Why not an iPod Touch 3G?

When I got an iPod Touch a couple of years ago I absolutely loved the thing. It was small, about half as thick as the iPhone, stored all my music and I had access to all the apps in the app store. At least, when I was in range of a Wi-Fi signal. And that was the biggest downside of the Touch. Yes, it was useful outside of a Wi-Fi signal, but it really came into its own when it could connect to a network. I knew at the time that there was no way Apple would ever release a mobile data network capable iPod Touch. I'm sure both them and AT&T was concerned with it cannibalizing sales of the iPhone. But I don't think that's a concern anymore.

It's all about capturing all segments of the market. Some people are willing to pay the Cadillac price of the iPhone and its itinerant data plan. Some people are not. Why not capture some of them with a mobile device that does almost everything the iPhone does, but on a $20/month data plan like the iPad? Especially now that the iPad has blazed the trail. It will probably add a little bulk to the Touch, but I bet there are a lot people out there who would think it is worth it. And it would give AT&T another option while it loses subscribers to Verizon

What? My battery's dead already?

I got an iPhone 4 a couple of months ago and in general have been pretty happy with it. Then a strange thing happened in January - the battery was going dead in hours. I would go to sleep with a 100% charged phone and wake up to one that wouldn't even turn on. It acted like it was on all the time, even if it was in standby. Needless to say this was pretty annoying.

I talked to a friend at work, and it turned out he was having the same problem. After checking the internet he came across a solution - delete the mail accounts and then recreate them. Well, that made no sense to me, but it worked for him and I was desperate. I deleted the accounts, power cycled the phone and then recreated them. And what do you know, it seems to have worked.

So what's the deal? Apparently push notifications is a problem. I guess the phone gets stuck in a mode where it is always trying to get data even though there is none coming. And, the only way to fix it is to delete the accounts. Hopefully they will fix this in an upcoming release. Anyway, if you have an iPhone 4 and are having the same problem, here's a possible solution.