BifanoThis is the page that helped me send picture messages on my AT&T iPhone without a hack. This is just a workaround, but I think I will continue to use this even when AT&T starts supporting mms, because this uses your email which is free.
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/01/09/iphone-101-email-photo-cell-phone-mms/
Is anybody having issues with Exchange Push when you have wifi connected? Here is my issue: When I have my data connected (Edge/3G). When I come to work or I arrive at home I have wifi and so it connects that way, but only when the phone is not in sleep mode (up and running an app or actually using the phone). When no app is running and I just let it fall asleep after 1 minute or 5 or whatever the time period, it seems to turn wifi off (maybe to save battery) but the exchange seems to still think it is connected and still uses push through the wifi connection. On the other hand, when I turn wifi completely off, and let the phone fall asleep again, instant push from exchange every time.
It turns out I was completely wrong.
If you read this article from apple support:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1868
If you read solution number 2 on that page, this seems to be the problem:
2. When roaming between home and office networks with Wi-Fi enabled, “push” may stop working if your company’s Exchange ActiveSync server has a different IP address for intranet and Internet clients. Make sure the DNS for your network returns a single, externally-routable address to the Exchange ActiveSync server for both intranet and Internet clients. This is required so the device can use the same IP address for communicating with the server when both types of connections are active. A workaround to avoid this issue is to disable Wi-Fi on the iPhone.
I guess the only reason I came to the sleeping wifi in the first place was because whenever I turn the phone back on after it had been asleep, the icon for wifi only shows up after a brief 3 seconds like “Oh, I’m on now.”
I really wonder if the wifi turns off to save battery? Does anyone have any insight on this for me?
Kyle sent me a request today to see my location on google latitude. I had been checking the mobile latitude version on the iPhone over the last week but to no avail. So when kyle sent me the invite this morning, it all happened like clockwork. I would imagine it is still in beta, but it loads pretty quick even on Edge. We still don’t get 3G here in Rexburg. http://m.google.com/latitude I wonder how Google uses the wifi and cell tower database? Is that public knowledge? How can you find that information if you are not the biggest search engine on the planet?
So google voice is now officially being offered to more than just Grand Central Customers and let me tell you it rocks. So I just recently got an internet enabled phone and so I was browsing the internet on my phone and was browsing https://google.com/voice So I missed a call today and it lets me play all the voicemails in quicktime. (that probably just gave away what phone I have) It lets me even call back the number that called me. First you choose what phone you want to call from and they call you you answer and the number is already being called when you pick up. I have to say, Google has got it together with this service. SMS is also availiable for it. Is there anything these guys don’t think of? I love it.
Love google and gmail and all the little improvements. Gmail tasks is still in beta. Well, it is still included in Labs if thats what that means. Anyways, I have been waiting for this for years. I been using gmail for a while and it is great. I have always been into organization of items to do as well. Gmail tasks brings about a simple effective way to organize those things. It shows up in your email and even better it shows up in google calendar now. Google takes a while to get some things done but they are done pretty well. I am excited to use gmail tasks even on the mobile platform as well. Great fun to be more productive.
So since I have owned my mac I have had little positive things to say about Microsoft. Well, I found something today that is kinda cool. So here is the situation. It is about 15 minutes to 4 PM. I have a task in Microsoft outlook due at 4 PM. Since it is close to that time, on the right hand side of my outlook screen I have a To-Do Bar as it is called. On the To-Do bar where it says arranged by: there is a little line that catches your eye because it animates a flash so you pay attention to it. The big deal about this is it makes you pay attention to it before it is due so you can spend those few minutes to accomplish the task before it is done. I definately have to say this is a great feature. I know it is small, but I think the little things like that make it a good product.
An application that will change the network television industry. Am I the only one or are TV’s getting more and more expensive and out of date while media is going more and more online. Boxee is just one implementation of this. ITunesU is another media tool being used and used quite efficiently. We only turn the TV on on time a week. We actually don’t even keep the cable line plugged in to the TV all week except for that one time a week. I wonder if TV is becoming obsolete. How many TV shows or Media Events can you catch online? The LDS general conference is online. BYU TV has a site to broadcast their stuff online without need of a TV. Is this the way we are going? I wonder in this information age if this is where we are going to be in the future. What do you think?
So I have been looking for the ultimate contacts management system for a while now. Well the problem I always keep running into is being able to merge contacts. Well friends, google has done it again. You probably have all found this already but here it is. Since I use google voice, this comes in real handy for being able to use one central place for all my contacts. Google is it. Exchange is great when you have access to it, but I wont be working for one company all my life, so I think google will be my life long repository for my contacts. I think it would also be a little overkill to host my own exchange server. Although, I would like the experience like these guys.
This movie is to help you put together this puzzle.
So my Operating Systems professor is great. He shows us funny clips almost every class period. Brings back great memories of the Red Green Show.
http://www.ilaugh.com/the_red_green_show
http://www.redgreen.com/index.cfm?app=cart&a=menu