The phrase “Hold it different” (loosely quoted) is probably burning in your ears if you follow the technology world. That is the phrase read in an email from none other than Steve Jobs in response to the iPhone 4 reception issues caused by human touch.
Well enough is enough, after numerous dropped calls and spotty reception I have decided to start something, maybe it will have an effect on the issue. Head on over to freebumper.com, leave your twitter username and share it with others to get some exposure on this issue with an otherwise awesome phone.
All told the site from registration to uploading took about 2 hours, I love how fast DNS propagates these days. Anyways, back to the point, go and sign the “petition”.
Well after much reloading and cursing on Apples website I learned AT&T was also allowing pre-orders. I quickly headed over to their site and was welcomed by a quick and painless purchase process. Now I am just waiting for account confirmation as I am opening a new one rather than upgrading my 3GS.
I plan to write a full “post-mortem” once I receive the phone. Of course it will be arriving when i’ll be out of town, luckily others will be home to gather the package.
So, did you get a pre-order? How was your experience?
Update: Here is another way to pre-order when the website is down.
Its pretty exciting to be mentioning my first Objective-C developed iPhone app is now available for Free, on the App Store. This app is for the USO in celebration of their “Patriotic Six” which is the six weeks of patriotism starting Memorial Day (May 31) and ending July 5th.
I got the opportunity to work on this project thanks to Media-Fuse based out of Chicago, an agency that I have worked with for a few years now.
Here is a quick screenshot of the app, be sure to download your own copy.
Well after downloading, re-downloading, praying and even swearing I finally found a solution to the elusive 19011 error that surfaced in Xcode this morning.
Okay, a little backstory. I have been working on an iPhone app and earlier this morning was ready to submit the app to the App Store. I quickly downloaded the certificates and provisions, created a Distribution profile in Xcode, cleaned All Targets and finally clicked Build. After a few seconds the “excitement” was replaced by that previously mentioned frustration. After much searching in forums, Twitter and even the Apple Forums I finally came up with a fix.
Turns out the most recent (if not only) cause this issue is using the prerelease version of Xcode.
After following the following steps I was able to package apps for submission once again.
Step 1: Run the following command in Terminal.
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools
Step 2: Delete the /Developer directory
Step 3: Restart your machine
Step 4: Download and Install Xcode 3.2.2
Step 5: Open your project in Xcode, clean your project (Build > Clean All Targets)
Step 6: Rebuild your project
Step 7: zip up the .app in the distribution directory and upload using iTunes Connect
Hope this helps others… now on to build more apps.
Posting this is doing nothing more than amplifying the fact he has lost his freaking mind. He is speaking many false points (as mentioned many times) and just playing to the Apple community. Then again did we expect anything else from him? I have always liked Apples hardware and software but Mr. Jobs is basically turning all “fans” against his brand… great business idea guys.
My final thoughts on this… deal with the fact Flash is not going on the devices, but not because of Adobes position on the matter. Build your apps for Android and other mobile platforms or simply go play in the walled garden and shut up. Funny part is, i’m doing just that.
