http://reader.mac.com now redirects to the Apple iPhone page if you spoof the iPhone user agent with iPhoney, so apparently they don't want people to see the site before its ready.
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Congrats to ThinkSecret! Haven't heard much from them lately, but they got a nice little scoop here.
Did anyone else notice that there were a few other nice little tidbits in the TS post? Most notabley, the part about being able to "to talk privately with an individual member of the conference while the other four are on hold; during this time, the other four can still talk to each other."
Alright. Not only a nice conferencing feature (which we already knew) but also the ability to "sub-conference" with other callers. Nice touch.
Also, a 300 Mb but meaty OS. Now that's efficient.
Congrats to ThinkSecret! Haven't heard much from them lately, but they got a nice little scoop here.
Did anyone else notice that there were a few other nice little tidbits in the TS post? Most notabley, the part about being able to "to talk privately with an individual member of the conference while the other four are on hold; during this time, the other four can still talk to each other."
Alright. Not only a nice conferencing feature (which we already knew) but also the ability to "sub-conference" with other callers. Nice touch.
Also, a 300 Mb but meaty OS. Now that's efficient.
Hi Neven. Yep, that's a good way of putting it.
I wouldn't think a thing about it, except for all those snarky comments Jobs made about the baby and mobile internet. There's a reason they cater to small screens and lack of flash/java/etc... and he's now in a similar position.
Besides, I'm one year older than he is, so I get to beat on him a bit
You may be older, but Steve's shopping for a 250' Yacht, ouch! I guess he has confidence in the iPhone launch.
I can't remember the intro of a computer device, let alone a phone that has had the user community so wildly speculating on the capability of the device. I'm looking forward to the day when the "Holy Grail" postings are replaced by the "Gee this device is actually a lot of fun to use." Oh, and I'm looking forward to the day when there is a Blackberry client so we can stop hearing that this is the real reason the iPhone won't be popular with businesses.
iPhone Good Friday - Apple's holy day
You are right. I guess I havent seen macrumors churning out posts so quickly like that on main page ever before. Please remind me if it ever did like that.
Meanwhile, read what San Francisco chronicle has to say:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/06/28/IPHONE.TMP
"If Nelson sounds like he's overexcited, he is not alone. Apple is often referred to less as a corporate entity and more as a religious congregation. For Catholics, June 29 is a holy day dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. For Apple believers, it is a holy day of deliverance of another kind.
Count Rocco Palmo among the believers who hope this will be a good Friday for the iPhone. Palmo, a 24-year-old Catholic commentator in Philadelphia who describes his recent conversion to the Macintosh faith as a spiritual experience, is intrigued by the iPhone, although he's not sure he can afford to be an early adopter with the hefty price tag."
You are right. I guess I havent seen macrumors churning out posts so quickly like that on main page ever before. Please remind me if it ever did like that.
Meanwhile, read what San Francisco chronicle has to say:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/06/28/IPHONE.TMP
"If Nelson sounds like he's overexcited, he is not alone. Apple is often referred to less as a corporate entity and more as a religious congregation. For Catholics, June 29 is a holy day dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. For Apple believers, it is a holy day of deliverance of another kind.
Count Rocco Palmo among the believers who hope this will be a good Friday for the iPhone. Palmo, a 24-year-old Catholic commentator in Philadelphia who describes his recent conversion to the Macintosh faith as a spiritual experience, is intrigued by the iPhone, although he's not sure he can afford to be an early adopter with the hefty price tag."
What's the point in having the RSS reader accessible only from the iPhone?
If/when I have an iPhone, I'll stick with a reader that's accessible everywhere (Google Reader I'm sure will have an iPhone page). That way, I can use it on the phone, and then pull it up on a computer and continue right where I left off...
If/when I have an iPhone, I'll stick with a reader that's accessible everywhere (Google Reader I'm sure will have an iPhone page). That way, I can use it on the phone, and then pull it up on a computer and continue right where I left off...
so this RSS do-hickey is linked off a .mac web address?
whatever happened to .mac anyways?
could there be some kind of .mac/iPhone integration that we are not aware of yet? I'm envisioning an iPhone app that communicates with your .mac account via dynamically built RSS feeds (based on whatever state your .mac data is in). For example, get a file list of your iDisk and download a particular file to your iPhone.
iPhone is an internet device, why not integrate with .mac.
whatever happened to .mac anyways?
could there be some kind of .mac/iPhone integration that we are not aware of yet? I'm envisioning an iPhone app that communicates with your .mac account via dynamically built RSS feeds (based on whatever state your .mac data is in). For example, get a file list of your iDisk and download a particular file to your iPhone.
iPhone is an internet device, why not integrate with .mac.
