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Apple forced to drop iPhone ad in the UK

So I got a bunch of email about this this morning, and it’s certainly noteworthy. I’m an iPhone user and I have to say, I really love the device despite some obvious flaws, but it’s also about a million times better than the competition, so it’s unclear what my problem is. Anyway, in usual Apple fashion...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-26-2008
iPhone 3G does not capture 17 percent of the US market for cell phones

It’s interesting to me how people contort Apple market share figures to make them look better than they really are. If Apple’s market share of, say, the PC industry isn’t high enough, we’ll just use the US figures without mentioning that’s what happening. Still not high enough? We’ll use a nebulous and...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-07-2008
The Cell Phone Wars

Slate has an interesting comparison of Apple’s very closed model with the iPhone and Google’s very open model with Android: In the two months since the App Store's launch, Apple has rejected several programs for seemingly arbitrary reasons that it won't disclose. Developers havegrumbled about...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-26-2008
Uninstall MobileMe

Thanks to Derek E., who notes that there's a hidden feature of iTunes 8: You can now uninstall the MobileMe control panel, which was a huge complaint from previous iTunes versions. Here's a shot: Obviously, it would be better if this piece of junk was optional, but at least now you can rid your...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-14-2008
Jobs: MobileMe ‘not up to Apple's standards’

Well, I’m happy for that admission . But let’s be serious: MobileMe is a quagmire on the PC. I’ve written a ton of stuff about this service, stuff that hasn’t been published yet mostly because it goes on and on and on, and there are so many complaints it reads like a tirade, which honestly isn’t what...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-06-2008
NuevaSync: OTA iPhone/Google Sync

I wasted a silly amount of time today trying to get Windows Live Contacts/Calendar to sync with MobileMe (and the iPhone) via Outlook and the new Outlook Connector 12.1 beta. (Long story short: While you can, in fact, make your Windows Live data store the default in Outlook via Account Settings, Apple...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-03-2008
Windows Mobile update

So I wrote a little news story today noting that Microsoft missed its target of selling 20 million Windows Mobile licenses in its fiscal year 2008, which ended June 30. Here’s the company’s take on this news: We are excited to announce that Windows Mobile had yet another year of high growth, closing...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-31-2008
MobileMe photo upload finally fixed on Windows

I check almost every single day to see whether it’s finally possible for Windows users to upload photos to MobileMe using a Web browser. It’s never worked right. But as of today, it actually works. To be a bit more clear, it “sort of worked” before in that it would work on only one supported browser...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-29-2008
You know MobileMe is a piece of junk when ... (Updated)

This one reads like a Jeff Foxworthy (of "you know you're a redneck when..." fame) joke. As in, you know MobileMe is a piece of @#$% when even Walter Mossberg, the world's most prominent support of Apple products, can't find anything good to say about it . I look back, smiling,...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-24-2008
Microsoft tries to throw some cold water on iPhone

Computerworld has some interesting information about Windows Mobile vs. Apple's iPhone: Companies -- lots of them -- are still buying Windows Mobile smart phones, and Microsoft doesn't want to let iPhone mania make them forget. During Microsoft's most recent fiscal year, 325 enterprises purchased...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-21-2008

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