Comments on: If you can’t beat them… http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/ Morningstar's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:16:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michelle Leder http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2785 Michelle Leder Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:58:53 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/#comment-2785 Well, I plan to return the Iphone tomorrow. I realize that other people love it, but after a few days of nothing but problems -- basic things like it won't ring unless I have my headphones are on, which is annoying since I don't want to wear them all the time -- and way too many calls to AppleCare, I'm convinced that it's still not quite ready for prime-time. Earlier today, I was standing outside a store in the meatpacking district of Manhattan -- not exactly a dirt road in the middle of nowhere -- and couldn't get a signal. The ATT network in phenomenally slow and counting on WiFi doesn't seem appealing enough, given the hefty price tag. And did I mention that Safari only works intermittently? I will get my money back, but I won't be able to get the day I wasted last Friday waiting in line. Live and learn! Well, I plan to return the Iphone tomorrow. I realize that other people love it, but after a few days of nothing but problems — basic things like it won’t ring unless I have my headphones are on, which is annoying since I don’t want to wear them all the time — and way too many calls to AppleCare, I’m convinced that it’s still not quite ready for prime-time. Earlier today, I was standing outside a store in the meatpacking district of Manhattan — not exactly a dirt road in the middle of nowhere — and couldn’t get a signal. The ATT network in phenomenally slow and counting on WiFi doesn’t seem appealing enough, given the hefty price tag. And did I mention that Safari only works intermittently? I will get my money back, but I won’t be able to get the day I wasted last Friday waiting in line. Live and learn!

]]> By: Nabloid http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2784 Nabloid Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:42:09 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/#comment-2784 Any update as of how you like the phone now that you PROBABLY have it activated and have had some time to play around with it? Any update as of how you like the phone now that you PROBABLY have it activated and have had some time to play around with it?

]]> By: Edith Orenstein http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2778 Edith Orenstein Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:53:10 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/#comment-2778 Michelle, sorry to hear of your iPhone travails, it's nice that you're donating proceeds raised in the auction to a good cause. Things went pretty smoothly at the Apple store at the Rockaway Mall in Rockaway NJ Friday evening and Saturday although we missed out on the communal experience of being in line, which sounds from all accounts like something akin to being at a rock concert (especially for those who waited in line in CA with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak reported here: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6268818?source=rss ) or at least waiting in line for tickets to one. I cited your experience in a post on FEI's blog today. Michelle, sorry to hear of your iPhone travails, it’s nice that you’re donating proceeds raised in the auction to a good cause. Things went pretty smoothly at the Apple store at the Rockaway Mall in Rockaway NJ Friday evening and Saturday although we missed out on the communal experience of being in line, which sounds from all accounts like something akin to being at a rock concert (especially for those who waited in line in CA with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak reported here: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6268818?source=rss ) or at least waiting in line for tickets to one. I cited your experience in a post on FEI’s blog today.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2764 Michelle Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:57:52 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/#comment-2764 <p>An Iphone update: I'm now in full-bloom regret. The phone still hasn't activated and after speaking to the third Apple represenative, who unlike most Apple reps, seemed a bit testy (and has a distinctly Canadian accent, which seems even more puzzling since they're usually pretty mellow) and said it could take as long as 30 hours to activate because ATT's system was having problems processing all of the requests to activate. So while the screen promised activation in 6 minutes and Apple's FAQs said that during the activation process, I could use other features of the phone, right now I have a very expensive piece of useless equipment attached to my computer, which has coined a new phrase: the <a href="http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/14120/" rel="nofollow">IBrick</a>. The Apple rep compared this to a traffic jam and said ATT was only capable of handling 100 requests a minute. Given the advanced hype and hefty cost involved, it seems like Apple and AT&T should have spent more time on the back-end.</p> An Iphone update: I’m now in full-bloom regret. The phone still hasn’t activated and after speaking to the third Apple represenative, who unlike most Apple reps, seemed a bit testy (and has a distinctly Canadian accent, which seems even more puzzling since they’re usually pretty mellow) and said it could take as long as 30 hours to activate because ATT’s system was having problems processing all of the requests to activate. So while the screen promised activation in 6 minutes and Apple’s FAQs said that during the activation process, I could use other features of the phone, right now I have a very expensive piece of useless equipment attached to my computer, which has coined a new phrase: the IBrick. The Apple rep compared this to a traffic jam and said ATT was only capable of handling 100 requests a minute. Given the advanced hype and hefty cost involved, it seems like Apple and AT&T should have spent more time on the back-end.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2763 Patrick Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:02:30 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/blog-notes/if-you-cant-beat-them/#comment-2763 Please donate to Michelle's cause. She gives a lot of her time and effort to causes WAY beyond proxies and Ks. You can even give on behalf of Kumara and still get an iPhone. How cool is that? Thanks all for your continued readership of footnoted.org. It's dirt you can't get anywhere else. :) Please donate to Michelle’s cause. She gives a lot of her time and effort to causes WAY beyond proxies and Ks. You can even give on behalf of Kumara and still get an iPhone. How cool is that?

Thanks all for your continued readership of footnoted.org. It’s dirt you can’t get anywhere else. :)

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