Lol - the conference stuff is nice...but you do know that you are charged ADDITIONAL minutes for each call you add? If you have a call with 5 other callers and talk for an hour, you are using 300 minutes. It's a great feature and a great way to get ARPU up for AT&T. I'd rather use a land-line if I really needed to do a conference, but that's just me.
Uuuuuummm... link please? Or are you just guessing? Or are you working for the Verizon/Sprint spin machine?
Seriously, Mr. Newbie, Legitimize yourself!
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/basics/choosing-features-services/three-way-calling.jsp
Three-Way Calling
With Three-Way Calling you can add a third person to your current phone conversation. Regular airtime charges, including long distance and roaming (if applicable) are charged for each call.
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/basics/choosing-features-services/six-way-calling.jsp
Six-Way Calling
Note: This feature is only available to former customers of AT&T Wireless that have not upgraded to new rate plans. If you currently subscribe to AT&T's wireless services, Three-Way Calling is included with your service.
Six-Way Calling lets you conduct a conference call with up to five additional parties. You can selectively remove parties from the call, place your conference call on hold, and conduct a private conversation with one of the parties.
This feature is available on select GSM plans and incurs airtime or roaming fees, plus applicable long distance charges for each leg of the conference call.
No link needed, this is how ALL conferencing on cell phones work. Why would AT&T give you free minutes?
Think about it for a minute:
You are on call (using minutes)
Call comes in, you switch to it (using minutes from first call AND additional call)
You merge the calls, you are STILL using twice the minutes. There are TWO different calls coming into the AT&T towers that are going to your phone.
You decided to add another caller, so you put the conference on hold, dial the new number - you are now using THREE times the minutes.
You conference the new person on and you still have THREE active and separate calls. Add two more people - 5 times the minutes used.
Try it on any provider, any cell phone - a conference (or 3-way call) will cost you double the minutes.
EDIT: Thanks for the links FreeState!
no the www.mac.com is the main website for the .mac service apple offers it has nothing to do with their hardware.
I just don't understand Apple's approach to RSS. Why don't they have the approach that firefox has to RSS with live bookmarks? Surely the point in RSS is that you don't have to go to the page to find out what is new - you can just hover your mouse over a feed:
Firefox doesn't even have a proper RSS reader.
Some people like some (or even all) of the description for a story.
The whole point of RSS is having all the info you need in one place. In FF to find out anything you actually have to click on all of those links.
Well with OSX 10.5 you will have an RSS feed reader right in the Mail application. And possibly it will sync with iPhone if you use a .mac account.....only dreaming, but it is possible
I just don't understand Apple's approach to RSS. Why don't they have the approach that firefox has to RSS with live bookmarks? Surely the point in RSS is that you don't have to go to the page to find out what is new - you can just hover your mouse over a feed:
That has got to be the worst implementation of RSS feeds I've ever seen, I prefer to read the story in my reader.
Huh, Conference call wit 6 people and yourself? i heard from one of the people who got the iPhone to make a review that it was 5 people max in conference call?
oh man, apple is so low tech, I thought I need to change the whole UA, now seems you are correct, just add an iphone in about:config, lol.
Eventually, its a AJAX, all browsers have it, whats the point of "iphone only", lol, M$ style, Yahoo style and MSNBC style
there are 3 or more RSS reader extensions for firefox, meet everyone's DIFFERENT preference, including yours.
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Two reasons come to mind:
1) Limit site activity (other than the rebuff page) to a small number iPhones to keep performance at acceptable levels-- especially around launch time.
2) Prevent ppl like us from visiting the site to see if we can see what special JavaScript commands Apple is using.
They may change this after the launch hype settles.
But, I wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone's Safari doesn't support all the pc/Mac-based features/tools... things like "Activity", "View Source", etc. If this is so, than it it can be used (at least by Apple) to protect the source code of the App.