Originally posted by E2EK1EL
Just use it normally, whatever you do don't let the battery drop lower then 10-20% ever. My coworker kept his 3GS battery charging @ 10% almost every charge, now his batt is fried and dies @ 58%
Whilst I never drop that low, I've also read that you should cycle the battery once a month. Let it run dead, then full charge it. Too confusing as to what method is the best to follow I must say.
E2EK1EL
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Claims Siri Is A "Google Killer"
Google’s chairman and former chief executive, Eric Schmidt recently admitted to the U.S Senate antitrust subcommittee that Siri is a “significant development” in search, potentially posing a threat to his company’s core business. This was all said in the form of a statement to the subcommittee in response to questions from the senators after hearing in September, as noted by the folks over at Neowin. The remarks should be taken with a grain of salt though as the purpose for the letter was to downplay Google’s prominence and highlight the company’s competitors.
Schmidt made sure to call out Siri as a new development that might hurt Google’s search engine. "Even in the few weeks since the hearing, Apple has launched an entirely new approach to search technology with Siri, its voice-activated search and task-completion service built into the iPhone 4S," he wrote. He even went as far as calling Siri a “Google killer” and Apple’s “entry point” into the search engine business in two of his publications.
I can see where one might argue that Siri has potential for hurting Google’s search as users can ask Siri a question and receive an answer without actually having to go to Google’s site specifically (thus avoiding advertisements – which plays a role in Google’s profits) but calling it a “Google killer” is a bit absurd. It seems that Schmidt just seems to be downplaying Google’s dominance in search and making it seem like other companies (it’s competitors) are more prominent than they really are. There is no denying that Siri has been a huge success but I don’t think it is in any way, shape, or form, going to cause a large dent in Google’s dominance (at least not for a while if at all).
The letter from Schmidt was written in a different stand point from a previous statement he made in September 2010, where he denied that Apple and Facebook were a “competitive threat.” He is now going as far as saying “My statement was clearly wrong. Apple’s Siri is a significant development - a voice-activated means of accessing answers through iPhones that demonstrates the innovations in search."
He now claims that "Google has many strong competitors and we sometimes fail to anticipate the competitive threat posed by new methods of accessing information," noting that Google competes against search engines (Microsoft's Bing, Yahoo!), specialized search engines (Kayak, Amazon, WebMD, eBay), social networks (Facebook, Twitter), commercial software companies (Apple, Microsoft), mobile apps and direct navigation.
What makes the situation even more ironic is that Google executives continue to send out mixed signals. Just last month Android chief Andy Rubin dismissed Siri saying that he doesn’t believe phones should be assistants and doubted whether people should communicate with their phones. It seems to me that Google is just confused as to how to approach the market since the release of the iPhone 4S.
Schmidt went as far as denying Google having a “dominant position in the smartphone market” citing a recent comScore report, which stated that “Android operates on only 34.1% while Apple’s iOS runs on 43.1%” This comes as a disappointment to many who claim Android is a dominant winner in the market. What makes this a bit more entertaining is that his comment is misleading as comScore’s figures relate to the whole mobile and connected device market. The difference comes into play with Apple having an unchallenged lead in the tablet market, where Android tablets aren’t very successful. Schmidt attributes Google’s success to hard work and good luck, while the senators continue to maintain that Google’s 65% market share of all U.S internet searches, 94% share of the European Market, and 97% of all smartphone searches give it a substantial market power that approaches a monopoly.
LightsOut
Apple faces ban on iPhone and iPad sales
A German court has issued an injunction that temporarily bans Apple Inc. from selling or marketing its mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads in Germany. But it’s unclear whether it will have an immediate effect on the company.
In a statement to the tech blog theverge.com, Apple said that the ruling, issued on Friday by a court in Mannheim, was simply a “procedural issue,” that “does not affect our ability to sell products or do business in Germany at this time.” The court made the default decision after Apple did not attempt to debunk Motorola's patent infringement claims.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment by The Local and Apple’s internet store in Germany was still selling its products on Monday.
The ruling stems from a long-running patent dispute between Apple and Motorola over mobile technology. Apple has been aggressively defending its technology, even succeeding in having some competing Android devices temporarily banned in Germany earlier this year. Motorola is currently in the process of being purchased by Google, which makes the Android operating system.
But a ban in Germany, which is Europe’s biggest electronics market, could be devastating for the company, especially if it is accused of violating the ruling which could result in fines of €250,000 per violation.
It is not yet clear, however, whether the ruling applies directly to Apple Germany, which is a subsidiary of Apple Inc., and commentators were offering different viewpoints on its effect Monday.
