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Apple's iPhone: The Future is Hereby Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/2/2007 6:13 PM EST
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icruise - Monday, July 16, 2007 - linkExcellent review that (surprisingly, given that this is a very tech-oriented site) "got" what the iPhone is about. It may not be the perfect cell phone, but it's certainly an amazing one, and the first really fresh take on the concept that we've seen in a long long time.
One quibble, however. The review states that Yahoo charges $3 a month for push email support. Yahoo does in fact provide free IMAP push email to anyone using a Yahoo Mail account on the iPhone. However, there appears to be some issues involved in the implementation and I couldn't find any mention of using push email with Yahoo in the Apple documentation, which may be why the reviewer didn't realize this.
It seems that if you have any other email accounts active on the iPhone, push email doesn't work reliably. It may take quite a while (many minutes) to show up. I tested this on my iPhone and when I had my Yahoo Mail account as the only active account, messages sent to it showed up pretty much instantaneously. When I enabled the other accounts, that changed, whether I had mail checking set to "manual" or a special interval. So in short, I think the iPhone's push capability is there, but they haven't quite ironed out the bugs. Hopefully they will do this soon with a software update, and also enable push email for .Mac mail as well. Reply
AnnonymousCoward - Saturday, July 07, 2007 - linkHow bout horizontal/landscape mode for the keyboard? With all this talk about fingers not being small enough for crammed keys, I'm blown away this wasn't addressed. Based on the aspect ratio of the keyboard in front of me, and the aspect ratio of the iphone, I don't see why you'd possibly want to type in portrait mode. Reply
ViperV990 - Friday, July 06, 2007 - linkI'm curious if meebo.com (a web-based multi-protocol IM) works on the iPhone. Can anyone please give this a try and report back? Reply
Icehawk - Monday, July 09, 2007 - linkGreat article, I really hadn't read or watched too much on the iPhone so it was nice to see it all laid out clearly.
Sadly the phone, like my Tivo S3, is missing some very basic features (voice activation?!) and has some weird ergonomic misses.
However I think this is a big deal, if the interface is as much of advance overall as it sounds that is big. IMO the next major advance computing (and these MFDs by extension) is the interface - we are still using pretty much the same paradigms as 20 years ago. Reply
Calista - Friday, July 06, 2007 - linkHi Anand!
I would like to know how you judge the value of the iphone. We fully understand that you find it an awesome device but it's no denial that it's also a fairly expensive and $600 will buy you both a normal feature phone (2MP cam and the rest) and a well-working internet-tablet like the Nokia N800 - which by the way support up to 16 GB of memory, carry a screen with higher resolution than the Iphone and support Skype. It's another device to carry for sure, but only another 200 grams and it can be left safely in your home when doing things more ..action-packed than sipping coffee at Starbucks.
Quite frankly, I would feel fairly uncomfortable carrying a $600 device in my pants all the time. Reply
Justin Case - Friday, July 06, 2007 - linkI'm sure you realise there's an obvious joke lurking in that last sentence... ;-) Reply
Justin Case - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkAny chance of a comparison with the Qtek 9000 or Nokia's N700...? Reply
2ManyOptions - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkWhy the hate? Its not something which you can totally reject or totally throw like trash ! It does look good when compared to it's competitors.
The price tag for the iPhone is an individual's concern. If he/she thinks spending 700$ on iPhone is cool, so be it, i wouldn't lose anything !! Does that mean the person who bought an iPhone is stupid?? I wudn't agree with that, its his money n his idea of fun n spending.
I would like to buy something like an iPhone but not unless its below 250$ or something like that...And maybe something new, something better than iPhone will pop up by then.
Good marketing by Apple though. Reply
Koing - Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - linkto pick the 4GB instead of the 8GB version! :P Reply
aGoGo - Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - linkhttp://www.unwiredview.com/2007/07/04/htc-omni-pic...">HTC Omni
If Steve was holding this phone a million idiot will be standing in line from now till October :p Reply
michael2k - Sunday, July 08, 2007 - linkExcept of course for the keyboard.
If he unveiled the thing, it would have to be as a small laptop. Reply
edwinder - Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - linkAnand, I never got through your iPhone review...because everything I read is basically Blackberry this, Blackberry that. Just so that you know, not all your readers like/own/used Blackberries, and have found other replacements that suit us more besides a Blackberry (i.e E61). Yes, I know you love your BB's, but hope you can rename your article to reflect the review that you wrote. Nothing wrong with it... but reading your article gave me no basis of which to refer to, hence stopped reading it after a few pages.
aGoGo - Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - linkExactly,
I used BB 8700, 8100, 8300 and 8800.. all of them suck, i have to admit that the RIM makes the best "stupid-proof" devices, that can enable you connect to your work email through BES, other than that, every single feature sucks.
I'm using the Imate Jasjar (HTC Universal) and it can do every single thing the iPhone can do, without the cute looking UI, people wanna use things, not look at them, how many of you are still using Aero glass and DreamScene? Every single person disabled them after one week. Reply
r33tr33t - Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - linkYou can catch bits of Anand's gigantic house as well as his face reflected back in the metallic part of some of the iPhone photos. Reply
plinden - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - link
This time on WiFi, the iPhone comes in about an hour under its estimated 7 hour internet battery life.
Actually, http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html">here, Apple does claim "up to 6 hours" internet time, so what you're seeing is in line with Apple's claims.
Yes, I do like my Apple products (3 Macs and two iPods) but I've always taken the battery life claims with a large pinch of salt. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkI know exactly what you're saying; battery life on the MacBook Pro is no where near Apple's 6-hour claims; I'd be lucky to get 2.5 hours of real work on mine.
Thanks for the correction, I too was shocked to see it actually lasted 6 hours on WiFi. I'm doing some more tests now looking closer at its battery life, so you may see a follow-up article in the near future.
Take care,
strikeback03 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkLooks nice, but too big for me. If they can build one around something more like a 2.25" screen that would be sweet.
Also on the next to last page there is a picture missing of the screen you get to unlock the phone. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkAgreed. An iPhone mini could be very interesting but I'm not sure how the keyboard would work out. And I've added the missing image, thanks for the heads up :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
Drumsticks - Wednesday, January 07, 2015 - linkI had to go through this review for a paper I was writing for school, and I came across this comment. In 2015... how times have changed :) Reply
aGoGo - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkBlackberry Curve and Blackjack?
there are better phones to use, how about the HTC Universal? Nokia N95? SE P990i? HTC Athena?
