Posts Tagged ‘iphone’
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Howdy!
Being in the iPhone and iPod (and soon to be iPad!) repair biz, you get to see some really awful stuff come through the doors. Seriously, screens that are completely demolished, 
nanos that are so bent that they form right angles or even first gen iPhones missing their silver backplates entirely. It’s enough to make a grown nerd cry! It never ceases me amaze me how messed up this little electronic can get! It’s nuts. No matter, though, because our repair technicians give each and every device a thorough evaluation before we have to call the time of death. We don’t judge based on how ugly its mug is–everyone gets an equal chance. 
Speaking of busted devices, there does seem to be a pattern of people not in the know that their device can be fixed–it never fails! I’ll be roaming about San Antonio and I’ll see someone carefully trying to maneuver around the shards of glass from their iPhone. Or, I’ll see a friend with an iPod video that sounds like it doubles as a trash compactor. I start to wonder if people know that they can get ‘em fixed or maybe it’s just the economics of the matter. Either way, we like to spread the word about our great repair solutions with great prices to match. Just give us a call and we’ll see if we can get you a ballpark price for those more ambiguous repairs! We have real AND knowledgeable people on the receiving end of your inquiry. We’re all happy to help!
Well, I know that there have been plenty of accidents that we’ve fixed, but truth be told, sometimes we like to keep a small collection of old parts to remember the worst of the worst. I’m starting to think we should make some kind of art out of it. Well, I [carefully] dug around and found the nastiest digitizers. I don’t remember all the backstories, but I rememeber something about a tank, a nailgun and maybe even a firetruck…Anyways, after nearly cutting my little fingers up, I got this shot:
Keep those phones safe!
Marian
Tags: Accidents, Alamo City, Brown Eyes, Brown Hair, Business Card, Firetruck, Great Solutions, iphone, Iphones, iPod Video, Little Fingers, Marian, Nailgun, Nanos, nerd, Nonchalantly, Nuts, Pow Right In The Kisser, Repair Solutions, Repair Technicians, Right Angles, Right In The Kisser, San Antonio, Shards Of Glass, Time Of Death, Trash Compactor, Twin Sister, Weirdo
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
“WRITERS BLOCK – A usually temporary psychological inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing.”
Yep. Thats what I have. Big Time. It isnt very temporary though. Which isnt very good considering I have 4 songs that I need to finish writing. Not to mention this blog. :-/ So what causes our minds to go blank?! Im assuming its the lack of inspiration. Ive been so busy with fixing/evaluating your ipod/iphone, that I havent been able to do anything cool. WAIT!!!!
Inspiration has hit me. So awhile back I saw this movie with Mel Gibson, “the edge of darkness”. I think thats what it’s called. Anyways, the whole thing was about revenge. Trying to get someone back for pain that they have caused you. For years now, ive been wanting to write a song about revenge, but ive never had that feeling. Sure ive been mad at people, but ive never wanted to cause harm to anyone. Then I got some inspiration. 3 weeks after christmas, my house was broken into. DVDs, iPods, Jewlery, and my brothers brand new Playstion 3 were stolen. Ive never felt soooo much anger before. I wanted these people to feel the pain that they caused my family. Then I saw that movie. The whole time I was like, “yea!”. haha, but then I realized, causing the bad guys pain wasnt going to bring back his daughter. (sorry if I ruined the movie there) So as the movie was coming to an end, I got this little melody in my head. Then I started putting some lyrics to it. I kept thinking, ” i have to get home to my guitar, or else im gonna lose this.” Then I remembered that I have the best tool for music on the go……my iPHONE!!! As im walking out of the theater I pulled out my phone, went into the voice notes app and sang the lyrics to the melody I came up with. As soon as I got home, I went straight to my guitar and started writing the song. “Revenge”. Its probably my favorite song that i’ve written. Still needs a little more work though.
Im sorry this blog went a little all over the place….but thats something I like. Spontaneous writing. I never know what Im gonna write till my fingers hit the keys.
Well thats it for me folks. Spring Break starts next week, please be safe.
(I dont know if I need to do this, but im not gonna take any chances)
I found the definition on this site: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/writer%27s+block
and this is what they had at the bottom : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Tags: 4 Songs, Anger, Bad Guys, Big Time, Edge Of Darkness, Favorite Song, Haha, Inspiration, iphone, ipod, Jewlery, Little Bit, Little Melody, Lyrics, Mel Gibson, Playstion 3, Revenge, Voice Notes, Whole Time, Yea
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Kyn Sparks Blows the Follow-Through with iGarageFloor.com
When we shelled out big bucks for our stunning new flooring at our iPhone and iPod (and soon to be iPad repair shop), we thought it would be durable and last the test of time. But the iGarageFloor.com (aka PolymerGarage.com) flooring couldn’t hold up to a simple office chair with plastic wheels, as evidenced by this video:
We can understand it when unexpected things happen – heck, we see it in our business every once in a while – a part fails suddenly and a customer will call us on it. But we stand up and fix the issue. Kyn Sparks, despite numerous attempts to get him to fix the worn-out section of flooring with a new polymer coating, has ignored several attempts to resolve the situation.
