Thursday, July 24, 2008

Amazon Kindle


+ The e-ink screen is great to read.
+ Book Downloads are fast. Even the free ones
+ Battery life with wireless turned off is fantastic. Got me 8 days of light reading.





- Can only browse RSS feeds or mobile sites.
- Books cannot be shared.
- No direct support for PDF's

iPhone Apps


+ Super MonkeyBall - The grapics and gameplay are awesome.
+ Twinkle - An excellent Twitter client
+ AP Mobile News - Quick and fast



- Jott - could not transcribe my voice notes
- Epocrates Rx - cannot signup via the app so its still in my unused pile.
- iMaze - performed very poorly with the accelerometer.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

iphone 3G


+ 3G speeds. It is about twice as fast as Edge
+ GPS location tracking is more accurate
+ Nice Sound





- Frequent App crashes
- Cellular reception is worse that the older model.
- Requires a 3 hour wait if you can find a store that has it.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Wii Fit - Gotta Watch !



+ Will motivate make me excercise.
+ Will sell like Hot Cakes
+ Another game the kids will enjoy beating me at.
- My kids will make make fun of me when they see me on it.
- Will have to move the furniture around to accomodate it :)
- More injuries for the over 34 set ?

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

iphone day7


+ Mojits

+ SMS app is sweet . I find myself texting a lot more. Wish I could keep count of how many texts I have sent.
+ Rumors of an update .. ichat ?
- The battery runs out everyday based on my usage patterns
- iphone "nano" ?
- camera is 

Monday, July 9, 2007

iphone day6


+ Surfing on EDGE on the NJ Turnpike was good on the commute.
+ Watching "Sicko" was a treat.
+ My kids 3 & 7 needed no instructions to use it. The love to watch music videos.




- Having thoughts of returning the phone ( Would a macbook serve me better).
- Cannot dump ye old blackberry.
- Makes me look like a cowboy with a blackberry and iphone on each holster.

Sunday, July 8, 2007

iphone day5

+ Used Moviesapp to go watch Ratatouille.

+ The Mute switch was handy at the movies.
+ Photos look brilliant.






- My usage has been running the battery down.
- Cannot hear the ringer ( am I getting old ??)
- Could not use my tape accessory to here songs in the car.

iPhone Day4


+ Movies look great on the bigger screen.

+ Audio sounds better than my 5 Gen ipod ( is it the new headphones ).
+ Syncs well with my .Mac email account. 




- Have to charge it everyday ( my ipod lasted me atleast 2 days ).
- Where are the games to take advantage of the beautiful screen and resolution.
-  Scrolling web pages sometimes causes links to start loading.