So, I’ve been playing around with the iPhone for a few hours now, placed a few calls, and used pretty much every feature. How is it after all that? It still rocks. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than any other smartphone out there. The call quality kicks my old HTC Windows Mobile phone’s ass [...]
Yes, I’m insane. I’m currently in line for the iPhone, with about 5 and a half hours to go before actually buying on. Word is that James Lileks will be showing up here this afternoon. So far, I’d estimate about 60-70 people are in line in front of the Apple Store, which proves that there’s [...]
Salam Fayyad, the new Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority is reaching out to Israel in trying to stabilize the West Bank. The history of this conflict has been full of false promises of hope, but there is reason to have cautious optimism that Fayyad is willing to engage in the long and hard work [...]
J.D. Johannes, recently returned from a three-month embed in Iraq has a deconstruction of Lugar’s Iraq “plan”: Lugar is saying, “Because we lack the will to win, let us make a decision not to win, and thus reassert our will.” This is particularly untimely now, when our military has accomplished one of the most stunning [...]
RealClearPolitics has a transcript of Senator Lugar’s Iraq speech on the Senate floor. The problem with Senator Lugar’s ideas is that they’re simply incoherent — the goals he professes to support would be actively undermined by a precipitous American withdrawal from Iraq. It’s bad enough that Senator Lugar has the audacity to sit in judgment [...]
David Kilcullen writes in Small Wars Journal on what is going on with the surge. Kilcullen is an advisor to the Multinational Forces – Iraq, and provides the kind of explanation that the media has thus far failed to provide: The meaning of that comment should be clear by now to anyone tracking what is [...]
I’ve decided to get an iPhone. Not only that, but I’m planning on getting one on opening day. I’m that nuts. The big question has been what kind of data plan the iPhone requires. I currently pay $39.99 for my 450 voice minutes (with rollover) and another $19.99 for unlimited data for my smartphone. (And [...]