This demonstrates to me that iGarageFloor.com (or now known as PolymerGarage.com) is more concerned about scoring new jobs than taking care of their previous customers. The importance of follow-through has apparently been lost on Kyn Sparks, and that’s a sad thing, as I believe taking care of your existing customer base is equally if not more important that efforts to find new customers.
So if you are hunting around for a new polymer garage floor in San Antonio, make sure that the company you select will be there before, during, and especially after to job is complete. If you don’t, you might just have a constant reminder staring you in the face that some people just don’t care.
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
Milliamp LTD
Tags: Attempts, Constant Reminder, Customer Base, Flooring, Garage Floor, iphone, ipod, Job, New Jobs, Office Chair, Plastic Wheels, Polymer Coating, Sad Thing, San Antonio, Sparks, Staring You In The Face, Test Of Time, Youtube
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
‘Ello ‘Ello!
I hope life has been good to everyone this weekend,
It has for me, but i come bearing a dilemma, of sorts, with the lack of a certain APP on the iphone now or even in the near future im sure.
When i was 8 years old The Legend Of Zelda : Ocarina of Time came out on the still fresh N64 game console. I remember getting it for christmas the month after it came out. The actual storyline to the game, at first glance of the back of the box description, seems very cliche “hero saves the princess from a terrible evil”.
Once you play the game for little over 30 minutes though you begin to realize the depth and mystery to the unfolding story of a kingdom plagued by its own control over time and the greater divine forces that govern the world. Even as an eight year old i could sense while i was playing the beginning portion that some very intense, and for lack of a better phrase, EPIC events were about to come forth and shoot through my unsuspecting sponge of a mind, and forever change my views as a person (though i didn’t realize it til about high school when i got into philosophy and all that). With some of the most intense dungeons, baffling mazes and puzzles, and the most surreal landscapes and songs that will stick with you for years (im listening to one right now!) as well as an endless supply of unique characters and sub-stories behind each one, this game is by far one of the best games of this and last decade. Truth is, the greater meaning behind the game that you will discover at the end (or even a couple of plays through) will blow you away ten times more than the actual game play will, though im more than sure you wont be able to leave your TV for at least 2 hours between each session.
Little do people know that the creator of Mario Bros. is the same creator of the Zelda series. He has also stated that though they both were created at the same time and are closely related (as you see in Zelda games, i.e. Mario pictures hanging on the walls of the castle in Hyrule, or in Paper Mario you can see the hero of Zelda laying in a bed in the mushroom village), he decided to take Mario in a more linear direction, with lots of movement and time restrictions, while making Zelda a complete opposite game of free adventure and endless play time.
Whats funny is that Mario became a much more world known household name, but zelda to this day (which has just half as many games out as mario bros.) holds the title for the best nintendo franchise for a game, though sadly only one out of every 20 people i meet have even heard the name Zelda.
So please, lets all come together and bring light to this problem.
Someone out there needs to make a cool APP to play an iphone version of Zelda somehow, because everybody knows (nerds like myself) that computer emulators just ARE NOT the same thing as our beloved consoles. Though an ipod APP wont do it full justice.
Wheres the love for Zelda? mine is on my left arm, where is yours?
your friendly neighborhood friend,
Mike 2.0
Tags: 8 Years, Baffling Mazes, Best Games, Box Description, Cliche, Divine Forces, Endless Supply, Epic Events, First Glance, Game Play, iphone, Last Decade, Legend Of Zelda Ocarina, Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time, Mario Bros, N64 Game, Ocarina Of Time, Sponge, Surreal Landscapes, Zelda Games, Zelda Series
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
I repair tons of iPhones and iPods a week, usually noticing a trend on why certain devices break or crack. Here’s a list of things you can do to prevent any damage from your precious device.
1. Get a case for you iPod/iPhone (preferably a rubberized one). I noticed that an iPhone can break real easily if dropped on the floor from just a couple of feet above ground. If you have a case that can absorb some of the impact, then theres less of a chance that the glass on your iPhone will break. The same goes for the glass and LCD’s on iPods and the iPod touch.
2. Keep your iPod/iPhone away from water. Water damage is the number one reason a iPod or iPhone stops functioning fully. It will cause corrosion on major parts of the logic board, causing the device to work funny or stop working at all.
3. Avoid jail-breaking your iPod touch/iPhone. A jail-break on these device’s can run down a healthy battery and may cause a device to act very slow. There are a number of weird issues people come across when they jail-break their device.
4. Be careful where you leave your iPod/iPhone. If you leave your device in a car on a very hot day, there is a chance that something may cook on the inside, and making your device useless. Also, keep it with you at all times when in public, because these devices are a great prize in a robber’s eye. When your not using it, make sure to store it in a secure place that is dry and cool.
If anything bad happens to your device, there is no need to worry. There is a chance that a technician here at Milliamp will be able to help you. So no matter how bad the damage looks, it cant hurt to go with our evaluation service to see what we can to do to get your device up and running again.
