Archive for the ‘Miscellany’ Category
farewell mocoblog (and flycell)
Friday, November 7th, 2008i regret to inform my readers (if i still have any left) that my time at flycell has come to an end. with that so will my mocoblog duties. i'll soon be revamping my personal blog: maktal.org there i hope to continue my mobile musings, be more personal, as well offer some ...
iGripe - it takes forever for my iPhone to backup
Sunday, August 17th, 2008why?!?!? iTunes decided to run a full backup of my iPhone. i figure i'll let it run and see if any of my apps come back to life. i have nearly 13GB of free space and it has been over 30 minutes. UPDATE: I cancelled the middle of the backup b/c i ...
iGripe because iCrashed - iphone backup failed, blessing in disguise
Thursday, August 7th, 2008an ongoing iGripe of mine is the fact that i can only sync to one version of itunes at a time. this was not a problem with my ipod 30gb. i could move music to my ipod from my home and work pc. to lessen my load i recently ditched my ...
gTalk for iPhone
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008aMazing Long ago I posted about GrandCentral. Google bought Grand Central some time ago. Google hasn't linked GoogleTalk to GrandCentral. They will. Google is going to sneak traditional voice services into the iPhone. Can you say "data-only plan for iPhone"? Not likely by AT&T. Read
back to blogging
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008after a blogging hiatus i realized that i need to get back to my roots. the new iPhone is upon us and i plan to have it soon. stay tuned for my many mobile musings. also, hope to install a new theme soon. new wordpress, new features!
Cellibacy in 2008 - 60 days w/o a cell phone
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008This is a New Year's resolution I would certainly default on. The project is called “Cellibacy”, but as comedian and advocate Amy Borkowsky explains, “It’s not about giving up sex. I’m giving up something much harder than that.” On January 1st, Borkowsky will attempt to ring in 2008 with a lot ...
Free your iPhone from your hands with iPhree
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007iPhree lets you go hands-free with your iPhone or iPod so you can watch iPorn. This may seem like a joke, but they actually are selling it on eBay! Via mobilemag via picturephoning.com