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其實某些人要求「Steve Jobs跪地道歉」和「全面回收」,對蘋果和用戶有何好處?

July 17th, 2010 小白 (SiuPak) 2 comments

以下為一些沒有怎樣經大腦過濾的個人感想:

Press Con後很多網上言論和傳媒都因為Steve Jobs沒有跪地道歉和全面回收iPhone 4而感到不滿….

我看到的Press Con, 是蘋果被傳媒連續兩星期就天線單一事件每日不斷新聞一面倒轟炸後, 作出的一些澄清…

「其他電話不是完全沒有這個issue」、「即使有天線門事件,大部份媒體測試仍然評iPhone 4最高分(包括Consumer Report)」、「實際認為有問題的人絕非如傳媒形容得那麼多」等等,如果有緊貼網上消息的人可能都不會對這些事情感到陌生,但是大多數傳媒極少會報導相關事件,只是集中向Apple的問題開火,令一般讀者根本無法了解事件的全部,以為全部iPhone 4都是壞的、大部份時間收不到電話和斷線的、有黃斑的、全世界用戶都要求回收的…令全世界對Apple信心成疑。

作為Apple、作為一間公司,手上的數字告訴自己實際情況根本並非傳媒形容得那麼嚴重,如果要回收,不就是等於向世界公告「我,Steve Jobs,對自己公司的iPhone 4也沒有信心,iPhone是失敗的產品,所以我要回收了」?

途中Steve Jobs也展示了他們的Test Labs….Steve Jobs就要告訴大家,他對iPhone 4仍然很有信心,很多買了的客戶也仍然對iPhone 4很有信心,你們也應該多一點信心。

那「有信心」是不是就代表iPhone 4完全沒有問題?不是。Steve Jobs也說:「Now when we look at this data, it’s hard to escape the conclusion that there is a problem」Steve Jobs沒有在「死撐」、沒有「打死不認錯」,他絕對承認有這個issue存在。故此,他也向全世界下了一注,他對他的用戶也很有「信心」。除了送bumbers / case給大家外,如果大家仍然覺得這個issue是不能接受的,也歡迎大家refund。如今他承認不是沒有問題存在,然而這個「問題」是否真的嚴重得教用戶們都不能接受?銷售數字,將證明一切(Apple也沒有逼大家買iPhone 4,不想轉去其他系統的用戶,不買iPhone 4也仍然有3GS可以買…)

Apple為iPhone 4打了這一枝強心針,希望大家重拾 / 保持對iPhone 4的信心。

然而如果「Steve Jobs跪地道歉」和「全面回收」,真的是負責任嗎?那麼公司股價會怎樣?全面回收後,客戶買什麼?反過來說,現在要refund的可refund,要free case的有free case,要software update的有update,要公開解釋的有解釋,很不負責任嗎?

媒體用這些字眼 / 製造回收謠言之說,當中不少也是為了吸人流,Apple負面新聞特別多人看,也是不爭的事實。至於其他人,我看,他們當中為數不少的人根本不是為了什麼而爭取「Steve Jobs跪地道歉」和「全面回收」,他們只是想看Apple和Steve Jobs「折墮」的模樣而已…

最後,如上文讓大家感到不快,煩請大家直接把我標籤為Apple fanboy,然後ignore我好了,謝謝。

iPhone OS 4.0 有官方倉頡 (和筆劃) 輸入法了!!!!!

April 9th, 2010 小白 (SiuPak) 1 comment

剛剛在蘋狂陣看到kof大大貼了幾張screenshots,iPhone OS 4.0 終於加入官方倉頡和五筆劃輸入法了!!!

官方倉頡,比起iPhone OS 4.0的重點功能Multi-tasking更令我興奮!!!!

(某程度上代表我以後再不用苦等Geohot等超級高手破解了,而且對iPad的購買意慾大增!)

好開心呀!!!!!

Trying to blog with WordPress 2.0 for iPhone

October 30th, 2009 小白 (SiuPak) No comments

So, I have MacJournal on Mac, Windows Live Writer on PC. What about the iPhone? I tried WordPress for iPhone before, but I didn’t use it. I heard that WordPress 2.0 is out, so I decided to try it again and to draft something on the train.

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The Progress of my iPhone App (我的iPhone軟件開發進度)

April 23rd, 2009 小白 (SiuPak) No comments

My iPhone App

LOL…I should pay more effort on my study.

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呵呵…看來我應該加把勁學習才行。

How to set “Sleep Timer” on iPhone? (如何在iPhone設定睡眠倒數)

April 11th, 2009 小白 (SiuPak) No comments

Some iPod users may in love with the Sleep Timer function, which allows them to set a countdown time, say 30mins, and play their music during sleep, and the iPod will stop the music automatically. It’s a great feature especially for saving battery power.

