Plus 3 Minus 3

Amazon Kindle

2008-07-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

+ 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

2008-07-24T09:52:00.001-07:00

+ 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.

iphone 3G

2008-07-22T09:13:00.001-07:00

+ 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.

Wii Fit - Gotta Watch !

2007-07-11T18:38:00.000-07:00

+ 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 ?

iphone day7

2007-07-10T20:42:00.000-07:00

+ 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

iphone day6

2007-07-09T20:08:00.000-07:00

+ 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.

iphone day5

2007-07-08T20:31:00.000-07:00

+ 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

2007-07-08T20:27:00.000-07:00

+ 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.

iPhone Day3

2007-07-07T16:59:00.000-07:00

+ Battery is lasting quiet well.

+ Love the SMS app / interface.

+ ordered Pizza via google maps.

- Digg.com crashes safari.

- still see some ipod audio crashing while surfing the net.

- Cannot use the old ipod accesories ( bummer).

LiveEarth

2007-07-07T10:38:00.000-07:00

+ Al Gore Rocks !!!

+ Excellent way to raise awareness on Global Warming

+ Shakira, Phil Collins, John Mayer, KT Tunstall, Mellissa Etheridge, Akon, Madonna and many more ..

- Hard to keep up with all the global concerts.

- Wish they gave non celebrities who are taking steps to change the environment a better plug.

- Hope the bands aare carbon offsetting their travel.

iPhone Day2

2007-07-06T22:38:00.000-07:00

+ Photos look brilliant.
+ The 2 finger zoom and unzoom.
+ The Mail Delete animation with the dustbin opening and closing. ( don't ou just love apple for the small details )

- Could not charge with ipod usb cable
- The recessed headphone socket does not allow standard headphones to work.
- What happened to Cut and Paste

iPhone Day 1

2007-07-06T21:51:00.000-07:00

+ Surfing the net via Safari is sweet.
+ Seamless switiching to wifi
+ Google Maps with Traffic Display

- The audio crashed on me while surfing on EDGE
- Slippery - had a buddy drop it.
- Keeps poping up iphoto when I try to sync.

The iPhone

2007-07-06T21:46:00.000-07:00

+ Looks & Feels like a million bucks
+ Scrolls like butter
+ Just One Button

- Expensive
- Keeps getting sold out at the local Apple Store
- "EDGE" eventhough att has boosted the network.

Welcome to P3M3

2007-07-06T21:42:00.000-07:00

Wat is P3M3 ? As a Project manager I constantly evaluate projects and people using a Plus 3 Minus 3 approach. I decided to extend idea to other things in life ... So was born the P3M3 blog on a bus ride back home from the Big Apple.