Journal, Opinion and Rants!
I’m heading out to Lexington Theatre in Los Angeles for Carlos Alazraqui and friends show. Sean Corvelle will be the host for the evening. We’re planning to spend the rest of the evening somewhere in Downtown Los Angeles after the show.
The news broke that Apple has filed countersuits against Motorola over iPhone multi-touch patents.
Apple was expected to countersue after Motorola filed pre-emptive suit against Apple in early October 2010. Prior to filing the suits against Apple, Motorola was sued by Microsoft over Android. Microsoft is alleging that Android is infringing their patents.
Let’s not forget the lawsuits between Apple and HTC and the “Patent deal” between Microsoft and HTC. It’s all related to Android.
It is a mess!
I am growing impatient. Still waiting for the ADATA 128GB S599 SandForce 2.5-inch SSD that I ordered last week. Based on the tracking number, it has now been sitting in the local distribution center since Thursday, waiting to be delivered. It should have been delivered on Friday or Saturday but now I have to wait until Monday or Tuesday.
I picked up Apple TV on October 1st, 2010 and I have been watching a few movies from the past few years. For this installment, I’d like to say a few thing about Star Trek movie. The one with young Kirk and Spock. The one from J.J. Abrams.
I would like to focus a few things about the future that I learnd from this movie.
OK, back to watching the movie.
Steve Ballmer announced that Ray Ozzie will be stepping down as Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect.
Maybe Microsoft has not been supporting Ray Ozzie’s ideas. Now he’s getting pushed out.
On Monday October 11th, 2010 I was having problem with my iPhone 3GS which is also my primary phone. After losing all network connections, it rebooted and going into DFU mode. I tried reinstalling the latest iOS available for the iPhone 3GS but I kept getting a baseband error message. I spent quite a lot of time looking for a way to get the iPhone 3GS working again. Unfortunately I found out that the problem was hardware related.
Tuesday Afternoon, I tried installing the latest iOS available again. The same baseband problem persisted. So I called AppleCare for assistance. Unfortunately during the conversations with an AppleCare representative the phone connection was interrupted. I managed to set up an appointment at an Apple Store Genius Bar.
I arrived at the Apple Store Genius Bar a few hours later. Shortly after explaining the circumstance, the Apple Genius took down the iPhone 3GS serial number and told me the good news. I was getting a replacement for the iPhone 3GS. I also noticed on the Genius Bar Work Authorization & Service Confirmation sheet the informations I provided to the AppleCare representative a few hours earlier.
Within minutes I had an iPhone 3GS replacement in my hand.
I now have a working iPhone 3GS again. Thank You Apple Genius and AppleCare.
I really am grateful for the help from the Apple Genius for going out of his way to make sure I have my problems resolved.
Just updated to the latest Nightly Build of WordPress today and it broke the Visual Editor. I could revert it back to the previous Nightly Build, but it’s going to take a while to do that.
I’m going to look if the bug has been reported.
Fortune reports that Microsoft is going after Motorola for Patent violations related to Android. Apparently Motorola won’t be going the Windows Phone 7 way in favor of Android. It is obvious that Microsoft is losing the grip and going lawsuit happy.
Anyone remembers that HTC signed a “Patent deal” related to Android with Microsoft? I really thought that Android is an Open Source Project led by Google. How can Microsoft asserting Patent right to someone else’s product?
Well, Microsoft has been claiming that another Open Source Project named Linux is violating their Patents. Novell was quick to “collaborate” with Microsoft. Linus Torvald disagrees.
There are a lot of people who feel disgusted with Apple suing HTC, and a lot of them cheered when HTC signe a deal with Microsoft. What is wrong with this picture? It is just like defending a castle from attacks by surrendering to another enemy with a bigger army. You still lose!
Shame on you, Microsoft. Is this how you innovate?
So the rumor has it that Facebook is making a phone of their own. I’m pretty sure the FaceBook phone or “FacePhone” will have the following features:
There are a lot more, I just need to do something else now.
Getting ready to capture Jill-Michele Meleán show on the camera tonight at the Irvine Improv.
I will be using at least two cameras for the whole show. More info to come.
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