Kedar's Log, Stardate 2009

Doing more with iPhone..

• Just found out that the iPod Headset jack is shallower and more standardized than that of the iPhone. Most plugs have a body that is too large to fit in the jack inset of iPhone – and that’s very mean of Apple to do that to make the iPhone unfriendly to most but the Apple headphone plugs! So I can’t use my FM transmitter with iPhone till I get a standard 3.5mm Adapter.

• My experiment with being able to use iPhone as iPod Touch+ is ongoing. First test was successful. So I pulled out the SIM from iPhone and shoved it in my old phone which then worked with that SIM. The iPhone worked as iPod touch without the SIM.

• Next step to this is to see how long it will work without the SIM. So what happens after your AT&T contract expires? This experiment started on 11/29/2007. So far nothing bad to report. Both, my old phone and iPhone (as iPod touch) are working as expected. I am guessing I cannot use the data plan I signed up for iPhone on my Treo ‘coz it specifically says ‘iPhone data plan’ and I am not sure if it is the same as ‘Media Net’ or not.

Conclusion: My iPhone worked fine as a iPod Touch for more than 4 days. Next target is to test it away from its SIM for a week or two.

I simply never disappoint myself when it comes to being stupid sometimes! So I have been feeling angry, cheated and disillusioned about technology in general for the past 3 hours and look what I find on the Phillipine Mac Users Forum – someone just suggests removing the plastic over the iPhone (which covers the earpiece as well) to fix the low volume issue. And Voila! There I have it, an iPhone that actually has some volume!! It really made a big difference..

Now what do you say to that? A human, not smart enough for the technology!

You know, you can’t trust anyone in the technology field. You think Microsoft is bad (OS-X is the best), you think PCs are evil (Mac’s are perfect), Internet Explorer sucks (Firefox is stable), Blockbuster is bad (Netflix is the way to go)… think again!

Got myself an iPhone, and expected the major part of the name to work properly – which is guess what, the PHONE! The volume SUCKS like huge! I am going to take it to the Apple store to get it replaced. Will keep posting my iPhone adventures here..

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

–Arthur C. Clarke