Dedicated readers like Kindle or Sony Book will never become ‘big’… They are missing two key features: COLOR and versatility. Why do you need color? This was the same question asked when computer monitors only came in monochrome. This was the same question asked when printers only printed black & white. The answer is the same: HUMANS LIKE COLOR. I’ll stick with my iPhone, arguably the best gadget ever designed. I get a small, yet readable size, COLOR (dark red on parchment is EASY on the eyes), I can read in the dark (it IS very helpful such as on dimly lit subways), AND I can get books from almost anywhere such as eReader.com. Of course, the iPhone is also a phone, browser, media player, scheduling center, entertainment center, database, etc. etc. etc.
tim Entertainment, Life, Music, Photography, Productivity, Tech, WEB, iPhone
One of the first orders of business for my new iPhone was to protect the case and screen from scratches. Zagg has two products for the iPhone; a screen shield and a full body ‘armor’ both using a specially formulated film that resists scratching and rub marks. The fully body armor includes the screen shield. I purchased both kits and attempted installing just the screen shield first. The process uses a special spray on fluid and a squeege. The fluid allows you to adjust the film until it is precisely positioned. Unfortunately, I did not use enough fluid, although the instructions state ‘lightly spray’, and the screen stuck in several places and getting it unstuck resulted in ruining the film. So if you decide to use this product, spray HEAVY not lightly. I contacted Zagg about getting another screen film, but they never responded. Only ONE film is included in the kits so the money paid for this kit was wasted. I then took the full body armor kit and, learning my mistake from the first kit, used a lot of fluid to position the screen film. This worked quite well and I was able to very accurately position the film. Using the same technique with the fluid, I positioned the body armor film and squeeged it down. Getting the corners to stick was another matter, but a quick look into Zagg tech support revealed that letting the fluid semi-dry first then press the corners on would work, and it did. My iPhone is now covered in the new Zagg shield. One of the side benefits of the body film is the ‘grippiness’… the iPhone is much less slippery and I feel more confident in holding it.
In summary: use lots of fluid for this product and view the install videos on line at Zagg.com… they were a great help. I’ll report again on this product in several weeks to tell how this product performed.
tim Productivity, Tech, iPhone Zagg shield
I finally took the big ‘dive’ and upgraded my old Motorola Razr to an iPhone 3G. This was a big move/decision for me because I have great expectations from this device to replace several other devices I’m carrying around (namely: Palm T|X, older iPod, Motorola Razr, camera, and an Air Card). In addition, I was hoping to also replace my alarm clock, and, in some instances, my laptop.
Having used it for a few weeks now, I can say that it has been able to replace all of those devices and more. There has been some issues which I’ll outline, but the experience has been very, very rewarding. I have to give credit to Apple… this one device is, perhaps, the best designed gadget I have ever worked with.
Over the next several months, I’ll be posting my experiences with this device and with AT&T service which is exclusively tied to it. I won’t explore the jail-break side of the iPhone since most people will not jail-break their phone and void their warrenties.
tim Productivity, iPhone
I have to laugh at all of the people who ‘camp’ in one OS or the other…they really don’t understand OSes at all!! ALL of them have problems…ALL of them have advantages… ALL of them have disadvantages… ALL ofthem have quirks. I’ve used them all… Windows from version 2 to Vista Ultimate, Unix System V, Linux (any distro you can name), Mainframe Oses, Mac, proprietary mini-computer OSes like Motorola’s Unix-like OS9 and IV Phase’s Data 4 and Vision… no one is ‘better’ or ‘more secure’ than another… If you understand OSes you can get into them easily and you can take advantage of what they have to offer…
The boot process on a PC has nothing to do with the OS: it’s a process that STARTS the OS, was defined in the early ’70s and has never changed. If your looking for total control over this process look into Bootit NG from Terabyte Unlimited… Iv’e tried all of the boot managers and this one gives the best control and invades the target OSes the least. … I’m still laughing….
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I have been using Jimi Wallets for a few years now, and I can’t live without them! They are slim, efficient, and versatile… The only drawback (or advantage) to them is you can’t overload them. They hold about 4 or 5 credit/ID cards and a few bills. I find that if you fold the bills in thirds rather than quarters you can fit more in. If you do overstuff the wallet consistantly for a long period of time the plastic hinge will warp… other than that it is as near a perfect wallet as was ever created! Go get one! You will never go back.
admin Life, Productivity
Version 7 of the most comprehensive virus and internet security package is out.
KasperSky features HOURLY updates and is highly configurable.
admin Tech, Utilities
This is a great idea… we need more of this type of support for our environment…
A downloadable utility will give you easy access to your PCs’ power saving modes and also calculate the approximate power consumtion and savings for your PC.
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Genie-Soft has released a major update to their backup products. Version 8 sports many enhancements and improvements over their already outstanding product. See previous Blog Entry.
Quoted from http://www.genie-soft.com/products/gbm/whats_new.html:
Genie-Soft Backup Solutions - Products - Genie Backup Manager Home 8.0
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GBM can recover your system from malicious spyware, virus attacks, system failure, or deletion with the enhanced PE technology that also supports Vista and you can perform your Disaster Recovery backups online
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Free Open File Backup Option |
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GBM currently added Microsoft’s latest Volume Shadow-Copy Service (VSS) framework, to permit consistent backup of open files without the need for additional applications or plug-ins.
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Enhanced Online Backup Integration |
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Now it is easier to view, manage and delete your online backup storage. Added Bandwidth Throttling to control how much GBM takes from internet connection. Also improved connectivity that auto resumes when connection returns.
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Now it is easier to protect and rotate backups with the intuitive easy to use scheduling interface that is integrated in the backup wizard with two modes; Basic Schedule and Advanced Schedule
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Now with the new Iomega REV support, users can automatically erase, enable/disable write and password protection before and after backup. Disaster recovery bootable disc and jobs can also be made on REV devices
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Now more organized with clear options making GBM’s interface better than ever |
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Added support of Date and file size filtering and newly added in scripting |
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You can control backup speed before or during backup and enable/disable power options or change them during backup.
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You can pause currently pause backups and postpone scheduled backups to start later via snoozing
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The new zip engine is more resource friendly making backups faster and with better compressing capabilities |
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GBM now detects when backup destination is accessible and also reports disconnected network drives being backed up
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eBay to go now includes widgets for displaying by sellers and stores in addition to the previous single item, multiple item, and search.
Hooray! Check out the new widget in My eBay Auctions page…
SINGLE ITEM
MULTIPLE ITEMS
SEARCH
SELLER
STORE
tim Application, Productivity, Tech, WEB
I have been searching high and low for a good wallpaper switcher that would link up to my Phanfare photo website. I found this great little switcher that not only supports Phanfare, but also local, Flickr, and Yahoo pictures as well! AND it supports multi-monitors!
John’s Background Switcher
I’m in heaven….
Quoted from http://www.johnsadventures.com/backend/BackgroundSwitcher/index.html:
John’s Adventures: John’s Background Switcher
John’s Background Switcher
Overview
New! John’s Background Switcher 3.1 has been released!
John’s Background Switcher periodically changes the background image on your computer (like every hour or every day). You can specify which pictures to choose from in any of the following ways:
- You can select a list of specific pictures on your computer.
- You can point it at a selection of folders on your computer, such as ‘My Pictures’ and it will select random pictures from there.
- You can use Flickr (almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world) - you can select pictures by person, tags, sets or just plain random and there are a host of options to narrow down the pictures and increase the quality of those chosen. You never know what you’re going to get next!
- You can select photos from your Phanfare web albums.
- You can search photos using Yahoo! image search.
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