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After the public relations nightmare that Apple created as a result of yesterday’s unexpected $200 iPhone price drop, it was only a matter of time before the company responded to public outcries.
Well it’s not like getting $200 back in your pocket, but Apple has announced that they will provide a $100 credit to spend…
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September 6th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: media players mobile tech
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Back in the early 1980’s, industrial designer Hartmut Esslinger of frog design fame was cranking out machines for a young little tech company called Apple Computer. As a matter of fact, he was the man behind design of the wildly popular Apple IIc personal computer.
Now, Esslinger’s son, Marc, has put together a never before…
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July 17th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing design retro
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Well, now that I’ve had about a day to try out my new iPhone, I’m ready to give you guys my initial impressions.
First off, my purchasing experience was surprisingly painless. I arrived around 5:20pm on launch day at the AT&T store that’s by Harlem and Irving Park Avenues, just Northwest of Chicago.
There were…
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June 30th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets media players mobile tech
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Look what I just got my grubby little hands on…
After a brief, uneventful visit to my local AT&T store (on the Northwest side of Chicago,) I managed to score one of the last couple of 8GB iPhones in stock. They only had about 35 or 40 total phones in stock, and it seems as…
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June 29th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: media players mobile tech
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AT&T and Apple today revealed what it will cost monthly to use your shiny new iPhone. The good news is that all of the calling and data plans include unlimited data, Visual Voicemail and mobile-to-mobile calling.
Plans start at $59.99 per month, depending on how many voice minutes you want. Also bundled in are 200…
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June 26th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: media players mobile tech
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Apple today made a significant announcement regarding the estimated battery life of their upcoming iPhone.
According to the company, the iPhone will offer the following battery life, depending on your use:
Phone talk time: 8 hours
Video playback: 7 hours
Internet surfing: 6 hours
Audio playback: 24 hours (wow!)
Phone standby time: 250 hours
All…
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June 18th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: media players mobile tech
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Apple today released a series of television advertisements which reveal the official release date for the highly-anticipated iPhone mobile media powerhouse. The ads confirm a release date of June 29, 2007, keeping Apple’s original promise of a June launch.
The new advertisements also show off some new interactions with the user interface in glorious high…
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June 3rd, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: media players mobile tech
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Watch and learn…
Funny thing is… I’m pretty sure I’ve been a customer of all of these companies at one point or another.
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January 17th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun