Without any intention of picking up the latest in consumer gadgetry, I found myself in the Apple Store in Palo Alto yesterday — hey, it’s across the street from where I get my hair cut. I took a look at a display model; I saw the large, luminous display and the familiar multi-touch UI; and [...]
Archive of posts tagged boys’ toys
Amazon Finally (Implicitly) Acknowledges Kindle Cover Product Design Defect
I’ve been very happy with my Amazon Kindle DX since I first received it in June 2009. I love books and reading but was unhappy with the clutter of three double-stacked bookshelves and stacks of books everywhere in my apartment. So space savings was the purchase trigger for an electronic reader for me. And in [...]
Core77’s 3rd Annual Ultimate Gift Guide
Core 77 released its 3rd Annual Ultimate Gift Guide (77 Design Gifts Under $77) this week. I can’t quite put my finger on why I love this stuff, but I do. Perhaps it’s the gadget freak in me.
I’m tempted by the notion of assembling a silk-screening kit (make my own designer t-shirts instead of paying [...]
iPhone 2.2 Software Update Fixed My Exchange Integration
I just upgraded this morning to the new iPhone 2.2 software.
For those following my iPhone trials and tribulations, you know that 2.1 broke my Microsoft Exchange integration of calendar and contacts — neither would sync with 2.1, and 2-3 trips to Genius Bars and multiple calls to Apple support didn’t help. I still plan to [...]
iPhone Relief Part I: Battery Life
I know I’ve been complaining a lot about my iPhone. Apple products are supposed to just work — that’s their brand — and this one just hasn’t, at least not for me. But I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel of technology torture, and just about everything’s working now, if not the [...]
Product Reviews: Which Bluetooth Headset Should You Get?
A good friend of mine just asked me which Bluetooth headset she should get. I’ve done a fair amount of research here, bought a few too many devices myself and actually had planned to post reviews of the BlueAnt Z9 and the Plantronics Discovery 925. I’m going to skip those reviews and instead [...]
Product Review: iPhone 3G Second Impressions
I’ve been the proud, delighted owner of my 16MB white iPhone 3G for a week now. I love it. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have its drawbacks. And I find that many of my complaints are around the absence of functionality I had on my BlackBerry Pearl. Following my first [...]
Product Reviews: My Favorite Third-Party iPhone 3G Applications
Here’s what I’m loving so far:
Evernote — This is a pre-existing capture-organize-search application new to me. Take notes, photos, voice notes. Among the many potential uses, I’m taking photos of random scraps of paper I’ve had lying around, tagging them for Evernote and then tossing ‘em. Love it.
WritingPad — You’ve got to [...]
Product Review: iPhone 3G First Impressions
After 6 hours spent at 6 different retail locations over 3 days from Southern to Northern California, I finally have my iPhone 3G!
I switched from my BlackBerry Pearl once Apple removed my primary barrier to adoption — lack of push email and calendar — and I am overlooking the challenging keyboard and lack of [...]
Should I switch to the iPhone?
I’m thinking about it. Thinking about it hard. And I don’t know that I’ll have the strength to resist my consumer impulse.
I’ve loved my BlackBerry Pearl and its predecessors over the past few years. I love the synchronization with my work Outlook; I use email and text messaging constantly, the phone, notes, [...]