I really don't know how much this damn thing is gonna cost if it's unlocked? $1000? Reply
EODetroit - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkHoly Comprehensive Review Batman! That took most of my morning at work, good thing its practically a holiday here already.
Now my question is:
How many poop pictures has Anand received from the A-Tech staff?
Shimmishim - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkYes. It was a good read. One of the best reviews of any piece of hardware (computer or consumer related) I've read in a long time. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkThanks guys :)
And no, zero poop-pictures from AT staff.
Take care,
LoneWolf15 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkWhile not perfect as a product either, Anandtech completely skipped any Palm Treo devices for this comparison. The Treo has done SMS by contact for some time now, just as you have mentioned the iPhone does (I've had it on both the 650p and 750p; I'm sure the new 755p does as well). While I have some issues with Palm support as far as their product goes, I still haven't seen a smartphone that can do better --I blame this at least in part due to carrier wars and desire for control (i.e., crippled Bluetooth, not adding WiFi, so carriers can make you pay for everything through them), rather than blaming cell phone manufacturers. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkThere were a number of products I would've liked to have included, but I was very limited by time so I tried to shoot for two of the most popular: the Curve and the Blackjack. I've already dropped Nokia an email but I'll do the same for Palm and see what comes of it :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
retrospooty - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkYa, quite alot of things like that the Treo has done, and done well for a long time now, all that and an open platform. The issue is the latest Treo is, 4 years later, still the same repackaged Treo, with a few minor upgrades. The iPhone is by far the best UI, and that alone will be its saving grace, and its legacy on the industry. A few years from now, REAL smartphone manufacturers will copy the UI and improve everything, and do it cheaply, and on all carriers. That is the best thing about the iPhone. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkActually, in 4 years, the Treo added Bluetooth (the first 600p didn't have it), EVDO (the iPhone has only EDGE, which has been rated far slower, and slowest when provided by AT&T/Cingular, the single carrier of the iPhone), an SD card slot (600p didn't have one), and several other features.
As I said, the Treo isn't perfect. And I think the UI of the iPhone is pretty spiffy, plus I'll bet it has the best web browser of any phone on the market. But I don't think I could do without a real (by real I mean tactile) QWERTY keyboard (I rely on text messages for work, since cell reception can be spotty in a reinforced concrete building), I like having EVDO support, and I like the fact that I can choose from Sprint, T-Mobile, Alltel, Verizon, or AT&T Cingular for a Treo (AT&T/Cingular has little or no reception in my work area, so it nixes any thought of an iPhone, and by my understanding, they have a five-year exclusive agreement with Apple). And I can get a Treo for a few hundred less as well.
I want to like the iPhone. Unfortunately, Apple set conditions of pricing and carrier that mean I'll never find out how good a phone it might really be. Reply
sviola - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkNot only the Palm Treo, but the Nokia N95, which is just awesome:
In-built GPS and Navigation Program (over 100+ countries maps)
5 MP Camera with Zeiss Lens and Optical Zoom, and Video Recording
Symbian OS
Plays MP3, video, etc
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB, TV out
Quadriband GSM/WCDMA (3G)
MicroSD Card Reader
Among many other features. Reply
rowcroft - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkThe iPhone looks great, but the big gotcha for me is that I routinely use my 8525 to access the internet on my laptop. Can't do that with the iPhone from what I understand.
As for all the comparisons to Verizon & such, if you look at the total cost of ownership (Verizon's data plan is significantly more expensive), the iPhone is just a few dollars cheaper than the Blackjack w/Verizon. Reply
Locutus465 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkI've got a Samsung i720 with verizon... For a "last gen" PDA phone priced at just $100 brand new from verizon when I got it, it's pretty sweet. Admitingly the display isn't quite as good as apples, but as far as functionality it does everything the iPhone does and more. I also appriciate the sliding screen with which reveals a keyboard. There's also the other advanatages I mentioned earlier, i.e. Windows Mobile being open to 3rd party development etc. Reply
jay401 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - link
About the only thing that's missing is the ability to assign your MP3 files as ringtones.
Now that's practically an unpardonable sin, given that it's such a basic request and something absent from most phones because most providers think people are dumb enough to pay money to download a ringtone (like hell would I ever do that nonsense).
So why not just let people use their mp3s? I already do that on my cellphone but since I can't do it directly I do it in a round-about way by sending myself the mp3 clips as attachments to messages sent to my phone, which I can then download and assign as a ringtone.
Why not just make it straightforward and easy? You'd think this is one thing Apple could do right. :( Reply
jay401 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkfrom page 11:
Tell me that's not the best looking PDF on a mobile phone you've ever seen
If I could read any of the incredibly tiny text in that picture, maybe I would be able to. ;P Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkSeriously, the PDF looked shockingly good. Once you stretch to zoom in so you can actually read the slides, it's amazing. Yes, I realized being excited about how good a PDF looks on a phone is silly, but I figure after waiting in line for five hours for said phone, I've got nothing more to lose :)
Take care,
Griswold - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkYou can't make videos on the phone, you can't copy/paste, there's no IM client, you can't replace the battery on your own, you can't add applications to it, there's no Flash/Java support, it's heavy and the list goes on. But here's the catch: there isn't a phone out today (smart or not) that doesn't have at least as long of a list of issues.
But for a price tag like this, I expect a shorter list. And unfortunately, many of the things on this list are important to me.
Still, after being so skeptic about the iphone, I'd still like to have one (yea, it does have this star trek datapad feeling!!) but due to the flaws and shortcomings, i'll just wait for the next incarnation that will most likely hit the street within a year.
I dont believe in early adopting gear from a company with zero experience on this particular field, and while apple did most of their homework, my motto (rightfully) stands.
The next iphone will most likely be much better suited for me. Reply
mongo lloyd - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkComic Sans? Really? Reply
plinden - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkNo - http://www.searchfreefonts.com/fonts/m9.htm">Marker Felt Thin Reply
mongo lloyd - Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - linkOh ok. Equally terrible font, I'd say. Is that a standard-use font for Apple? Yikes to that. Reply
Sunrise089 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkLots of personality, info that wasn't just a run down of specs, and best of all telepathy.
I was actually thinking while I read this "I wonder if I'd be able to watch TopGear clips on this, since often they get pulled from Youtube. I scroll down the page, and see Clarkson staring back at me. Amazing.
