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 impressions, here’s what Apple [...]
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 try [...]
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 [...]
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, the to-do [...]
I have watch envy. I mentioned a few weeks ago that my buddy was entering the market for a fancy watch. He’s already pulled the trigger. Although I was recommending an IWC Portuguese (below), he’s opted for the modern, refined Jaeger LeCoultre Master Hometime, in stainless steel with a brown leather strap. I’ll leave it [...]
My buddy, who turns 40 tomorrow, has decided that he now needs a fancy watch. I approve. He has a colleague-horologist in London who is going to help him select an appropriate timepiece. For the record, I’ve been obsessed with the Blancpain Aqua Lung ever since my brother pointed it out to me. A great [...]
Did I write too soon? To my list of Jawbone drawbacks, add questionable durability and unresponsive customer support. Having had difficulties with the fit of the Jawbone, I foolishly dispensed with the ear loop; the Jawbone remained attached to my ear only through the snugness of the ear bud in my ear canal. Alas, while [...]
Apparently, I am on a geek gadget spending spree. Enter Research in Motion’s Blackberry 8100c Pearl. The Pearl has been reviewed by others ad nauseam, so I will provide only brief (for me) impressions here. The size and form factor finally bring a Blackberry device on par with other mobile phones. The marketing collateral refers [...]
I am a “snooty pen guy,” which means I irrationally experience joy in owning, using and being seen with fancy pens. I won’t try to explain this, because “irrational” necessarily means without reason. Well over a year ago, I lost the Montblanc Meisterstück rollerball (black enamel with platinum accents) pen I’d had for years. I [...]
Headset nirvana. The best, period. It’s pricey, but you get what you pay for. Go out and buy it today. When it comes to technology gadgets, I’m highly susceptible to the power of suggestion. Having heard about the Jawbone on and off for the past year and then recently hearing a friend rave about his, [...]
