iPhone iNfo booth

A sad day in iPhone iNfo booth land

iphonebooth — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:51:12 +0000

The phone I have grown to love (and drained my pocket book) has left this info booth. The phone was sold yesterday is in transit as we speak. I know that the person taking the phone will give it a good home and good use. I will be getting a Nexus One in the next few days, blasphemy, your right but, I needed to change for money reasons. Well I will post a review for you later when I get the phone. Take ‘er easy.

You want? Well let me have it!

iphonebooth — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:27:33 +0000

What?! Thats right, I get a few questions here asking for reviews on products. Well I don’t have the product to review otherwise I would. So if anyone wants something reviewed please send me what it is you want reviewed at this email address. Now, keep in mind that I will not be able to review all of the requests, so with that said if you have completed a review on your own and would like it posted send it in. Please make sure it is spell checked and you actually put thought in to the review. All reviews that are sent to me, written by you, must be at least two paragraphs, no one wants to read a review that says “it is a good phone, the battery life lasts a long time I would say buy it.” Also any one who is interested in sending me products to review please let me know. The more traffic, requests and participation from we get the more you, the readers, will benefit.

Welcome Back

iphonebooth — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:33:07 +0000

It has been awhile hasn’t it? Well I am back with some big news! Well maybe not so big. The Nexus is out and all the Rage. Why are we talking about that here? Well because people have asked what I think of it and compared to the iPhone is it worth the buy. Well let us look and see the two phones.

Nexus one:
Dimensions -
Height: 119mm
Width: 59.8mm
Depth: 11.5mm
Weight: 130 grams w/battery
Screen
3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen
800 x 480 pixels
100,000:1 typical contrast ratio
1ms typical response rate

Camera
5 megapixels
Autofocus from 6cm to infinity
2X digital zoom
LED flash
User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver
Video captured at 720×480 pixels at 20 frames per second

Cellular and wireless info
UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)
HSDPA 7.2Mbps
HSUPA 2Mbps
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Power and battery

Power/Battery
Removable 1400 mAH battery
Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger
Talk time
Up to 10 hours on 2G
Up to 7 hours on 3G
Standby time
Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G
Internet use
Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi
Video playback
Up to 7 hours
Audio playback
Up to 20 hours

Processor
Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

Operating System
Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

Memory

512MB Flash
512MB RAM
4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)

AGPS
Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning
Digital compass
Accelerometer

iPhone (3GS):
Height 115.5 mm
Width: 62.1 mm
Depth: 12.3 mm
Weight: 135 grams

Screen

3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Camera
3 megapixels
Autofocus
Tap to focus
Video recording, VGA up to 30 fps with audio
Photo and video geotagging
iPhone and third-party application integration

Memory
16GB or 32GB flash drive

Wireless/Cellular
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless technology

Power

Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery

Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter

Talk time: Up to 12 hours on 2G Up to 5 hours on 3G Standby time: Up to 300 hours

Internet use:
Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
Video playback: Up to 10 hours
Audio playback: Up to 30 hours

Conclusion:
They are both great phones! The Nexus does not support multi touch display and the home screens are limited to five, where as the iPhone has supports multi touch display and has unlimited amount of home screens. The Nexus does not operate on AT&T’s 3G network. The iPhone does. The Nexus has a faster processor and expandable memory. They both have advantages and disadvantages. I would recommend the Nexus one to any one as would I the iPhone. It comes down to personal preference and taste in phones.

Take that in to consideration and look at the other things such as the App stores. Huge difference in who offers what. But the Android app developer scene is not proprietary like the iPhone app developers.

Operation Epic Fail

iphonebooth — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:51:19 +0000

Okay people, you may have heard recently about operation choke hold. If you haven’t heard basically the “operation choke hold” concept was to bring down AT&T’s data network. What was the plan? Basically to get everyone that owns an iPhone to run the same amount of data, my understanding was in the form of an app, for a lengthily period of time. Operation Choke Hold was conceived after a statement was released by one Ralph De La Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility, asking customers to use their data when necessary, in other words, limit the amount of data so every one gets a share. Now really people how many of you are on the phone surfing the web all day and would lose a little part of your life if you didn’t access Facebook or twitter at 2am? Any way…

Well it is obvious to say that AT&T’s data network survived the “attack.” There may have been a few people that participated in this act and then again there are a lot of people who saw the downsides; damage to the lithium battery, freezing iPhone, potential blowing up of the iphone, dropped signal (data) and more. When you think about it the idea is really just a waste of time. You could be talking on the phone, playing a game, surfing the web and messaging all at the same time, if you live in a 3G area, it would take, literally, millions of people using their phone at the exact same time doing the exact same thing in order to take down a network as sophisticated as AT&T’s. The network is designed to handle massive data use, that is why AT&T has the iPhone.

