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I have had my iPhone for a about a month, and I am still asked to show it off. Just today, while getting a hair cut, I was asked to dig the iPhone out to show to the stylist. I think she was distracted, as this is worst hair I have received in quite a while. As a plus, she said she was now thinking of getting one.

Reception and sound quality are the iPhone’s untold best features.

I have 5 bars when ever I look. What I need to do is have a conversation while on the 680 FWY going through Alamo (East bay area, South of Walnut Creek). There is an infamous cell phone drop out area there.

Whether it be headsets or iPod functions, I consider the sound quality top notch. I use the Motorola HS 850 wireless headset and the Motorola T305 Hands free wireless device for the car. The iPhone transmissions are excellent. iPod and movie viewing are enhanced by the quality of the sound. Variances when listening to music are greatly affected by quality of material, such as source material, amount of compression.and bit depth.

iPhone does have the difficulty with multiple wireless Bluetooth devices, that I also experienced with my Sony Ericsson T616 Cell Phone. If you have more than one device paired, the cell phone/iPhone will have difficulty letting go of one, or connecting to one after connecting with the other. As Bob Shayler confirms, this is true with all cell phones. One example if this is, if you are using the ear piece, the iPhone will take a few seconds to make to connect through the ear piece, especially if you have been using the other device. In fact, you might not be able to hear the conversation, as the iPhone is not using its speaker and you can not hear anything through the headset. It is best to not switch devices while the iPhone (or cell Phone) is turned on.

If you have a Mac in a mixed environment, Symantec warns of a vulnerability in Samba (open source), which is used for file and print sharing with Windoze. The threat gained more importance with attack code development. This was reported to have been passed on to Apple on May 14, the same day Samba was patched by Samba community.

The article by Computerworld, is not correct that Samba was last updated March 2005, as Security Update 2007-003 addressed a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Samba, which appears to be this very vulnerability.

With all the attention on the iPhone, and previously the iPod, there was thought Apple might consider getting out of the computer business. The truth is more likely the halo effect and Apple making the Mac an excellent bargain, comparatively. Just get the consumer to think about it. The Associated Press, carried by The Arizona Republic, reports on how impressed the market is about the Mac’s contribution to the bottom line. More …