AT&T here in Lincoln, NE (and Omaha, I presume) flipped the switch on 3G this morning, bringing mobile broadband yumminess to my iPhone 3G. What can I say so far? It’s fast. Not quite as fast as using WiFi, but very, very close. This will be handy when out and about in Lincoln. When I am at home, I will probably still connect to my home WiFi.
However, I am resolved to keep my iPhone running on 3G for a little while in order to test performance. Mainly, I want to observe the hit on battery life, since Apple says using 3G may affect that. I noticed after using 3G for about three hours today, I had knocked my iPhone down to 80% battery. For some perspective, though, I was using my iPhone constantly during that time, instead of the occasional glance every 20-30 minutes.
I am very glad AT&T rolled out 3G here in Nebraska. I had inquired last month at my local AT&T store, and the representative said it should be up and running by Thanksgiving. Looks like that goal has been met. I have to say, with all the griping I have heard people say about AT&T, I haven’t had any problems with them. Well, other than they are nonexistent when I travel to South Dakota, my homeland.
I’ll add updates if I find out anything noteworthy in the next day or two.
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Courtesy of MacRumors.com
This morning Apple held their “The Spotlight Turns to Notebooks” event and surprise, they released new notebook computers! In all honesty, this is an event I’ve been waiting a long time for. Now, I love my iPhone to death, and use it countless times every day, but it is time for the Mac to shine again.
Sure, Apple had the MacBook Air in January, but the Air didn’t really apply to me. I want two things in a notebook: storage & power. At the time of my last notebook purchase, the MacBook satiated me compared to my iBook G4 of yore. Two years later, I am toying with the idea of upgrading within the next year. My next logical step would be the MacBook Pro, but the thing has looked like an old PowerBook G4 for it’s 3 year existence.
Well, Apple stepped up the sexiness factor of the MacBook Pro today. Take a look after the break. Read more…
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The time has come again to unleash the Macolantern, my annual October desktop image! Downloadable here.
I posted this on Flickr last year, but that was when I was running Tiger. So here is the Leopard version. :)
Happy October!
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Google turned 10 years old today! I wonder how many times I have used Google in the last 10 years? Especially since it is my home page on my browser.
Well, Google wrote up a nice little blog post of their own for the occasion. Only 11 more years until Google can drink in the USA!
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Wow, things sure have changed since my last post from the line outside the Apple Store!
I’m a dad! Our little boy, Jonathan David, was born on Tuesday, July 15, a
2008 at 4:48 am CDT. He weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz. And measured 19.75 inches long. He is perfectly healthy and drop dead cute!
Karen is recovering very well. The little guy is one week old now. I do apologize for not writing about this joyous occasion sooner, but I rarely get a chance to sit in front of the computer now.
Thankfully, WordPress just released a native blogging app for the iPhone. So this post is typed out entirely with my thumbs on a buttonless keyboard. And you know what? It’s pretty fast!
I wish I could promise my full fledged iPhone review by the end of the week, but I can’t make a promise like that. I will do my best though.
Here’s a picture of my little boy:
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AT&T here in Lincoln, NE (and Omaha, I presume) flipped the switch on 3G this morning, bringing mobile broadband yumminess to my iPhone 3G. What can I say so far? It’s fast. Not quite as fast as using WiFi, but very, very close. This will be handy when out and about in Lincoln. When I am at home, I will probably still connect to my home WiFi.
