FW: Report: 10 million CDMA iPhones on order

Oh boy…

I really didn't think we'd ever see a Qualcomm chip in an iPhone.  Maybe they realized they should go for one last hurrah?  Guess we'll see.

Honestly, if Verizon could just get EV-DO Rev B and something like an iPhone I think they would make all of their consumers happy and we'd be fine waiting a few more years for LTE…  since I'm sure most people don't even know or care about LTE since it's a non-existent market but everyone cares about the iPhone and most, simultaneous voice and data.

Feed: Boy Genius Report
Posted on: Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:16 AM
Author: Michael Bettiol
Subject: Report: 10 million CDMA iPhones on order

DigiTimes has released a pretty interesting report this morning, one that would have us believe that Apple has just placed an order for a whole whack of CDMA iPhones. The CDMA iPhone is to be built by Pegatron — a subsidiary of ASUStek — and the company is expected to deliver up to 10 million devices per year. Naturally, both Pegatron and Apple have declined to comment, but it's pretty interesting that this rumor closely mirrors what the WSJ recently reported. Factor in that just two days ago we discovered that Verizon is working on an iPhone advertising blitz targeted for the end of summer and we'd say these CDMA iPhone rumors are getting really, really hard to ignore. Read

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New Duke Energy Center

The new Duke Energy Center building in Charlotte has some pretty sweet lights (LED?) incorporated into the exterior of the building.  Tiffani and I were out driving the other week at night and saw them being tested, I guess cycling through all the colors patterns.  Not really sure what was going on but it looked really neat, so cool to see a giant building be lit up with style and new technology.  I really like multicolor lights...lol. If it turns out to be as cool as it could be I was to get an apt/condo/house/etc with a view of it so I can just watch it every night.  Brandon has a pretty good view from his apartment, in the fall he said he saw the sides all lit up--i'm guessing it was something like this:


however, after seeing it lit up sometime in the fall while it was still under construction we didn't see any of the lights on the sides until a couple weeks ago.  Brandon heard they had problems with the original installation and were either working to fix it or replace it--not sure what happened.  A couple months ago Tiffani met the contractor that was working on it and confirmed that light installation did encounter a lot of problems, being complicated and very new technology they were essentially doing things for the first time.  Anyways, here's a video that someone captured while the lights were on, in person I didn't think it looked as fast as it does in the video but whatever, probably just part of testing.




I got the video from CLT Blog, here's their site if you want to check it out:  http://cltblog.com/  
Also, here's a new diner they moved to Charlotte last week, it's only about two blocks away from me. should be pretty sweet, I'm excited.

Since it is May 8th, Happy Mother's Day to my Mom and sister!

trying out fwd rss feeds to blog...

Steve Woznaik co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne also known for his passion for practical jokes and jokes of all kinds. His latest prank is dedicated to Gray Powell who lost iPhone prototype in a brewery in California. The co-founder of Apple has turned the photos you see in the opening in his personal mailing list devoted to jokes and pranks, through which shares some of his contacts with funny pictures and other "pranks". Step, a work of art, Woz drinking a beer and watch your iPhone sideways wearing a T-shirt with the inscription "I went drinking with Gray Powell and all I got was a lousy iPhone prototype." [VIA CNET]

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Playoffs

While the NBA can be boring during regular season the playoffs are definitely exciting.  And, I dare say that I've changed my opinion of the former statement about the regular season being completely boring.  Though I was young when I lived in Phoenix I do remember the Suns and they were quite exciting, I particularly liked the gorilla mascot.  I'm somewhat of a natural Cleveland Cavaliers fan growing up in OH with family from Cleveland.  But, it's not the same when you're outside the city.  It's been pretty cool living in Charlotte with the Bobcats being right uptown.  While I didn't make it to a game this year I've enjoyed the atmosphere.  I definitely like watching games on TV but this is frequently unavailable until the playoffs.  With that, the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Charlotte Bobcats are in the playoffs.  So I've got lots of games to watch!