-Martin Salas
Tags: Act, Corrosion, Evaluation Service, Funny, Glass Break, Hot Day, iphone, Iphones, ipod touch, Ipods, Jail Break, logic board, Reason, Robber, Secure Place, water damage, Water Water, Weird Issues
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
We see it every once in a while, perhaps as frequent as twice a month, where we get an envelope or a small mailer that is supposed to contain an iPod or an iPhone, but when we open it – nothing inside. Sometimes the tear in the envelope is obvious – you can see where the iPod busted free from it’s paper packaging. Other times, the box is sealed with tape, but there was just enough gap to allow an un-secured iPod nano from slipping out.
We of course hate when this happens – we lose a sale and of course have to break the bad news to the customer.
iPod Repair Starts with Good Packaging
That is why we try to give our customers guidance when it comes to selecting the right materials for wrapping up your device so that it is well-protected during the trip to us, as well as making sure it does not slide loose from its’ packaging. And never, ever toss your iPod or iPhone into a regular plain evelope – or we might have to tell you that your device arrived in worse shape than when you sent it, or it never arrived at all.
Best regards,
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Tags: bad news, Envelope, Evelope, Gap, Guidance, iphone, Ipod Nano, Mailer, Paper Packaging, Shape
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
We are continuously looking for ways to improve things here at Milliamp, like our infamous laser pointers, and recently focused our attention to the telephone greeting that people first hear when they call in to us.
We get a lot of phone calls each day – a LOT (just ask Marian).
Therefore, we wanted to make our greeting simplier and to the point, and help people get to the correct department quickly and painlessly. We also added a quick shout-out in our greeting to the iPad repairs that we will be offering very soon to the masses.
Curious and don’t want to call in to hear it? Take a listen here:
New iPhone Repair Greeting
Speaking of iPad repair shout-outs, we also recently updated the signature line on our emails, to help spread the word that we have yet another Apple device to add to our list of devices that we can repair here at Milliamp.
iPad Repairs Signature Line
Have a great Friday, safe weekend, and let us know when you are ready to get your iPod or iPhone fixed!!
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Tags: Apple, iphone, ipod, Laser Pointers, Lot, Marian, Milliamp, People, Phone Calls, Phone Greeting, Shout Out, Shout Outs, Signature Line, Simplier
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Hello everyone! So I have a pretty exciting week coming up. I get to go to the NBA All-Star game in Dallas, and I get to see my favorite band of all time (SWITCHFOOT)….twice! Thanks to the greatness that is the iPhone, i’ll be able to share my experiences with some friends. There is a new App out calles “Knocking Live Video”. This thing is amazing. It does exactley what the title says……LIVE VIDEO! All I have to do is send out an invite to someone who has the app and voila! They can see whatever image is coming from my iPhone. Isn’t that awesome?! This is the kinda of technology that I get excited for. This App is basically what I imagined the future to be like when I was little. Now I know we have webcams and what not, but this is something on my phone!
Another cool App that I love is “Words with Friends”. I love all the cool App Games that I have on my phone, but this is a game that I can play with my friends and family. Im even playing with my Aunt! The game is basically Scrabble. I’ve gotten into a few competitative games with my best friend Kyle, who is a genius. I have yet to beat him…..even when I cheat.
Well thats pretty much it for me friends. I should have another post next with my the tale of my All-Star game adventure. Also, while im in Dallas, im gonna try to go to some good eating spots for a review. Have a great weekend and stay out of the rain if you’re in San Antonio, see you next time.
Tags: All Star Game, Best Friend, Calles, Experiences, Favorite Band, Friend Kyle, Friends And Family, Game Adventure, games, Genius, Greatness, Hello Everyone, iphone, Love Words, Nba All Star, Nba All Star Game, Rain, San Antonio, Scrabble, Switchfoot
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
The Apple rumour mill is swirling again, hard-core, this time, about the possbility of a new 4th Generation iPhone, or iPhone 4G.
To give you a brief historical tour of the iPhone, the very first iPhone that came out in June 2007 has been confusingly dubbed the 2G iPhone, because the iPhone that was released after it was called the iPhone 3G (since it could run on the EDGE and the 3G cellular network). The next iteration of the iPhone after the iPhone 3G was the iPhone 3GS, where the ‘S’ suffix was tacked onto the end (presumably to reflect the faster processing ’speed’ inside the device).
Since this would be the fourth version, or generation, of the Apple iPhone, and because the phone may use (or be capable of using) the 4G cellular network, people are currently referring to it as the iPhone 4G. Perhaps that name will stick, and Apple will release the next iPhone as the iPhone 4G. But I am not totallly convinced that this will be the official Apple name for the new iPhone – expecially now that a few pictures have surfaced of a digitizer/LCD that is a smidge taller than the previous iPhone 3G/S digitizers, courtesy of iResQ:
Could the New iPhone Sport Video Capture Functionality?
The photographs, which I believe are real and have not been doctored in any way, show a small, oblong opening right above the earpiece. Some believe this could be a proximity sensor, and some have gone so far as to imagine that it is a video camera that would allow for video chatting. The surface of this strange component has interestingly been described as “reflective”.
