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Entries from September 2008

Coverage for iPhone in Luxembourg City

September 30th, 2008 1 Comment

So the phone is activated now, and I see that the coverage in my workplace isn’t not great. I hope that Vox is working on improving their network coverage. EDGE coverage on Kirchberg is not good enough.
And no, the HotCity wi-fi network isn’t available on Kirchberg.

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Vox off to a bad start with the iPhone

September 29th, 2008 No Comments

Being - I suppose - one of the lucky ones to get an iPhone on Saturday at Computerhome, I’m pretty disappointed that it is still not working. Today is Monday. The phone is not activated, so it only works on wifi networks for the surfing etc. so pretty much useless for the time being.
I sent [...]

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The ideal iPhone

September 28th, 2008 No Comments

Now that I have my iPhone, it is time to get involved in improving the the thing
A French site, http://www.iphoneideal.com lets you make suggestions for improvements and you can vote for suggestions made by others.
I’m sure that someone in Cupertino (maybe Bertrand Serlet :-)) can translate for Steve. Check it out.

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iPhone launch in Luxembourg: 26 September 2008

September 25th, 2008 3 Comments

Just received the news. Vox will have a launch party going on at their shop in Luxembourg City.
140 iPhones up for grabs. So youngsters, line up tonight if you want to be one of the first. No word on the data plan matrix yet, but I hope for Vox that it will be an attractive [...]

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Will you switch to Vox and get the iPhone when it will be offered by them?

September 17th, 2008 No Comments

Poll to check the temperature in the Luxembourgish market. What is your take?

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Harry McCracken on the App Store

September 14th, 2008 No Comments

Harry McCracken:
Way back when, if software distribution for the Mac had been handled via a Mac App Store with a don’t-duplicate-Apple-products policy, Photoshop might have been refused distribution on the grounds that it was too similar to MacPaint.
Apple needs to revise its policy regarding the apps in the App Store. They can’t be sure to [...]

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It’s official: iPhone 3G coming to Luxembourg

September 5th, 2008 No Comments

Vox has a page (very much like the one Mobistar had before launch). Vox’s iPhone site. There is a link from the front page.
No word on whether only Vox will be offering the iPhone, nor on the data plans… Exciting!
UPDATE: you can subscribe to a mailing list as well.

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