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Watching your weight?

the State of Flux — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:23:36 +0000

My wife is an avid believer in the Weight Watchers method of weight loss and control. I don’t blame her – it has worked wonders for her and several of her friends and they all look fantastic!

As the main cook in the house, I like it because it’s a lot easier to prepare food with the Points system than it is when you’re counting calories. It’s not so easy at the grocery store though…

Choosing one brand over another is more difficult because you need to enter the combination of calories, fat and fibre into the official calculator that I often forget to take with me. To be honest, I don’t like to carry it anyway because it takes up valuable space in my pocket and looks very girly.

So I whipped up a webapp for my iPhone that does the same job.

I present Pica! Simply navigate to here on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Remember it is a webapp, so you must be connected to the internet somehow to use it. To make up for that, it comes with a fancy icon in case you decide to add it to your home screen.

Now optimized for iPhone

the State of Flux — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:00:29 +0000

Good news for iPhone users!

When you browse the State of Flux from your iPhone or iPod Touch, you will now be served a version of the site that has been optimized just for you! The content remains the same, but the look has changed.

If you prefer to browse with the usual look and feel, simply scroll down and use the slider to switch the theme on or off.

The mobile theme should also work nicely with other mobile touch devices such as the BlackBerry Storm or those running Android, but I haven’t been able to test them.

Further proof of new iPhone hardware?

the State of Flux — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:30:22 +0000

A lot has happened since AT&T confirmed they would be selling contract-free iPhones, including…

In the United Kingdom, O2 started giving them away to customers willing to sign a 24 month contract instead of the usual 18 months.
In the United States, Apple has also started selling the iPhone in their retail stores without the regular AT&T contract. The catch is that the units are still locked to AT&T, although that can be easily fixed.

Both of the above examples further strengthen the belief that a new version of the iPhone is due very soon, making it difficult for any potential customer to make the decision – by now and upgrade the software when 3.0 is released, or wait until the next generation is released?

AT&T rushing to offload soon to be obsolete stock?

the State of Flux — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:56:19 +0000

United States cellular telephone company AT&T has finally confirmed to the Associated Press that it will start selling the popular iPhone without a contract next Thursday.

The catch?

The new phones will still be “locked” to AT&T and won’t work with any other cellular carrier unless they’re modified. AT&T will only activate them on the regular iPhone plans, which include a $30 monthly charge for data access.

Surely this exclusive agreement to only sell iPhones locked to the AT&T network must be hurting Apple in some respect? What about the punters who like the iPhone, but don’t need or want the data plans? What about the punters who simply don’t have coverage in their area?

I can personally see the benefits of using an all in one device like the iPhone, but not if it means paying $30 per month more than I am already just because of the model of phone I have.

I believe Apple would sell a lot more units if there was the option of a completely unlocked version that could be used on any cellular network. Mind you, that option may be available sooner rather than later.

If the combination of very firm rumors and Apple’s usual product cycle are to be believed, a new version of the phone is due this summer. Add to that the belief that AT&T’s comfortable and exclusive arrangement may be due to end in June, and the cynic in me says AT&T is rushing to offload existing stock before it becomes obsolete.

We’ll see.