iGadget Blog

Welcome to TypePad

Hello and welcome to TypePad.  Due to the need to move iGadget Blog off of its current hosting provider, I am going to give TypePad a try for now. 

As you can see, I have migrated all of the posts from my the old server to TypePad.  It was pretty painless since I hosted the site on MoveableType.  In a couple of days I will migrate the URL.

With this move, I expect to get back to semi-regular publishing of posts.  So stay tuned as I am sure they will be interesting.

As an aside, going through the old posts - especially about what I thought Apple's strategy would be on the iTunes Store and iPhone - I think I did pretty good given the last six months.  We got rentals, an iPhone SDK, and iPhone App Store and the iPhone 3G, so I think I can honestly say that I predicted 3 out of 4, with only the 3G comming much sooner than I expected.

Someone Please Save Universal Music From Itself!

Seth Mnookin (who also wrote an excellent book on the Red Sox) has an interview in Wired with Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music.  The interview is a must read.  Its clear that Morris absolutely hates his customers:

The Big List of iPhone Tips and Tricks

I've been collecting iPhone Tips and Tricks for some time now.  The list has gotten large enough that I thought I'd publish it.  Some of these are pretty good, some may not be - YMMV. For ease of use, I've also published this list as a standalone web page.  If you have any not listed here, please post them below and I'll add them to the iPhone Tips web page.

iPhone News Beat: November 26, 2007

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  I need another four days off though.  Here's the iPhone News Roundup for November 26, 2007:

Fortune interviews Greg Joswiak, Apple's Mr. iPod/iPhone.  He's gives some hints about the iPhone SDK.

Slow UK iPhone Sales?

iTunes can unlock German iPhones - for 999 Euros ($1473 dollars - my how the dollar has fallen!).

Steve has the Reality Distortion Field, Apple Stores have their own gravitational field.

3 Days before launch, Orange reveals iPhone service plans.

iPhone UK reception issues.

Black Friday Deals

Tomorrow being Thanksgiving, I probably won't be posting until Friday.  But, I'm keeping track of the Black Friday Deals.  I'll update this entry as new deals become available.