One more thing, about the homeless guy's choice between the Enzo and the Veyron - between ugly and boring, I don't know which I'd pick either. After all these years, McLaren F1 FTW! Reply
Yongsta - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkNice Review, the iphone sounds great but $600 is out of my budget. Hopefully Apple in the future releases new types of iphone's at affordable prices. Maybe Samsung/Nokia/Motorola will try to make a copycat phone but they probably cant match Apple's UI. Reply
Locutus465 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkI do love the looks of the iPhone... However if everything I hear about it is true then it would not interest me. Complete lack of 3rd party software support? If this is true then yikes! I've got my Windows Mobile phone running with quite a bit of 3rd party software and for me that's a huge must... Like my Trillian like all in one chat client, Pocket Putty, CISCO VPN client and of course, pocket mahjoong (spelling?).
Also, I've heard for a closed system they missed the boat on what would be some truely killer features (which could be solved via allowing 3rd party software). For instance it has (google?) maps, yet from what I hear no GPS integration? Why not? At least in windows mobile you have options (though yes, it's not built into that platform either).
It would however, be nice to see more cell companies consentrate on end user experience... It's appriciated that is for sure. Reply
rcc - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - link
killer features (which could be solved via allowing 3rd party software). For instance it has (google?) maps, yet from what I hear no GPS integration? Why not? At least in windows mobile you have options (though yes, it's not built into that platform either).
If there is no GPS hardware built into a device, 3rd party software won't help. You have to have the hardware receiver built in. Reply
Locutus465 - Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - linkFortunetly by law every new phone activated as of 2005 must have built in GPS for E-911.. Just one small baby step from there repurposes that GPS for coolness... My i720 allows this. Reply
strikeback03 - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkDoesn't the law simply require the carrier to be able to determine the location of the phone, but not specify how? Allowing the carriers to determine by distance to cell towers instead of GPS? Reply
Locutus465 - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkI beleive GPS is required... At least this is what I was told by a Verizon rep that refused to activate an older phone I had. Reply
Cygni - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkGPS is not required by law, yet. Location support IS required, but is already present on nearly every phone made in the last 3 years. Reply
plinden - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - link
Complete lack of 3rd party software support?
Leo Laporte in one of his podcasts this weekend mentioned that he heard there is an SDK for the iPhone that's ready for OS X but not Windows, but Apple (ie Jobs) wants to release both versions at the same time, hence the delay.
That's just a rumor, but it's almost certain there'll be an SDK at some point, although it's extremely likely, if not certain, that developers will have to go through Apple to get their apps published to the iPhone (ie via iTunes).
Give it six months, like I'm doing. I'll likely get the 16GB version with 3G when it's available. Reply
Locutus465 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkThere will need to be good 3rd party support for me to even consider it. There'll also need to be a good (and inexpensive) all in one chat client. And Mahjoong, that's totally a requirement. Reply
sviola - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkYou should check the Nokia N95, it has the built-in GPS, altough it runs Symbian OS. Reply
Locutus465 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkWell yes, my phone has built in GPS hardware as well (as do all phone inc. iPhone). It's just missing the app + maps (unless you're sayind the nokia comes with software + maps which would be the bomb). So I would just need that part of the equation. As a matter of fact the Samsung i720 also allows you to use the phone as a plain old GPS device, so really if I wanted to I could potentially blue tooth it to a laptop for instance and go that route. Reply
Locutus465 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkOh yeah, on the i720 to set an MP3 as your ring tone you just need to browse to it in flie explorer, tap and hold ("right click" in Windows Mobile) and select "Set as ringtone" :)
Automatically copies to \Windows\Rings and sets the song as your ringtone :D Reply
CaptainDDL - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkCould you take a picture of what the iPhone shows when you're trying to connect to a secure Wi-Fi connection? Thanks. Reply
slashbinslashbash - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkLove the Group X reference.
And once again Anand reminds me why I read Anandtech and don't really visit any other tech sites. He covers everything I want to know in a way that other reviewers can't.
It's strange but I guess understandable that the iPhone doesn't use AIM/iChat/etc. AT&T (and any other carrier for that matter) would rather not have the iPhone than give up the lucrative SMS plans. But I doubt it will be long before there's a web-based AJAXy AIM client that will run beautifully on the iPhone and only use the data plan, not SMSes. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkI'm glad people got the reference and didn't just think that there was something horribly wrong with me :)
I don't want a web based AIM client, I want AIM support from Apple in the same fashion as SMS support on the iPhone. Dammit Steve, you know it'd be awesome.
Take care,
Zirconium - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkI don't want Apple's iPhone, I just want BANG BANG BANG!!! Reply
frank5592 - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkget to top of web page by double tapping the gray top menu bar
Very helpful for long web pages
Great review, very impressive work and by far the best review of the iphone
BTW, typing this on iphone safari and noticing that predictive typing is some what slow and does not always show up Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkThanks for the tip and the comment, I've updated the review :)
Take care,
Chaotic42 - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkSeriously, this was an *excellent* review. I don't even have a cell phone and I couldn't have cared less about the iPhone before I read this, but I was bored. This answered every question that I or anyone I've talked to about the phone has had, and it was a great read. It makes me want one now.
*Very* well done, Anand. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkThank you so much for your kind post, there's no better feeling than pouring a lot of work into an article and getting a response like that. Thanks again :)
Take care,
Dennis Travis - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkAgreed, your iPhone review was totally outstanding. You covered everything and then some and took the time to explain each feature in a way that anyone can understand.
Another great review Anand. Told me everything I wanted to know about the iPhone.
michael2k - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkIt sounds like you will want an iPhone if:
1) You have $600
2) You like the iPod
3) You like Star Trek: The Next Generation
The only thing missing is voice recognition! And flexible roll up displays. Reply
zsdersw - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkAs a long-time Star Trek fan and someone who regards The Next Generation as the best of the series, I have to say I'm not at all interested in the iPhone.
Two primary reasons:
- Price. For $500 and a 2yr contract, what it brings to the table above and beyond its competitors is less than compelling, IMO.
- AT&T only. Screw that. I'm never buying a phone with which only one carrier is available. Reply
tuteja1986 - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkalot of features are missing :!
Bluetooth is crippled
Virtual keyboard onlys works good with Web browser since its horizontal. keyboard sucks
Does not have 3G
battery life is 4hrs talk time.. unable to change battery. black berry 8800 can do 10hrs+
Digital camera is very basic compared to high quality camera used in phone like Nokia N95.
No support for 3rd party application
Its has edge connection which sucks
no support for HDSPA
No GPS
No IM program
No widget support
Not able to abstract the image anywhere.. sending image through email reduces it low res which sucks :(
The only awesome thing about iphone i think its interface , the screen and the ipod video/music feature which works. The phone is certinaly not worth $600 and can be sold for $350 and apple can still make a decent profit. Reply
plinden - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - link
battery life is 4hrs talk time.
