More Updates

I was lucky that I was not plagued by the reported battery drain issues of the iOS 5. Some of the issue was apparently addressed by the iOS 5.0.1 patch. But apparently not all. Rumors has it, the next iteration, iOS 5.0.2 would be released soon. Hopefully, this would not seed any new problems with my iPhone. At least, the update process would be a lot more straight forward. Over the air update was not only convenient, it also meant a leaner, smaller software download. A godsend.

Migrating to iCloud

So, I had to wait overnight - until Friday afternoon, before I was able to migrate to iCloud. Any differences? Well, the choice to be able to upload photos straight from the phone onto the cloud as soon as they were taken was rather promising. I have to update my iPhoto for that first. So that would have to wait. All the other syncing seemed to be working so far, even though I synced my calendars using Google. Never trusted MobileMe for that before.

So, I clicked for the iPhoto update. 375MB! Oh no! Luckily the broadband at work was up for it …..

As for the rest, I played around with iMessage. Not bad. It worked for both text and photos. The notification system was a boon, almost as good as on my Galaxy SII. The system, especially autocorrection was rather sluggish at times, making blogging and entering large amount of text rather stop-start. Maybe the whole OS was optimised the the upcoming iPhone 4S.

The Download

Talking about bad timing, I woke up for nature's call at 4.30 am this morning. After doing the business, I realised that iOS 5 was being released this morning. So I quickly looked for it.

Before long, I was already started downloading. The 770Mb file would take about 3 hours. So I went back to bed. The file was finally downloaded just after 7am. Unfortunately it was time to head for work.

I persevered and synced the phone. Five minutes later, an error message. Apparently it was recommended that you reload the iTunes before the update. Well, I rushed to work instead then. The update would have to wait.

My Zeppelin Air

It has been a couple of weeks since I owned one of this. The Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air. It is an iPhone dock with integrated stereo system. And it is one with steroids.

It was compact enough to be placed around the room, although the base can be overwhelming if placed too near the wall. It did the simple things well, and the AirPlay worked a treat. I was able to tune to BBC Radio One on iTune from my iMac and stream it wirelessly to the unit.

The sound is bass-intensive. A definite boon if you are a bass-orientated listener, as the treble could be drowned in all those low frequency. The midrange is however crystal clear. Listening to Adele's Rolling in the Deep would definitely make you tap your feet.

And you would be tapping your feet to the back unfortunately as the unit is rather expensive - and quite difficult to acquire in Kuala Lumpur. I had to order mine as the one that was available at Machines was a display unit.

For a mall unit, the sound coming out from it would definitely fill the room, but sound separation could have been better, but that would be mean as you would need a hi-fi unit to appreciate it as such. As it is, the sound was clear enough and the first time you hear the base coming out, you would be surprised.

So, now, overtime I reached home, I just dock my iPhone and just tap play. It also came with a cute remote control unit - easily misplaced though. It was certainly one of those gadgets that you would not be surprised if it came out of Cupertino - the Apple Campus.

Update aplenty

It looked to be a heavy weekend coming. Heavy in terms of the amount of data I would likely be downloading. I have jut dine the iPhone and iPad update. Next, Lion. But with the planned Haematology Update going on this weekend, I would rather wait until that was done until I get the update going.

The Lion update would be very interesting. It would open up iCloud, an exciting new way to interact with the web. So, better start backing the harddrive. I don't want any mishaps.