At&t reception in SF is better, but not good enough, and no Verizon iPhone? May 12, 2010 | perivision | 3 Comments Over the last 2 weeks I have noticed that my iphone was working slightly better in my office here SOMA in San Francisco, the home of cell phone purgatory. But not good enough. And of course, I still get dropped calls in Oakland and in Palo Alto. So now what? Well, I already decided that… Read More
Connect a mouse to the iPad with Magic Mouse May 10, 2010 | perivision | 2 Comments Yes folks!!! Sick and tired of having to put down your beer to click something on your ipad?? Hate having to reach up to the table when your ipad is set up like a monitor? Have you had it with smudge marks?? Cant get the ‘chessie poofs’ dust off the screen??? Well those days are… Read More
Playing with the Android tablet Alpha May 6, 2010 | perivision | 7 Comments Actually, I’m not even sure I should call it an Alpha. The folks at Adobe basically hacked together this device to run android so that they can show Air displaying a magazine. Now.. WHY would someone take a CLEARLY hacked device to a show? Perhaps because they are so pissed at Apple they were willing… Read More
Adobe flash (AS3) to iPhone back from the dead? May 4, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment This is SERIOUSLY rumor control, but I’ve read on electronista and a few other sites that Apple may change the iphone4.0 SDK to avoid a possible FTC antitrust investigation. Now this does not mean flash will be on the iphone or ipad any time soon, or anytime I figure short of going through jailbreak, but… Read More
Jailbreak ‘Spirit’ for iphone ipad 3.1.3 3.2 is out. May 3, 2010 | perivision | 5 Comments Finally. I was wondering how long this would take. I have to tried it myself, my general rule is to wait for awhile and see how it goes. But if you are a poor soul that updated accidentally, then there is hope!! Now this jailbreak supports 3.2 as well as 3.1.3. However, 3.2 is still… Read More
Top 10 ish iPad jailbreak applications May 3, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment The iPad just got its official jailbreak with ‘Spirit’ from MuscleNerd. WIN! Now many of my top jailbreak apps for the iphone does not make sense for this version of the ipad since it does not have a camera, but we all know the next version will. … Read More
iPad 3G is now available April 30, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment Yesterday was a big day in the Great Tablet War. Both Microsoft’s Courier and HP’s Slate went down in defeat. Google, the only major player left has yet to join the battle. As such, we can call Apple’s iPad as the victor in the first major engagement. And now their forces grow with the iPad3G.… Read More
The HP Slate dies. 2 major players killed in the Tablet War in one day! April 29, 2010 | perivision | 4 Comments Wow. Just read in Techcrunch, ( ta for the tip @thekenyeung ) that HP is killing the slate. At least in its current format. There is a possibility it can come back running WebOS. But till we know for sure, its dead. So who is left? Google. I have not heard much on the gSlate,… Read More
MS Slate Courier is dead. First major victom in the Great Tablet War April 29, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment Its kind of a shame really. Although once I read the specs and saw the mock ups, I know this would not fly, but it would have been interesting just to see. The idea of a two screen slate is intriguing to say the least. But Microsoft finally owned up to building one and owned… Read More
Palm finally sells to HP. Stock jumps $1.50 April 28, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment Well, they finally sold. About time too. 1.2 billion. Although HP says its because of the ‘top in class’ OS, I would say the IP’s had more to do with it. Still its done and now Palm had ended one life and begins another. And given the stock jump, its off to a good start.… Read More
Free turn by turn navigation for the iPhone iPad from Google.. Game over man April 22, 2010 | perivision | 3 Comments Oh man. Tom Tom and other GPS companies are rolling over in their soon to be mobile graves. AT&T’s monthly fee based turn by turn, questionable to even support it anymore. Google turn by turn is already available on Android and soon to be on the iPhone. We already know that, but the news is… Read More
No Flash for iphone, ipad or i anything really. April 21, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment Well, Adobe gave up the ghost and has announced that it will no longer continue to invest in building a tool that will allow Actionscript programmers to write for the iphone. Although the shock of Apples c*(k -blocking has already warn off, its still a bit depressing. There has been many arguments that Apple needed… Read More
Whats new with the iphone 4? BIG clue from a lost phone April 19, 2010 | perivision | 2 Comments I’m sure most of you have already heard the news of the lost next gen iphone 4.0. Well Gizmodo got their hands on it, took it apart and have posted up what goodness we can expect from the new iphone There are some things that I had thought back in March (last year) we might… Read More
Why the iPad is like a big iPhone, and why its completely different April 17, 2010 | perivision | 2 Comments So the iPad has been out for just over a week now and after using it a few time and talking with and watching how others use it; I’ve observed that although the iPad is just a big iPod touch, its also complete different just because of the screen size. Yes, yes, the CPU is… Read More
I’m going to buy a Palm Pre… because of the Kyrocera 6035 April 14, 2010 | perivision | 4 Comments What?? WHY in world would someone buy a Palm Pre now given that the company will soon be sold, they are GIVING the bloody things away and basically (unless HTC buys and it decides to support it), its a dead OS? Well, unlike buying a window 6.5 phone (unless you hope to load android on… Read More
Opera is live in the iphone app store! April 12, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment W00t! {update} So after using this for a few weeks, I find that I only use Opera in certain situations. For example I use newsSnacker.com to read all my twitter news sites. The great thing about Opera is I can open a news story in a new tab and go back to newsSnacker and keep… Read More
Opera mini for the iPhone is going to out in 24 hours April 12, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment Sweet!! I have not seen it running in person yet, but I’ve been looking forward to this app. I’ve already talked about Opera on the iphone, so there is not much more to add but to say I will be checking the app store allllll day for this. And tell the truth. I’m still suprised. … Read More
From Lee Brimelow to Apple. Go screw yourself! April 9, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment The following text was posted by Lee Brimelow and first spotted by my on TechCrunch.. He replied to the Apple d**k move of locking out any dev’s but X dev’s. More on that here.. So here is his post, in parts. Go to Lee Brimelow on his Flash Blog to read the whole statement. By… Read More
Can I tether my iPad to my iPhone? Other Smart phone?? Yes. April 9, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment I’m really surprised I get this question. I was asked 3 times and I figured I would write a short post on the answer. YES.. Ok, now ‘why’ its yes.. You do NOT have to jailbreak you iPad to tether. You only have to jailbreak the iPhone. (if you are using an iphone that is) … Read More
Remember the idea of creating iphone apps from adobe flash? Forget it April 8, 2010 | perivision | 3 Comments {UPDATE 2} A response from Lee Brimelow on his Flash Blog. I think this says it all. “… Now let me put aside my role as an official representative of Adobe for a moment as I would look to make it clear what is going through my mind at the moment. Go screw yourself Apple.”… Read More