Where is 4 hour talk time mentioned. Anand didn't mention talk time, did he? He did get 6-7 hours with wifi.
Just about every other reviewer got 7 hours or more talk time, close to what Apple claims. Reply
tuteja1986 - Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - linkComfired by latest TWIT episode :! TWIT networks has the biggest apple fanboys ever :)
but I sorry to burst you bubble but read the review by mobile phone professionals.
Also ain't a anti apple but people buying it for so many reason as its calling the revolutionary phone which is not in tech wise , features but is revolution in only in UI design. Reply
sviola - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkYEah, the Nokia N95 is an excelent phone, here are some of it's features.
In-built GPS and Navigation Program (over 100+ countries maps)
5 MP Camera with Zeiss Lens and Optical Zoom, and Video Recording
Symbian OS
Plays MP3, video, etc
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB, TV out
Quadriband GSM/WCDMA (3G)
MicroSD Card Reader
I would like to see an anand review on it and a comparative against the iPhone. Reply
vectersmith - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkI have enjoyed the iPhone thoroughly and agree that while it is not perfect, for what it does do it does better far and above anything else.
Edge speed is slow, but bearable (barely). Wi-Fi is must better, although I still have sites that just hang and I have to hit the X button and reload.
The UI is breathtaking, earth shattering, and will revolutionize the smartphone industry. It has too, once you use the iPhone everything else seems like fruitcake for Christmas (no offense intended to those that enjoy fruitcake on Christmas). I find myself just taking it out of my pocket to slide the unlock and see if anything is new :)
Also I will agree with Anand about the SMS, you really have to watch out what you are doing as having a conversation is just painless which causes those SMS message count the fly up :) Reply
kilkennycat - Monday, July 02, 2007 - link....how long did you take to compose the review and how much sleep did you get in the process? Did you work from a pre-written plan? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - linkThanks :)
I wrote the whole thing in about 24 hours, but the testing took a lot longer obviously. As with all my articles I have a very high level outline, but what ended up being written was significantly larger than even I expected it to be. My initial outline had something around 10 - 15 pages long, then by 3AM Monday morning I estimated it would be around 20 pages and by the time it published I realized it was going to be just shy of 30.
I had to cut out a lot of additional material from the review just in the interest of time, and I took another 6 or 7 hours working on it to try and make sure I was keeping the attention of the reader throughout the piece (hopefully it worked :)...). There's enough extra content that I didn't use for at least two more articles, but I'm not sure what the demand will be for that so who knows if it'll ever get used.
As far as sleep goes, I don't sleep much in general when I'm working but the iPhone weekend was ridiculous. I went to bed Saturday night, woke up Sunday and didn't get to bed again until 4AM Tuesday morning. Needless to say, sleeping last night was the most amazing thing ever.
Take care,
oopyseohs - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkThis is definitely the best article I have ever read on AnandTech or on anything technology related in general. Also, it is nice to see that someone else exhibits the same behavior I do when writing major articles! Reply
DerekWilson - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkI'm sure Anand is finally getting some sleep after a grueling weekend with the iPhone, taking only the occasional nap so as not to die.
And a pre-written plan? naah, Anand's just that good :-) Reply
ninjit - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkArgh, looks like everyone bogged down the image server.
I just happened to hit refresh right when the article went live, and was happily reading it for the first 10 pages, but now none of the images are load for page 10 onwards.
grrrr Reply
goinginstyle - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkI just finished it, took a minute for the last two images to show up. Great article by the way and now I know what to get the wife for her birthday next week. Reply
ButterFlyEffect78 - Monday, July 02, 2007 - linkI love my iPhone. I love texting all my friends and showing them my poop. Its great. Thank you Apple. Reply
rADo2 - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkThis phone is horrible.
My needs e.g. are much higher than those offered by $500-600 dumbphone with Apple logo on it.. There are dumbphones on the market for $0 - 29.95, that can do more than iPhone. Take any Nokia phone (and they have MMS, voice dial, and record video)... And there are also many $199 smarpthones with Windows Mobile and/or Symbian UIQ that can install 10,000+ apps, many of them being freeware.
No need to lock yourself in Apple overpriced monopoly with little functionality.
If your needs are simple, and you value Apple logo above all, iPhone may still appeal to you. Why not. But "dumbphones" with many lacking features sold for $500-600 with 2 year contract most certainly do NOT appeal to smart and advanced users.
In fact, biggest disadvantage of iPhone is not even missing features like voice dial, MMS, HW keyboard and/or GPS, but completely missing SDK. Developing SDK and giving it for free to developers is a major expense, and even companies like Nokia or SonyEricsson, which are on the market for "centuries", had problems with it. Microsoft has excellent SDK for Windows Mobile.
Apple has no development platform / SDK. They try to hide this huge shortcomming by saying "Safari is your SDK". Hehe. They can fool "sheeps" that JavaScripts widgets running under Safari are real apps, but not tech people and business people. You cannot code (e.g.) GPS navigation handling 1GB maps, or advanced IM client under JavaScript/HTML/CSS.
Thus their phone is basically a "dumbphone", not a smartphone, as installing native apps is a primary thing that distinguishes dumbphones for smart ones.
Why devote 50+ pages review to something dumb? "Sponzored" by Apple? Reply
michael2k - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkYou have to use it to understand, I think.
You talk about features, but as the review mentions explicitly, it's the interface, a feature in it's own right, that sells the iPhone. Does any 0-$29.95 have a touchscreen as nice as the iPhones? You kind of have to compare it to other touch screen phones to "get it". Reply
Cygni - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkExactly. The strength of the iPhone is that it DOESNT have hundreds of features tacked onto it, all done, but none done well. The iPhone does what 95% of the phone buying public wants to do with a phone, and does those functions better than any other phone produced today. That is it strength. That is why its bound to change the way cellphones are made and sold.
The reason smartphones havent taken off for a vast majority of the public was that they were simply too dificult to use, big, ugly, and counterintuitive. They were systems of endless ugly windows, with terrible fonts, on grainy screens. They were huge fields of buttons with multiple functions for each key. They tried to do everything. Thats NOT what the majority of phone buyers want in a phone. They want something functional, useable, and enjoyable.
To put it simply, the iPhone does what nearly everyone wants to do on a phone better than anyone else. Anyone who touches it and slides that unlock bar over for the first time has fallen in love. I personally wont be purchasing one for another year, while i wait for my contract with Sprint to expire, and i hope that the second gen has arrived by that time.
