MobileMe Mess Up

The Canadian Apple site’s MobileMe signup confirmation page had a little mess up today. After the “thank you” is the traditional “lorem ipsum delor.” Funny stuff although gone now.

[Read at TUAW]

EFiX Dongle Not Yet Available

[Image via Engadget]

Today was the projected release date for EFiX’s USB Dongle. So far, nothing. I’ve had trouble accessing the EFiX Website as of late but according to Engadget, the site has a product page and non-working links to hardware compatibility pages. If anyone actually gets to the page, post some screenshots!

[Read via Engadget]
 

Porn Loves the iPhone 3G

[Image via jesusdiaz from Gizmodo]

It looks like the porn industry is excited about iPhone 3G. With faster speeds, porn will be easily accessible through the handset. Evidently, the mobile porn market is about $1.7 billion dollars. Isn’t that crazy? Of course, we all know that Steve said no porn at the March iPhone SDK event. Goodbye App Store, hello App Tapp Installer. The porn industry is labeling the iPhone as “the porn-friendliest phone.” I guess this would be one of the reasons to have a jailbroken iPhone 3G – fortunately, I’m not THAT guy.

[Read via Gizmodo]

iPhone 3G Roaming

If you’re an AT&T overseas user of the iPhone, you are certainly no stranger to the incredibly high roaming prices. With 2G data roaming charges already outrageously high, you can bet that your 3G data roaming charges will come with a complementary swift kick to the genitals. According to TimesOnline: O2’s data roaming charges go up to £3 (~$6 US) per megabyte when downloaded in any country in the EU; worldwide can go up to £3 (~$12 US).

Moral of the story, keep that data roaming switch off in settings.

George Carlin: 1937 – 2008

[Image via Leslie Hawes]

This isn’t Apple news, but it is definitely a huge loss in the comic world. George Carlin died Sunday, age 71, of heart failure. AP has a full story at the link. RIP.

Thanks Paul Salzman for the tweet.

[AP Link]