However, many iPhone / iPod touch users don’t know how to set Sleep Timer (They even don’t know this function is built-in already.) Let’s follow the steps:

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很多iPod用家都很喜愛Sleep Timer睡眠倒數的功能,用戶可設定入睡時間(如30分鐘),然後播放音樂。音樂便會在30分鐘後自動停止播放。這功能對於節省電量和睡眠質素而言都十分實用。

然而很多iPhone / iPod touch用戶都不知道原來這個功能早已內置了,讓我們來看看怎樣做:

Home ScreenTap “Clock” at the Home Screen
在主畫面點選Clock(時鐘)

ClockTap “Timer” at the bottom-right coner.
點選右下角的Timer(倒數時計)

TimerAdjust the countdown time, then click “When Timer Ends”
調整倒數的時間,然後點選When Timer Ends(當倒數結束時)

Sleep iPodThis is the most important part: Tap “Sleep iPod” at the top of the list.
這是最重要的部份,點選最頂的Sleep iPod(讓iPod進入睡眠)

Start countingThe Sleep Timer started, you may quit the clock app and play your music. Since the Sleep Timer is still running at the background, The music will stop automatically when it counts to zero. Don’t worry, it won’t power off your iPhone / iPod touch, just sleep.
睡眠倒數開始了,你可以離開Clock時鐘並開始播放你的音樂了。由於倒數會繼續在背景執行,當數到零的時候,音樂便會溫柔地停止播放。別擔心,他不會關掉你的iPhone/iPod touch,只會睡眠。

Video has been uploaded 影片教學已上載:

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I’m learning iPhone Programming from Stanford (我跟史丹福學iPhone編程)

April 5th, 2009 小白 (SiuPak) 1 comment

Stansford Handouts

Just after the release of iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2, Stanford University had started their first lesson of CS193P iPhone Programming in this quarter. It’s a bit different from the last quarter: The lessons will be recorded and published onto iTunesU and it’s free for everyone! Actually, iTunesU is a really great and impressive plaform to me. Most of the top universities in this planet are willing to put their lectures, handout notes and even the scripts on iTunesU for everyone. Today, it’s not a dream anymore for those who want to study from the top colleges.

Perhaps that’s a support from the god, perhaps that’s a trap from Apple. I’ve got so many studying materials of iPhone Programming. I wish I can use them wisely, really.

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在iPhone 3.0 beta 2公開下載後,史丹福大學今個學期的CS193P iPhone Prgramming開始上第一課了。今次跟上個學期不同,從今堂開始,課堂將會被錄影並放上iTunesU供全世界免費收看。其實iTunesU一直都是一個非常震撼的學習平台,地球上的頂尖學府都將課堂錄影、筆記、甚至講稿放上網免費任人收看和下載。要上世界級頂尖大學的課,不再是夢。

也許天上給我的支持,也許是蘋果公司的圈套,今天的我得到了很多iPhone Programming的學習資源,希望我真的可以好好善用,學好這門手藝。

I’m an iPhone Developer now. (我是iPhone Developer了)

March 31st, 2009 小白 (SiuPak) No comments

Welcome to The iPhone Developer Program

After a weekend, I’ve got the activation code finally. I eventually joined the iPhone Developer Program. I’ve also login to iTunes Connect and filled in my bank information and a form about tax(To declare that I’m outside US), to prepare for submitting Paid App in the future (well..should be very very far from today.)

The post office called me this morning, said that my book (ordered from Amazon) has arrived. (Amazon said it would arrive on 22 April 2009!) I asked them to transfer the book to the post office next to my work place, I guess I can take it in these two days.

By the way, I can’t stand it anymore…I mean my inkjet printer. From Epson to Canon to HP in these 10 years, every inkjet printer brought me troubles. I bought a HP Laserjet M1120 MFP yesterday. It’s really cheap, just HKD$1,0XX (around US$139). At this price 10 years ago, I could only have a entry-level Canon inkjet (Canon called it BubbleJet actually). Now I’ve this great printer, printing e-books (for easier reading) is much more convenient.

Alright, everything is ready. I should start the engine of my brain now.

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經過了一個Weekend,我終於在昨天收到啟用碼,正式開通將我加入到iPhone Developer Program了。今天亦登入了iTunes Connect填寫相關的銀行資料和有關美國稅務的表格(聲明自己是美國以外的),以便為將來推出Paid App時預先作準備(當然,距離這一天可能還有很遠的路要走)。

今早我還收到郵局的電話,應該是我在Amazon訂了的書寄來了(果然比預期中快,Amazon系統上說要4月22日才送到)。我要求他們把我的收件運到我公司附近的郵局,大概後天便可以取了。

另外,由於受不了家中那台麻煩的Inkjet Printer(其實十年來家中從Epson到Canon到HP,每一部InkJet都為我添過麻煩),昨天終於帶了一台HP Deskjet M1120 MFP回家了。想不到現在這些多功能Laser Print也這麼便宜,減去送贈的超市現金卷面額,那Printer只是$10xx港元,十年前這個價錢只可以買到當年最便宜的Canon入門級InkJet呢(Canon當年的是叫BubbleJet的)。有了這台好Printer,印電子書出來讀也就方便得多了。

好了,終於都萬事俱備,現在要做的就是要為自己的腦袋上發條!