How can you justify spending $600 on a phone that doesnt do everything? The average american spends an ABSURD amount of time with their phone, doing standard phone things. Calls, Alarms, Texts. If i can make those hours of my day far more enjoyable for barely the cost of 2 car payments? I would say thats worth it. Reply
rADo2 - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkWell, iPhone SW is poorly done IMHO, e.g. not being able to search through contacts by typing is major drawback. I cannot imagine having to scroll through my 1000 contacts...
There are e.g. great Samsung and/or Nokia phones sold for $0-50 (with contract) that are better "dumbphones" than iPhone, have 3G, MMS, can record video, play music on stereo BT headset, etc.
iPhone does lack some very basic features, and I consider it to be hype only. Apple has brilliant advertising and "wow" factor, but this will wear-off within next few weeks. Reply
dborod - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - linkThere is an onscreen alphabet that lets you easily jump to contacts starting with that letter so you don't have to scroll all the way. Reply
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If you have like 100 contacts beginning with "K", it will be very hard to use iPhone to find and dial the right contact. And voice dial will not hell either. Reply
michael2k - Sunday, July 08, 2007 - linkYou make it sound like Apple won't be adding search.
To my knowledge Apple has updated/upgraded via firmware every single one of it's iPods.
Why do you think the software on an iPhone is "stuck" the way it is now? I imagine within a month of use, with feedback and real world experience, Apple will release an updated browser, mail client, media client, and text interface.
Then what about your complaints?
The iPhone is, for Apple, a miniature computer, and as such can be updated with fixes and software. Reply
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Ming Chow Table
Ming Chow Bedside Table brings a delightful Asian flair to the bedroom. Hand-assembled of jackwood and bamboo, this nightstand features a distressed blue finish. Lattice-worked bamboo is used to create a lower display/storage shelf, perfect for holding books and magazines. Handy beside the bed, try using this stand in the bath to hold towels, lotions and potions.

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IN THE next 24 hours, a tour group will genially amble through the sumptuous English castle that provides the visual backdrop to Downton Abbey. Diehard comedy fans and celebrity sycophants will huddle impatiently in the frigid cold outside the Ed Sullivan Theatre on Broadway. A busload of visor-wearing, bumbag-toting middle Americans will trudge around Hollywood in grey minivans.
Closer to home, in suburban Melbourne, a bus packed with British tourists will drop in on Pin Oak Court, or, as it is better known, Ramsay Street. And lest we forget those Sex and the City tours.
Don't scoff - overseas pilgrimages are as common to television fans as they are to sporting nuts and literary buffs. And for many television fans (OK, maybe just me), the series Lost and the Oahu island of Hawaii is the holy grail.
Locally, Lost began airing in 2005 with a plane crashing on a mysterious island somewhere in the Pacific between Sydney and Los Angeles. Over six enthralling seasons, it told the story of the survivors and the island. The chief storytelling device was flashbacks, which were cannily used to etch out the castaways' backgrounds and, most controversially, the flashforwards where viewers learnt the fate of characters after they had escaped and returned ''home''.
In the final season, time travel was prominent. The series told two stories, one focusing on the destinies of the characters on the island, the other via a scenario where the plane didn't crash and what became of those characters once they landed unharmed in LA.
As a diehard Lost fan, I've often been forced to defend how the show ended (both moving and fulfilling, which we have neither the time nor energy to explain here), whether it became too convoluted (no) and why a polar bear was there (not telling). Regardless of where the show's trademark flashbacks (or forwards) were set, be it Africa, Australia, Korea or Thailand, all were shot in Hawaii, the great majority on Oahu, the tourist-friendly island where you'll also find Honolulu.
After booking a flight last year, I began searching out Lost tours. The most prominent online was a group specialising in Hummer tours. It offered five-hour trips, or a more substantial $220-a-person eight-hour jaunt. You know which one I went for.
The price (and length of time) eliminates casual fans. As we pulled out of downtown Honolulu, our group, comprising Hummer driver Scott, a Californian lawyer, an academic from New Mexico and me, began to get to know each other through our TV watching.
Every few minutes we would arrive at a building used in Lost - here was an apartment building from season three, there was Hurley's house in LA after he won the lottery, that's a cliff Jack jumped off - all the while discussing characters and plotlines. At each location, our guide would pull out a folder containing an image from the show depicting it.
The blockbuster sequel to The Hunger Games and CBS's Hawaii Five-0 reboot were shooting in the Aloha state that day and the tour, basically a loop of the entire island, demonstrated the significant part its spectacular landscape has played onscreen. We were shown everything from the beach where that kiss happened on From Here to Eternity to the locales for 50 First Dates to Magnum, P.I.'s HQ and Russell Brand's hotel from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. But what we really wanted was the survivors' beach, Hurley's golf course, the Dharma Initiative's settlement barracks, and where the plane crashed.
The main claim to fame of our tour guide, Scott, was that he once appeared as an extra in a funeral scene in Lost. (He dutifully drove us to the church where they shot it.) He was enthusiastic and encyclopaedic in his knowledge of Lost. As we were shown the Hawaiian road that stood in for the Aussie outback, he told us the crew were unable to source right-side-drive cars for the show's Australian scenes. They shot with a camera that reversed the angle. All number plates and signs featured in the scenes had to be written backwards to counter the cameras.
Did the producers get Australia right? Their only real mistake was the sign at a fish market that said ''Shrimp'' (we, of course, call the shellfish ''prawns'').
Most of the action from Lost took place on the island's North Shore. Here we visited the key beaches and jungle locations. The survivors' beach camp is at the end of a tiny footpath that veers from an unsigned road full of million-dollar homes. The undeveloped scrub behind the beach belongs to a mysterious landowner who leased the area to the production.
The beach itself is instantly evocative for fans. The grave Benjamin Linus dug late in the last season remains. Our group sits half buried in it and poses for pictures. The tree in which Sawyer would while away his days reading is obvious, too. And aesthetically, the beach itself is something close to spectacular.
Instantly notable is the amount of CGI the show used. Most locations provided the visual tech crew with something to digitally erase. The beach, with its posh houses to the right side, was no exception.
The beach used as the site of the plane crash was clearly similarly tricky. Some surrounding mountains were erased, as was an inconvenient car park.
Most intriguing, though, were the eerie Dharma barracks, which, according to Lost folklore, was a secure residential compound on the island. Today, it is a YMCA children's camp. As we gazed in the windows of what was the home of Benjamin Linus, we saw not secret compartments and/or weapons, but rather children's sporting equipment and bunk beds. The camp is adjacent to the beach and would have required a lot of sound and picture editing.
