The iPad itself IS just a big iPhone, meaning it is a crippled, closed piece of hardware that doesn’t do everything it should be capable of.  It still holds a bit of intrigue, though that may just be the early adopter in me.  I’m not a fan of Apple or its products but once again they’ve come up with a device that I am seriously considering buying.  It has definite value as just a small slate that you can just keep on standby around the house and use it for quick internet searches or the more popular use, browsing the web or listening to music while on the toilet.  The 3G connection at a paltry $15 a month with AT&T is much cheaper than the standard contracts you get with most netbooks.  At that price, with the ability to get online anywhere I want to the device has a purpose.  The only problem is that you assume that AT&T’s saturated network will be able to handle the extra traffic iPads could generate.  In the end, I just might buy my first Apple product.  I’ll wait of course for Apple to drop the price after the fanboys buy it at full price and the casual user doesn’t buy an iPad. 

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If you’re a G1 user, you’ve probably experienced the memory crunch that occurs on the device.  You’ve installed all your favorite apps but now your phone runs slow, and apps crash or “Force Close” all the time.  If your phone gets as bad as mine did, you could reach the point where the home screen and dialer apps themselves crash, meaning you have to wait minutes at a time to use the phone, and even longer to make a phone call.  Fortunately there is a simple fix.

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Once again Apple has released a new product with good marketing, but the product is underwhelming.  The new iPhone 3G is coming out and looking at the specs, again this next edition iPhone looks like the G1 we already have from T-Mobile since the cupcake update.  But don’t let my words try to convince you, lets compare the groundbreaking features.

Voice Control….A G1 feature
Video….A G1 feature
3 Mega-pixel camera with auto focus….An original G1 feature. (G2 rumored to have a 5 mega-pixel camera)
Compass….Early G1 feature.
Cut, Copy & Paste….G1 feature.
Landscape keyboard….G1 feature, including physical keyboard that makes texting easier.
MMS coming soon…..MMS from the start on the G1
Tethering…Advantage iPhone, but with an AT&T data plan, would you really?  (G1 can be tethered if you know how)

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I had always heard that the iPhone didn’t have cut and paste, but because the phone is so sexy, I was going to buy one anyway.  I ended up going with a G1 despite the negative reviews and to my surprise the G1 seems pretty near perfect.  I’ve played with an iPhone (my sister owns one), but I had no idea that so many features were missing from it that have been in my G1 from the start.

Here’s a run down of the new features.  Cut and Paste.  Check.  Using landscape mode in apps other than the browser.  Check.  MMS.  Check.   Search.  Of course Google’s OS has search already, and there’s even a dedicated search button on the keyboard. Spotlight.  Got us there.  Shake to shuffle, got us there.  Note sync, got us there.  No G1 notes without a third party app.  Wi-fi  automatic login.  Seriously.  I don’t even notice the transition to wifi because its so seamless.  Stereo bluetooth support.  Got us there.  Youtube login.  Got us there.  › Continue reading…