Telstra’s network advantage seems to be showing in the results of this Wired survey on iPhone 3G speeds. U.S. carrier AT&T tied for third with Telstra, Telia and Softbank, where users reported average download speeds of roughly 990 Kbps. Australian carriers Optus and Virgin users reported the slowest speeds of about 390 Kbps on average. [...]
When the iPhone was launched there were numerous ‘mobile web is dead’ debates, as the launch led with the demo of viewing the New York Times in it’s large screen glory. Now, it appears, the NYT is prone to commenting on the threat to the desktop PC that the iPhone poses, with new focused and [...]
News Digital Media today announced the launch of specially designed versions of its websites for the Apple iPhone. As well as being able to view News Digital Media’s entire portfolio of websites, iPhone users can access iPhone optimised versions of: – Leading news and information website, NEWS.com.au – Local business directory, truelocal.com.au – Music and [...]
Kelly Goto speculates on the Gphone (or is that gPhone?) Unlike Apple, Google is not expected to release an actual phone, but instead has developed an open-source software solution. A Google OS for mobiles, that unifies the whole banana in a scalable way – for little phones, big phones, smart phones and dumb phones. Integration [...]
Despite being an ‘Apple fanboy’, Rafer doesn’t see the iPhone killing the ‘mobile web’: Even if the iPhone were an effective broadband internet browsing device, which it isn’t, there’s maybe a million of them out there. A billion iPhone-equivalents is many years away. >> Vidya Lakshmipathy, however, is putting the smack down: Stripped-down sites crammed [...]
Roughly Drafted has struck a blow to my hopes that my Treo had something over the iPhone: text entry. Wrong again. My recollection of being able to blindly type on its keyboard was also simply a false memory. I had to watch the keyboard just as closely as the iPhone, if not more. Part of [...]
Blue Flavor have released GetLeaflets – a web-based access point to services like Upcoming, Flickr, del.icio.us and a bunch of search engines.Regular browsers can view screenshots on the link above, and those with Safari 3 can check it live. Of interest – it’s for Safari 3 only – you will get an “upgrade your browser†[...]
Luke Wroblewski has a great post on Apple’s digital input devices patents. Scrolly clickety telephone dialling? Yes, ma’am. Widdle pinky mouse button? You bet. “…a touch sensitive protruding member that is supported by a force feedback unit that is attached to the housing.â€? Roger that.
The store experience. At least I know what Cameron Moll looks like now. First Impressions. Long Distance Relationships. Et tu, Greeny?
A reflection on what I’ve been reading and watching about the iPod. Scrolling through contacts This has been mentioned before – but the scrolling through contacts suggests a potentially repetitious task. I’m very used to, and fond of, entering the letter of the surname or first name of a contact and having Nokia’s address book [...]
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