The barracks are now painted orange (they were brown on the show). Our group stood, slack-jawed, staring inside the windows like the weirdos that we are. The camp, like most of the island, has moved on from Lost.
On the way back to town in the Hummer, we told ourselves we had, too.
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snipes wrote:Jack - I was doing something similar. Now mine is a creme rather than a soap, think a bit softer but same concepts apply (I think). After watching a few videos what I saw was after the people swirled it for 30 seconds or so on the soap to coat the brush, rather than move directly to the face they were lathering up their hand for a couple minutes. It was a bit interesting until I saw the foam start forming all of a sudden. Kind of like making a vinaigrette, slowly slowly, then all of a sudden it emulsify's and changes. Once it started they had a handful of what looked like the creme you get out of a pressurized can. It was a light bulb moment for me. I built up my cream "bloom" in a wide mouthed coffee cup and sure enough after a few minutes and adding a couple drops of water once or twice during the process mine bloomed as well. I'd suggest hitting up Youtube, maybe even search specifically for your brand or more generalized search to get an idea.
snipes wrote:Made my shave creme with a bit too much H2O yesterday morning and while it "foamed up", it fell apart on my face and my face paid for it. I'm able to shave my entire face now other than the upper lip area (still haven't figured that one out yet). I may try some canned shave gel next go round just to see how the consistency of the shave creme impacts the shave.
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Trying to give your bathroom a quick face lift or a complete remodel? Choosing the right bathroom faucet will either make or break the look. New accessories, floor mats and a fresh coat of paint will go unseen if the faucet is old and tarnished.
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JMapper-Framework allows you to pass data from one Java Bean to another dynamically with annotations and/or XML. You can create and enrich target objects, apply specific logic to the mapping, automatically manage the XML file, implement the 1-to-N and N-to-1 relationships, implement explicit conversions, apply inherited configurations, and more.
cmocka is a unit testing framework for C with mock objects. There are a variety of C unit testing frameworks available supporting different platforms and compilers. Some development requires a lot of different compilers and older versions, which makes it difficult to use unit testing frameworks. The idea of CMocka is that a test application only requires the standard C library and CMocka itself to minimize the conflicts with standard C library headers, especially on a lot of different platforms.
Commentari is a Disqus like commenting written in Java/Spring. It uses JavaScript/Ajax to fetch, add, and page through comments. Progressive enhancement is used. The demo interface uses Zurb Foundation, and adapts to tablets, mobile devices, etc. using HTML media calls. Comments are stored in a disk backed treap store, a fast binary tree.
Griffon is dekstop application development platform for the JVM. Inspired by Grails, it leverages the Groovy language and concepts like convention over configuration. The Swing toolkit is the default UI toolkit of choice however others may be used, principaly SWT and JavaFX. Developers may use a combination of the Groovy and Java as well as other JVM languages such as Scala, Clojure, Mirah, and Jython. It encourages the use of the MVC pattern and follows in the spirit of the Swing Application Framework (JSR 296) by defining a simple yet powerful application life cycle and event publishing mechanism.
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Meson aims to be the most usable and fast build system. It provides a simple yet powerful mostly declarative language for describing your build. It has native support for modern tools and frameworks, such as Qt5, code coverage, unit tests, precompiled headers, and others. It utilizes a host of optimization techniques to compile your code faster on both full and incremental builds.
action4Java is a lightweight, modular, extendible, and recursive Java component framework. It contains some standardized actions and a data container. These actions are called when a comment tag is found. The action is controlled by the attributes within. Actions can have any purpose. Templating is just an action by itself. The template controls loading of data and storing to a file by itself, and runs independently from a Java development environment. It includes simple examples demonstrating looping within a page or creating several pages based on the data of a simple Excel sheet, and more.
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The Pegasus Workflow Management System encompasses a set of technologies which help workflow-based applications execute in a number of different environments, including desktops, campus clusters, grids, and clouds. It bridges the scientific domain and the execution environment by automatically mapping high-level workflow descriptions onto distributed resources. It automatically locates the necessary input data and computational resources necessary for workflow execution. It enables scientists to construct workflows in abstract terms without worrying about the details of the underlying execution environment or the particulars of the low-level specifications required by the middleware (Condor, Globus, or Amazon EC2). It bridges the current cyberinfrastructure by effectively coordinating multiple distributed resources.
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We will also be having an alpaca halter and fleece show. Alpacas will be coming to you from all over the USA region in an array of colors. You will be able to get up close and personal with over 400 hundred alpacas walking their barn managers around the Four Seasons Centre in Owatonna, Minnesota. Getting up close and personable to hundreds of alpacas will not be required, but will be likely.
Free seminars will be offered throughout the weekend.
A Silent Auction will be available to everyone. All proceeds go to the University of Minnesota Animal Hospital.
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Loneliness' Echo, In A Empty Shell
The hunt for animal blood, according to Carlisle, was supposed to become easier with time. Now, I think he was talking out of his ass, because there's no way that could get easier. Every time I tried to grab that damn deer, it escaped. I ended up covered in blood, and mud, I got more blood down my clothes, than in my mouth. It was different, I'll admit that. I still wished I could eat normal food, but well, that'll just be another thing to hate those murdering dumbasses for.
After the hunt, Carlisle lead me down to the stream, so I could wash off the blood and dirt. He also explained to me all the new strengths I would have, now in this form. Like, I had super strength - that'll come in handy for a fight, I would have to tone it down though, because I'd end up killing someone. I also had super speed, that could out run just about anything. To me, I was starting to sound more like a frickin' super hero, than a vampire.
"Avoiding going outside when it's sunny would be wise, because you will sparkle," Carlisle told me, as I washed the blood out of my hair.
"So I did change into a frickin sparkly butterfly?" I asked, with a slight sarcastic edge.
I figured that he'd be offended or something, but no such luck. Instead, he laughed. "You are exactly how Nayte described you."
"That loser has been talking about me?" I demanded. I made a mental note to kick his ass.
"It was Nayte that brought you to the hospital, yet he has stayed away from you during your transformation," Carlisle replied.
After that, Carlisle left me near the stream. He suggested that I stay away from town for a while, in case the smell of blood tempts me to kill, but I decided not to take any notice of what he said. I had no intention of killing anyone, no matter how much I craved their blood. The run back to Forks didn't take to long, only a couple of seconds, with the new acquired speed. I had to slow down though, when I got close to town, because I didn't want to draw attention to myself.
