AT&T will buy WayPort. More good news for iPhone users!

On Nov 7, 8:37 pm, 4phun <vic.hea... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 6, 8:20 pm, 4phun <vic.hea... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Wall street Journal announced this bit of business news today.
> > AT&T will buy WayPort. More good news for iPhone users!
>
> >http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122598801123705301.html
>
> > You can now drop  into any McDonald's and have FREE wifi on your
> > iPhone!
>
> > The deal expands AT&T's hot spots -- areas where customers can tap
> > into Wi-Fi networks -- to 20,000 in the U.S. That includes the
> > networks Wayport operates at Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club and Four
> > Seasons hotels as well as McDonald's Corp. restaurants.
>
> > Non AT&T prefered customers may also use these wifi hotspots for $20 a
> > month. All of them are free to iPhone users. There is the Easy WiFi
> > app at the iPhone store where you can get one click access at any AT&T
> > spot with out even using the browser and SMS method those with out the
> > Easy WiFi app must go through.
>
> > I already had checked Micky Dees yesterday and was able to instantly
> > connect with one click using Easy Wifi. I had been trying
> > unsuccessfully for months to get free acess at McDonald s.
>
> > Life is good and getting better every day if you have an iPhone.
>
> > Today ComputerWorld said the iPhone ranked the highest of all smart
> > phones in user satisfaction among business users.
>
> > Not bad, if you have an iPhone.
>
> AT&T is increaseing their network speeds to 18Mb Sunday 10/09/2008 -
> AT&T WiFi should get faster if connected to AT&T U-verse broadband.
>
> AT&T Inc. is lifting the top speed of its U-verse broadband service
> from 10 megabits to 18 megabits.
>
> The boost in speed starts Sunday, according to Dallas-based AT&T.
>
> The service will be available for $65 a month and is included in a
> bundle with AT&T’s television service.
>
> AT&T says it has about 14.8 million broadband lines in service. Its U-
> verse broadband service is available in 15 states, including Georgia.
>
> --
>
> It gets better and better for iPhone owners!   ;>)

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Dallas Morning News, TX - 8 hours ago
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MORE GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE USERS 11/08/08

YOUR IPHONE IS FAR MORE RELIABLE

SquareTrade Study: iPhones more reliable than BlackBerry, Treo

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/malfunctionsmartphone.jpg

The report, titled "iPhone More Reliable than BlackBerry, One Year
In", analyzes failure rates for more than 15,000 new cell phones
covered by SquareTrade warranties. SquareTrade found that after one
year of ownership, iPhone owners were half as likely as BlackBerry
owners to have a phone failure, and one-third as likely as Treo
owners.



EVEN MORE BREAKING GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE

ANY WEBSITE CAN NOW BE INSTANTLY IPHONIZED
http://digg.com/tech_news/HOW_TO_Instantly_iPhone_ize_Your_Website

British developer Jon Wheatley let loose an awesome little tool today:
Intersquash lets you convert any website into an iPhone site…
instantly.

Video at link just click through DIGG

4phun wrote:
> MORE GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE USERS 11/08/08
>
> YOUR IPHONE IS FAR MORE RELIABLE


What's the chief failure mode on a drinks coaster?

At 08 Nov 2008 21:35:25 -0800 4phun wrote:
> MORE GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE USERS 11/08/08
>
> YOUR IPHONE IS FAR MORE RELIABLE
>
> SquareTrade Study: iPhones more reliable than BlackBerry, Treo
>
>
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/malfunctionsmartphone.jpg
>
> The report, titled "iPhone More Reliable than BlackBerry, One Year
> In", analyzes failure rates for more than 15,000 new cell phones
> covered by SquareTrade warranties. SquareTrade found that after one
> year of ownership, iPhone owners were half as likely as BlackBerry
> owners to have a phone failure, and one-third as likely as Treo
> owners.

