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Ten reasons why Android is not at all working for me.

30/12/2009 By Ralf 10 Comments

On 26th November, 2009 I’ve started The Android Experiment as part of my work for The Next Web:

Given my known addiction for All-Things-Apple and my fairly open bias when it comes to Android with all of its attributed iPhone killer potential, I decided to give Android a fair chance to win my heart.

I handed my iPhone to my wife for her to store it in a secret place and force myself to solely use the Motorola Milestone.

The setup

The Milestone is the European version of the US market’s Motorola Droid and is known as a flagship Android based smart phone. It ships with the latest version 2.1 of Google’s mobile phone operating system and I got it bundled with a Vodafone flat data tariff.

I believe from the hardware & services perspective it would be fair to say that I’ve chosen a leading Android setup for my experiment, thus making sure that in case of a failure nobody blames the device or mobile operator. [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Personal Tagged With: Android, motorola milestone

One solution for “Apple TV is not responding. Check that any firewall software running … allow communication on port 3689.”

30/12/2009 By Ralf 1 Comment

By now you know that I’m a huge fan of all things Apple.

That said I’m running two Apple TVs in our house and love watching almost everything on demand and without commercials these days. (My wife and I just finished watching Season 2 and 3 of Heroes going for 4-5 episodes in a row each evening – it’s fantastic experiencing such a brilliant TV series like a full-length movie.)

A couple of weeks ago when trying to push new content to one of our Apple TVs we occasionally ran into this much hated much reported issue with iTunes stating:

“The Apple TV is not responding. Check that any firewall software running on this computer has been set to allow communication on port 3689.”

We are running iTunes 9.0.2 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 and the latest 3.0.1 Apple TV firmware. [Read more...]

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Filed Under: All Things Apple Tagged With: apple tv, firewall, port 3689

Welcome iMiles, the World’s first Mobility Rewards Program for the iPhone!

01/12/2009 By Ralf 1 Comment

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Get the free iPhone app!

Today, my company announced the immediate availability of iMiles for the iPhone, the World’s first Mobility Rewards Program!

If you can’t wait, here is the direct link to the free iPhone application. You can become an iMiles member right from your device.

What is iMiles?

If you happen to travel a lot, chances are, you’re subscribed to one or more frequent traveler programs with your favorite airline(s). Unlike those programs that only reward you when you fly, iMiles participants earn miles for travel in any form, be it flying, driving, walking, using a bike or traveling by train. Using the iMiles application on their iPhone, participants earn miles as soon as they start moving. [Read more...]

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: App Store