Nilay Patel of theverge.com called it a “totally symbolic victory for Motorola” because the ruling doesn’t mention Apple Germany.
But intellectual property analyst Florian Mueller wrote on his blog FOSS Patents that the real question is whether the parent company would legally be able to provide product to its subsidiary. If deliveries are blocked, it could make it impossible for devices to be sold in Germany in any event.
The law firm Scherer & Körbes wrote on its blog that under the terms of the ruling supplies could “probably be prohibited.”
Originally posted by E2EK1EL Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Claims Siri Is A "Google Killer"
I think Eric's misdirection is working perfectly.
Google is be investigated by the government, and so what does Eric do? 'hey, we aren't as big as you think. look at this siri thing, it is going to dominate. you can stop investigating us now.'
I don't think that Google is as scared as people making them out to seem.
E2EK1EL
iPhone 4S pre-orders sell out in Hong Kong in 10 minutes, supply elsewhere “still a gating factor”
Apple began taking reservations for its iPhone 4S in Hong Kong and 14 additional countries this past Friday, but pre-orders sold out in ten minutes (even though Siri does not speak yet Mandarin or Cantonese), according to a research note by Ticonderoga analyst Brian White.
Due to low taxes, Hong Kong and Shanghai (where Apple operates beautiful stores) are among the best places to buy Apple gear. This is certainly good news as iPhone 4S heads to store shelves in Hong Kong this coming Friday. White says the device will also hit mainland China in December (Siri will support Chinese in 2012, Apple says).
China is important because it earned Apple one in six dollars of revenue last quarter. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore says high demand for iPhone 4S is evident elsewhere, with daily stock-outs at Apple Stores hitting 85 percent:
Our retail checks reveal Apple is experiencing daily stock outs at ~85-90% of the ~30 retail stores we called. Apple employees are directing customers to make an online appointment (first come first serve) for next day pick up at nearby Apple retail stores as stocks appear to be refreshed daily at most locations.
iPhone 4S launched October 14 in seven countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Japan and Canada) before arriving to 22 more countries a week later. The company sold four million units during the launch weekend, besting the previous record held by iPhone 4 which sold 1.4 million units at last year’s launch. Strong sales blipped in Net Applications’ web usage share stats as the iOS platform widened its mobile web browsing lead by seven percentage points in October. Siri debuted as a beta feature exclusive to iPhone 4S, supporting spoken input in English, French and German. However, Apple promised to add more languages in 2012, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, and Spanish, and enhance her artificial intelligence capabilities down the road.
chinamon
I've been playing around with the settings but cannot figure this out....
Am I able to turn off (mute) my ringer and alerts while keeping the alarm on?
On my blackberry I would just set the phone to silent mode but my alarm would still wake me up every morning without my phone alerts waking me throughout the night.
Endlesswave
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Originally posted by chinamon
I've been playing around with the settings but cannot figure this out....
Am I able to turn off (mute) my ringer and alerts while keeping the alarm on?
On my blackberry I would just set the phone to silent mode but my alarm would still wake me up every morning without my phone alerts waking me throughout the night.
Just get an alarm app that allows you to put the phone on silent completely but the app still has the alarm on (provided it's running in the background). I have one that works perfect. I can't say about the reg built in one though...
E2EK1EL
quote:
Originally posted by chinamon
I've been playing around with the settings but cannot figure this out....
Am I able to turn off (mute) my ringer and alerts while keeping the alarm on?
On my blackberry I would just set the phone to silent mode but my alarm would still wake me up every morning without my phone alerts waking me throughout the night.
Yes, give it a test run.
E2EK1EL
The iPhone’s hidden panorama camera mode exposed: the interface and samples
We previously reported that Apple was working on bringing a panorama camera mode to the iPhone, and now some jailbreakers have figured out how to enable it. The interface for the feature is not too fancy, but is certainly usable. The user simply turns on panorama mode by clicking the panorama button on the camera options popover, then moves their phone in their air as shown in the on-screen diagram. The final product will be what you see above, a sample taken with the iOS 5 panorama feature. Screenshots of the panorama interface are after the break! (Thanks Conrad, Chpwn)
New iOS security exploit lets apps read users’ information by executing unsigned code
Siri ported to the iPhone 3GS, does not work as well as the iPhone 4 port
chinamon
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Originally posted by Endlesswave
Just get an alarm app that allows you to put the phone on silent completely but the app still has the alarm on (provided it's running in the background). I have one that works perfect. I can't say about the reg built in one though...
Which one do you use?
