Time is Money: iPhone 3G S, iPhone OS 3.0, and Palm Pre
In This Week’s Big Announcements, I mentioned that the Palm Pre, Apple iPhone 3.0 software, Apple iPhone 3G S handset, and Apple’s new MacBook Pro notebook computers were new products that were big on hype, but that you would want to consider what your business needs were before moving on any of them. In fact, I outlined a number of reasons for you to ignore the various products. Now, I’m...
June 22nd, 2009 by ssh
This Week’s Big Announcements
Even as I enjoyed some time in London this past week, both meeting with some business colleagues and enjoying time alone with my bride of 25 years, there were a number of big announcements and product released in the technology world. You may be wondering about their use in your business, so I’ll cover them in the next few posts: The first was the introduction of the Palm Pre by Palm and Sprint...
June 10th, 2009 by ssh
iPhone Update: Do the Upgrade to 2.1
The big upgrade to the iPhone that came in June, with the ability to add third-party applications, was huge. It was also bug-ridden. Your iPhone 3G likely experienced a lot of dropped calls, short battery life, applications that would crash and suffered performance issues, and a number of other annoying and possibly detrimental problems. Some of those crashes caused data loss, and it wasn’t pretty. Also,...
September 15th, 2008 by ssh
Handling Surprises
Early this morning I was deep in a restful sleep in a hotel room in Peoria, Illinois, home of Caterpillar and also of one of my clients. I was awakened by an early morning phone call on my iPhone. I didn’t quite get to it in time, so I had to check on it. It seems that my flight this evening — that I had planned so I could take my favorite Boeing 777 airplane — had been cancelled....
May 24th, 2008 by ssh
Modern Life
Yesterday afternoon, I sat alone in a Le Peep restaurant in Peoria, Illinois, having a quick lunch. As usual, I was catching up on e-mail and other work on my iPhone while I sat comfortably and enjoyed a pleasant lunch. Because I was being quiet, conversations from around the room floated in and out of my consciousness. At one point, the ladies sitting next to me escalated their conversation a bit,...
May 24th, 2008 by ssh
My last iPhone Entry for now
Finally, a reviewer who really understands what’s important. Check out Two Weeks With An iPhone for a view of the iPhone from the perspective of someone who has spent a lot of time with many alternatives. Most importantly, he understands how to measure the value of tools in terms of what they accomplish for the human using them. If you are a leader and need to keep your productivity as high as...
July 27th, 2007 by ssh
Are They Really Missing It?
I have been off for a week in the downeast area of Maine, spending time in Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park as well as hunting some great lighthouses. And learning that it’s hard to find good tea in that part of the country. But we did find a great teahouse in Freeport on our way back to Portland yesterday. Jacqueline’s Tea Room was a great capstone to our time away. Interestingly,...
July 11th, 2007 by ssh
Second Impressions
I have now used the iPhone for a few days, and while it isn’t perfect by any stretch, it is quite a capable mobile system. The phone works as advertised, and the so-called “hype” wasn’t a set of over-promises, but rather an honest assessment of capability. As a phone, it has the most intuitive interface I have used. For example, when starting a call while having a BlueTooth...
July 3rd, 2007 by ssh
iPhone First Impressions
The iPhone is now available, and while popular, anyone who is willing to plunk down their cash or plastic for one can get one, especially if you have an Apple Store nearby. I picked up mine last night at an Apple Store after failing to find one on launch night at an AT&T store while we were on a family vacation. The process of buying one was painless, although I had the challenge of waiting while...
July 1st, 2007 by ssh
What’s next?
The third stream was underlined yesterday in Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. It frankly surprised me that it seemed to take Apple so long to realize the obvious answer to the biggest complaint about their soon-to-ship iPhone: no interface for external development. The answer really was obvious and it’s what I have...
June 12th, 2007 by ssh
