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Cool iPhone applications

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments · iPhone

Twinkle is available. Its a terrific twitter client and it is so cool that the App Store

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iTunes error E8000001 could be a bad cable

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments · iPhone

I got this cable trying to sync the new iPhone 3G, but kept getting an unknown 0xe8000001 error. I tried a bunch of things and was using the combo Bluetooth headset charger plus USB connector. On a lark, I swapped cables and the error 0xe8000001 went away. I think the cable was flaky. I did [...]

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iPhone 3G Exchange setup

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments · iPhone

Got it! AT&T dropped shipped it. The least painful way in the US anyway to get it. Lines at Apple store are still 3 hours long. Apple is going to sell 3M in a week at this rate. In any case, things that are unclear are how to setup Exchange. It needs yet another site [...]

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iPhone 3G Exchange setup

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Got it! AT&T dropped shipped it. The least painful way in the US anyway to get it. Lines at Apple store are still 3 hours long. Apple is going to sell 3M in a week at this rate. In any case, things that are unclear are how to setup Exchange. It needs yet another site [...]

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PC Worlds says battery is short but so is everyone else

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, PC World says it is just 5 hours on 3G, but that’s as good as everyone else, so here is to recharging by noon every day!

AppleInsider | iPhone 3G clarifications: battery life, GPS, office apps
Apple’s call time on 3G is much shorter than the 10 hours promised on normal GSM phone networks but has [...]

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