iphone development and other stuff
in the wrong places. Specifically, IE may fail to do what you want if you pass it something like:
var bleh = [1,2,3,4,5,];
Then try to do something with bleh. In the case of passing payloads to Appcelerator widgets (such as the datatable), the widget may fail to properly render (without error, since the execute function is never even called by IE’s js interpreter).
Better pictures and it’s not so bad after all, but it’s still not as pretty as many other devices. It reminds me of one of the early HP PDAs (in looks). The interface doesn’t seem to bad either, although it’s a bit fruity for my tastes. It does have GPS and HSPDA though, so who can complain?
First impressions (from the picture at engadget): ugly. I actually rather like Garmin as well (good products). Maybe the first impression will wear off — time will tell (seeing more pictures won’t hurt either).
Engadget has reported that AT&T has boosted the bandwidth on their UVerse internet service to a maximum of 10mbps down and 1.5mbps up. That’s not too shabby. It puts pretty much all of the cable internet companies to shame, but doesn’t quite hold up to Verizon’s best FIOS offering. It’s important that service providers bring the speed and quality (that is, don’t put in unstated bandwidth caps like Comcast does) so web 2.0 platforms (like the wonderous Appcelerator) can take off. Although the frameworks themselves don’t take up the bandwidth, the dynamic content they deliver certainly does demand higher speed connections. A perfect example of this is Apple’s new movie rental service and Netflix’s movie streaming service. It’s especially important in Netflix’s case, where the possibility of high-quality, HD movies streamed directly to a set-top box could make a movie buff drool (assuming service providers don’t put in bandwidth caps).