iPhone coming to Verizon…FINALLY!
iPhone coming to Verizon…FINALLY!
Well, it’s been FINALLY made official. For all those folks that have been waiting for Steve Jobs and the folks at Apple to finally get their act together and get the iPhone on the Verizon network, February 3 or 10 are the dates you should put on your calendar.
This announcement expectation was all the buzz at CES last week with Verizon playing absolutely stupid to any discussion on it. The undertone talk at CES had Jobs and Apple dragging their butts on the announcement until after CES was over with so that they could yet take more thunder away from CES and events at CES. Well, again they’ve succeeded.
There’s been A LOT of talk today about all the current iPhone users on the AT&T network that will be (forced to) buying new iPhones that are compatible with Verizon’s network and why people would leave AT&T to got Verizon. That story is fairly self evident – Verizon is nowhere near perfect, but they’re arguably the best guys on the stump when it comes to wireless communication.
BUT, what about those of us already Verizon clients and will be moving over as fast as we can? For this writer, the main reason is that Palm/HP have just drug their butts at application development promotion. I will be moving over as fast as I can for basically two reasons:
1. The charging process using the induction charging circuit JUST SUCKS. There have just been too many times when I’ve left my Pre on the charger at night (and it acknowledged it was actually charging!), only to find it about as dead as a rock when I woke up in the morning. Verizon tech support and the web are seeing a lot of these occurrences and no solutions. If they can’t get it fixed in a year I don’t have any confort that HP and Palm will get it fixed in another year.
2. The BIGGEST reason I’m leaving is due to the lack of applications depth. A lot of the applications that I’m finding I need to conduct my life and business are clearly available and marketed for Windows (which I avoid!), Android, Blackberry and iPhone. When I contact the vendors they as a general rule tell me that there are no plans to port their app to the Palm o/s. Why HP/Palm isn’t working like a Wildman on steroids to push out apps and thereby enhance demand for their product is just pure stupidity and way beyond my understanding.
SO, bring on February! Frankly, I can’t wait to punt this Pre!
I’m Don Rima and that’s the view From Where I Stand.
CES 2011 – What may be coming
CES 2011 – What may be coming
Well folks, once again it’s time to be thinking about all the post Xmas goodies that will be on the shelf… No, I’m not talking about what’s on sale at Sears, I’m talking about the annual Consumer Electronics Show, generally just referred to as “CES”.
The show is the 2nd week in January in Vegas and here’s my list of prognostications of some of the things we can expect to find:
Tablets, tablets and more tablets: I fully expect that tablet PC technology will be ubiquitous. This goes beyond the little toys like iPad, Kendle, and ilk of such like. These are going to be fully functional powerful PC’s with an incredible array of decent touch, draw and write capabilities as base products. The kind of things you saw in Star Trek many years ago.
3D video enhancements: I fully expect to see a lot more in the realm of 3D LED and plasma screens. This technology has now been around for 3 years and it’s way past the experimental stages and well into the enhanced production and product selling stages. Also look for some really nifty 3D video cameras for the home user. These initially may not be for the totally clueless amateur and may require a bit of technical acumen, but they’ll be there.
More in wireless IP (WIFI) technologies: I’m looking for enhancements in both product and product security of IP over power lines, wireless security systems for the home, and increases in bandwidth, compression and the abilities to shove more down that wireless communications pipeline.
Much more in the area of what we used to call and still do in some circles PDA’s. I expect the iPhone for Verizon to be announced (FINALLY!) and that it will be a super version of what’s now available for folks using things like AT&T. Unfortunately, due to the almost absolute lack of apps and total malaise to building apps, I expect that Palm’s Pre will continue to decline inspite of it being a better o/s platform. I’m also hoping that there are announcements about improvements in the inductance charging systems for PDA’s, etc. The current inductance charging technology leaves a lot to be desired as is witnessed by the many people using Palm’s Pre to charge their phones.
If you’re going, I hope you have a great trip. Take comfortable shoes because you’re going to be doing a lot of walking.
I’m Don Rima and that’s the view From Where I Stand.
Lindsay Lohan – Revisited
Lindsay Lohan – Revisited
So, Lindsay Lohan got 90 days and a really stiff probation list of “To Do’s” in response to her being an irresponsible spoiled brat and thinking that she can violate probation and skip court mandated alcohol classes.
Judge Marsha Revel evidently, FINALLY, had enough of Lohan’s diva crap and dropped the double whammy on her. Good for Judge Revel!
Well, it’s ABOUT TIME! The general public has had well enough of crap like Lohan and others of the same ilk thinking they can totally do whatever they want and everyone’s just supposed to accept it for whatever reason.
I’m Don Rima and that’s the view From Where I Stand.