No such frickin' luck, everyone looked at me, I was the sole survivor of the Pepper family massacre. Their voices followed me, everywhere I went, they intended it to be a whisper, but I could still hear them. I felt like some kind of freak show, in a circus. I stopped near a bakery, I realised, that I had no where to go to. My house would be a crime scene investigation site, I was homeless. I carried on walking, until I was outside a antique shop, there was a grandfather clock in the window, the time was 11:45am. I realised that I should have gone to school, just because I was a sparkly version of the undead, doesn't mean I shouldn't go to school.
Screw what Carlisle said, I'm going to life a normal life, and I don't give a damn what he says about it. He left me alone, halfway up a mountain, for frick sake.
Shortly after entering the school building, I realised it was a mistake. The smell of blood was so strong, every time someone walked past me, I wanted to pounce on them, and suck out every last drop of their blood. I stopped by my assingned locker, and opened it. Inside was a brown paper bag, I grabbed it, and started hyperventilating in it, get the smell of blood out of my nostrils.
Bella and Edward walked passed me, I heard Bella ask Edward, "Is she?"
"Yes," Edward replied, as he led her away.
I didn't frickin' care what they was frickin' talking about, I just had to get out of here. The smell was way too frickin' strong. I ran to the girl's bathroom, and locked myself in a stall.
'Stop thinking that way! These are people, not food...' I thought, over and over, hoping the thought would sink in. 'Control yourself! You are Cody Pepper, not a murdering vampire.'
'It gets easier with time.' I recognised the voice in my head as Nayte.
'Where the frick are you?'
'On the roof, come join me, if you're brave enough.'
'Oh, it is so on, Asshole!'
The hallway was empty, probably because everyone was in class. I snuck up to the roof, not that any teachers could catch me, because I could quickly hide and they wouldn't know. It didn't take me that long to get up on the roof, I smirked at Nayte, as he turned and looked at me.
"A vampire, huh?" I asked, rhetorically.
"Vampires are just myths," he said, in a slight jokey way.
"I'll show you myth!" I snapped, in a jokey way.
I chased him around the roof a few times, the dumbass jumped onto a nearby tree, so I had to jump after him. We jumped from tree to tree, and before I knew it, we was atop of a mountain. I felt better being away from both Forks High School, and Forks in general. Mostly because there wasn't any humans up here to taunt me with their sweet smelling blood. I jumped at Nayte, as he jumped from his current tree hiding place, and bumped into him in the air. We plummeted through the air, crashing into the snow. I landed crouching over Nayte, pinning him to the ground.
Some snow dripped onto my hand, to me it felt warm. That was a strange sensation, because snow had always been cold. I walked towards the cliff edge, and looked down at forest of trees below. It was hard to believe that I'd climbed all the way up here, like it was nothing at all. Maybe I could get used to this.


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NEW ORLEANS — It took three long seasons, but the Edna Karr Cougars are finally the best in Class 4A.
Behind a speedy quarterback and a defense that refused to stop Friday night in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Karr found a way to overcome its mistakes and curtail the heroics of LSU commitment John Diarse of Neville at the LHSAA/State Farm Prep Classic.
This 29-22 victory was enough to end Neville's dynasty and start Karr's state reign. Still, Karr had to earn the second state title in school history, rallying from a four-point deficit in the fourth quarter and keeping Diarse out of the end zone.
The Cougars, 4A runner-ups the previous two seasons, won this highly anticipated rematch of the 2011 title game and ended Neville's winning streak at 27 games. Neville had been aiming for its third title in four seasons.
"Tonight is unbelievable. Tonight is 10 years of hard work," said Karr coach Jabbar Juluke, who played at Southern. "When I first got this job, Mr. (John) Hiser took a chance on a 29-year-old, unproven head football coach with little experience. This is for all those young men who came through the program."
Karr (14-0) won this game like many others this season — and unlike many others during previous years. Instead of teammates waiting for quarterback Devante "Speedy" Noil to make a big play, they took turns inspiring each other.
While Neville (13-1) relied on Diarse's running and passing, Karr's offense ranged from Noil's scrambles and short passes to a steady dose of rushes from his teammates. Running back Jeremy Jamison had the biggest impact by scoring twice, including a 53-yard run with 4:17 left. Noil ran for the two-point conversion, which started a celebration halted the past two seasons.
"My coaches said to sacrifice everything," Jamison said. "And I gave everything for my team."
Jamison rushed 14 times for 129 yards. Noil threw for 143 yards on 10-for-15 passing.
Karr was far from perfect. The Cougars fumbled a punt return in the second quarter and, in the third, Noil fumbled a low snap. Neville transformed those mistakes into nine points.
But it wasn't enough against a Karr defense that held Diarse to minimum gains by his lofty standards — he entered the game with 17 passing TDs. Diarse passed for 151 yards with one score. He also ran 25 times for 148 yards and was sacked twice.
Karr forced Neville's offense to settle for three Brian Barefoot field goals; he missed his first attempt, from 20 yards, in the first quarter. With his team trailing 21-19 midway through the fourth, Barefoot converted from 45 yards, giving Neville a 21-21 lead.
But Jamison had yet to add his last big run.
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Diarse gave Neville an early 7-0 lead with a 15-yard TD pass to Andre Fuller. Jamison countered for Karr with his first score, a run from 2 yards. After Karr's fumble on a punt return, Barefoot converted a 24-yard field goal.
Noil then led Karr on its second scoring drive, capped by his 20-yard TD pass to Glenn Irons. As time expired in the first half, Barefoot made a 35-yard field goal.


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A CONTROVERSIAL new operating model is being launched by Worcestershire County Council - which will see almost all services farmed out to new providers.
Under the blueprint, revealed today by your Worcester News, only social care for adults and children, health and a range of business or environmental functions would remain in-house.
For well over a year the council, which is facing unprecedented financial pressures, has talked about following a "commissioning model" by hiving off departments to outside bodies.
A new diagram, which is a draft one and subject to change, finally shows just how far the council could be prepared to push it to make changes.
Under the proposals three areas would be kept in-house:
- Services for adults and health, including social work
- Children's services, encompassing adoption, fostering and safeguarding
- The Business, Environment and Community Service function (known as BEC), including help for the economy, roads, regulation and asset management
Everything underneath that trio of areas faces being handed over, with the private sector, voluntary groups, and partnerships with other councils looked upon as possible options for the future.
The model still needs to be endorsed by the council's Conservative leadership, and its success would depend on finding appropriate providers for the other functions.
It comes as the council needs to save around £99 million by 2019, a record tally, mainly due to demographic pressures and dwindling Government funding.
It has already been questioned by some councillors, who say the final plan needs a thorough debate.