Is it possible that this material would allow for a special video camera behind it to see though this barrier and capture images, in the same manner as a two-way mirror? And why is the material “reflective”? Well, that would make a great surface to gaze into to ensure that your mug was in view if you were video-chatting with someone, wouldn’t it?! Of course, this is all wild theory right now – very few people know for sure what Apple’s new iPhone will look like, and what features it will support, and no one is officially talking about it on the record now.
Some have suggested that this port is a proximity sensor only (the part inside every iPhone that dims and locks out your screen as you hold it up to your face), but perhaps it can do that, plus more?
To take this a step further, IF the new iPhone DOES have video capture and chatting capabilities, I think it is possible that the new iPhone could be dubbed the iPhone Video (maybe you will have heard it here first).
Apple has used the word ‘Video’ before in its’ iPod product line: the 5th Generation iPod Video was the first iPod to be able to play movies, television shows, commercials, and so on, hence the name. And if an iPhone was released that had the ability to capture full-motion video and allow for real-time video chats is such a smooth and non-obtrusive manner as the location and appearance that this suspicious, reflective port suggests, it is likely that the word ‘Video’ (or perhaps just a letter ‘V’ [iPhone 3GV, anyone?!]) will be tied with the new name.
So what do you think? Does Apple plan on offering a video capturing feature with their new iPhone? Will the new iPhone be called an iPhone 4G? Will companies like ours start promoting ‘iPhone Video Repair‘? Only time will tell, my iPhone-loving friends!
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Tags: 3g Network, 3gs, 4th Generation, Apple Iphone, Cellular Network, Chattin, Digitizers, Earpiece, Hard Core, Images, iphone, Iphone 4g, Iteration, Mirror, People, Photographs, Proximity Sensor, Sport Video, Suffix, Video camera, Video Capture
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
bling-bling!
At Milliamp, we’re all a bunch of winners, but occasionally we do have to draw one out of a hat in order to determine the leader of the pack. Last week, we were busy bees doing our weekly hustle and bustle to fix iPods, rescue iPhones, revive an XBOX (or ten!), answers inquiries all while keeping a smile on our faces! We kick ass and take names and then kick ass again. Rain couldn’t get us down especially after Anthony announced the big giveaway of the highly coveted golden backplate for one lucky employee’s iPhone 3G or 3G S.
When asked if they were excited about the giveaway, fellow Customer Service Rep Wes couldn’t hardly sit still to harp about how ecstatic they were about the possibility of one of the talented repair technicians pimping their iPhone! A simple, “S*** YES!” surely said it all.
Although our bearded friend did not win, we are proud to announce Mark as the Chosen One. After our weekly company powwow where the winner was drawn, Mark did a jig, fist pump and cheerfully claimed his prize after hearing of the joyous news.
In fact, Mark was so excited about this extreme makeover his already cool iPhone, he decided that his normal casual look would have to be “bumped up a notch.” No, no–Mark did not decide to start rocking fat gold chains with cubic zirconia-laden pendants hanging from his neck. No, he opted for the much classier golden “grill” to jazz up his pearly whites.
So, if you see Mark, know that he’s in an elite club that YOU TOO can join if you send your iPhone into us for repairs. Interested in looking like a rockstar? Then click here to get started.
Marian
Tags: 3G, Bustle, Busy Bees, Customer Service Rep, Elite Club, Extreme Makeover, Fun Time, Gold Chains, iphone, Jig, Leader Of The Pack, Marian, Milliamp, Notch, Pearly Whites, Pendants, Powwow, Repair Technicians, Rockstar, Time Fest, Wes
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Hello fellow milliampers! It’s time for me to tell you about my weekend again, since I have apparently no imagination (feel free to interject with an adamant ‘NO!!’). Friday started out normally enough, work and my lovely interactions with clumsy iPhone owners. After saving the world one digitizer at a time, I began my voyage to Austin, TX with a couple of amigos. We passed the time by listening to lame 80s music and trying to guess the name of the band (Ratt, etc.) with the help (of course) of an iPhone and that song-recognition app (i sadly don’t have an iPhone and don’t know what it’s called). After enough of that torture, we finally made it to The Hole in the Wall off Guadalupe in Austin. There, Clay Nightingale and Moonlight Towers (first time seeing them, awesomenessss)
Gleeson performing with Channing Lewis of Grand Champeen
