change. I've been logging into remote UN*X systems from handhelds since ~1996 and think this is a very promising system.
Schiller on unlocked iPhones {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Sep 24th 2007 11:16PM "The more technically minded people in the discussions over at Ars Technica are calling it for what it is. Schiller's comments are just marketing talk: obfuscation to mask a hostile action on the part of Apple."
Which hostile action? Apple has not done anything yet, except for spread FUD. I would expect Apple to make all sorts of scary noises to make you be afraid about unlocking. That's safe and legal for them to do. Much safer than breaking iPhones, and almost as effective. They want everybody afraid of bricking, but they're unlikely to be vindictive enough to actually brick phones.
Steve Jobs in Berlin tomorrow, France on Thursday? {Engadget}
Sep 18th 2007 9:29PM The only people who *notice* any relationship between T-Mobile in various countries are, with few exceptions, the shareholders.
Virtually all of the exclusive phones are only exclusive to one the US or Germany.
If your phone is SIM locked, it's locked to T-Mobile in your particular country, and T-Mobile in whatever other country just doesn't know or care about you. When I was a T-Mobile US customer, I didn't even get a roaming discount on T-Mobile in other countries.
So, no, you ain't getting * if the iPhone goes on T-Mobile DE.
