So I got up at 5:30 am and got down to the AT&T Store down the street at 6 am. There was a small line of 17 people there. My wife and I were numbers 18 & 19. Before I could blink there was a line going around the parking lot of at least 100 or so people. Luckily we got there early enough to wait in the shade.
These days, just who doesn't have access to a Nintendo DS Lite? With great games for all ages and gamer types, just about anyone can get their hands on this console and have fun with it. Case and point, my mom has borrowed my Nintendo DS Lite for the past 3 months and has been playing all my puzzle games. What better way to spend your retirement?
The cover is first slipped over the top lip and pulled over the bottom, held in place with 2 flaps that fit over the keypads. All of the accessory slots are readily accessible and the only buttons fully covered are the L and R buttons on the outer edge of the console. (The material is thinner there, so there is no difference to response time.)
I immensely enjoy the look and feel of the product and would definitely look in to other protective cases made from BoxWave's FlexiSkin, especially for my iPhone - which comes in a variety of colors. As for the Nintendo DS, the product may not be suitable for its design, although it makes for a comfortable gaming experience!
For folks who enjoy their iPhone as their choice MP3-player, receiving calls can be a pain. The process of answering the call is much more graceful than ex-phones I've used in the past, but pulling out the phone to speak through the speaker can still be a clumsy process. I prefer to use my own earphones, rather than the supplied Apple Earbuds with attached microphone. 
The sound quality of the microphone is dependent upon the earphones you are using, however the volume can be adjusted with the remote. The volume will not exceed the sound limit you have set up on your iPhone, so if the maximum level is too soft for your taste, you may need up the sound manually.For a person on the go, tangled earphone cords are a pain to deal with. Boxwave has taken it upon themselves to design a convenient set of earphones for people just like me.
The earphones come in either black or silver white and come in both 3.5mm and 2.5mm headphone jack sizes to accommodate a variety of smartphones, MP3 platers and cellular phones. The retractable cord extends up to 41 inches in length. The earphone cords, are "glued" together when first opened and feature a zipper-like mechanism that both cuts open the cords to your preferred length and neatly aligns the cords when retracting. The earphones are standard in shape and size and come with an extra pair of "cushions". The back of the retracting mechanism is a metal clip to attach to clothes or belts.
The retractable cord is a great idea - saving me time and effort when I need to put away my earphones. With just a simple tug on both ends of the earphone cord, the retracting mechanism quickly pulls both ends in like a yoyo. The earphones are very compact, light-weight, and portable - ideal for students and commuters! The earphones themselves sit outside the ear canal and are a little large for my ears, but fit well for another reviewer.
The sound quality of the earphones is good. Midrange tones are prominent while the bass is somewhat drowned out. The overall sound is best described as "mellow".
At this time, miniBuds do not have headphone jacks that are compatible with iphones, but this can easily be resolved with an affordable adaptor.
Boxwave's miniBud headphones are a clean and efficient alternative way to avoid the usual mess of earphone cords!
Design: **** (Great)
Sound Quality: *** (Average)
So many electronic peripherals are a part of everyday life and keeping the screens clean help to maintain our accessories' longevity. Although these little, light-weight screen cleaning "puffs" may not be anything new, the JAVOedge screen cleaners stand apart from the rest with a stretchy bungee cord and lint-free, non-abrasive microfiber cloth backing. They even come in a variety of tech-wary colors: black, blue, silver, and white (with orange text). Each are individually packaged.
The puffs do a wonderful job at cleaning off dirty surfaces with minimal effort. I tested this on both my glasses and my iPhone. The results were spotless - lint-free and clean. The only downside is that my iPhone doesn't have a lanyard slot for me to attach the puff to directly.
JAVOedge Micro Swipes come in a handy 4-pack for $5.95. Perfect to share with tech-savvy friends, additions to goody bags, or to keep handy around the house for all your peripheral cleaning needs.
First of all, I have to apologize for the delay in doing this review! 
Ever since the iPhone was released with its proprietary headset jack, people have been looking for ways to use their existing headsets with their iPhones.
Well now that the iPhone is out we'll do some rumor coverage to see who was telling the truth and who was... well not entirely truthful, or had bogus "inside sources".
Let's hop in the way back machine and take a look:
FALSE / iPhone Rumors and iPhone Lies
- CNET reports: iPhone Release Date: June 11, 2007. Start your countdown now!
CNBC: iPhone to be Available on June 20
- Jim Crammer from TheStreet.com reported that Cingular (the new AT&T) was going to give away 1.5 years of free service when purchasing an iPhone. (source)
- WR Hambrecht & Co: AT&T shops to have less than 40 phones each
- A Wall Street Journal article reports that Apple will be including Flash, Adobe/Macromedia's de facto standard media plug-in with the iPhone.
- Anything WordPress blogger "vim3" said:
TRUE Stuff
- iPhone will have no Cingular / AT&T branding
- AT&T soon have an "Unlimited" package for iPhone users.
- Leaked iPhone training manual
- iPhone to REQUIRE data plan
- Gizmodo: Insider has Hands-On with iPhone
There were probably more but we just couldn't cover it all. Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Let's hope the news has less gossip and more facts now that the iPhone is here.
Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg (affectionately called Uncle Walt by the Mac community) had a few minutes with the iPhone and had this to say in his review of the new Treo and Samsung Blackjack:
"Of these two phones, I prefer the BlackJack. But if you're in the market for a smart phone and can afford $499, you might want to wait until June for the Apple iPhone. The Apple entry is so full of promise that anyone buying a smart phone in 2007 should at least wait for the full reviews and a chance to try it out."
Read more of Walt Mossberg's article here.
We can't wait for Apple to send Uncle Walt the final version of the iPhone for review!