performed before my good friends Gleeson (The Very Very Best of Gleeson) played their CD release show. They basically played the whole record, which was amaaazing (plus AC/DCs Dirty Deeds…unfortunately they didn’t play ‘Victoria’ by The Kinks and i was somewhat disappointed). They were joined on stage by Grand Champeen’s Channing Lewis (check out ‘Dial T for This’) and Mandible’s Phil McEachern (Here Come the Mandible). I highly suggest pretty much every band i’ve mentioned (Ratt’s Round &Round is pretty legit… haha). Well after the show (Gleeson didn’t play ’til 12:30, but I was high on rock’n'roll(aaaand had a little Shiner)..so I didn’t even notice), we crashed at some friend’s house where I received a horrible night’s sleep on the floor. For some reason, I’m a disgustingly early of a morning person and woke up at 8:52 a.m. (yes, that time is burned into my memory because it was so horrific) and proceeded to make everyone breakfast with my buddy Jay, who is also a morning person (thank God). Anyways, after that we all went to Independence Brewery in Austin (duh). SIX dollars for a pint glass and three pints of their cerveza deliciosa!! (oatmeal stout=fun times for your taste buds, they need lovin’ too!!!) It was a beauuuutiful day and we spent it drinkin some berrrs (beers with an awesome Creed-esque accent) and hanging out on some blankets, haha. The tasting at the brewery is the first Saturday of each month! I plan on going back fo’ sho, although I did break the pint glass i bought upon arriving back at my apartment. Here I am, finally arriving home after an exhausting weekend of good times and I try to make it out of my car with all of my schtuff. As you can infer, this was a bad idea and I broke/shattered the glass upon heaving my lifeless body out of my civic. I was sad. Buuuut I’ll just go back next month and get another pint glass (great excuse, ya?). Well if curiosity overcomes your being and you’re thinking “Hey, Lindsey’s a pretty cool girl, perhaps I should check out some of the music she’s suggested to me? She wouldn’t lead us astray!!”, then you are in luck my friends! Cdbaby.com carries all of the albums I’ve mentioned! (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Gleeson) From that site, you can navigate to the other records I’ve mentioned in this eloquent journey of writing. I’ve been listening to Here Come the Mandible a lot lately, every song is really great. The songs are a really imaginative way of looking at life, coupled with quirky and sometimes pessimistic lyrics plusss really catchy tunes. It’s a win-win. Anyways, if you like what you hear let me know by commenting on the blog! Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon to tell you about yet another weekend’s occurences!! 
p.s. Here is the link to Gleeson’s myspace:http://www.myspace.com/gleesonmusic You can listen to a couple of full songs, and ironically enough all of the other bands are in their top friends! enjoy!!
Tags: 80s Music, Cd Release, Digitizer, Dirty Deeds, Exhaustion, Gleeson, Good Friends, Grand Champeen, Guadalupe, Hole In The Wall, Horrible Night, iphone, Kinks, Mceachern, Moonlight Towers, Morning Person, Nightingale, Shiner, Sleep On The Floor, Song Recognition
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
For those that know me, I have a bit of a domain name addiction. I think it reached its’ peak of insanity when I purchased the domain blake-is-the-new-sanjaya.com (true story) a few years back when Sanjaya was voted off ‘American Idol’ and hack Blake was deemed the next in line Howard Sterns’ goal to inspire enough people to vote a talentless dweeb to the top spot.
I’ve struggled to hold my personal obsession with URL’s back, but I think we got a bit lucky when, back in April 2009, we registered the iPad repair domain names ipad-repair.com and ipadrepair.com. Since we are going to be hard-core in the iPad repair business, having domain names that say what we do will be most helpful to Milliamp LTD:
Two New iPad Repair Domain Names
For now, these two sites aren’t doing a whole heck of a lot for us, but they will eventually become a great resource for our future customers seeking iPad repairs and parts.
Now, who has any suggestions for helping us monitize our leet-inspired domain names for Twitter?
Have a great evening,
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
P.S. We had two GOLD iPhone backplate winners this week – one worker here at Milliamp LTD and one iPhone fanatic from Alaska. More details on this coming soon!
Tags: Addiction, Alaska, American Idol, Caption, Domain Name, Domain Names, Dweeb, Gold, Hack, Hard Core, Heck, Howard Sterns, Insanity, Ipad, iphone, Leet, New Domain, People, Personal Obsession, Personal Struggle, Repair Business, Sanjaya, True Story
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
First Looks: iPad's Internal Metal Frame
www.ipad-repair.com
Photographs of the iPad’s Internal Frame have been widely circulated on the internet, but no one has really taken the time to closely examine these pictures…until now.
Follow the musings of our iPod and iPhone (and soon to be iPad) -fixing technicians as we pour over every photographic-inch of the internal frame that will allegedly be inside Apple’s iPad. We will give you our thoughts on iPad design and functionality at our new IPAD Repair website. This website will eventually contain everything related to this amazing new device, as well as photographs of the new iPad parts that surface between now and iPad Launch Day.
When you are done reading about our conclusions on the internal iPad frame, head back to this specific blog entry to post your comments.
Best regards,
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
http://twitter.com/milliamp
Tags: Apple, Blog Entry, Conclusions, Frame Photographs, Functionality, Internal Frame, Ipad, iphone, ipod, Launch Day, Metal Frame, Musings
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
You may have read in my last blog post that we are giving away one of our cool-ass gold backplates to one lucky worker at Milliamp LTD.
That generous offer to reward our hard-working employees, actually created a small bit of a controversey with some of our customers, and they demanded restitution .
