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My experience with the Starbucks Mobile Card

When I initially heard about the Starbucks mobile card test only being expanded to Target stores, I wondered if the reason was because of infrastructure. After all, there are west coast tests of the mobile card in full scale stores.After trying to use it, I now believe that the choice of Target Starbucks as test [...]

Calendar functionality on a smartphone?

It seems that calendars should respond to time zone changes more gracefully.I don’t have another smartphone for reference, just an iPhone, but the combination of automatic time zone updating and calendar appointments should be handled more gracefully.Now, I know there’s a time zone support option on the iPhone, but not all appointment sources are created [...]

Smartphone users disappointed with handset and application performance

From Fanfare: Research reveals 57% of smartphone users disappointed with handset and application performanceCloser examination reveals that only 155 members of the public responded to the survey.One interesting “key finding” that I noted was that whether a problem with the device or the network, 53% blame the device for the issue. If Apple’s true intent [...]

More rumblings of AT&T iPhone exclusivity ending…

Apple to End AT&T iPhone Exclusivity Within a Year? | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD.I love the first comment:I’d pay to end my AT&T contract, and I’m only two months into it. I get a small discount on my AT&T/iPhone service w/ unlimited text messages, and I’m looking at a bill for one [...]

Yelp Easter egg gives an accessible look at augmented reality on iPhone [3G S]

It was a little difficult to get the compass to respond correctly indoors, but you can see the results of pointing in the direction that the restaurants / businesses are below. The camera image is superimposed with the business that are in the direction that the phone is pointing in:

Statistics (you know what they say about them) Apple iPhone Dominates…

Apple’s statistics from AdMob have been impressive over the last year. It seems that iPhone and iPod touch owners are heavy Internet users. Forrester Research even quoted AdMob’s findings in their “Mobile Internet: Where is Your Audience?” paper.One thing I’ve noticed, however, is that quite a few of my free apps have ads served by [...]

Some thoughts on the ‘vulnerability’ of the 3G S $AAPL

Hacker Says iPhone 3GS Encryption Is ‘Useless’ for Businesses | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.Some counterpoints: The iPhone 3G S has to be in the physical possession of the hacker (instead of an over-the-air attack). The iPhone can be wiped remotely (however, MobileMe, push, and Find My iPhone must be turned on, and must be connected [...]

How well has the Sprint/Palm campaign against Apple has been doing?

Article: Sprint Palm Pre campaign wants bite of Apple’s pieInteresting statistics on Sprint’s NOW Network campaign and how well it as performed against the buzz that the iPhone creates.Things that I take away from this article: Sprint and Palm are name-dropping Twitter and Facebook to freshen up their image. Aggressive marketing of the Palm Pre [...]

The varied cost of applications (and developing them) for different mobile devices

As I find myself slowing losing resistance to buying an iPhone, I started thinking about all the free and $0.99 apps on the App Store. Granted, I’m using a platform (Palm OS) that is migrating from being “cheap because it’s old” to being “expensive because no one builds them anymore.” However, there are still Palm [...]