http://news.cnet.com/8300-13544_3-35.html Living with the iPhone en-us Copyright 1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:59:58 GMT Will 2.1 be what 2.0 was supposed to be? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10041208-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone As per usual, at the most inopportune time when I was already running late, I decided to sync my iPhone as I was getting ready to leave home today. Like clockwork, iTunes asks me if I'd like to update to Firmware 2.1. Would I? Unlike last time, I ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10041208-35.html Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:59:58 GMT Kevin Ho What will Apple announce today? Something with the iPhone 3G battery? We can hope. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10036175-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone In a crazy world, Apple would announce a "we-are-so-sorry" iPhone swap today: All first generation iPhone owners and all new iPhone 3G owners would be given a new free iPhone Plutonium, which, of course, has endless battery life. Perhaps this massive reset could be founded by the liquidation of Halliburton ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10036175-35.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:10:59 GMT Kevin Ho The days of our iPhone updates... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10021046-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone These are the days I dread, but like in some sense. Release day for an iPhone firmware update. This always happens: I'm on my way out the door to work and want to synch my iPhone just to update any playlists or iCal entries when "BAM" - an update ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10021046-35.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:11:00 GMT Kevin Ho Fraud or not fraud, part 2: But what about Apple's iPhone battery time claims? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10005326-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone The whole Freeiphoneswap.com process (see part 1) got me worrying and thinking about fraud. And, with frustrations about the iPhone's battery common among bloggers and friends alike, you know there is a lawsuit looming out there as some plaintiff-side law firm will want to take Apple to task ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10005326-35.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:28:00 GMT Kevin Ho Fraud or not fraud, part 1: FreeiPhoneswap.com - not a fraud http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10005306-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Money talks especially when news of the economy tanking is constant. So, with this thinking in mind, I scuttled the idea of giving my 1st generation iPhone to my grandpa. It's dreadful to think of (1) the hassle and how long it would have taken to go into an ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-10005306-35.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:30:00 GMT Kevin Ho Facebook's iPhone app: a bug that gives out magical iPhones (not really) to friends you never knew you had http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9999643-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone

Newly minted iPhone 'owners' with the Facebook app

(Credit: Kevin Ho)

This morning Facebook told me that 27 of my friends had downloaded the iPhone Facebook application. 27 out of 300+ is a good chunk of people and speaks to the fact that more and more people are ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9999643-35.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:47:20 GMT Kevin Ho iPhone apps: Testing Shazam's limits - classical music http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9993320-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone

Instead of trying to scrawl down lyrics, doing a search on Google (only to be lead to some bizarre lyric website repository that may or may not work, all the while offering me free ringtones and ceaseless pop-up ads), with Shazam's app, I've actually found songs by, well, ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9993320-35.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:46:00 GMT Kevin Ho iPhone features: Lost in translation--Chinese style http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9992319-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone

Ni hao? The iPhone's Chinese language support screen.

(Credit: Kevin Ho)

One solution to the what-to-do-with-the-iPhone-1.0 dilemma that occurred to me over lunch with my grandpa on Tuesday (in San Francisco's Chinatown no less) was to give him my old iPhone 1.0.

My grandfather is an ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9992319-35.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:44:00 GMT Kevin Ho iPhone applications: roulette for dinner - urbanspoon http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9991314-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone For those of us who have a hard time deciding what to eat or where to dine out, Urbanspoon has made a slot machine/roulette application (complete with 'pull' slot machine sound effects) to help us make a decision on where to eat. The application will determine your location from ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9991314-35.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:55:00 GMT Kevin Ho iPhone applications: A time sink and a battery sink http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9990311-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone How 1.0 iPhones use battery life with the 2.0 firmware and all those tantalizing applications is something that may be worth considering against the iPhone 3G's voracious appetite for power. During the past weekend, as new applications get tested out, I've seen the iPhone 3G use ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9990311-35.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:23:00 GMT Kevin Ho