As if I needed more TV to watch... I've been staying up-to-date with The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.  Breaking Bad has been amazing and Deadliest Catch started last week.  The Office, Parks & Rec, and 30 Rock have started to slack off and The Simpsons, Family Guy, and The Cleveland Show are becoming manageable.  Air Crash Scene Investigation has also started a new season which is pretty good.  My friend Brandon is also equally interested in aviation so I've started to get him hooked on the show.  His apartment faces towards the airport and he likes listening to ATC and watching the planes come and go--kind of jealous sometimes.

On another note, I've volunteered to participate in a bowling fundraiser for Charlotte big brother big sister via the IT Associate program at work.  It's May 8th and my goal is to raise $125.  If you'd like more information and want to donate:

Can you think of a better investment than the future of kids right in your community? Neither can I. And that’s why I’m asking you to help me support Big Brothers Big Sisters. Click below to find out how.

Follow This Link to visit my personal web page and help me in my efforts to support Big Brothers Big Sisters - Greater Charlotte

yay mollie

Dad sent an email to the vet as a follow up from her visit last week:

"Mollie (min. Schnauzer) has been on the liquid pain med and the antibiotic for mouth bacteria for a week now.  We have noticed her breath is improved and she is a little more active now, but still favors her left hind leg.  With weather improving, she does seem to want to go outside more often and wander around our backyard, especially if she hears the neighbor dogs."

Here's a picture of her sleeping peacefully at Easter in her little bed.



And, here's a picture of Evan and Laura--trying to pose for a nice picture.  this was one of seven my Dad sent me lol.

awesome music video

Kyle showed me this video and it's hilarious, the song is kind of catchy too.  Hot Chip's first CD was alright so I'll have to check out their new CD that this is the single from.  This is their official music video too btw...

Flyover!

This is a pretty ridiculous fighter jet flyover from the Georgia Tech vs Wake Forrest football game on November 07, 2009.

Fortunately or Unfortunately, depending on your opinion, the pilots were permanently grounded by the Navy.  I didn't know the "Navy Times" existed but I Topeka'd the incident and you can read the full story here:  http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/03/navy_pilots_punished_031910w/

Family Visit

Mom, Dad, and Evan came last Saturday to visit me for the first time since I moved to Charlotte.  We ate Mac's BBQ, Phat Burrito, went to Discovery Place Children's Museum, NASCAR Speedpark at Concord Mills, the Energy Explorium at McGuire Nuclear Station, and Charlotte Motor Speedway.  It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it--Evan is definitely tiring though.  Here's some pictures:

Tiffani's Mom flew in Tuesday night and is staying at her place for the week since she's on spring break.  Of course we had to go to phat burrito so we did that last night for dinner and it was amazing--probably the biggest portion I've ever gotten too.  It was a beautiful evening and we had a really nice time. 

familia et al

Things have been good in Charlotte, March gets a lot warmer here than in Cincinnati/Columbus.  Nothing explicitly exciting or of note but there's been lots of miscellaneous stuff.  

My ski/snowboard trip was great!  I went to snowshoe with Patrick 3/12 - 3/14 and we had a blast.  they had record snowfall this year so there was plenty of base.  the weather wasn't perfect--a bit wet but we did kind of procrastinate and put things off...  it was still great though, all their runs were open including the big western territory which features their two longest runs, 1.5 miles or so--needless to say they were amazing.  did make me tired though...lol

Next, my desktop computer has been acting up.  I've kind of gotten overwhelmed trying to keep up and maintain my desktop, home theater pc, BlackBerry, iPhone, work laptop, work netbook, etc...  not to mention I've got about 5 TB worth of HDD space and stuff to manage.  I think XP started to become corrupt over time which consequently made my backup image corrupt--at least for the operating system, no data was actually lost.  just the time and frustration with trying to restore all my programs, itunes, firefox, movies db, etc.  do i want a new computer?  maybe.  i just want to simply and quickly be able to do all the things i used to be able to do...

Last weekend was great, went to the Charlotte Checkers game on Friday and then went to Strike City to watch the Buckeye's game with the Charlotte Buckeyes.  good work OSU, bummer Cincinnati lost last night to Dayton in the NIT though.

Tonight is the CYP (charlotte young professionals) quarterly event where the guest speaker is the city mayor, Anthony Foxx.  Tiffani, Kyle, Brandon, and I are planning on going.  Unfortunately I haven't been feeling well and think I need to go to the doctor, but I still want to go...in part because I already paid $10 for it!  Q4 last year I registered because Tiffani did but then she got sick and couldn't go and I was more interested in seeing her than whatever the event was so then I didn't go, $15 wasted on that one so not this one too!


