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Comment Are you kidding me? (Score 2, Interesting) 479

Defense Lawyer: "Is the reception worse than most other phones on the market?"
Expert Witness: "Well no, but..."

My wife and I upgraded our phones from Razr's (also with AT&T) to iPhone4's on launch day. AT&T's network is not nearly as bad as the iPhone makes it. I can't make or receive phone calls in my office any more. We get calls dropped all the time. We've had occasions when one phone shows 4 bars and can make and receive calls and data while the other one just shows "Searching...". The only solution I found was to reset the Network settings. I can call my phone while it claims to have 3 or more bars and I'll hear ringing before being directed to voicemail on the calling end while the iPhone remains completely silent on the subject. I don't get notified of voicemail until hours later - all while the phone pretends it has connectivity.

My friends tell me this is just what you expect with the iPhone and that my phone actually works better than their previous generation iPhones. So your statement might be correct if you define "most other phones on the market" as all the previous generations of iPhones but is completely false otherwise.

The iPhone is a really shitty phone but it's a testament to how well it does everything else that I'm still only "considering" returning it.

Comment Re:Powerpoint sucks in schools (Score 1) 467

My 7th Grade History teacher would come into class with a sheaf of papers. She would then start writing on the chalkboard and we were supposed to copy what she wrote down word for word. There was no interaction with the students or any discussion of any of the material.

It's not the tools that are at fault here. It's the teachers - or more specifically, the lazy ones.

Music

Brian Eno Releases Second iPhone App 196

Brian Eno, or as he is known to many in my office, "God," has released his second iPhone App. A followup to Bloom, this one is called Trope and supposedly creates darker music. You create music by drawing shapes on the iPhone's screen.

Comment I LIVE at work (Score 1) 887

I sleep on the couch in my office. It's a little bit of a pain having to go to the lockers in the next building to shower but the monthly exercise is good for me.

Don't YOU wish you were me, now?!

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