Comcast Blast 16Mbps Service – Internet Speed Test

So I just upgraded to the Comcast Blast 16Mbps service for my internet from the 6Mbps plan that I had. So to really make sure that they really did bump me up to the 16Mbps, I ran a little test…low and behold…I was really flying!

Comcast is offering this upgrade to all HSI customers free for 6 months right now. After that it will be $15.00 more to keep this option. If you download a lot or are into online gaming like me, this upgrade is definitely worth it!

iPhone vs. Microtech Knife

Guy takes a sharp Microtech knife and draws circles with it on his iPhone screen. Surprisingly, no scratches appear on the iPhone’s screen:

How Tough/Durable is the iPhone?

After watching the video of the guy dropping his newly purchased iPhone on the concrete pavement, I decided to do some research on the internet and see how people’s iPhones were holding up 5 days into its release. Interesting enough, the guys over at PC World had already been experimenting with the durability of their iPhone and here are their results:

PC World manhandles the new Apple phone to see how much abuse it can take.
Eric Butterfield, PC World

It would be a shame–after waiting hours in line and spending $500 to $600 on an iPhone–to lose it to a minor mishap. To see how well Apple’s phone can stand up to abuse, we stressed it with increasingly rigorous scratch and drop tests, which we informally conducted in the PC World kitchen, hallway, and back alley.

To see how it did, check out the video here: http://www.pcworld.com/video/id,545-page,1-bid,0/video.html.

Scratch Tests

First, to simulate how it will hold up when parked in a pocket or purse alongside house keys and car keys, we stuffed the iPhone into a plastic bag containing several key chains. We then gave the bag a few good shakes to see if the activity would scratch the iPhone’s screen. It didn’t.

Then we rubbed keys against the screen with a fair amount of force, to see what might happen if the phone and keys were in your jeans pocket and you leaned against a counter. When the iPhone emerged with its screen just as pristine as when it went in, we tried to gouge the screen with one of the keys. We were very impressed that even this deliberate attempt to scratch the screen completely failed.

Drop Tests

Next, we conducted three drop tests, increasing their severity in each round. In each instance we conducted the test several times.

First, we released it from waist height onto a carpeted floor. Then we let it fall from chest height onto a hard linoleum floor. Lastly, we let it slip from our fingers and bounce onto a concrete sidewalk from head height–as if we had been talking on the phone.

The iPhone not only continued to work after each drop test, impressively it still looked good, too. The only obvious damage it suffered was a few gouges along its metal edge from the drops onto concrete. But its glass screen came through without a scratch, despite our best efforts to mar it in repeated tests of both types.

PC World’s conclusion: There’s no need to coddle this sexy little device.”

Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133636-pg,1/article.html

Guy Drops Newly Purchased iPhone on to the Concrete Right Outside of the Store

Here’s a video of a guy who got a bit excited in showing off his newly purchased iPhone on cam and drops it right out of the box on to the concrete pavement. OUCH! Poor new iPhone!