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AppAdvice write up of BP Tracker

BP Tracker

AppAdvice created a list of iOS medical tracking apps which has a nice little write up on my app BP Tracker.

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original article @Momentum Blog

flee iPhoners, flee

Now that the Apple iPhone is going to finally be on Verizon I hope most of the iPhone users on AT&T flee. Not because I love Verizon more than AT&T (they both suck in their own special ways) but because I am an AT&T customer and I want more bandwidth freed up for my Nexus One.

The Verizon iPhone does come with the extra feature of being a WiFi hotspot to share your connection with up to 5 devices (Edit: This is an extra cost. AT&T has tethering but not the WiFi hotspot capability). BUT the Verizon version does not allow you to talk on the phone and use the data connection at the same time, the phone conversation will continue and the data will pause.

Choose your poison wisely, may I suggest the Verizon version ;)

Engadget has a good comparison of the two phones/services.

Apple’s Ideal Netbook

Imagine if Apple made a netbook sized enclosure that you slide your iPhone/iPod Touch into and it turns the device into a netbook. The enclosure could house; a screen, keyboard, trackpad (use the iPhone/iPod Touch screen), extended battery, speakers, SD card slot, usb port(s) all connected to the devices dock connector. The beauty of this is that the iPhone/iPod Touch already contains the most expensive bits.

Will Apple do something like this? I don’t know. But if any one company could pull it off it would be Apple, they do control the stack top to bottom.

Pros:

  • Fast boot 
  • Apple controls hardware and software, so doable 
  • Mature App Store could be expanded for “netbook” apps. Ex. A full version of Safari, TextEdit, Preview, Terminal etc 
  • Built in cell data service and/or WiFi 
Cons:
  • Hard to answer your phone when docked in netbook, Bluetooth headset could remedy 
  • Apple would probably charge too much, and require a new version with each iPhone/iPod Touch change 
  • Cell partners may not like the surge in data usage  
  • The extended battery may need to be quite big enough to power the larger screen