Well folks, I have made the decision to retire my BlackBerry and move back to my Sony Ericsson P900. The BlackBerry is a great device with so much power for messaging but at the same time, i have found a few flaws that the P900 makes up for. 1) On most of my mobile phones, I can send a SMS (Text) message to a list of people. The BlackBerry only allows e-mails to be sent to more than one person at a time. I send messages to 20+ friends at a time. 2) BlackBerry is for messaging and gives you instant e-mail. This is great but, when your BlackBerry’s address is getting spammed, that doesn’t help and all that SPAM wakes me up at night. 3) I never thought I would say this but, the lack of a camera and MMS (Picture) messaging. There have been several times in teh last few weeks where I have actually needed/wanted to use these options.
The BlackBerry is a great phone/device but, it isn’t the true PDA/Phone that I needed right now. Who knows, I may return to it in a few months but for now, I’m back to my Sony Ericsson P900.
Published on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 .
So today I work late and decided to take my morning and get a few things done. Mainly, I needed to go to the Apple Store at Millenia and have them look at my PowerBook keyboard. I came home from work the other night and my eject key was sticking up. Not a problem, take it in the the Genius Bar and it is fixed in no time, just a few hour wait. Oh well. So while I am waiting, I am looking at headphones for my iPod. I still have my original ear-buds that came with the iPod and am looking at replacing them. Well, I found the perfect ones. I had not seen them before but, Apple now has the Plantronics MX100s headphones. What is so nice about these? Simple, it has TWO jacks on the end. One to plug in to your iPod and another to plug in to your mobile phone. Why is this good? I always have both my iPod and my mobile on me at all times (or most of the time) and the ability to share a single set of headphones for both just rocks. When a call comes in, you hit a button and the headset switches from music to mobile. I think these are going to be just what I need. Well, off to work.
Published on Monday, March 07, 2005 .
So I was sort of upset when I first heard that Windows PCs and then the brand new 2005 PowerBooks could use their trackpads for scrolling on pages. I mean, when I am at home, it isn’t much of an issue since I use an external mouse but, when I am on the road, I miss not having the scroll wheel option. Well, that has now changed. Daniel Becker has created iScroll2 that enables the option on most of the Pre-2005 PowerBook and iBook Models. Daniel, you have now rocked my computing world. So if you have a PowerBook or iBook that is pre-2005, go download your copy so you can scroll with your fingers.
Published on Monday, March 07, 2005 .
I finally found it! I have been looking for this small, little, adapter since I moved from Chatham to my new place. The below piece of technology comes with all PowerBooks and simply converts the S-Video jack to a Composite Video connection so you can attach the PowerBook to any Television, Projector, Etc. You can’t get a replacement one either from Apple. Closest thing is to beg Radio Shack to see if they can get you one. I am so glad I fianlly found it!
Apple S-Video-to-Composite Video Adapter
Published on Sunday, February 20, 2005 .
So my dad decided to upgrade from his 12″ iBook that he has had for a few years now to a new 20″ iMac. This is w hat he had to say about the new technology Apple has installed for those upgrading computers.
[I] plugged in my iBook and started it s a target drive as the on screen directions said and in about an hour my iBook data was transfered over. The iMac was the same as my iBook and transfered everything over. No reloading of software. You can’t get easier that that. Apple is the greatest. Plugged in my IP address and e-mail info and that was it. Selected the Netgear config for the airport card the wireless was going. The size of this screen is unbelievable, it will take a bit go get use to after being on a 10″ screen. Don’t need to be very close. Sitting here the screen fill my whole peripheral vision. This is so cool.
I love my PowerBook and would never give it up. Way to go Apple!
