Archive for July 25th, 2007

Are You a SteepAndCheap.com Fan? Try the “SAC App”

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

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I just finished my second Facebook app (well, the first phase of it anyways). I’ve named it “The SAC App”. It conveniently checks SteepAndCheap.com for you and sends you an update on your feed when the item has changed. It also adds a little shopping cart onto your profile, which automatically adds the item to your SteepAndCheap shopping cart, ready for you to purchase. That shopping cart item also updates as the current steepandcheap item changes. I’ve got a ton of plans for this, and will definitely be expanding it in the future into other areas - keep watching! To add the app to your profile, go to:

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2414128633

Apple: I Told You So!

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

I said it before, the iPhone is going to be a mistake for Apple if they don’t do it right, and it looks like I was right! Evidently, (and Phil801 beat me to this - I was going to post it last night) AT&T was only able to activate 146,000 phones in the first 2 days it was for sale. Some are blaming it on AT&T’s poor service, others on just the lack of popularity and price factor of the iPhone. I personally think the market is just too saturated! Either way, I was right. Selling through just one carrier was a mistake, they have too much competition, and with a lack of business customers it will only de-value the great piece of the market the iPod had. The one thing the iPhone has done is brought to attention the fact that your cell phone can actually do the same things an iPod can do, and this will hurt both the iPhone and the iPod bottom line, as we’re starting to see. Time will only tell, and Apple is good at doing things right, or making things right that were wrong, but I have to say Apple’s just done this all wrong! I’ve used an iPhone already, but I will be waiting for v.2 or another phone before replacing my current options. I really like my MDA, to tell you the truth!