Apple Mystique – What is it? Why is it important to marketing of Apple products? Has it been tarnished with initial iPhone 4 problems? Has it!

Consumer Reports:
We reached this conclusion after testing all three of our iPhone 4s (purchased at three separate retailers in the New York area) in the controlled environment of CU’s radio frequency (RF) isolation chamber. In this room, which is impervious to outside radio signals, our test engineers connected the phones to our base-station emulator, a device that simulates carrier cell towers. We also tested several other AT&T phones the same way, including the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre. None of those phones had the signal-loss problems of the iPhone 4.
A piece of duct-tape placed over the offending area can prevent the problem, according to them, and they repeat that a case can likely prevent it as well (though they haven’t tested any in the lab yet).

The signal problem is the reason that we did not cite the iPhone 4 as a “recommended” model, even though its score in our other tests placed it atop the latest Ratings of smart phones that were released today.

iPhone 4 – Hardware and Software (round table experience thus far). Liking? Disliking? Rants, Raves, and opinions.

iOS – Today mobile devices…Tomorrow….. (Ahem Apple TV)

Does google rule the world? More importantly, do they want to? google execs: we have no strategy to compete with Apple because they are going a different route? Uh, yeah right!
Google has its corporate fingers in more pies than Apple. Google is harvesting information, Apple is selling.

Openess with Android? If the platform is so open and free why then are carriers able to ‘take away’ native Os features? Isn’t that strange? Google Has already zapped apps.

iPhone + Blackberry = WhatsApp
iPhone + Android/Symbian = Fring
iPhone+Blackberry+Android=pMessenger
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Will we see more cross platform apps? Hopefully Apple’s Facetime API’s adoption will make cross platform more accessible. It would make decision making even harder if you don’t have to get something just because that’s what your friend has.
Fring made a great start, but what happened with them removing Skype barely 24 hours after the world figured out you could “FaceTime” on it?

Microsoft – how the mighty have fallen! Who’s running the mobile ship? With Apple and Google, you can clearly identify who is responsible for driving the mobile dream. Can M$ live with being so far behind? They have before (desktop browser, console gaming), do they have the drive and vision to come back? Was the Kin a nail in their mobile coffin? Is Windows Phone 7 too little too late? And seriously…has anyone ever seen someone with a Zune? (Donny haz Zune!)

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Two hosts, two iPhone 4′s, two stories

FedEx vs the Apple store experience

Thoughts about the iPhone 4 – Putting together the Hardware and Software

Face Time

The “you’re holding it wrong” phenomenon

Bumper

Front facing camera – is it the best thing ever?

iMovie

Holy battery, Batman!

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Tonight’s guest: Diana McDonough

Windows 7

“God mode.”
Create a folder anywhere you’d like – desktop, documents…wherever. Now copy this:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
and paste it as the name of the folder.

64 bit vs. 32 bit

IE / Chrome / Firefox

Restarting our phones

Any Android update for the Hero or is it still low man on the totem pole?

HTC and software updates….

Nexus One and multi-touch

In case of a case…

Diana made a BIG Amazon purchase

Jerry got a Milli Power Skin

Alli and Diana have the Zagg Sparq

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Episode 17

Monday, November 16, 2009

Nephews, tropical storms, and ooooooooo…9 and oh baybee!

Parental update – started looking at VZW cause Dad noticed the Droid Does commercials. I think they’d like VZW, but not the device. Mom really wants an iPhone. Little reception in the house with AT&T, perhaps they’ll wait on AT&T’s femtocell. Holding pattern.

Top 5 Must Have applications and mini review- for any platform

Jerry – iPhone:  Non JailBreak: 1) PocketInformant 2)Faces Lite 3) Tweetie 2 4) iXpensit ) WhatsApp

Jailbreak: 1) sbSettings 2) Backgrounder 3) 3GEnabler 4) GVMobile 5) Intelliscreen

Alli – iPhone – 1) TaKePhOnE…only cause I love the old Palm stuff. 2) TV Forecast, while not a productivity app is definitely one of my absolute favorites. 3) PocketInformant 4) iCanSee***** 5) 10 Thousand

Jailbreak….1) GV Mobile. 2) LockCal Not really taking advantage of much beyond that for jb besides wallpaper/themes even though I have SBSettings and Backgrounder installed.

We both tried Shape’s (IM+) new app Business Card Reader. Working about 80% for me. Only getting one phone number.

80-85 recognition, but always lists the work number as home.

JottNot

Jailbreak stuff in general. Gonna help @clarescoffee j/b. Slow down on icon design, but maybe do an entire new theme now that I know how easy it is. DiskAid – vavavavoom! No need to ssh.

Waiting on Element – new lock screen

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Sept. 28, 2009

Guest Joel Johnson – @j2inet on Twitter

Jerry is now an internet marketing consultant for WSI – Congrats and good luck, Jerry!

Joel’s mom is using a Mac
Browsers for the family – Firefox or Chrome while Joel sticks with IE
Surprise, family! You’re using Windows 7.

Alli moans and complains about monitoring at school

Joel moans about corporate monitoring

Can you install software without agreeing to the EULA agreement?

Joel would never suggest his relatives use Windows Mobile

Everyone is on a different network

At Joel’s house, you don’t find change in the seat cushions – you find a PPC device!

A 9 year old wants a WinPho – make Edward happy

A 4 year old can use a WinPho

Joel’s dad uses media center, which explains missing commercials on tv

iTunes An airport express should blow the Johnson family’s collective mind

Differences between Mac iTunes and Windows iTunes (I had no idea!)

Dangling dongle – bad

Convergence

Cupholders in cars – FTW!

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• Mediafly’s origins
• Mediafly on iPhone, Blackberry, Android, and coming soon to WebOS
• Approval in the Apple app store may not be so bad compared to Blackberry’s app catalog
• Medialite – mini Mediafly apps, branded to specific podcasts

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Apologies to all iPhone owners I’ve made fun of over the last 2 years.

EVERYONE has an iPhone!
all the msmobiles hosts have, and 3/4 use as primary device
everyone involved in the WMExperts Round Robin had one

What made you actually make the switch in the first place?

Great thread on The iPhone Blog forum asking the question. (I’m not keen on most of the answers!)

BT on the iPhone – Comparison with WM and Palm.  Does experience with both count? Of course it does!

Twitter apps on the iPhone

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