Some time with iOS4 on my 3g

Today I’ll downgrade to 3.1.3. First iOS4 was meh. Global Inbox is still a great feature and I love it. But that’s it. No background wallpaper on my 3g. I don’t care about folders since I don’t have thousands of apps installed.

What really gets on my nerves is the fact that my 3g became slow. And I mean sometimes really slow. Beside that my alarm didn’t go off 3 times this week. Since this is my only alarm it has to work and it always did with 3.1.3.

I also have a funny problem with my exchange connection. Sometimes my iPhone shows the same appointment twice. No reason why. In the web interface the appointment only appears once. This was nothing from the first minute. It took 2 or 3 weeks till it happened and no matter what I try it won’t stop.

As long as there is no fix for the alarm issue and maybe a bit less overhead so my iPhone will feel snippy again I’ll stick with 3.1.3. The 3 features that turned out to be useful for me aren’t enough for me to stick with 4.0

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Upgrade to WordPress 3

mental note: always remember to chown if you upgrade wordpress,… -.-

what happened? nothing spectacular but since I forgot to chown WordPress could not read the template files and hopelesscom was just a blank page. yeah. Noob. I know,…

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Ingate

Ingate verschenkt gerade vServer – wenn Ihr einen möchtet beeilt euch.

#update 06-16-2010

Ich hasse Trackbacks – die Dinger funktionieren nie wenn es drauf ankommt.

#update 2

fail! 56 von 55 -.-

#update 3

never ever play with your SQL table and time settings – besonders nicht, wenn in deinen URLs auch das Datum der Posts auftaucht

Ausgehend vom Updates des Posts und des Kommentars des Admins haben Sie die 55 Leute. Aber es gibt noch eine Chance zu gewinnen, also brav weiter machen

#update 4

w00d! hat doch noch gereicht! win!

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iPhone 4 and iOS4

Even if some of my friends thought I started drinking I stay with my decision to ignore web 2.0. And I also stay with my decision that i won’t get an iPhone 4.

I was looking forward to the announcement and keynote for one reason. To know if I’ll stay with T-Mobile or get a carrier that also sucks but costs less. If I’d be interested in the iPhone 4 I think I’d stay with T-Mobile just to get my hands on one first.

iPhone 4

I love new toys. Hell I am a geek, how couldn’t I love new, shiny stuff? The iPhone 4 focuses on video calls, multitasking and improved media support. Do you remember what I said what I don’t need on a phone? Right. Everything the iPhone 4 has.

It is okay for me. I see the advantages of the great display and I love the new design. But this isn’t enough for me to get one. My 3g works fine and with iOS4 I get all features I want.

I also understand why Apple put so much effort in video calls and better camera support. Because it is what nearly everyone wants. It was a wise decision and I believe they did a awesome job. iMovie for iPhone really has potential.

iOS4

PDF support! WIN!oneELEVEN!

The global Inbox also is pretty cool ;)

What will I do?

As I said. I’ll get a new contract from another provider that also sucks but costs less. On 12 July I’ll be able to unlock my iPhone “the legal way”.

I want a 3g flat and I want unlimited talk time to all carriers. Currently I pay nearly 110€ a month for my contract. (a little company discount included)

With our company contract and o2 I’ll pay 30.50€ a month for the same features. Plus I can use tethering without an additional fee and – this is an important and – I get a free second SIM card I can use in my notebook or iPad the same time – yes I do not have to turn my iPhone off! – to surf the web.

I save 80€ / month. This makes 960€ / year. Buying an unlocked iPhone 4.x will be something around 1000€ -1200€. Talking about a 2 year contract I’ll save a lot of money if I see the need to upgrade to a current model. Maybe the 2011 iPhone will have something new I like or the next generation iPhone OS will just not work on my 3g. This is what I’d consider a reason to upgrade my iPhone.

So time to say good bye to T-Mobile. We didn’t have a great run and I’ll never miss you.

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About Hopelesscom

I received some feedback and I think I should comment it. Before I start let me say that I always appreciate comments and feedback. I don’t need people to always agree with me – even if I know that I’m right ;) – if you think that I wrote something wrong or if you have suggestions how I could improve hopelesscom feel free to send me a mail, write a comment, contact me through a IM service or send a carrier pigeon.

More posts please

Yes I know. My posting schedule is far away from regular. But the last year was crazy. I moved in a new apartment, I moved my office and I had a lot of work. Running a company is nothing you do between two blog posts in 4 hours a day.

The good news are that things are back to normal. Now I can keep up with a regular posting schedule and even get some projects done.

Theme / URL changes

Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa.

I tried running my own blog software and content management system written in Django. Writing a CMS and seeing how it goes in production and powering my site was great. But there were two things I didn’t think of.

  1. Maintaining software that depends on a third party framework can really suck
  2. If there is a error or bug you should be able to fix it in time

One pissed me of, two broke my neck. That’s the whole story.

I just didn’t have the time to maintain my CMS. And through software changes my themes changed a lot.

I tried to keep my URLs working. It looks like it didn’t always work. Again. Mea culpa. I try to fix it so you won’t see many broken links from external sites.

You will see a new theme in near future. I’m working on it but due to non existing Photoshop skills development slowed down.

You’ll also get my old posting with comments back. Even if I’m not sure how I’ll do it, I’ll find a way :)

More reviews

I don’t really like writing reviews. First of I have a strict rule in buying gadgets.

Only buy them if you really want and need them

I don’t know how much stuff I had in my basement or just gave it away as present because I never used it. Most gadgets are not worth the money. And since I really feel tired of playing with useless stuff (hardware, software – you name it. Nearly everything related to computers) I won’t write reviews in near future.

If you really want me to review a gadget send it to me. Don’t expect to get it back if I like it. Send it on your own risk!

iPhone OS 4 / iPad

I didn’t write much about the iPhone OS 4 because I am not interested.

It doesn’t provide any features I’m looking forward to. I don’t need multitasking on my iPhone. Maybe on the iPad. But not on the iPhone. And that’s it.

As long as my 3g runs well, as long as I can Twitter, call people and write mails I have nearly everything I need. As I said in my previous post I’m sick of all that 2.0 stuff and I won’t upgrade my hardware just to run more IM clients and Twitter in background.

Maybe I’ll get the new iPhone because I can extend my contract. It would be pretty dumb not getting the new iPhone for free.

iPad? Yeah. Got one. Nice little toy. Only got it because I’ll get some work related applications and because I think it is a nice presentation device while in a client meeting.

I am still not used to writing on the iPad, even if it isn’t troublesome I prefer a real keyboard. Beside that it integrates well in my day. Reading news, writing one or two emails while not on my computer,… no big deal. It saves some time, it gets out of your way but it doesn’t replace a computer, laptop or iPhone. You have decide on your own if it fits in your day or not.

Really sick of 2.0?

Yes.

I think I answered everything that was asked several times and wasn’t private.

As I said: if you have suggestions or comments just drop me a line.

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