One last thought, if you have a complaint with anything that your wireless carrier does or says, take it up with the carrier. Don’t try to send an electronic army to help do the damage. It is just going to be an “epic fail.” Until next time, keep your eyes to the screen and ears to the ground.

Mail.com and your iPhone

iphonebooth — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:02:52 +0000

If you are like me you have a mail.com account but there is no app or pop3 setting for the iPhone to use. Well GUESS WHAT! You don’t need pop3 or a separate app. Just like Apple says, “there’s an APP for that.”

Go to settings
Open Mail, Contacts…
Click on AOL
Enter in whatever email account through mail.com you use
Then your password for your mail
Then you’re done.

That easy now you can check your mail.com account through your iPhone. Don’t you love technology? Until next time, keep your ear to the ground and eyes to the screen.

iPhone Cases?

iphonebooth — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:18:57 +0000

This is not so much news as it is a shameless plug. Soon I will be selling cases/covers for the iPhone. Since there are more 3G(S) users over 2G users do not expect to see many 2G type cases. So with that said, if you are looking for a case I will have a link up soon for you to purchase cases for your iPhone. The cases will be a decent not chopping your arm and leg off price. For now shipping will be to the US only and I plan to have free shipping but that is not confirmed yet. I still have a lot of bugs to work out. But I will keep you posted.

EDITED- Send me a comment or iphoneinfo_booth@linuxmail.org with any requests for cases you would like to see sold.

Virus and jailbreaks

iphonebooth — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:40:32 +0000

Okay it has been a while since I have posted somthing, I have been busy. I have been busy reading about the worms and jailbreaking. First off remember I do not recommend any one jailbreak their phone. However, if you find yourself needing to do so then please please, really I mean this… HAVE COMMON SENSE! if you do jailbreak the device and use SSH then make sure you change your password. It is no different then using a web forum temporary password. Failure to do a PWD change can allow people to access your phone that you don’t want accessing it.

There are many reports of people who fail to change the password not only in the US but other countries as well and this has caused a severe issue. Protect yourself and others by either not jailbreaking (unless you have to) or be smart and (even on othe devices) change the default password for any and everything.

iPhoneism 3GS give away!

iphonebooth — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:43:25 +0000

That’s right people. Follow iPhoneism on twitter for your chance to win. Check the blog for official details. Here

8gig 3GS

iphonebooth — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:16:09 +0000

Well there is a rumor out that Apple will be releasing the 3GS iPhone in an 8Gig model for x-mas. Now how true is that, well no one seems to have a definite answer. According to Boy Genius Report they have heard from sources at AT&T there is plans of this. When we checked in to this rumor (in which BGR is pretty solid in their information) we received different feedback. There has not a response yet from our Apple source and our AT&T source has not yet heard of this being rumored.

All of those iPhone users out there are eager to get the 3GS because of the faster processor and if you are like me you want the better/improved battery life. As for now we can only wait and see what BGR hears or if Apple or AT&T makes an announcement on the release. But as we all know depending how well the sales are through the year and how tough the competition is anything is possible. Until next time keep your ears to the ground and eyes on the screen.

Rock or Cydia?

iphonebooth — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:32:13 +0000

Ok so I get some questions here asking what is the best “install app” to use once Jail broken. Well remember I don’t recommend Jailbreaking because it voids the warranty of the phone and it violates the EULA [edit] and the phone is great the way it is no need jailbreak it. Now with that said, There are two main install apps you can use. Rock (your phone) and Cydia.

Rock and Cydia both offer about the same amount of APPS, Themes, Tools, Tweaks and so on. So why choose one over the other? Personal taste really. Rock does load a few seconds faster then Cydia does. As well while installing apps you can still browse the app store. Secondly Rock offers you a back up plan. In the event you have to restore your phone you can just use the Rock backup (which is free) and when you JB your phone again you can just download your apps from your Rock ID. The best part is that you don’t have to manually update your list, Rock does that for you any time you install or uninstall anything.

Then there are the downsides. Cydia does have a longer history with JB users, but over all they offer the same thing. The user loyalty is strong with Cydia not many people plan to change any time soon. But over all both are great, Cydia does take a little longer to load but does offer the same repo’s and download-able content. Cydia does have the edge over Rock as some Apps can’t be downloaded yet that Cydia has for example, you try to download an app that requires a purchase you may get an error that reads this is purchase app and is not available yet… So you have to take the good with the bad. Cydia does run a little slower but there are not as many reports of flaws when it comes to the actual downloads.

My vote? Rock, it is smoother, faster and little more user friendly.