Well, manufacturing defects, perhaps, but you missed this part:

"As it turns out, an iPhone user is more than twice as likely to experience
an iPhone failure due to
accidental damage than through a handset malfunction. An astounding 12% of
iPhone owners
have reported a failure due to accidental damage at the 1 year mark, and
nearly a quarter of all
iPhone owners can be expected to have their phone fail from an accident by
the end of 2 years."

"This accident rate is higher than the 9% accident rate reported on all
other phones by one-third..."

While the slippery case and akward form factor are sited by Squaretrade as
the reason, you also have to wonder if the product just isn't as shock
resistant as other handsets due to things like the glass screen. I've
dropped many a cell phone in my lifetime, onto a variety of surfaces
including concrete, and to my utter astonishment, I've never broken a
single phone directly from a drop, despite sending parts and pieces like
batteries, doors, memory cards, front cases, etc. flying in all directions
(although I attribute the demise of my last WinMo phone to a nasty drop
onto a tile floor. A day or two later, the USB charge/sync port broke
loose- I suspect the timing of the failure was not a coincidence,
particularly since the breaking loose of the port on that model iss a
fairly common failure point.)

Even more interesting, the Squaretrade data primarily covers the first year
when the normal manufacture's warranty applies anyway, and might be
affected by this disclaimer in the Squaretrade report:

"The following disclaimers apply to our data and analysis:
- Only malfunctions reported directly to SquareTrade are included in the
data. Other
malfunctions, including software issues handled directly by the retailer,
problems
associated with product recalls, and those fixed by software/firmware
updates, may not be represented in this data."

I'm wondering how Squaretrade would even know about first-year in-warranty
failures unless warranty owners contacted ST first, only to be referred to
the carrier or manufacturer. (I'm not suggesting this would skew the
results in Apple's favor, just wondering if the failure rates for ALL
brands in the study aren't even higher than ST thinks!)


> EVEN MORE BREAKING GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE
>
> ANY WEBSITE CAN NOW BE INSTANTLY IPHONIZED
> http://digg.com/tech_news/HOW_TO_Instantly_iPhone_ize_Your_Website
>
> British developer Jon Wheatley let loose an awesome little tool today:
> Intersquash lets you convert any website into an iPhone site…
> instantly.

Forgetting that whole tired "if the iPhone can view 'the real web' why is
this necessary?" argument for the moment, Intersquash is a neat idea. But
I'll pick on the "iPhonizing of ANY website" quote since the tool just
reformats a site's RSS feed into an HTML iphone-friendly format. While
that's certainly useful for news or blog-type sites, it really doesn't do
much for other types of site, and begs the question why not just use an RSS
reader if you want to limit yourself to the RSS feed of a site?


While we're on the subject, if I can beg a favor from ALL developers of
mobile sites- while we appreciate your efforts, could you always put a
"view full version" button on your mobile site (that actually WORKS- yes,
I'm talking to you T-Mobile!) in case there's some content on the "real"
site we need and are willing to put up with bad rendering, broken links,
and non-functioning Java to get?

In article <07KdnYlf5o1PeIvUnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d RemoveThis @speakeasy.net>,
News <News RemoveThis @Group.name> wrote:

> What's the chief failure mode on a drinks coaster?

