My Macinations

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I finally got my iPhone 4 yesterday and it’s an awesome phone so far. So much faster than my old 3G and with many perks. Multi-tasking is good, although since I’m not used to it yet, I’m not exactly benefitting from it.

Is Apple’s inability to satisfy demand. The iPhone 4 was launched in Canada more than two months ago and I’ve yet to get one. All the Rogers stores in area are out of them. They can’t keep them in stock. Each store is getting a measly 5-10 units per week; and each store has a [...]

In an article today, the New York Post is reporting that Apple may face antitrust scrutiny for FTC, Justice for the changes it made to its iPhone developer agreement. Supposedly, Apple’s addition to its developer agreement section 3.3.1, which prohibits apps developed with cross platform tools kills competition by forcing developers to choose between creating [...]

Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO and co-founder posted an article detailing the reasons why Apple refuses to allow Flash on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. It’s an enlightening read. If you’re interested in the iPhone platform, this makes a compelling read. http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

It seems that Apple’s competitors are using a new buzzword in trying to subvert my favourite fruity company. The new buzzword seems to be ‘Shackled’. Recently I’ve read a couple of articles that use that same word to imply that Apple gear users are somehow ‘shackled’ by the company. I guess it’s the new lame [...]