Blog Postings Reduced

As you might have noticed the amount of blog postings is low.

The main reason is that I use Twitter for that now; the latest news and trends are immediately fed to my twitter account. I recommend to start following me and check regularly what is going on in Apple land...

iPhone 4 - Bought!

A lot has been said about it already, but I am really happy with it...

First of all the "death grip" is not bothering the ones who use a case around it anyway... like me.

The rest is amazing about it; speed, resolution, camera, and so on.

Just to let you know it is really worth it.

iPhone 4 - To buy or not to buy?

I haven't got it yet and already starting to have some teeny tiny doubts about the machine with all its reported issues, nervous behaviour of its creator and the postponing of its release in the Netherlands.

Is it going to be worth it?

Initially yes, because my 3G is definately out of date; it feels crippled since iOS 4 is installed - it can not coop and I have never rebooted the device as often as I do now. I miss features on it I haven't even used yet and the 16Gb has been too little for me for a long time now.

But now I can at least make calls with it, wherever I hold it and even with bluetooth. I take pictures with a proper digital SLR anyway, so the camera is an extra. It has not spontaneously combusted yet and it runs everything I need...

Still there is a hunger for the new gadget, but the shining has gone a little to be honest.

fortunately Apple took away these doubts for once and all; who doesn't want an iPhone 4 when you will get a free case with it?
It looks nice but it does not work... well the network is not good either so I can renew my contract with ease!

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

Apple rulez!!!

Just have to get this off my chest:

Yesterday I found out my Time Capsule died (happen to browse to it for some backed up files); no light, no sound, nothing.

Since my TC originates from the US and is already more than 18 months old I had not a lot of hope in getting support from Apple, but they really really surprised my this morning.

I called Apple Customer Service (NL) and explained the issue. When they checked my data in the system and found multiple AppleCare registered products (not on the TC though) they were willing to repair the unit for free, since the power failure issue is commonly known.

When I asked them kindly if it is at all possible to repair the power supply so I can keep my unique data (mainly family pictures and music), the answer was that repairing actually means replacing the unit and send me a new one, so no data is kept.

Oops, that was a bit bitter to hear. But the customer service man told me another options was to have it repaired at an official Apple Repair Centre in my neighbourhood. Ok, fine I thought, at least I keep the data then. That is where we part.

Five minutes later the customer service man calls me back, unexpectedly, and after consulting his line management they acknowledge our dedication for Apple products and the two (never used) Apple Care protection plans and proposes to send me a new unit WITHOUT returning the old one so I can do with the old one whatever I like.

WOW, THAT IS SERVICE. THAT IS A BIG THUMBS UP FOR APPLE!!!!

Thank you very much for such excellent service.

Spirit - the latest jailbreak

• Spirit is an untethered jailbreak for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch on the latest firmwares.
• Spirit is not a carrier unlock.
• If you currently are using a tethered jailbreak, you have to restore to use Spirit. Do not upgrade if you use an unlock on an iPhone 3G or 3GS. (You can, however, restore to 3.1.2 if you have SHSH blobs for that version.)
• visit http://spiritjb.com/ for more information.

Hilarious!

iPhone Tethering AND Keep Visual Voicemail and MMS (T-Mobile NL)

Enabling internet tethering on your Dutch T-Mobile iPhone was already possible for some time through help.benm.at. The only downside was the disabling of your Visual Voicemail and MMS.

But this has finally been fixed as well now. Install the new Mobile Configuration File below from your iPhone and fix your Visual Voicemail and MMS instantly, TOGETHER with your internet tethering.

nl_tmob.mobileconfig

For thos who want to know what changed: the config from help.benm.at the number ‘-2′ had to be changed to ‘48′. This seems to work.