Councillor Richard Udall, chairman of the opposition Labour group, said: "The role of elected members is going to be critical as we move forward with this.
"The whole process we could have to follow is likely to be very different to how it's been in the past, there's likely to be an element of resistance to this, not just politically but but due to the fear of the unknown."
Councillor John Campion, cabinet member for transformation and commissioning, said: "This all comes down to political priorities - one thing we are not doing is putting signs up saying 'we're closed'.
"This is a large organisation which does a lot of things, we've responded to the austerity and the economy, but we've got to go further to adapt for the future based around our priorities."
Councillor Andy Roberts, a fellow Conservative, said it would require a "culture change" from politicians.
"The council is changing, services will be delivered in different ways for the better," he said.
"Maybe there's too many councillors."


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A SWINDON man has died after his car collided with two lorries on the A420 early this morning.
At around 3.50am a white Seat Leon, white articulated DAF lorry and a white articulated Volvo lorry were in collision.
The driver of the Seat, a man from Swindon in his thirties, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman passenger in the Seat has been taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital with serious injuries.
The driver of the Volvo lorry was taken to the John Radcliffe for treatment of minor injuries and has since been discharged.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service attended to cut two people free from vehicles.
The road was closed throughout much of Sunday to allow investigations to take place and recovery of the vehicles. It has since reopened.
Anyone with information regarding the collision should contact the Road Death Investigation Unit on Thames Valley Police's 24-hour non-emergency number 101.
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Early deficit proves too large for Mariners' rally
Maurer pulled in six-run first; Bay, Ibanez, Morse homer late
SEATTLE -- Stash this one away in the forgettable file.
The Mariners struggled early and couldn't rally enough late Tuesday night, dropping a 16-9 decision to the last-place Astros before 10,745 at Safeco Field.
"From a pitching perspective, it was just a very off day," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "Everybody was scuffling today."
Foremost among that group was rookie starter Brandon Maurer, who was trying to rebound from a tough outing on the road in his Major League debut but went in the opposite direction, giving up singles to the first three batters and watching Houston bat around to the tune of six runs on seven hits in two-thirds of an inning.
After the game, Maurer, who made the team out of Spring Training after pitching in Double-A last year, said he had received encouragement from his teammates, who reminded him that future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson also had similar struggles early in his career.
"I think I'm kind of just going to let this one go," Maurer said. "I've got to move on from this one, go out and get the next one."
The good news was that a Matt Dominguez line drive that struck Maurer in the right thigh three batters before the right-hander departed the game was not a postgame concern. Maurer said he felt fine.
It also seemed likely that the Mariners will keep him in the rotation for now, despite a 16.20 ERA, although Triple-A starter Danny Hultzen continues to impress, with a five-inning, two-run, seven-strikeout victory for Tacoma on Tuesday night in Sacramento.
"You love his arm, you love his stuff," Wedge said of Maurer. "He had a great spring and he deserves to be up here."
The pitcher who came in to calm things down, reliever Kameron Loe, saw the lead balloon to 11-0 by giving up five runs on six hits, including three home runs, in his 2 1/3 innings of work. Loe has now given up six homers in seven innings this year.
Wedge said that the workload this game put on the bullpen as a whole -- the club also used Charlie Furbush for two innings, Lucas Luetge for three innings and Oliver Perez for one -- could necessitate a roster move, which would be a topic of discussion for late Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Astros kept hitting. Furbush gave up two more runs on a homer to second baseman Jose Altuve, who had four hits and a career-high four RBIs and finished a triple short of the cycle.
By the time the fourth inning ended, it was 13-0, every player on the Astros except for first baseman Brett Wallace had a hit, and former Mariners left-hander Erik Bedard, the starter for Houston, was twirling a one-hit gem.
Bedard, who was making his first start of the season after a relief appearance on Opening Day, didn't come out for the fifth inning after reaching his pitch limit, and the Mariners finally showed some life against his replacement, right-hander Paul Clemens, who made his Major League debut. Seattle scored twice in the bottom of the inning on sacrifice flies by Brendan Ryan and Michael Saunders.
"I don't change anything," Bedard said. "I throw like it was a 0-0 game and you can't let the score do too much to the way you want to throw. You keep battling, you keep throwing strikes and the rest will take care of itself."
The Mariners' offense came alive with seven runs in the last three innings. Jason Bay hit his first homer as a Mariner in the seventh, Raul Ibanez and Michael Morse hit back-to-back solo shots in the eighth, and the Mariners managed a four-run tally in the ninth.
Morse's blast was his sixth of the season, tying Atlanta's Justin Upton for the Major League lead. Ibanez's was his 67th at Safeco Field, adding to his lead for homers in the ballpark and moving past Edgar Martinez into second place for most RBIs at Safeco Field with 264 (Ichiro Suzuki is the leader with 314).
And Safeco Field itself, in the second game with its new outfield dimensions, hosted eight homers in all -- the third most in a single game in the history of the ballyard.
For Wedge, the late fireworks at least brought something positive to the table on a difficult night.
"I'm proud of the way they kept playing," Wedge said. "They kept playing and fought through ABs. Our offense did a nice job of not giving away ABs and still getting something out of that game."
As for the ultimate outcome, Wedge summed it up well when talking about young Maurer.
"It's the big leagues," Wedge said. "Sometimes it doesn't matter what you do."
Doug Miller is a senior writer for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @DougMillerMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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POLICE have arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with a serious sexual assault of a teenager which happened in Blackburn.
Officers said the man was arrested on suspicion of rape of a 14-year-old girl in the early hours of this morning.
He is currently in custody where he will be questioned.
Detectives haave launched a major inquiry into the attack which happened in bushes off playing fields near St James' C of E Primary School, in Oozebooth Terrace on Thursday.
Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them and they are particularly keen for anyone with private CCTV coverage of the area to come forward.


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Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is considering investing in Linc Energy, a company that has produced diesel and jet fuel from gas released from underground coal, a person familiar with the talks says.
"He is particularly interested in the Clean Energy UCG business," the source said, declining to be named as the talks were confidential.
The source confirmed a report in the Australian Financial Review that said Chelsea soccer club owner Abramovich was seen dining with Linc Energy chief executive Peter Bond at a restaurant in Brisbane and had visited Linc's gas-to-liquids plant in Chinchilla, Queensland.
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HOUSTON, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Apache Corporation (NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) has declared regular cash dividends on the company's common shares and 6% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D.
The dividend on common shares is payable on Feb. 22, 2013, to stockholders of record on Jan. 22, 2013, at the rate of 17 cents per share.
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