rupture after being too wet of course

Marc

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Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 08 Nov 2008 21:35:25 -0800 4phun wrote:
>> MORE GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE USERS 11/08/08
>>
>> YOUR IPHONE IS FAR MORE RELIABLE
>>
>> SquareTrade Study: iPhones more reliable than BlackBerry, Treo
>>
>>
> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/malfunctionsmartphone.jpg
>> The report, titled "iPhone More Reliable than BlackBerry, One Year
>> In", analyzes failure rates for more than 15,000 new cell phones
>> covered by SquareTrade warranties. SquareTrade found that after one
>> year of ownership, iPhone owners were half as likely as BlackBerry
>> owners to have a phone failure, and one-third as likely as Treo
>> owners.
>
> Well, manufacturing defects, perhaps, but you missed this part:
>
> "As it turns out, an iPhone user is more than twice as likely to experience
> an iPhone failure due to
> accidental damage than through a handset malfunction. An astounding 12% of
> iPhone owners
> have reported a failure due to accidental damage at the 1 year mark, and
> nearly a quarter of all
> iPhone owners can be expected to have their phone fail from an accident by
> the end of 2 years."
>
> "This accident rate is higher than the 9% accident rate reported on all
> other phones by one-third..."
>
> While the slippery case and akward form factor are sited by Squaretrade as
> the reason, you also have to wonder if the product just isn't as shock
> resistant as other handsets due to things like the glass screen. I've
> dropped many a cell phone in my lifetime, onto a variety of surfaces
> including concrete, and to my utter astonishment, I've never broken a
> single phone directly from a drop, despite sending parts and pieces like
> batteries, doors, memory cards, front cases, etc. flying in all directions
> (although I attribute the demise of my last WinMo phone to a nasty drop
> onto a tile floor. A day or two later, the USB charge/sync port broke
> loose- I suspect the timing of the failure was not a coincidence,
> particularly since the breaking loose of the port on that model iss a
> fairly common failure point.)
>
> Even more interesting, the Squaretrade data primarily covers the first year
> when the normal manufacture's warranty applies anyway, and might be
> affected by this disclaimer in the Squaretrade report:
>
> "The following disclaimers apply to our data and analysis:
> - Only malfunctions reported directly to SquareTrade are included in the
> data. Other
> malfunctions, including software issues handled directly by the retailer,
> problems
> associated with product recalls, and those fixed by software/firmware
> updates, may not be represented in this data."
>
> I'm wondering how Squaretrade would even know about first-year in-warranty
> failures unless warranty owners contacted ST first, only to be referred to
> the carrier or manufacturer. (I'm not suggesting this would skew the
> results in Apple's favor, just wondering if the failure rates for ALL
> brands in the study aren't even higher than ST thinks!)
>
>
>> EVEN MORE BREAKING GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE
>>
>> ANY WEBSITE CAN NOW BE INSTANTLY IPHONIZED
>> http://digg.com/tech_news/HOW_TO_Instantly_iPhone_ize_Your_Website
>>
>> British developer Jon Wheatley let loose an awesome little tool today:
>> Intersquash lets you convert any website into an iPhone site…
>> instantly.
>
> Forgetting that whole tired "if the iPhone can view 'the real web' why is
> this necessary?" argument for the moment, Intersquash is a neat idea. But
> I'll pick on the "iPhonizing of ANY website" quote since the tool just
> reformats a site's RSS feed into an HTML iphone-friendly format. While
> that's certainly useful for news or blog-type sites, it really doesn't do
> much for other types of site, and begs the question why not just use an RSS
> reader if you want to limit yourself to the RSS feed of a site?
>
>
> While we're on the subject, if I can beg a favor from ALL developers of
> mobile sites- while we appreciate your efforts, could you always put a
> "view full version" button on your mobile site (that actually WORKS- yes,
> I'm talking to you T-Mobile!) in case there's some content on the "real"
> site we need and are willing to put up with bad rendering, broken links,
> and non-functioning Java to get?
>
>

The large screen and slim case naturally make it vulnerable to damage,
but maybe less so that sliding phones. Mine is in a silicone case and
has resisted a drops of 3ft. The case makes it a lot less likely to get
knocked off a table, slip out of my hand or out of a pocket.

Perhaps even the kind of consumer that buys the phone may make it more
vulnerable. I suspect more 'serious' business devices are not bought by
or for kids who get through phones at an alarming rate. In my
experience women are more likely to loose or damage phones but maybe
that's just the women in my life and work place!

Ruggedising & making mobile phones water resistant would add bulk and
make them a lot less pretty! I could live with a bulkier, less pretty
iphone with a rubberised finish for the screen and functionality - oh
wait; I do!

Mike

News <News.DeleteThis@Group.name> wrote in
news:07KdnYlf5o1PeIvUnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> What's the chief failure mode on a drinks coaster?
>
>

Battery leakage??....(c;]

11/10/08 - Motorola Razr Finally Dethroned!

