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This afternoon is a great example of the distinction between RELEASED and AVAILABLE. The new iPhone software has been released, and OK, is technically available as of this writing (1:35pm CST), but is not ACCESSIBLE at the moment - Apple's servers are apparently beswarmed with folks trying to get the new update. If it lasts the afternoon, understandable, but if is still the case tomorrow, utterly unacceptable.

In theory, the new iPhone update is available immediately, but Apple may be a victim of its own success...and not planning their IT infrastructure for the hit.

When the movie rentals are available, they better not have this problem....

-mike

UPDATE: Here we go...


Got it installed, and of course immediately wanted to see how well the Locations feature worked. Sitting in my house, I hit the button and the circle (indicating "You're in this circle...somewhere") looked to be something like 1/2 mile wide...encompassing my entire neighborhood. Walked outside on the porch, hit it again, and it narrowed it down to about 3 blocks, almost centered on my actual location (across the street and up the short block). Pretty good! Not as good as GPS, but certainly a boon for "Where the hell am I?" when travelling with no GPS.

Ooops - then again, hitting it again inside and the Circle of Confusion is a mile or more wide - not terribly helpful. So Step One is to go outside - it DEFINITELY works better outside than in.

-mike

Labels: Apple, iPhone