iPhone 3G users plagued with app, GPS problems, and more

iPhone 3G users plagued with app, GPS problems, more

From arstechnica.com

By Chris Foresman Published: July 21, 2008 - 01:19PM CT

Going by blocks-long lineups alone, you might think that Apple's iPhone 3G is the best phone + mobile Internet device ever made. And I think it is, at least in theory. But as many early adopters have already noticed, the reality is that the iPhone 3G is showing signs of software—and perhaps hardware—issues.

As summed up by a helpful report by AppleInsider, the biggest problem users have is that third party applications tend to crash relatively often. This problem stems from the fact that, between the NDA on the iPhone SDK and the App Store being the only method for distributing applications, developers are having a hard time thoroughly testing applications. Facebook and Twinkle have been problematic for me, though the latest update to the Facebook app seems to have eliminated the stability problems I experienced with the initial version. Reinstalling problem applications seems the only work around so far, but the effects are temporary.

Another issue that seems to be common is an interface lag; some users are experiencing a pause between touch input and application response that gets progressively worse over time. Because it affects both iPhone and iPhone 3G, it is most likely an issue with the iPhone 2.0 firmware. I have experienced occasional pauses while typing, but have not noticed anything systemic in the last week.

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MobileMe Email Access Problem, 4 day outage for some users

MobileMe users seethe over four-day e-mail outage
Call themselves '1%ers' after Apple says just 1% of users are having problems

By Gregg Keizer

July 21, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple Inc.'s MobileMe online service continued to tick off customers today as users blasted the service for outages that have kept them from accessing e-mail for several days.

"I could not receive any e-mail (sending seemed to work OK though) on my MobileMe Mail account between Friday morning CDT and midday on Monday," reported one of the calmer users, identified only as M&C, on an Apple support forum today. "I still can't believe Apple [hasn't] posted explanatory information about this on the MobileMe site."

The support site does include a notice from Apple. "1% of MobileMe members cannot access MobileMe Mail. We apologize for any inconvenience," the notice under the "System Status" section reads. The message has been unchanged since Saturday, according to users.

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Microsoft Home Server, anyone using it?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9995868-56.html?tag=nefd.lede

July 22, 2008 4:00 AM PDT

Servers in the home remain scarce

With its first update to Windows Home Server, Microsoft has fixed a critical bug that threatened to undermine the product's main utility--securely and reliably backing up computer files.
But the software maker still has to find an answer to the bigger problem--many consumers have no idea what a server is and fewer still have any reason to think they would want one in their home.

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