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Over the weekend the rumor mill was in full gear talking yet again about the iPhone coming to the Verizon network. This time the rumors are reported by Apple insider citing a Taiwanese manufacturer that is said to avoid a contract to produce a new “worldmode iPhone” that will run on both GSM and Verizon’s CDMA networks. “I’m waiting for a Verizon or T-Mobile iPhone” That is a consistent refrain from people when I talk to them about why they are using (insert phone name here). This is usually followed by a discussion about why they are unhappy with AT&T and my explanation about why a Verizon/T-Mobile iPhone, while technically possible, is very unlikely. While I’ve talked about it here in passing, local tech author Glen Fleishman lays it out very well in his latest article on Tidbits.
This article is a good read and worth a peek for anyone interested in the subject. In addition to the points that Glen makes, I’ll add a couple of my own.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of …. Apologies to all the Dickens fans out there, but the beginning to the classic tale has a number of parallels to some people experience with configuring the iPhone to connect to UW services. It is the best of times in that it is easy to connect to the UW wifi, email (Exchange, Deskmail/IMAP, Gmail, etc) and the m.UW or OneBusAway apps. It is the worst (ok, not best) of times in that you need to configure all of this manually. Each one isn’t difficult, but you need to find the documentation and navigate through a lot of choices.
Print, Cut, Fold Web site Dessine Moi un Objet (make or draw something for me?) posts a very interesting method of making an attractive dock/stand for the iPhone and iPod touch. There is even a video to illustrate how to bring it all together. You need some heavy card stock, a printer, ruler and exacto knife.
The University of Washington’s iPhone app, m.UW has been available from the Apple store for about 10 days now. In those 10 days, we have seen it installed (or at least downloaded) on about 3,500 iPhones or iPod touches. |
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