“Unlimited” is the new black for mobile phone operators (at least until the iPhone Black is released in two weeks), but what are the implications for consumers? After a surprise overage of $150 last month, I found out! It seems that I’ve been burning up the airwaves with calls lately, and my rollover pool dried […]
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Watch Out When Buying From the iTunes Wi-Fi Store!
It seems that there is another iPhone gremlin, this time in the interaction between the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store (as seen on the iPhone and iPod Touch) that can cause your purchases to vaporize. This only seems to apply to folks who have unchecked “automatically sync” and have not previously clicked “Transfer Purchases From…” in […]
Key Technical Differences Between Email Archiving Products?
I’m working on a new feature article for Storage Magazine focused on selecting an enterprise email archiving product. This is something I’ve done quite a bit of work around, so I decided to redirect it into a “bride magazine” type “ten things to look for” item. If you too know about the field of email […]
Is There An iPhone 1.1.3 Storage Gremlin?
Ever since I upped my iPhone to version 1.1.3, I’ve been puzzled by the allocation of a couple hundred megabytes of capacity to “Other”. Look at the picture here – notice that it has 243.9 MB of “Other”? Some of that is my custom ringtones (self-created thanks to AtomicParsley!), but not much. The rest magically […]
How Much Can You Rely On the iPhone’s Google Maps Combination of Skyhook Wi-Fi and Cell Tower Data For Pseudo-GPS?
One of the (few) surprises from this month’s MacWorld was that the Google Maps application integrates location data not just from cell tower triangulation (using Google’s “My Location” technology) but also Wi-Fi visibility information, thanks to Skyhook. This combination of technologies piqued my interest, and it turns out that I was in a unique position […]