IPhone Crowned Top Cell Phone In U.S.
and what is even more Amazing Only AT&T Has It!

By Antone Gonsalves
InformationWeek
November 10, 2008 08:00 PM

Apple's iPhone 3G was the best-selling mobile phone in the United
States in the third quarter, surpassing former champion theMotorola
(NYSE: MOT) Razr, which fell to second place, a market research firm
said Monday.

Nevertheless, the iPhone's popularity among U.S. consumers failed to
lift the overall market. Handset purchases overall declined 15% from
the same period a year ago to 32 million units, the NPD Group said.
Handset revenue fell 10% to $2.9 billion, even though the average
selling price rose 6% to $88.

The Razr was ranked the top-selling consumer handset for 12
consecutive quarters. The iPhone's ascension represented a "watershed
shift in handset design from fashion to fashionable functionality,"
NPD analyst Ross Rubin said in a statement.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.j...l?artic

This report also ran on NPR's
All Things Considered 11/10/08

Poor Verizon, Sprint -
No iPhone for you, keep pushing those Razrs ;>)


On Nov 9, 12:35 am, 4phun <vic.hea....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> MORE GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE USERS 11/08/08
>
> YOUR IPHONE IS FAR MORE RELIABLE
>
> SquareTrade Study: iPhones more reliable than BlackBerry, Treo
>
> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/malfunctionsmartpho...
>
> The report, titled "iPhone More Reliable than BlackBerry, One Year
> In", analyzes failure rates for more than 15,000 new cell phones
> covered by SquareTrade warranties. SquareTrade found that after one
> year of ownership, iPhone owners were half as likely as BlackBerry
> owners to have a phone failure, and one-third as likely as Treo
> owners.
>
> EVEN MORE BREAKING GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE
>
> ANY WEBSITE CAN NOW BE INSTANTLY IPHONIZEDhttp://digg.com/tech_news/HOW_TO_Instantly_iPhone_ize_Your_Website
>
> British developer Jon Wheatley let loose an awesome little tool today:
> Intersquash lets you convert any website into an iPhone site…
> instantly.
>
> Video at link just click through DIGG

in article
bbb0aae2-37e9-44f2-9973-7b23de63b25a DeleteThis @h23g2000prf.googlegroups.com, 4phun at
vic.healey DeleteThis @gmail.com wrote on 11/11/08 1:54 PM:

> 11/10/08 - Motorola Razr Finally Dethroned!
>
> IPhone Crowned Top Cell Phone In U.S.
> and what is even more Amazing Only AT&T Has It!
>
> By Antone Gonsalves
> InformationWeek
> November 10, 2008 08:00 PM
>
> Apple's iPhone 3G was the best-selling mobile phone in the United
> States in the third quarter, surpassing former champion theMotorola
> (NYSE: MOT) Razr, which fell to second place, a market research firm
> said Monday.
>
> Nevertheless, the iPhone's popularity among U.S. consumers failed to
> lift the overall market. Handset purchases overall declined 15% from
> the same period a year ago to 32 million units, the NPD Group said.
> Handset revenue fell 10% to $2.9 billion, even though the average
> selling price rose 6% to $88.
>
> The Razr was ranked the top-selling consumer handset for 12
> consecutive quarters. The iPhone's ascension represented a "watershed
> shift in handset design from fashion to fashionable functionality,"
> NPD analyst Ross Rubin said in a statement.
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?art
> icleID=212001650
>
> This report also ran on NPR's
> All Things Considered 11/10/08
>
> Poor Verizon, Sprint -
> No iPhone for you, keep pushing those Razrs ;>)
>
>
> On Nov 9, 12:35 am, 4phun <vic.hea... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>> MORE GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE USERS 11/08/08
>>
>> YOUR IPHONE IS FAR MORE RELIABLE
>>
>> SquareTrade Study: iPhones more reliable than BlackBerry, Treo
>>
>> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/malfunctionsmartpho...
>>
>> The report, titled "iPhone More Reliable than BlackBerry, One Year
>> In", analyzes failure rates for more than 15,000 new cell phones
>> covered by SquareTrade warranties. SquareTrade found that after one
>> year of ownership, iPhone owners were half as likely as BlackBerry
>> owners to have a phone failure, and one-third as likely as Treo
>> owners.
>>
>> EVEN MORE BREAKING GOOD NEWS FOR IPHONE
>>
>> ANY WEBSITE CAN NOW BE INSTANTLY
>> IPHONIZEDhttp://digg.com/tech_news/HOW_TO_Instantly_iPhone_ize_Your_Website
>>
>> British developer Jon Wheatley let loose an awesome little tool today:
>> Intersquash lets you convert any website into an iPhone siteŠ
>> instantly.
>>
>> Video at link just click through DIGG
>
No surprise - I hated my RAZR. Funny to think about the internet experience
on the RAZR compared to the iPhone - talk about the dark ages. Long live
the iphone (until someone makes something even better at least).

