Listening to podcasts is a great way for staying informed with current news, interests and trends. I have found that listening to podcasts has made otherwise mundane tasks such as long commutes, yard-work and exercise, bearable and sometimes even enjoyable. There are several podcasts that I listen to on a weekly basis, and others that [...]
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Tag Archive: iPhone
Why I want an iPad
The Moses* Tablet Has Arrived
Today Steve Jobs finally announced what the world has been waiting over 2000 years for. Apple is making a tablet that is more important than the one that delivered the world the Ten Commandments. According to Jobs it is not a netbook, it is BETTER. Apple is positioning the iPad in [...]
How Newsgator forced me to use Google Reader
Earlier this week I received an email from Newgator.com informing me that they were discontinuing support for consumers. Newsgator indicated in an email that by popular demand, their RSS applications would now sync with Google Reader, and that Google Reader would become the online companion and synchronization platform of their RSS reader applications.
For a long period now, I have resisted the change to Google Reader (despite the market share that Google had racked up). When I had tried the product in the past, I was not satisfied with the options available to me. The biggest problem had been the lack of ability to synchronize my feeds with a mobile application. Therefore, the announcement from Newsgator came to my mind as both a blessing and a curse.
Although Newsgator has not yet released the new version of the iPhone NetNewsWire application that will synchronize with Google, I decided to bite the bullet and to import all of my RSS subscriptions into Google immediately after reading the announcement. I decided I would begin to use the Google product and get used to its features so that I would be able to determine if I would need to find a new RSS reader application for the iPhone.
How the Apple iPod Touch Can Dominate the Mobile World
Currently the iPod touch is missing three features from a hardware standpoint that would allow it to dominate every mobile category. The first and most important is a 3G modem. The second is a GPS receiver, and the third is a camera that can take at least 3.2 megapixel pictures and record video.
The addition of these three new features would allow the iPod touch to dominate several different categories of mobile devices.