Some new features on Podcast, iPhone OS 3.0 (iPhone OS 3.0 聽Podcast的小發現)

March 29th, 2009 小白 (SiuPak) No comments

Since I’ve bought my iPod nano, I started to subscribe the PodCast 《大蘋果時代》(The Era of the Great Apple) but they haven’t update it for a few months. However, I got an email notice that the PodCast has came to us again with a new name “Great Apple. New Era”. I couldn’t wait to subscribe it from iTunes. And, I found some new features when I was listening it by iPhone OS 3.0 beta.

自我買了iPod nano後到iPhone仍有訂閱收聽的《大蘋果時代》停止更新了數個月,今早收到了Email得知會長Derek為我們帶來了全新一輯的《大蘋果.新時 代》,我便急不及待到iTunes訂閱。怎料在iPhone OS 3.0 beta收聽的時候,發現了一些新功能。

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This is the new interface for Podcast. There’re three new icons under the timeline. Let’s take a look on the right side, it’s 1X now, that means the playback speed is normal.
這是全新的PodCast界面,留意時間列下方出現了三個新的圖示。先看看最右邊的,現在是1X,也就是說播放的速度是正常一倍速。

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Just tap it, it’s 2X now. The speeches becomes faster. Let’s tap again, it becomes 1/2X, they talk slower than normal now.
點了一下,變成了2X,Podcast中兩位主持的對話便立刻急起來了。再點變成1/2X,大家說話都慢了。

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Tap the dot on the timeline. There are some words that I’ve never seen before 3.0.
點一下時間列的圓點,出現了之前未見過的字眼!

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Hold the finger, and slide it down, it becomes half speed scrolling. I moved my finger from left to right, yup, I can scroll the time in more detail way.
手指不放,向下滑變成了「半速刮擦」,手指再左右滑動,果然滑動的幅度仔細了!

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Slide down more, it’s 1/4 now.
手指再拉低一點,變成了四分之一。

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Finally, it’s the most detail level of scrolling, I can scroll every second in the podcast. It’s really useful for a long Podcast!
最後是「細微刮擦」,仔細到可以逐秒滑動,對於數十分鐘的Podcast來說實在太有用了!

I’ve uploaded the demo video 示範的影片上傳了:

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It’s started! My study path on iPhone Development. (展開了!我的iPhone程式開發學習之路)

March 29th, 2009 小白 (SiuPak) No comments

付錢了...iPhone Developer Program

Finally, I’ve decided to join the iPhone Developer Programs. Since the announcement of iPhone OS 3.0 beta, I tried to explore the information on iPhone App development. Since the learning resources are rare, I ordered some books about iPhone / Objective-C Programming on Amazon and DangDang. Before the books arrived, I found some e-books for my preparation. However, at that moment, I still haven’t decided that should I join the iPhone Developer Program or not.

So, what’re the differences between iPhone Developers and free members? The most obvious difference is: iPhone Developers can put their App on real iPhone / iPod touch for testing, while free members can only do their testing on the simulator. Also, iPhone Developer can submit their apps (both free and paid apps) to the AppStore. And don’t forget these: The Developer Forums and iPhone OS 3.0 beta SDK and firmware are also exclusive for iPhone Developers.

US$99 for entry, just like the subscription price of MobileMe, around HKD$65 (US$8.25) a month, seems not very expensive, especially when we know about the Microsoft Marketplace for Mobile and Google Android Market. If we compare their chrages, supports on SDK, the sale opportunities…etc., Apple AppStore worth for the $99.

Now I’ve paid for it. It should push me more on my study path. Let’s go from today!

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終於下決心加入iPhone Developer Program了。自iPhone OS 3.0 beta發佈起,我便很積極探索iPhone程式開發的資料。由於學習的資源不多,較早前我在美國Amazon和中國當當網訂購了一些iPhone / Objective-C語言的書籍以供學習和參考。由於貨運需時,這段期間我亦在網上找了一些eBook閱讀,好讓我預先開始學習。可是,對於是否加入 iPhone Developer Program,我卻遲遲未作決定。

iPhone Developer Program和免費的iPhone Dev Center會員有什麼分別呢?最主要便是正式的iPhone Developer可以將自己開發的App放在實機的iPhone上跑,而非只在電腦上的iPhone模擬器測試;同時,iPhone Developer亦可將App放上AppStore;當然亦不少得如iPhone Developer Forum和Download最update的OS / SDK beta(例如今次iPhone OS 3.0 beta和SDK)。

US$99的入場費,就像買一年Web Hosting或MobileMe服務的價錢,除開後每月約$65港元。這樣看來其實不算太貴,尤其當知道同樣要收費的Microsoft的Marketplace for Mobile和Google的Android Market,從收費、SDK支援、銷售機會等因素綜合比較起來,Apple AppStore已十分超值。

既然付了錢,就更應可推進我的iPhone編程學習之路。從今天起,努力往前進發。

iPhone SDK Roadmap

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