Finally!

I was finally able to get a response from the Apple servers and activate my iPhone with the new firmware. It only took about 12 hours from the time I started the process. Currently going through the long process of restoring music & video files.

Comments I made on the Apple boards…

Here are some of the comments I made on the Apple support boards today: 1. I’ve been bricked for over four hours. Download went fine. Backup went fine. Restore went fine. Activate the phone by connecting to the Apple mother ship…major problem. Can’t get a response from the server, so I have an expensive paperweight. [...]

Back to the Razr

After 5 hours of iPhone brickland, I put the sim in my old Razr. I’ll try accessing the overloaded Apple servers later.

Not good

My iphone is backed up, upgraded, and dead in the water. iTunes has to connect to the mothership to reactivate the phone.  Apparently Apple screwed the pooch in providing enough bandwidth/server access to support the upgrade rush. No connection to Apple = dead iphone. So, until the rush dies down, or Apple IT provides more [...]

Taking the plunge

I’ve downloaded the 2.0 iPhone firmware.  Currently in the process of installing it.  I’ll post a report on it later today.

Keeping the old hardware…

I’ve been looking at the specs for the new iPhone, and can’t see a reason to spend for, one new hardware, and two, a new AT&T contract.  The big features of the new hardware is the 3G, which only works in limited 3G availability areas, and the GPS, which lacks the critical step by step [...]

More on PDAs and Smart Phones

First off, I do see a difference between a PDA and Smart Phone. I haven’t seen a decent Smart Phone have decent PDA functionality, or a good PDA that has decent Smart Phone capabilities. To be honest, I haven’t tried the Palm Centro, but the small screen has two strikes against it. One, it makes [...]

Audrey Internet Appliance

Audrey Originally uploaded by Eclipse Pics (∆ncient) One of the original dedicated internet appliances, the 3Com Audrey. I picked up a couple cheap when they killed the product line. There is an active Audrey Hacking culture.

PDAs, Smart phones and the ubiquitous Internet

I started out as a Day Planner user. I went digital with my first PDA, a HP 200LX palm top. I switched to Palm OS devices when I started working at 3Com. That was just after 3Com purchased Palm’s parent company and all the geeks there had one. For a straight PDA, you can’t beat [...]

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