Anyway, you open the box and what appears is a piece of technology that is definitly defining the state-of-the-art when it comes to headsets. It is amazing how Apple could fit the technology into a case with that size, which even includes a battery large enough to operate the headset for several days.

The integration of the headset with the iPhone is like it should be. No pairing other than putting it into the cradle together with the iPhone is needed and you can even see the status of the battery on the iPhone's status bar. The volume of the headset is controlled via the iPhone as well and during a call, you can always switch between the phone, the headset and the speaker. What you can't do is listening to your music via the headset, which is ok as the audio quality of the headset is optimized for converations. Btw, the audio quality is just perfect for both, you and your partner.

Even though this is the most money I've ever paid for such a small device, it is worth every Euro. Bottomline is, the iPhone and the iPhone headset are a perfect fit.

Well, still looks like a boring phone to me ;-) Or is it still more like this one?

What Apple did was just combining the best technologies currently available and create something that hasn't been seen so far. What makes the iPhone different is definitely the ease of use when you first hold it in your hand. Everything seems to obvious and as it should be that you almost feel sorry for all the people still using an ordinary phone.

The touch display just fits perfectly to the concept of such an handheld device anfd for Apple it is the first such device since the introduction of the Newton, which was not such a big success for Apple. Anyway, technologies have evolved and the iPhone is definitly not suffering from the same problems the Newton did.

Something that you become aware of after having used the phone for some time is the fact that you are not looking for functions and menus. There are none. What Apple did there is two fold: first, there are not as many features avail at any time when you are within an application and second, the functions you use are there when you need them. 80% of the features of a modern smartphone are most of the time are most of the time never used, nevertheless, they are messing up the UI with menus, buttons you name it. On the iPhone you get what you need and a little more. Apple is focusing in the 20% and makes those 20% as usable as possible.

Just as an example, take the camera. My previous phone, the Nokia 93, has a 3M pixel camera wiuth a lot of feature to turn on and off. Guess what? I've never used them most of the time and the pictures are even worse than the ones taken with the iPhone. There is nothing you can do wrong and the camera is just there when you need it. No wait time.

It will be interesting to see how the iPhone survives my daily busines and if it is still as usuable during those situations where are just need a tool to do my work. Nothing else. One thing i am missing already though are the limited sync capabilities for mail systems used within larger businesses. Apple is doing really bad there, while Nokia has a pretty extensive conduit solution across their phone portfolio. Let's ee how Apple is doing there in the future.

Guess what? Not supported. You basically activate the phone with one card and it is tied to this card. No second card. Even if its a t-mobile. Here you go t-mobile, lost another customer.

I guess there are other ways I'll becoming a happy iPhone user. Actually it is pretty easy to ruin your business by stupid decisions. At least there is some consistency in this stupidity.

Good luck for you Fernando, I guess you didn't do yourself a favor. But I am pretty sure Flavio will take care of you.

P.S. And now it seems he still has a chance to win the championship in Brasil

That was my first tought when I saw the new Zune 2.0 campaign on zune.net

The latest entry in my list of "blogs we don't need" is the official Homeland Security Blog that ...

... is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide a forum to talk about our work protecting the American people, building an effective emergency preparedness and response capability, enforcing immigration laws, and promoting economic prosperity.

I guess that's the price we have to pay and it's part of the concept of living in an open society ;-) What really makes me happy is the number of comments on this site: close to zero. Unfortunatly I might have raised the site's page rank by linking to it.

Just in case you feel kind of sick after reading pieces of works there, here is a little antidot.

Luca di Montezemolo: Whomever wins the drivers championship either does it with a little bit of Ferrari or in a Ferrari!

First there are the those folks that really don't know what to buy. You see them strolling around through those meandering aisles not really heading for anything. Before actually leaving IKEA without anything they buy at least a pack of tea light. Dog owners alternativly buy some dirt bags. This could be actually the majority of visitors if I really think about it.

Next are those folks in their twenties usually flanked by their parents getting the minimal stuff for their first student appartment. Beside the obligatory starter pack, they usually buy some window blinds, bath mats and a palm. Of course, expect the father to pay for all the stuff.

The most interesting group of people are those couples that want to equip their love nest. What usually happens is the following: both are looking for something that could fit when they at some point become highly emotional about let's say a ceiling lamp. After a short debate in front of all other people, usually the guy starts to sulk when she gets off getting even more stuff.

Finally, when you reach the check-out you just wonder what people are buying while being at IKEA. You look at the stuff on the belt, check the customer, look at the belt again and your ask yourself what the appartment will look like. Priceless.

Last thing you have to do before you leave the place, get yourself one of these hot dogs you would eventually never ever eat anywhere else. IKEA is always worth a visit.

Btw, even IKEA figured that ;-)

First they present this

and then there is going to be this
 

and let's not forget, there is still this

Question: what's the best to do?

While I was working at my desk this morning typing on my laptop I heard a loud crack and boom there I had two halfs of my glass desktop on my knees. Unbelievable! All the stuff that was on the table once was collapsing right in the middle of it: screen, laptop, PLAYSTATION 3, PS2, lamp, NAS and a lot of crap.

I guess I was just a little to careless about that as I was using this desk since at least 10 years without any issues. Fortunatly the glass didn't really shiver. So in other words I had to perfectly cut halfs of the table. Finally, all of my stuff is still intact ;-)

P.S. I know that's a lot of cable spaghetti down there ;-)

Check out the pics and the videos (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI) i took.

In a 10 step procedure detailed on his blog Hotz describes the still very error prone procedure of unlocking the iPhone successfully. Looking at the 10 steps especially step 3 looks like the most delicate as you have to solder two cables onto the radio module of the iPhone in order to "reset" the iPhone to run some unsigned code on it.

Being part of the "iPhone Dev Team" has mastered this competition with the help of his fellow co-members and is now looking forward for someone to simplify the procedure.

Check out this short video where George demonstrates the iPhone now running on a t-mobile SIM.

Before you ask how this is possible, check out the lady's blog and the respective article on gizmodo, where she explains the insanity of that 300 page bill. Ok, let's double check this: 30.000 text message at let's say 20 sec a message, that's 10.000 min just on text messaging, or about 160h, which is roughly 7 days a month. Hmm, can we believe this?

Anyway, it is a funny story.

But now on my daily commute I see those good old days finally coming back. How is that? Literally every vehicle on the road these days is equipped with a mobile navigation unit sitting on top of the dashboard or taped to windscreen. It is amazing how those devices really collectively raised the interest of car owners all over the world.

And believe me, similar to the revmeters in the 80th, there is no real need for that. It is once again a kind of a status symbol, as cars with integrated revmeters where considered to be expensive and sporty, whereas the same is true for navigation systems today.

Let's see what's next ...

Using a SIM cloning technique, you are now apble to use the iPhone without a AT&T SIM card. As this current breach is still using some hardware to do the job, there are folks already working on a software only solution.

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