http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8300-13544_3-35.html Living with the iPhone en-us Copyright 1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:49:00 GMT Taking travel services into your own hands: Becoming an on-the-go iPhone travel agent http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10130394-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Travel woes during winter are not new - canceled flights, delays, missed connections, you name it, it's likely to happen. Being stranded at a hub airport is probably the last thing you wanted to happen. Boy, that airport floor is a might comfortable bed, right? What's worse, if ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10130394-35.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:49:00 GMT Kevin Ho Using the iPhone to keep a 2.0 voter record in the first 2.0 election http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10082089-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone

A start to a post-modern, 2.0 election...

After the California primary earlier this year where my touchscreen voting machine literally rebooted in mid-vote, this time around I was wondering what California and/or San Francisco election officials would do. Sure, my buggy e-voting machine did have a paper receipt ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10082089-35.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:41:00 GMT Kevin Ho Will 2.1 be what 2.0 was supposed to be? http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10041208-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone As per usual, at the most inopportune time when I was already running late, I decided to sync my iPhone as I was getting ready to leave home today. Like clockwork, iTunes asks me if I'd like to update to Firmware 2.1. Would I? Unlike last time, I ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10041208-35.html Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:59:58 GMT Kevin Ho What will Apple announce today? Something with the iPhone 3G battery? We can hope. http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10036175-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone In a crazy world, Apple would announce a "we-are-so-sorry" iPhone swap today: All first generation iPhone owners and all new iPhone 3G owners would be given a new free iPhone Plutonium, which, of course, has endless battery life. Perhaps this massive reset could be founded by the liquidation of Halliburton ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10036175-35.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:10:59 GMT Kevin Ho The days of our iPhone updates... http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10021046-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone These are the days I dread, but like in some sense. Release day for an iPhone firmware update. This always happens: I'm on my way out the door to work and want to synch my iPhone just to update any playlists or iCal entries when "BAM" - an update ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10021046-35.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:11:00 GMT Kevin Ho Fraud or not fraud, part 2: But what about Apple's iPhone battery time claims? http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10005326-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone The whole Freeiphoneswap.com process (see part 1) got me worrying and thinking about fraud. And, with frustrations about the iPhone's battery common among bloggers and friends alike, you know there is a lawsuit looming out there as some plaintiff-side law firm will want to take Apple to task ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10005326-35.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:28:00 GMT Kevin Ho Fraud or not fraud, part 1: FreeiPhoneswap.com - not a fraud http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10005306-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone Money talks especially when news of the economy tanking is constant. So, with this thinking in mind, I scuttled the idea of giving my 1st generation iPhone to my grandpa. It's dreadful to think of (1) the hassle and how long it would have taken to go into an ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-10005306-35.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:30:00 GMT Kevin Ho Facebook's iPhone app: a bug that gives out magical iPhones (not really) to friends you never knew you had http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-9999643-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone

Newly minted iPhone 'owners' with the Facebook app

(Credit: Kevin Ho)

This morning Facebook told me that 27 of my friends had downloaded the iPhone Facebook application. 27 out of 300+ is a good chunk of people and speaks to the fact that more and more people are ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-9999643-35.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:47:20 GMT Kevin Ho iPhone apps: Testing Shazam's limits - classical music http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-9993320-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone

Instead of trying to scrawl down lyrics, doing a search on Google (only to be lead to some bizarre lyric website repository that may or may not work, all the while offering me free ringtones and ceaseless pop-up ads), with Shazam's app, I've actually found songs by, well, ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-9993320-35.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:46:00 GMT Kevin Ho iPhone features: Lost in translation--Chinese style http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-9992319-35.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=LivingwiththeiPhone

Ni hao? The iPhone's Chinese language support screen.

(Credit: Kevin Ho)

One solution to the what-to-do-with-the-iPhone-1.0 dilemma that occurred to me over lunch with my grandpa on Tuesday (in San Francisco's Chinatown no less) was to give him my old iPhone 1.0.

My grandfather is an ...

]]> http://cnn2-cnet.com.com/8301-13544_3-9992319-35.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:44:00 GMT Kevin Ho