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iPhone advice

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A friend of mine from China was asking me this question.

Is there anything I should be aware of when I buy an iPhone?

This question triggered a series of questions in my head immediately.

  • Where are you getting the iPhone 3G from?
  • Is the phone unlocked?
  • If not, do you know how to jailbreak it?
  • Is 3G available in China?
  • If not, does your current mobile service include any internet access?

Out of all these questions that popped out of my head, none of these questions were actually product related. I am a big Apple fan, that’s for sure. But I started questioning myself, is there really nothing wrong with the iPhone 3G itself?

I have been using the iPhone 3G since July 2008 and although the iPhone 3G did used to crash quite frequently in the early stages (especially when you’re using a 3rd party application). It seems that Apple has pretty much took care of the problem now. I rarely come upon apps crashing or misbehavior and I’m always using it. For calls, text, emails, iPod, Twitter, a few games, Google Reader and so on… I can say that I’m actually a very happy user!

The only downside that I can really think of is its battery life. On a normal day where I’d go to work in the morning, listen to music on the way, go on Twitter, check my emails, read any RSS, play a few short games or maybe a few phone calls. By 2-3 in the afternoon, I’ll have to somehow start charging my iPhone 3G. Charging via the USB cable or using the 3rd party external rechargeable battery.

Oh… another thing that I could think of, is dropping calls or time required to reconnect to its cellular network (say you walk into a lift, lost reception, got to whichever level you wanted to go to, walk out of the lift). It takes quite a bit of time to reconnect to its cellular network. I’m not sure if this is a common issue with iPhone 3G itself, or it’s a matter with my cellular provider, 3. Is anyone out there with 3 experiencing the same problem? What about other iPhone 3G users that aren’t using 3?

Well, that’s my ‘user experience’ for the past 9 months. Just wish that the iPhone OS 3.0 can be released sooner. What about you guys?

PK Lai

Apple’s Jobs Takes Medical Leave

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Today, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs is taking medical leave till the end of June.

According to Wall Street Journal’s Yukari Iwatani Kane, ‘Just a week after reassuring investors and employees about his health, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs disclosed he has a “more complex” medical condition and would take a leave of absence until the end of June.’ To read more click here.

Image from Economist.com

Image from Economist.com

Around a year ago, we’ve been hearing a lot about Steve Jobs’ health problems. Jobs has always been the face of Apple Inc., who will be capable of taking over his place in the company?

  • COO – Tim Cook
  • CFO – Peter Oppenheimer
  • Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing – Phil Schiller
  • Senior Vice President of Industrial Design – Jonathan Ive

Well, nothing has been confirmed apart from the fact that Jobs is taking medical leave till the end of June, 2009.

PK Lai

First blog in 2009

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Woke up fairly late today. As soon as I got up, checked Twitter, Kingdom Game, Facebook then all my emails. There’s no appointments today apart from attending the ‘End of Year’ dinner with Mum’s company.

I sat down on my couch and started thinking about the plans that I’ve made just before the New Year’s and was wondering… ‘What have I done so far?’ The answer seems to be… ‘Nothing… yet…’

I’ve always been giving excuses for not doing something. I’ve told myself that I have to change this really bad habit… but nothing has changed. There’s always excuses that I can find, not matter what.

“Time to change… Time to change… Time to change…”

“Just do it… Just do it… Just do it…”

Oh by the way… It’s Apple’s Special one-day shopping event today! Today Only.

Apple special one-day shopping event

Hmm… time to get ready for tonight’s dinner… Hope it will be fun!

PK Lai

Out of battery… finally…

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After using my Apple Wireless Mouse for almost a year, the battery finally died…

I was very amazed at how long the battery actually lasted on this mouse. I started using it when I bought my previous MacBook around the same time last year and have been forgetting to power it off very often. Speaking of wireless peripherals, just wondering when Apple would integrate bluetooth support for their Wireless Keyboard on the iPhone. It would make blogging from the iPhone a much better experience.

PK Lai