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I promise this is my last iPhone-related entry for awhile. Maybe.
I’m a dork. I admit it. I’m heading quickly down that road to my fifth decade, and though I still have that desire to appear “hip” and “with-it”, the flesh is willing but the spirit is weak. I have to keep [...]

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In this recent post, I was wondering what Apple’s policy was going to be on upgrading to the new 3G iPhone ($200) for existing iPhone customers. Well, according to this, it’s not that great (surprise). Looks like I’ll be able to buy one of the new phones for the same price as existing [...]

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Pet Peeve of the Day: So, as expected, Apple announced its iPhone 3G today, which goes on sale July 11th. And, as expected, it’s zippier and lighter and oh so much better than those old iPhones. But what I didn’t expect was that the price of the 8GB unit is only $199, which [...]

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Will phones ever replace wallets? According to this article, yes, but it’s still a ways away - 2012 at the earliest.
I know the article is primarily focused on the use of phones to make payments wherever you would use a credit or debit card, but I want a phone(/pda) that will replace all the [...]

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I found this news article interesting: iPhone-Blackberry Battle Will Be Fought Over Keyboards.
Quote: In spite of all the well-deserved hoopla about the iPhone, RIM still has an impregnable position in enterprise and corporate markets — its tactile QWERTY keyboard is way more accurate than Apple’s glass keyboard, and corporate types are less tolerant of [...]

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Pet Peeve of the Day: One of my external hard drives died this week. It was a 250GB Western Digital MyBook (USB & Firewire). Now it’s a brick. An out-of-warranty brick. The thing has always given me trouble, so I’m not exactly sorry to see it go. It’s always run [...]

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