Well, according to his Wikipedia entry,

John Appleseed, born John Chapman (September 26, 1774–February 18, 1845), was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced the apple to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He became an American legend while still alive, largely because of his kind and generous ways, his great leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance of apples.

He was so popular that a festival is held in his name every September in Johnny Appleseed Park, Ohio.

John also has his own entry in the built in Mac OS X dictionary:

It would seem therefore that John Appleseed is being put across by Apple Inc. as some sort of icon, potentially representing the upcoming launch of the Apple iPhone across the globe.

And it’s not just Apple, even Mark Cain from MIMvista - who demoed a new iPhone medical imaging app at WWDC 2008 earlier this month - used the name Johnny Appleseed! In fact, he goes on to show a “fusion of a CT and PET” scan of John Appleseed!

Besides iPhone, John is also featured in the Mac OS X Leopard TextEdit icon where he signs a letter bearing the words of the (now old) Think Different advertising slogan.

Dear Kate,

Take care,
John Appleseed

At first glance, it may seem like this functionality is missing in Pages.app but to get font previews, simply click on the cogwheel (settings) icon in the Fonts window and click on Show Preview. The top of the window then expands to show a preview of the font selected as shown below.

Tip: To bring up the Fonts window press Command + T or click on the Format menu then Fonts and then Show Fonts.

So, your message would look like this:

*0# I’m on my way, see you in 10 mins.

Don’t worry, the recipient will not see this *0# code at the start of the message as it is automatically deleted by the network before delivery. But as soon as the message is delivered to the recipient you will get a text message back (for free) confirming the delivery status of the SMS.

If you are on a different network, the short code may be different.

I personally only use this short code for mission critical text messages but hopefully the new iPhone 2.0 firmware will bring ‘SMS delivery request’ as a built-in option within the settings.

[Via iPhones Talk]

A better quality version of the video is available from my .mac web gallery.

Captivating display promoting the all new iPod nano. Spotted at The Apple Store on Regent’s Street, London.

We know just how it feels!

Apple makes it clear in their press release that use of the 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots (provided by The Cloud) on the iPhone in the UK is subject to a fair use policy.

Most of us naturally assume that this imposes a limit on the number of GB one can use. However, looking at the Terms and Conditions for the service provided by The Cloud, the fair use policy does not necessarily impost a bandwidth limit! It mainly draws attention to unlawful/unethical activity and breaches of copyright.

From their knowledge base, however, they clearly indicate that they have set some common sense bandwidth usage guidelines but no actual transfer limit is specified. We’ll have to wait and see how this limit plays out and whether it is reasonable.

Section 14 of the Terms and Conditions

14. The Cloud’s Acceptable Use Policy

14.1 When using the Service you agree to the following policy, which is intended to improve the use of the Service by preventing unacceptable uses. We do not actively monitor your use of the Service. Similarly we do not exercise editorial control or review over the content of any web site, electronic mail transmission, newsgroup or other material created or accessible over or through the Service provided. However, we may remove, block, filter or restrict by any other means any materials that, in our sole discretion, may be illegal or may subject The Cloud to liability or may breach this policy.

14.2 The Cloud may co-operate with legal authorities and/or third parties in the investigation of any suspected or alleged crime or civil wrong. Breach of this policy may result in the suspension or termination of either access to the Service or other actions as detailed below.

14.3 The following, without limitation, are examples of breaches of this policy:
Your use of the Service to:
- transmit any material (by uploading, posting, e-mail or otherwise) that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, obscene, libellous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way;
- transmit any material (by uploading, posting, e-mail or otherwise) that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under non disclosure agreements);
- transmit any material (by uploading, posting, e-mail or otherwise) that infringes any intellectual property right or other proprietary rights of any party;
- transmit any material (by uploading, posting, e-mail or otherwise) that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

14.4 If you are aware that a person is in breach of this policy, we should be grateful if you would e-mail The Cloud at webmaster@thecloud.net with the date, time and place of such breach (and any other information that you think would be useful).

14.5 The Cloud may take any one or more of the following actions, or other actions not listed, at The Cloud’s sole discretion in response to complaints:
- issue warnings: written or verbal;
- suspend your account;
- terminate your account;
- bill you for administrative costs and/or reactivation charges, with a minimum administrative cost; or
- commence legal proceedings against you.

This service on its own is worth £125 in value over the 18 month contract period (at £6.99 a month). So maybe we shouldn’t be so harsh on Apple for charging more for the iPhone in the UK.

Will I have free Wi-Fi access in my area?
You can look up the location Wi-Fi hotspots in your area here. Here’s the coverage in the centre of Birmingham:

The access points are located within pubs, hotels, restaurants and even public phone booths. I can hardly wait to be enjoying the free Wi-Fi on my iPhone while out on the town!

For the times when you are out of the range of a free Wi-Fi hotspot, you can always use the slower internet access via EDGE which is also free on iPhone (if you are amongst the 30% that’s covered).

Here’s what you need to know if you are in the UK:

iPhone comes with free Wi-Fi!
Apple has made a deal with The Cloud iPhone will have free unlimited¹ access to 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the UK.

The Pricing
iPhone costs £269 (same price as the iPod Touch) with an 18 month O2 contract.

The available price plans are:
£35 a month for 200 talk minutes and 200 text messages.
£45 a month for 600 talk minutes and 500 text messages.
£55 a month for 1200 talk minutes and 500 text messages.

All price plans include visual voicemail unlimited¹ data access over EDGE and free unlimited¹ access to 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots.

More details on the iPhone here.

If you’d like to read the full transcript from the press conference, the folks over at Engadget have live-blogged it.

More on the free Wi-Fi and pricing coming up shortly.

¹Unlimited access is subject to fair use policy.

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