E2EK1EL
Facebook’s Zuckerberg says Google, Yahoo and Microsoft collect data ‘behind your back’ [video]
In a recent interview on the Charlie Rose show, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Yahoo, Microsoft and Google are secretly collecting user data. Zuckerberg also argued that Facebook is more transparent than the aforementioned companies. “It’s just that they’re collecting that about you behind your back,” he said. “You’re going around the web and they’re collecting this huge amount of information about you and you never knew that.” Zuckerberg did admit that Google allows users to see which information it is storing through its Google Dashboard website, but said “very few people” know that feature exists or bother to check it. Zuckerberg also said Facebook provides more features for users to manage what people can and cannot see, although it is arguable that Google+ makes it much easier to configure these options from the get-go. A clip of the interview can be found after the break.
Mark Zuckerberg Discusses Steve Jobs' Influence on Facebook
Much has been made of the apparently tense relationship between Apple and Facebook, sparked in large part by the spat over Facebook integration in Apple's Ping social networking service last year. According to one report, the companies have also faced over such topics as Apple's desire for systemwide Facebook integration in iOS 4 and Facebook's plans for tablet platforms.
But in a new interview with Charlie Rose set to air on PBS tonight, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reveals (transcript from AllThingsD) how he was mentored by Steve Jobs, who advised Zuckerberg about building high-quality teams and maintaining a sharp focus on Facebook's products.
Mark Zuckerberg: Oh, I don’t know. I mean, he — he’s amazing. He was amazing. I mean, he — I had a lot of questions for him on –
Charlie Rose: Like what?
Mark Zuckerberg: How to build a team around you, right, that’s focused on building as high quality and good things as you are. How to keep an organization focused, right, when I think the tendency for larger companies is to try to fray and go into all these different areas. Yeah, I mean a lot just on the aesthetics and kind of mission orientation of companies. I mean, Apple is a company that is so focused on just building products that — for their customers and their users. And — and that’s like — it’s such a deep part of their mission is build these beautiful products for their users. And I think we connected a lot on this level of, okay, Facebook has this mission that’s really more than just trying to build a company, right, that has a market cap or a value. It’s like we’re trying to do this thing in the world. And I don’t know, a lot of it I just think we connected on that level.
Apple is of course famous for its laser-like focus on a relatively small number of products, offering greater clarity to customers and users while also ensuring that the company's employees do not become spread too thin or stray too far from the overall objectives.
In the wake of Steve Jobs' passing, the extent to which he served as a mentor to other high-profile industry personalities has become more clear, as evidenced by an on again-off again relationship with Google executives Larry Page and Sergey Brin and a connection with Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff that ultimately resulted in Benioff giving Jobs and Apple the "App Store" trademark and URL free of charge out of gratitude.
Jobs' advice to Zuckerberg parallels some of the advice he gave to Page, shared in Walter Isaacon's biography of Jobs, in which he told Page to figure out what five things Google wanted to focus on "when it grows up". Seeing Google straying dangerously toward a bloated array of apps and services, Jobs warned Page about the possibility of turning into the next Microsoft, with an assortment of peripheral products dragging the company away from its core areas of focus and expertise.
E2EK1EL
Apple confirms Siri isn’t coming to any other devices as of now [video]
Confirming what we already told you yesterday, Apple has said the company has no current plans to implement Siri into any other iOS devices besides the iPhone 4S. Apple confirmed the news in an email (seen after the break) to developer Michael Steeber.
Engineering has provided the following feedback regarding this issue:Siri only works on iPhone 4S and we currently have no plans to support older devices.
That doesn’t mean however that developers won’t continue to work on building Siri for later iOS device — like the iPhone 4 and 3GS. Curious to see how it works on an iPhone 4? Check it out after the break, along with a screenshot of the email:
(jailbreakers get your Siri ports ready)
T-Mobile Galaxy S II screen issues have some seeing (poorly rendered) red
The T-Mobile version of the Galaxy S II is certainly a fine piece of hardware and we didn't have any complaints about the Super AMOLED Plus display in our review, but others have come across some perplexing problems with the screen. There's a thread going over at the XDA forums that takes pretty in-depth look at the panels on both the Sprint and T-Mo variants of the GSII and turns up some major disparities between contrast levels and color reproduction. There are also some odd artifacts, including lines and blobs that pop up when viewed with the brightness cranked in a dark room as well. Now, we'd hardly call the poorly calibrated display a deal breaker but, for those who are sticklers about that sort of thing, it could be a major annoyance. Some of the crafty devs over at the forums, including our friend Francois Simond (Supercurio), are looking for a potential software fix to the problem. Hit up the source link to see what all the hubbub is about and head after the break for one more image.