Therefore, we partnered up once again with our friends at BuyMeAnIphone and offered to give away a free gold plastic iPhone 3G/S backplate to one lucky viewer. The rules to enter are very simple, and you can view the promotional iPhone Backplate giveaway offer here. Part of the deal is that you have to also sign up and follow Milliamp on Twitter – it’s easy to follow us on Twitter and you’ll gain great insight into our company and how we operate with nearly every tweet.
Win a New Gold iPhone Backplate from Milliamp
In addition to the gold backplate, we will cover inbound shipping (domestic U.S. contestants only, please) so that you can ship your iPhone 3G/S to us, the labor required to remove your old backplate and install the the gold one, and we finally will cover the shipping to return the repaired iPhone back to you (along with your original white or black backplate that by now no doubt has seen better days).
Shhhhh….We didn’t mention this to Omar, but we have an extra brand new portable iPhone Milli-Charger laying around over here that we will also send back to the winner IF they agree to post an un-biased review of their new gold iPhone backplate on YouTube!
Best of luck, now go sign up!
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
http://twitter.com/milliamp
Tags: 3G, Backplates, Best Of Luck, Better Days, Brand New, Buymeaniphone, Controversey, Free Gold, Insight, iphone, Lucky Viewer, Milliamp, New Gold, No Doubt, Promotional Giveaway, Restitution, shipping, Tweet, twitter
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
To show our appreciation for our hard-working iPod and iPhone and soon-to-be iPad Repair employees (and also to get them off my back), we are going to give away one of our shiny new gold iPhone backplates (and gold bezel) to one of our workers at our next weekly stand-up meeting on Monday!
Gold iPhone Back Cover Drawing
The winning worker will be able to get a new gold backplate, new gold bezel, and new internal backplate parts (e.g. camera mount, headphone jack ring, etc.) and all the labor needed to swap out their boring black or white iPhone back cover with this stunning new mount.
They will, however, have to allow us to take a few professional, in-house pictures of their most-gloriously-bedazzled iPhone so that we can share our work with the world!
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Until then, talk with you on Lunes.
Tags: Backplates, Bezel, Black White, Caption, Drawing, Free Gold, Gold Bezel, Headphone Jack, iphone, ipod, New Gold, Privileges, Stand Up
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
When you get bored of your old plain silver bezel, you know, the silver band that lines the screen on your iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, think about getting one of these babies:
Multi-Colored iPhone Bezel
We scooped the planet on GOLD iPhone backplates and bezels, now taste the rainbow!
Disclaimer: we do not recommend that you lick your bezel.
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Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Tags: 1492, 3G, 3gs, Babies, Backplates, Bezel, Gold, iphone, Lick, Plain Silver, Silver Band, Silver Bezel, Smiley Face
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Image Via www.apple.com
I’m sure by now the media has covered everything there is to know about Apples new iPad, but I wanted to make a list of key specifications that makes up this device.
CPU: This consists of Apples custom 1GHz processor made by Samsung.
Storage: The iPad will come in a 16, 32, and 64 gigabyte models.
Display: The iPad will have a 9.7 inch display screen with a resolution of 1024 by 786. It also has the finger print resistant (oleophobic) coating that is seen on the iPhone 3GS.
Wireless: It comes with the normal 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi (seen in most laptops and net books today). There is an option to get it in a 3g version which you can use with ATT (in the United States). Its going to be a micro sim card technology, which T-mobile is not going get. Also, it comes with Bluetooth 2.1
Ports: It has a regular headphone jack connector, and a 30 pin dock connector.
Other: It has a built in microphone and speaker for listening to music out loud and recording voice notes and other applications (Skype anyone?). The iPad claims to have 10 hour battery life, which is awesome, but we’ll see when it comes out.
Hardware: The iPad (to me) looks like a giant iPhone with the integration of a aluminum Macbook Pro.
OS: Its a version of iPhone OS that allows it to have other programs such as the iWork suite, and the online book store called iBooks.
What I’d like it to have: I’d like the iPad to have multitasking support. I want to be able to listen to Pandora radio while working an an email document, or browsing the web. When it comes to the web, I really want the iPad to support Flash. Apple calls this device the perfect browsing experience, but a big part of the web is Flash. I don’t know whats keeping this device from supporting flash, but its a real let down that this device doesn’t have flash. I was really hoping for some sort of Mac OS on this device, but then it would probably cost way more then the starting $500. The iPad should also have an option for more storage. If this is going to be a great device to watch movies on, you should have at least 128gb of storage to store them (and your music) on.
What did you want on the iPad? Did it exceed your expectations? Or are you wanting more? Either way, I believe this is going to be a very successful Apple device that will sell like crazy.
As a technician/quality control guy here at Milliamp, I am greatly looking forward to seeing this device and working on it. But lets hope people don’t start breaking these things right when they come out.
-Martin Salas
Tags: 11a, 1ghz Processor, Aluminum, Apple Ipad, Battery Life, Book Store, Card Technology, Finger Print, Headphone Jack, iphone, Laptops, Listening To Music, Mac Os, Micro Sim, Microphone, Pandora Radio, Recording Voice, Sim Card, T Mobile, Voice Notes
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
When we were contacted by a customer that asked if we could make the Home Button on his iPhone 3GS easier to press, we asked him to send it on in and we’d see what we could do. It took several tries back and forth before we got it right, but the outcome was more than worth it – the customer can now use his iPhone 3GS again, thanks to our crack staff of iPhone repairmen.
