Several people have asked for my opinion on the iPad. In short, I have an iPad 3G 16GB on pre-order, which will hopefully be shipping this month.
In related news, iPhone OS 4 was announced for a launch in summer. Check out Steve’s keynote. The biggest highlight is probably efficient multitasking, and the biggest rumor coming out of the announcement is that there will be a new iPhone coming out this summer equipped with the new OS.
Why:
Why Not:
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Future Strategy
It’s very likely that the iPhone’s dominance will end in the near future if Android continues advancing at such a rapid clip. Apple is currently stuck in disadvantageous exclusivity contracts while its competition enjoys free roam among all other carriers. Apple’s saving grace is a superior application library and application discovery interface. If Android can revamp its approach to applications and find out where it can find its own iTunes-like foothold, things will start to get a bit more interesting.
Google stands to be the major winner if Android succeeds, even though it’s giving everything away for free. In the same manner Microsoft overtook Apple in the early days of Silicon Valley, Google stands to take over Apple in the mobile wars thanks to hardware independence and a strong foothold in personal online information. If Google releases a Sync application, perhaps within Google Desktop or Chrome, the stability of the foothold it could establish in competition with Apple will be tremendous. Currently, nearly everything on Android can be easily synchronized with Google’s services. However, a few strategic services remain unimplemented, such as media. In the same way Google Docs has displaced Microsoft’s Office in many small workplaces, Google could also displace iTunes using an online equivalent.
For the longest time, email coming from my iPhone was stuck using my regular Gmail address.
Now, I’ve discovered how to use email aliases that I’ve previously set up using Gmail.
When setting up your mail account on the phone, use the “Other” account option. I suggest selecting the IMAP toggle. Then enter the email address you want to use and fill out all the other information using your Gmail info.
To add an additional alias, create another account of type “Other.”
What this does is set up one account that can sync with your Gmail, and multiple additional accounts that can only send through your Gmail SMTP account.
When you send mail, you should now see an additional “From:” field, where you can choose your alias.
By popular demand…
Here’s a script to make your Apple OS X Leopard 10.5.1-based toolchain setup easier. Be sure your iPhone (Heavenly) directory is extracted to /usr/local/share/iphone-filesystem before using the script.
Move the script to the directory of your choice, and in that directory try:
sudo bash ./leopard_toolchain.sh
If you’re feeling lucky, run the script straight from this website:
curl http://kevinchiu.org/leopard_toolchain.sh|sudo bash
Here’s a repository that you’re welcome to contribute changes to: http://github.com/kevinchiu/iPhone-Toolchain/tree/master
