http://www.cnet.com/8300-13544_1-35.html Living with the iPhone en-us Copyright 1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, 04 May 2008 20:39:00 GMT Whether the weather function on the iPhone is mocking us or trying to be accurate http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9935417-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Let's face it, the iPhone can do a whole bunch of things, some necessary (like talking, texting and emailing) and others not-so-necessary (like the rolling-a-make-believe-ball-into-a-peg-fame) pretty well. But, you would hope that one of the more basic features like the weather function would work better than it does. Sure, ...

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9935417-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Sun, 04 May 2008 20:39:00 GMT Kevin Ho The text break before dessert--a new standard? http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9925272-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Sure, it's not new that people get interrupted at dinner by a cell phone call. In the past, it must have been a pager, or maybe in olden days, a courier pigeon. But with the increasing number of people getting iPhones (I have to admit that a scion of ...

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9925272-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:13:00 GMT Kevin Ho How I got my third iPhone: dropping it on its power switch hits a sweet spot http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9891158-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone There comes a point where every early adopter realizes they are no longer really adopting anything unique any more. This happens when a product becomes saturated, more available and more universal. For me, as I've seen over the past few days, that point has come to pass - at ...

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9891158-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:18:00 GMT Kevin Ho Cutting the cord (metaphorically): the iPhone on vacation proves friend & foe http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9879493-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Recent iPhone ads have touted the utility of having the iPhone on a trip. Vacationing with the iPhone is a great convenience, but also makes it harder to vacation.

Using the quasi-GPS and Google Maps, being able to make dinner reservations, forsaking tour guidebooks and printed itineraries it great. On ...

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9879493-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:12:00 GMT Kevin Ho After a reboot, does my e-vote count? http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9864972-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone

A Sequoia voting machine rebooting, and rebooting...

(Credit: Kevin Ho)

With all things touch-screen in an increasingly touch-screen centric world, I was given the "plastic or paper" option for casting my vote in the California primary on this most super of Super Tuesdays. So, not liking the marker fumes and ...

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9864972-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:01:00 GMT Kevin Ho Macworld: Video recording, search function and P2P iPhone applications from the Kiwis http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9853376-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Polar Bear Farm, working with a reversed engineered SDK, have created two prototype applications that caught my eye. Of course, this coming from someone who thinks hacking involves coughing and jailbreaking involves Folsom prison. But with that said, the New Zealander guys (and they are literally guys) from Polar Bear Farm ...

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9853376-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:38:00 GMT Kevin Ho Macworld: Blinged out iPhone Cases http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9853357-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone

iSkin's offerings: typical

(Credit: Kevin Ho)

Much like CES, the vast majority of iPhone accessories were limited to carrying cases or skins, which is surprising given that this was the event where the iPhone was introduced. While entries from iSkin and CaseLogic were there, these entries from Gilty Couture ...

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9853357-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:28:00 GMT Kevin Ho The mass SMS-text strikes back: The 1.1.3 iPhone update rocks http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9851603-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone I still stand by my original post that the updates promised for the iPhone released today as firmware "update 1.1.3 "should be given a better number, maybe a 1.2?, to mark the great features and updates. Hoaxes and teasers aside, I can't contain my giddiness - ...

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9851603-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:28:00 GMT Kevin Ho End of the innocence? The iPhone's first Trojan http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9849919-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Early adopters are an impatient lot, especially Apple boys and girls. With Macworld looming Tuesday (a 3G/GPS iPhone? I will so be in line to get one if or when it comes out) and with reports of impatient iPhoners being hit with a Trojan masked as "leaked" 1.1....

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9849919-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:42:00 GMT Kevin Ho CES: AT&T's EDGE network reaches capacity and flails at CES http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9848614-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone It wasn't a whiteout, a brownout but a rather, a geek out that plagued those of us with AT&T service on iPhones or AT&T service in general. While our bars indicated full service, getting server access error messages in Safari was much more common than you would ...

]]> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9848614-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:22:00 GMT Kevin Ho