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Unlike all other Apple events, this week’s iPhone SDK event didn’t really get my attention as much at first. I didn’t sit behind a computer during the event, keep on refreshing all the live blogging page of news media finding out what Steve was announcing. I didn’t catch any news until late at night when I get home. Mostly because I know the event won’t unleash something that I can lust over immediately or something that I can use right away, be it hardware or software.
So I was taken by …

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I am sure by now you have heard that Apple announced some new toys today.  I am not gonna go into details of what they are, but will predict when will you see these new toys appeared around me.
Steve announced 5 major things during his keynote in Macworld, so here goes:

1) iPhone software update: downloaded it today! 
- GPS-like location on map? awesome! it works like magic and pinpoint my right at the intersection of where i live! totally accurate! 
- home screen and web clips? love it, so much easier to …

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Dear iPod,
I know you must be feeling anxious and jealous of the newest member in the family – iPhone. Please don’t be. Your feeling however is perfectly normal – just ask your big brother Powerbook! He went totally nuts when iMac join the family! But soon he realize iMac isn’t here to replace him, it’s just here to serve a different function. Not to mention I still constantly using Powerbook, so eventually he know he’s still very much in my heart. Now you should do …

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I have been playing with the iPhone every opportunity I got even before I have my own, so by the time I have my own, there really isn’t much that I don’t know about or haven’t try it yet. But of course there are something that you will notice once you have your own. Here’s what I noticed:
1) The calendar icon is “live”, it displays the actually date! – shouldn’t be such a big deal unless you are a Mac user – the icon of iCal on the …

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Introducing iPatronus, not only it drives away Dementors and their negativity, but it also is a safe and secure communication device!
People who read or watch Harry Potter would know what a Patronus is, but what exactly is iPatronus? Why it is the name of my iPhone! Wait a minute didn’t I say I was gonna wait til October? Yes, but my resistance was wearing thin and eventually today I was utterly defeated and surrender my wallet to the gods in Apple store.
The activation was ridiculously simple and smooth, the whole …

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I was playing with the iPhone again on Saturday when I was with John and Phil. And I said it before and I am saying it now that the more you play with it, the more you are going to want it~ so I have to put up this list to make myself not wanting it so much~ this list of shortcomings that the iPhone has is not fixable through software update because they are hardware based:
1) it’s EDGE not 3G network – it’s not a huge issue for …