Nigel

Brian Greenstone wasn’t expecting much when he started working on an
application for Apple Inc.’s iPhone in March.

The Austin-based game developer just wanted to have some fun.

That fun has turned into a multimillion-dollar business for
Greenstone’s Pangea Software Inc. Although his game development
business launched in 1987, the revenue generated in six months by just
two of its iPhone games has matched the retail revenue of all of
Pangea’s preceding personal computer games combined, he says.

Instead of looking in the mouth of such a gift horse, Greenstone is
jumping aboard and riding it all the way to the bank by forgoing the
PC market to focus exclusively on iPhone games.

--

More Good for iPhone Users

Google has forsaken their own gPhone to release a FREE voice driven
search engine for the iPhone. Why? The iPhone is now the number one
best selling smartphone in the USA.

On Nov 14, 10:10 pm, 4phun <vic.hea... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian Greenstone wasn’t expecting much when he started working on an
> application for Apple Inc.’s iPhone in March.
>
> The Austin-based game developer just wanted to have some fun.
>
> That fun has turned into a multimillion-dollar business for
> Greenstone’s Pangea Software Inc. Although his game development
> business launched in 1987, the revenue generated in six months by just
> two of its iPhone games has matched the retail revenue of all of
> Pangea’s preceding personal computer games combined, he says.
>
> Instead of looking in the mouth of such a gift horse, Greenstone is
> jumping aboard and riding it all the way to the bank by forgoing the
> PC market to focus exclusively on iPhone games.
>
> --
>
> More Good for iPhone Users
>
> Google has forsaken their own gPhone to release a FREE voice driven
> search engine for the iPhone. Why? The iPhone is now the number one
> best selling smartphone in the USA.

Another improvement from Google makes the US iPhone even easier to use

Google Revamps Its Search Results Pages for the iPhone
from AppCraver by Michael Alexander

Google-iphone search-optimized

Google Software Engineers, Steve Kanefsky and Rob Stacey, just
announced on the official Google mobile team blog that as of now, when
iPhone owners run a search on Google.com. they’ll get results that are
better optimized for their phones. You’ll get the same Google search
results, but they’ll be arranged more efficiently and user-friendly,
the engineers say.

Search results are formatted specifically for the iPhone’s screen, so
you no longer have to scroll from side-to-side. Local search results
now include easier-to-press “Get Directions” and “Click-to-Call”
links.

When there’s single or multiple listing that is accessible using the
“Show Map” link, the map pops up by default.

If you prefer the classic desktop search results format, tap the
‘Classic” link near the bottom of each page and everything will be the
same as it ever was.

For now, the newly formatted results pages are available only in U.S.
English and for iPhone and iPod Touch firmware version 2.x. The two
mobile team engineers say Google intends to make the newly formatted
results pages available on the iPhone and other devices and in more
languages and countries.

They don’t say when that will happen, however.