Paul Thurrott penned a passage about the dire prospects for T-Mobile now that the government and consumer advocate groups so skillfully “saved” T-Mobile. Since I couldn’t write it any better myself, here is Mr. Thurrott’s quote:

Congratulations, Now T-Mobile Is Screwed

With the AT&T/T-Mobile link-up permanently scuttled by US antitrust regulators, privacy and consumer advocates have popped open the champagne bottles and declared victory. But I’m unclear why they’re celebrating, unless they’re on Verizon Wireless’ payroll. Because from what I can tell, T-Mobile is screwed thanks to this action, and the United States might soon have only three major wireless carriers as a result. Lost amid all the back-slapping is the fact that T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom literally has no Plan B for the wireless carrier, hasn’t invested in the slightest in next-generation wireless networks and has no plans to do so, and still wants to dump the carrier at the first possible opportunity. T-Mobile doesn’t make money and is hemorrhaging subscribers—two things AT&T could have turned around rather nicely. So congratulation, guys! You really won that round. I can’t wait to hear what your plan is now. Oh right, it involves drinking champagne and then moving on to the next faux outrage against humanity. Idiots.

This says it all:

Apple is stealing the version of Siri that works on my iPhone. It will stop working on October 15.

Thanks, Uncle Tim…

Apple will hold a media event on Oct 4 at 10 AM PDT. And the graphic on the invitation cleverly shows that. It also shows the phone icon with a number badge. That number badge has a “1″ in it.

Could that indicate one iPhone is going to be announced?

A commenter on my previous post suggested that iPhone 4S would be announced with quick availability followed a little later by the redesigned iPhone 5.

That’s certainly a credible possibility. We’ll all know more in a week.

The BizGeek Crystal Ball tells me there won’t be a redesigned iPhone 5 released in October 2011.

We would have seen the rumor blogs show evidence of iPhone 5 parts by now. All we’ve seen is clear evidence of an updated iPhone 4. Perhaps Apple with call the thing an iPhone 4S or 4+ or something else entirely.

I predict the focus of Apple’s rumored-Oct 4 announcement will be on iOS 5 and iCloud. The iPhone 4S will be introduced with a faster processor (the A5) and perhaps a better camera (8 megapixels). I think it will maintain the same 3.5-inch display for now. The iPhone 4 will replace the 3GS as the entry-level Apple smartphone. Further, that iPhone 4 will have a plastic back panel replacing the glass one it had when it was the top-rung offering. It will probably keep its 5 megapixel camera, but it might get an upgrade.

Unless the rumor mill is being influenced masterfully by Apple. But I don’t think the Cupertino company could squelch an iPhone 5 part or two from being exposed by now or prevent reputable analysts from seeing evidence of large-volume part orders.

But you never know…

Until Apple makes its announcement.

Growing up, Dino Soldo was one of my very best friends. He always had class. Even as a kid.

If some of the Start screen tiles in your nifty, new installation of Windows 8 Developer Preview are doing nothing when you click them, then increase the resolution.

1. Click the Control Panel tile. Hopefully that’s one of the tiles that work.
2. Scroll down the left-side list and click More settings.
3. Click Appearance and Personalization.
4. Click Display.
5. On the left navigation area, click  Adjust resolution.
6. In the Resolution drop down list, select a higher resolution.
7. Click OK.
8. Click the Windows logo in the lower-left to return to the Start screen.

Hopefully this works for you.

I remember that day vividly.

I don’t think so.

We’ve seen a lot of rumors about an evolved iPhone 5. A thinner, lighter design with a faster chip and a better camera. There’s been talk of an iPhone 4S. A less-expensive iPhone offered at a lower selling price.

Here’s what I think: The designs for the iPhone 5 that have leaked are actually the upcoming iPod touch, and the iPhone 4S will be the flagship smartphone. The less-expensive variant will be the venerable iPhone 3GS.

Link: Design concept based on leaked document.

So why would Apple delay the introduction of the iPhone from June to October for such an negligible update? Because iCloud and iOS weren’t ready for a June launch.

Of course, I could be wrong. But now that assembly parts for the new iPhone are beginning to show up on tech blogs with increasing regularity, there are no smoking guns that point to anything more than the iPhone 4S.

I hope I’m wrong, though…

Apple, Inc., filed papers in Delaware Superior Court against a rural Idaho grandmother. The iPhone-maker claims that Rosalyn Parente violated at least three of its patents and infringed on its trademarks. Ms. Parente acted bewildered when AP reporters spoke with her on her front porch.

“Isn’t patent a kind of shoe?” she asked rhetorically.

The Cupertino-based company has targeted the elderly woman claiming that three of its patents relating to gyroscope technology in iPhone and iPod touch products are violated by the way she mixes homemade dough for pies.

“The 3-axis mixing motion clearly demonstrates her violation of our valuable gyroscope technology for which Apple holds numerous patents,” Apple lawyer, Alan Smithy, said in a phone interview. He continued: “Ms. Parente should innovate within her baking process rather than steal our patented ideas.”

Ms. Parente, born in 1928 (Apple was incorporated when she was 48), shrugged. “I’ve been making dough the same way since I was 12 years old.”

The trademark infringement claim is related to her name.

Smithy correctly points out that the fourth letter in Rosalyn Parente’s name is “A” which is also the letter that begins the word Apple. “This convenient coincidence causes confusion in the minds of consumers.”

“If I don’t just eat them by myself, I usually just give my pies to my brother over in Mableton,” Ms. Parente defended.

“This isn’t about pies,” Smithy responded. “It’s about intellectual property.”

When this quote was share with Ms. Parente, she said, “It doesn’t sound very intellectual to me.”

Microsoft updated its Windows Live SkyDrive cloud storage offering with additional functionality. I saw ZDNet tech blogger Ed Bott embed a Picture album to a blog post using Windows Live Writer. I fired up my installation of Writer and went clicking around. And here’s the result. Easier than I thought it would be.

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