We did a press release about this in case you want the details.
This fellow has another iPhone that he is sending our way so we can repeat the procedure.
While this was one of the more challenging repairs we do, it was a refreshing break from the daily dose of iPod batteries, iPhone screens, and iPod nano glass that we repair. Being able to help customers when the have a problem is why we are in business, and success stories like being able to make the Home Button easier to press for this customer is very rewarding.
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Tags: Batteries, Button Press, Crack, Daily Dose, Fellow, Glass Repair, Home Button, iphone, ipod, press release, Repair Surgery, Screens, Special Needs, Success Stories
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
** UPDATE **
You can now pre-order these most awesome gold iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS backplates on our website!!!
** UPDATE **
When i showed this picture of some new iPhone 3G backplates that could be hitting shelves soon to a couple of employees, they each wanted one right away. This suggests others may want a new gold iPhone 3G backplate as well. While this backplate is not my type – too ghetto fabulous for this guy – i can see the appeal:
Go for the Gold
A few beta tests and perhaps these will start showing up on our site.
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Tags: 3G, Backplates, Beta Tests, Ghetto Fabulous, iphone, New Gold, Shelves
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
As I’m sure many of you are aware, the magnanimous Apple Computer Company is making an announcement of epic proportions tomorrow. King Jobs will address his minions at 10 A.M. pacific time (I’ve included a picture of the event’s invitation).
I wonder what will be unveiled???
Rumors are running rampant, and it seems like every single news source and blog is trying to predict exactly what Apple will be announcing, so is everyone here at Milliamp and it is kind of in our interest (you know, we make the best repairs to Apple’s most used product). Around the web it seems like most are predicting an announcement of the unicorn-eque Apple Tablet, iSlate, iPad, etc. etc. etc. If there’s one thing I’m excited about more than anything, it’s finally knowing the name of the thing! the rumors are getting ridiculous. Besides the tablet, some expected announcements include iPhone 4.0 OS, the end of AT&T iPhone exclusivity, a 4G iPhone with front facing camera, and the list goes on. I’ve gotten lost out there in the interweb trying to make sense of all these rumors, exciting leaks, and ridiculous postulations. So, I’ve resolved to let it lie until Wednesday, when the speculation will finally end, and just relax and not stress myself about it. I’ve been able to do this with the help of a few REALLY great records.
If you find yourself in the same position I found myself in last night, frantically searching the web for the most up to date information about Apple’s announcement and whether or not it will be webcast, blah blah blah… go get yourself an account at lala.com (oddly enough, now owned by Apple, ugh.), take a free listen through these three records, and let the Apple fanaticism wash away.
1. “Elysium” – The Velvet Teen
If you’re the melodramatic, chamber-pop loving type, give this one a listen. Singer Judah Nagler puts on a heart-wrenching performance throughout the entire album; from soaring, epic, string-laden crescendos to quiet introspective whispers, this record will surely take your mind off of the tablet madness. Check out “Penicillin (It Doesn’t Mean Much)” to start.
2. “He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corners Of Our Rooms” – Silver Mt. Zion
This album’s solemn, cinematic meandering can be likened to, as one of our tech’s said, “a really sad German World War II film.” I can’t say I agree, but you will most definitely be taken to another place, this record will melt you into whatever chair you happen to be occupying and prevent you from getting up until its conclusion. Really though, take a seat, put your head back and enjoy, you’ll thank me later.
3. “Tail, Swallower, and Dove” – These Arms Are Snakes
This selection is for those who need a bit more energy and attitude to get their mind off of the goings-on. Tail, Swallower… was by far one of my favorites from 2009, and sadly the final record from the recently split These Arms Are Snakes. Moving from groovy, off-kilter rockers like “Prince Squid” to entrancing, ethereal revelations like “Briggs,” Snakes will give you your money’s worth and MAKE you forget about what you were doing.
Take my advice, let the rumor hunt go! just sit back, take a listen, and bliss out until Wednesday. See you then fanatics.
Tags: 4g Iphone, Albu, Apple Computer, Apple Computer Company, Apple Tablet, Blah Blah, Chamber Pop, Epic Proportions, Exclusivity, Fanaticism, Interweb, iphone, Judah, Leaks, Milliamp, Minions, Nagler, News Source, Pacific Time, Searching The Web, Single News
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Sunday, January 24th, 2010
It takes a lot of effort to develop a great brand and reputation for your iPod repair business. Sometimes, it takes years. But we try to do lots of things to help get the milliamp.com name in front of people who suddenly need Apple iPod repairs and Apple iPhone repairs. We tweet, our pages show up when someone “bings” or “googles’ us, and we get a lot of referrals from the AT&T shops and Apple stores.
