Some interesting perspectives and commentary here. I agree with Gruber that the “openness” argument with respect to the Apple iPad has about as much merit as it does applied to a modern motor vehicle. One is no longer able to pop the hood and tinker; there’s nothing left to tinker with. And automobiles are much [...]
So it appears that Airtel will take your money for a shiny new iPhone, but has absolutely zero support for it. God help you if you want to use a value-added service like (gasp) voicemail. I’ve been subscribed for a month and I only just got it working. Here’s the thing: in Mumbai, the voicemail [...]
Want an iPhone 3GS in India? Now you can have a shrink-wrapped, factory-unlocked item for the price of the hacked stuff a month ago.
After weeks of waiting, Zenbe.com finally sent me a confirmation for an account request. Was it worth the wait? Sort of. It’s nice, but if your primary email is Gmail like mine is, it’s just different. Which is good, I suppose. Design Clearly, a lot of thought and work went into the design of Zenbe. [...]
The latest 2.2 firmware doesn’t add much I want. Street View in Google Maps is admittedly cool, however. The phone is snappy and crashes less. By now, there are no must-have apps left in the jailbroken realm, but since caller ID STILL does not work by default, I’ve been forced to jailbreak and replace the [...]