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Run Windows on Your iPhone!

Run Windows on your iPhone....

"Watson, come here. I want to control your iPhone"....

AT&T has developed a software trick that will let modern mobile handsets, including  the iPhone, recognize voice commands without the need for specialized voice recognition software.

AppleInsider has the news here along with a video.

Apple and A&T Own 3G

Telecompetitor's Bernie Arnason has a very good take on how Apple and AT&T "own" the term 3G - at least in terms of the noise level they have created for this term.

Read Bernie's insightful post here.

What iPhone Apps Are You Experimenting With?

I am currently testing several new iPhone Apps.  My favorite so far is the Remote program which turns your iPhone into a remote control for your computer's iTunes and for Apple TV.

If you have an App you like, and want to write a review, I will post it.  Send it over to: alanweinkrantz at me dot com

Grrrr.....Still No iPhone.... And Alan Asks: "If AT&T Can Join Forces with the CIA, Why Can't They Provide Service to Deploy the iPhone?

I decided not to fight the crowds after all on Friday.

I did go by the store at the Quarry in San Antonio just to see who was there and who was doing what.   I had real work to do and was getting ready to leave town - en route to South Padre Island for the weekend.

I did try to download the updated version of iTunes and like many reported in the media, I too ran into the apparent outage  and overall fuck-up where I guess they (Apple / AT&T) did not allow for scale.

Even the day before, I mystery shopped three stores and when I started asking detail questions about the deployment I got a bunch of blank stares, when it went beyond stating the obvious.

I am sure both Apple and AT&T are not going to have a problem selling millions of the devices.  What is unforgiving to me is that this is, after all, is the phone company who is supposed to have the most advanced communications network in the world, the biggest backbone, the fastest fiber, the best of the best. 

It was not like the scaling issue was going to be a surprise and they did not know that this was going to be in huge demand.

All of this just does make sense, common sense, and just good business sense to me.

Yes, The New iPhone 3G Blends!

Best iPhone 2.0 Coverage....

Jesus and the boys over at Gizmodo have the best summaries, reviews, hints at tricks on getting up to speed on the new iPhone 2.0 / 3G

Here Are The iPhone Apps I Have Downloaded So Far

These are just a few of the applications I have downloaded so far.

Most have a social media element to them.

Will start to play with them once the service enables you to sync with the new 2.0 software update.

At 10:30 PM Tonight, No One Standing in Line at the AT&T Experience Store in San Antonio

Are we a bunch of weenies? 

As of 10:30 PM tonight, not only single person was standing in line for the new iPhone at the AT&T Experience store in my neighborhood in San Antonio.

Will check back early in the morning to see waz up....

Apple Launches New iPhones App Store on iTunes

Source:  from CNET / NYTimes has a very good story with a business angle on why this matters.

Download the new iTunes version here.