This weekend is exciting, my parents are coming to visit!  I thought Barbi and the kids might come too but I guess she's not up for traveling being pregnant?  Evan may still come if he wants to, my Mom said she'd ask him. lol.  


New video from The Lonely Island on youtube,  Boombox.  

Bugatti keeps pushing ridiculous to another level:





Breaking Bad Season 3 started, haven't watched it yet but am excited--was trying to get others here into it.  

That's all I can think of for now

update fail

ahhh, I hate that I haven't posted in so long I can't decide what to post and keep procrastinating.  I actually tried posting from igoogle last week but it failed, :(.  it was a simple post, to get me back in the game...saw this sweet Audi RS5 on uncrate.

http://www.uncrate.com/men/cars/coupes/audi-rs5/

I think it looks sweet and have been jealous of Hanno's A5 he got in '08 when I got my 128.  The S5 alone is a beast pushing 330+hp, awd.  the "racing"? s5 is even more ridiculous...  also, here's Hanno's car...  i hate (love) him...

also, apparently that's his driveway?  beautiful!  Hanno, do you ever get to drive or are you always have your license taken away for speeding?  lol, j/k!

onto more news!  i decided to switch back to Cincinnati Bell Wireless (CBW) after my latest stint on ATT.  over the last few years cbw has significantly aligned with t-mobile--previously being with Cingular but that relationship seemed to start eroding after the ATT/Cingular merger which created the nations largest wireless carrier -- AT&T (Mobility), surpassing Verizon until Verizon purchased alltel to again leapfrog at&t...i think  that's where we are today ;)  further sidetrack...the FCC long ago messed up our wireless frequency spectrum allocation in regards to cellular availability--specifically when it comes to 3G space.  it's pretty much also the reason that cdma carriers exist but that's another story...  T-Mobile decided to wait for the advanced wireless spectrum (AWS) that was finally cleared to begin deployment of 3G service in the USA, this would be in the 1700 & 2100 MHz ranges.  whereas att and canadian gsm utilized 800-850 and 1900.  a decent article about this parity was written by boy genius report (BGR) last month.  anyways...cbw roams on both at&t and t-mo but 3G is available on t-mo, cbw has been "soft" launching 3G service in Cincinnati for the past year or so.  when i was downtown at the DE office my speed test rang in over 4000 Kbits/s down and 300+ up.  however, it wasn't even available at my parents house in Monroe so they're obviously still adding base stations.  as for the t-mobile service in Charlotte, well it was good enough for me to switch.  actually, i pretty much receive superior coverage anywhere i've been.  I'm a member of root mobile's beta (http://www.rootwireless.com) so it was cool to be able to see my service plotted on maps, t-mo vs att.  the only thing att was better at was peak speeds with equal (strong) signal.  att seems to be 300 or so kbit/s faster.  i think att has rolled out HSPA whereas t-mo is hoping to do that this year, so we'll see.  i haven't really noticed the slight difference.  the fact that i can hold calls solidly from my desk at work and maintain calls in elevators at my apt and work has made me happier.

Other cellular/cbw news is that when i was in town i saw that CBW was advertising/promoting the google nexus one.  you can't buy it from them, you still have to buy it from google unlocked for $530, but, they will let you sign a two year data plan for $15 off each month, just for getting the GN1 --which i think is an awesome deal cuz that adds up to $360, trying to make that $530 not so bad.

Still waiting for Will to get my Slingbox up and running...

Oomph! has a new CD/compilation where they re-recorded 16 of their songs in english.  cool/weird since i'm used to it being in German and kind of sing along in german, lol.

Planning a ski/snowboard trip with Patrick to snowshoe 3/12-3/14, anyone else interested?

if you run your own mail server, check out blackberry server express.  how about a video!?

I also enjoyed this article by popular mechanics, The World's 18 Strangest Airports.  which, is just part of their "strange" series.  http://www.popularmechanics.com/strangearchitecture/.  strange isn't the best word, imho, i'd go with interesting/cool :)