My guess is that a bumper case will be in the box of new iPhone 4's sold after September 30th. I doubt they are going to find a real fix for this since the antenna is on the outside of the phone (which I don't see them changing), which is really why the issue is so prominent with the iPhone 4. Other phones have attenuation issues, but not as extreme.
Skype goes after a company that actually enhances what Skype offers. I have a Skype account and was excited about using Fring to use mobile video chat. Since Skype doesn't offer this themselves all they are doing is opening the door for a competitor to step into this space. Fring made Skype more useful and retained users. Now I hope someone new comes in and knocks it out of the park with a great mobile -> mobile and mobile -> desktop video chat solution that works over 3G.
Google needs to make sure they do not roll this out before it is truly ready. Buzz & Wave were not ready so the user experience was poor. That initial response by users has really hurt those product offerings. If they roll this out before it is truly a better offering than Facebook they will fail once gain. And any privacy snaffu will kill this project as well.
I actually find it more sad that Churches hold onto their code. I would love to see an open sourcing movement for Church technology.
I would have to say that I am reading my Bible far more often since I have it on my iPhone. This is one area that my iPhone has truly helped me to get more scripture into my head. And I use the YouVersion app, and am looking forward to the upcoming reading plans feature.
How well do you know Russian? :) ( at least I think that first image is in Russian )
If you use Chrome as your browser there is a Wave Notifier extension you can use, which has come in handy for me. granted this only works if you are camped out in front of your computer...
Seems to be really laggy at the moment. If those things get worked out, this will be really cool.
I have a whole bunch of Wave invites to give away if anybody wants one. I am having a hard time giving these things away, it almost seems like the Wave bubble has burst among the people I know.
If you are interested in an invite send me a message at jeff [--at--] thebristows.com
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