One other way we plan to help promote our business is to include a removable sticker or pad with our milliamp.com logo on the back of every iPod and iPhone we repair. The idea here is that people with iPods and iPhones know other people with iPods and iPhones, and we can use their assistance in getting our name out there.
We are still beta testing the designs and materials and sizes, but we have it narrowed down to either a vinyl sticker that can get removed easily and a small patch that magically adheres to the surface of an iPod or iPhone with a front face that is perfect for cleaning the smudges from the front of the device. I particularly like the latter since design since its’ functionality (cleaning the screen) should give it longer life and thus, help promote the brand for a longer period of time.
Little Sticker Could Make Big Impact
What other clever ways can we use to promote the milliamp.com brand name? Shoot me an email to owner@milliamp.com or give me a telephone call and let’s discuss!
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Tags: Amp, Apple Iphone, Apple Ipod, Apple Stores, Beta Testing, Bings, Brand Name, Branding, Email, Functionality, iphone, Iphones, Ipods, Logo, Period Of Time, Referrals, Repair Business, Reputation, Smudges, Vinyl Sticker
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
We have had lot of devices hit the doors here at milliamp.com, and our technicians have stood up to deal with the flood. Here are some of them hard at work, installing new screens in broken first, second, and third generation iPod touch (or is it touches? That just does not sound right…), soldering in new batteries covered for ten year in Apple’s iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G, and the first iPhone 2G, changing the glass out of 4th and 5th generation iPod nanos, as well as a myriad of other repairs on earlier generations of the iPod nano, 5th Generation iPod Video, iPod classic Sixth Generation, and even some of the more obscure models like the iPod mini.
Working Hard So You Don't Have To
In fact, our technicians have even been coming in after hours, oftentimes late into the night, to help us get caught up. On the flip side, we need an army of customer service representatives, shippers, and receivers to keep the devices flowing in and out of our shop.
P.S. And if anyone can explain why Ryan is wearing a green towel on his head, please fill me in. Enter the coupon code ‘greentowel’ during checkout on milliamp.com and receive 15 percent off your order total – this week only!!
Go milliamp!
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Tags: 3G, Apple, Army, Batteries, Checkout, Coupon Code, Customer Service Representatives, Doors, Flip Side, Flood, Generations, iphone, Ipod Mini, Ipod Nano, Myriad, Obscure Models, Receivers, Screens, Shippers, Sixth Generation, Third Generation
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Yong in the Milliamp House
We had the good fortune to have one of our iPod parts supplier Yong (but because it sounds so similar, we call him Mike) visit milliamp-Central last week. He spent three days in the Alamo City, and it was complete with tours, late-night brainstorming sessions, and the requisite dinner at Pappadeaux’s for a delicious Swamp Thing.
Heck, we even managed to work in a Spurs game, and got to watch Kobe Bryant head back West in shame.
Getting good, quality iPod parts and iPhone parts is an art, and it’s important to have your suppliers lined up. It is also important to be able to communicate with them and explain that we only want the best iPhone and iPod parts available. It is not every day that a supplier comes to visit us here in the United States – usually, we have to go there in order to get that point across.
It is nice to see suppliers coming here to meet with us so we can finally put a face with an email address. This openess can only bring good things: better parts, better prices, and even new supply chains that will dazzle the competition.
Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com
Tags: Alamo City, Game, Good Fortune, iphone, ipod, Kobe Bryant, Late Night, Openess, Pappadeaux, Sessions, Shame, Sounds, Spent Three, Spurs, Supply Chains, Swamp Thing, United States
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
I love photography. If time would allow (as well as my wallet and hard drive), I would take pictures ALL of the time for any particular moment that happened to strike my fancy! I am constantly thinking about how to create images to my liking without the overload of Photoshopping that many tend to retreat to if their photo doesn’t come out as “sweet” as they would have liked. Composition, exposure, shutter speed, ISO, etc: these are all words that get me pumped!
So, what’s a girl like me supposed to do doing the day when I don’t have my clunky dSLR handy? Well, I bust out my iPhone! It’s got pretty decent quality for being a 3G — I’m holding out for the next model after the 3G S — and it doesn’t require a whole lot of thinking. Open Camera, think about how you want to compose your image and tap! Now you’ve got a photo stored conveniently in your Photos for a look see after you snap another.
Maybe just point and tap isn’t your thing or isn’t interesting enough? I’ve got the gospel of all iPhone photography apps for this one: CameraBag. You can now take that picture of your niece on her 4th birthday and add filters to it to spice it up a few notches. Some cleverly (and eerily familiar) names include Helga, Lomo, Colorcross, Instant and even 1974!
Still not convinced that you can create insanely cool photos with your iPhone? DOWNLOAD this app and see for yourself!
Marian
Tags: 3G, app, apps, camera, Composition, Cool Photos, Decent Quality, Diy, girl, Hard Drive, Helga, holga, iphone, Iphone Download, Liking, Lomo, lomography, Marian, Niece, Notches, Orderby, photographer, Photography, Photos Download, Photoshopping, point and shoot, Shutter Speed, Tap, Wallet, Whole Lot
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