The Griffin California Roll ($19.95) is supposed to make carrying around all of your iPhone “goodies” quick and easy.Similar to the cop-style holster for the iPhone reviewed recently, this “innovative and sleek design” doesn’t seem to make sense for an iPhone.
Sure, travelling with an iPod may require packing some extra things and rolling them up into a neat little pouch.However, the people at Griffin must be missing something about they way an iPhone works—it’s a phone!
I can just see people carrying these around and then needing to go through a long, drawn-out process of opening the pouch and pulling out their phone just in time to miss the call.Most people I see out in public with their iPhones rarely put it down or stop looking at it, so I figure this particular item isn’t one of the company’s top sellers.
Another funny thing is that this looks oddly familiar—possibly an iPod travel case simply marketed for a new product.The folks at Griffin do make some decent accessories for portable devices; this is just not one of them.
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At 17.99, this inspiretech iPhone 3G replacement charger bundle is a bargain in the truest sense of the word. While the iPhone 3G does come with a charger, I’ve always had trouble with its design. It plugs into wall sockets rather tightly and forcing some of the old ones out can result in broken prongs and possible electrocution. The replacement chargers available in stores work but cost an arm and a leg. We found it difficult to find a lone wall charger for under 20 dollars. The Inspiretech iPhone 3G 3 in 1 Charger kit comes with a retractable sync cable, wall charger, and car charger all for under the price of a store bought wall charger. The product is coated in a refined and elegant white polish which emphasizes both style and functionality of the unit. We were also informed by some users that the chargers are built with an ICC chip to prevent over and under charging. Many people have had compatibilty issues with some older generation iPod accessories when trying to charge the iPhone 3G but the Inspiretech chargers are designed for the 3G in mind. I took a look at their website and all orders over 25 dollars are given free shipping so you might want to check out more iPhone 3G accessories.
A study has shown that the iPhone’s failure rates are actually not as high as some would think. In fact, official failure rates are nearly half that of the Blackberry. This begs the question of why people are so quick to point out the iPhone’s faults when in reality the figures show that it is a relatively reliable smart phone. The iPhone does have the most problems with its touch screen however. This isn’t surprising as there really aren’t many buttons to have problems with! The slippery form of the iPhone also makes it prone to accidental damage. It should be noted however that the study only covered hardware damage and not problems with software.
The iPhone is number one in customer satisfaction, at least that is the results of the report released by JD Power and Associates. The report is an annual survey of the overall level of satisfaction customers have with their business wireless smart phones. The report is conducted on a 1000 point scale which measures; ease of use, OS, physical design handset features and battery performance. The points are all plotted on the graph above. This is the first time in 2 years that a phone has beaten the Blackberry. It is significant because JD Power and Associates tends to focus on business users and have a reputation for conducting fair and accurate studies. Some other facts discussed in the study include; Continue reading »
The iPhone is more popular than ever but there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the system is far from perfect. There are a few problems which seem like glaring oversights on Apple’s part. Customer feedback has gone public and owners were allowed to vote on which problems they wanted to fix the most. Those problems with the most votes would then climb up the ranks. The top 5 follows:
1) Copy & Paste: This one is pretty self explanatory, on a smart phone designed for internet browsing, why would this most basic function not be available?
2)Flash Content on Safari: Flash is pretty omnipresent on the internet. It can be a total inconvenience when Safari does not support it. After all, the iPhone browser is nearly a PC browser, this would definitely be a welcome feature.
3)Landscape E-mails: We are tired of reading our emails 3 words at a time before having to go down to the next line
4)Photo Texting: I could text photos on my old free phone from T-mobile, now with the iPhone, I can’t do anything but type bland text messages to other people.
5)iChat: Back grounding features would be very welcome for any chat app.
There you have it, the top problems with the iPhone. Hopefully, the developers use this as a reference and see it as constructive criticism rather than gripe.
-Derek
With the success of Apple’s iPhone 3G, many mobile phone companies have been figuring out ways to compete with Apple. After the launch of the original Apple iPhone, many new touchscreen mobile phones have appeared on the market. Research in Motion, although an already established smartphone company, have decided to step onto the stage and dish out their own touchscreen mobile phone. Last week, Verizon announced that they would endorse the new Blackberry Storm, RIM’s first touchscreen smartphone. I’m pretty sure many of you have the same exact question regarding the Blackberry Storm: how would it perform against the Apple iPhone? Well Brad Reed of Network World wrote a review regarding the two phones. Check it out: Continue reading »
Yes more flaws found, and by a 12-year-old boy. The boy used his iPhone mostly for texting with his girlfriend which lead to his discovery of a new vulnerability with Apple’s new iPhone 3g.
The unnamed boy is son of blogger KARL KRAFT. It turns on the passcode lock and disables SMS Preview in order to prevent his parents from seeing any messages, Kraft has wrote on his blog. Continue reading »
Recently, a video has been released to show how Apple’s iPhone advertisements are deceptive and do not really showcase the speed of the iPhone. So how will Steve Jobs and Apple respond to these allegations? Check it out and let us know what you think.
How old where you when you got your first cell phone? I was 18 and it was an old school Nokia with an antenna, remember those? Its a sign of the times when kids are doing reviews of their iPhone 2G vs iPhone 3Gs. These kids actually did a pretty thorough review and comparison of the new Apple iPhone. Check it out for yourselves and then shake your fist in the air in jealousy a I did.
