Archive for July, 2008

MobileMe: Not as bad as people say…

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Since its launch on July 11, 2008, the “new” online service from Apple had a bumpy start and reviews have been negative overall… even Walt Mossberg says that “Apple’s MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable”. The problems that have plagued the service have not helped… and Apple also changed the tone of their messaging from “Exchange for the rest of us” to “The simple way to keep everything in sync”. But overall, the re-branding of .Mac and new web interface to the online service that Apple Inc charges $99 per year in the US (pricing does vary around the world, and I don’t think it will be lower) has all the base components that make it already worth for me, and that could become great with a few little “tweaks”.

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Giving the iPhone Wordpress app a try

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

This is a quick test to see how the new iPhone Wordpress App is working. So far so good. And here is how photos taken directly from the app will be attached.

And the great thing is that you can easily update your posts…

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iPhone in Canada: The numbers take 2

Monday, July 14th, 2008

As a follow-up to my previous post where I looked at the costing for data plans on Rogers in Canada for iPhone users, I needed to update the information based on the latest changes and limited time offers. For those who follow me on Twitter already know, I got myself the iPhone last Friday (that was fun). Just before the launch, Rogers announced a special time limited data plan at CA$ 30 for 6Gb of data per month, that could be added to any voice plan you wanted.

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