Archive for June, 2009
iPhone 3GS Upgrade Price Depends on How Profitable You Are
There’s been a lot of discussion about the pricing of the new iPhone 3GS for existing iPhone 3G customers. A lot of iPhone 3G customers, including Warner Crocker, aren’t too happy that they’ll have to pay $499 if they want to upgrade early. I can understand why AT&T doesn’t want to subsidize an iPhone 3GS [...]
New MacBook Pro Battery Life Better Than Advertised
Apple’s new 15″ MacBook Pro has an advertised battery life of seven hours, but AnandTech was able to get over eight hours out of the new $1,699 MacBook Pro.
Goodbye Analog TV…How to Get More Out of Your TV in a Digital World
Analog TV is history today, with transmissions going dead across the country. Here’s some easy ways to get more out of your TV, without paying giving cable and satellite companies more of your hard-earned cash.
Palm Pre Review (videos)
With all the buzz leading up to the Palm Pre launch, you would think that the Pre would kill off all other smartphones. The other phones are still alive I am happy to report for the sake of my trusty BlackBerry Bold. The Pre officially launched and I finally got the chance to get my hands on it. It didn’t disappoint as it has some key distinguishing features like a GUI optimized for real multitasking.
New MacBook Pro Unboxed
OUr friends over at Slashgear got their hands on the MacBook Pros that were announced yesterday. Vincent Ngyuen posted quick unboxing videos of the 15″ and 13″ MacBOok Pros.
Review: MacSpeech Dictate 1.5
MacSpeech Dictate is a voice-recognition application for OSx users. I just unboxed a copy of MacSpeech and wrote this review by talking to my MacBook Pro.
3 Reasons the iPhone 3Gs is Not For You
It doesn’t take much more than a stroll around the web to see what everyone and their mother is talking about. Apple unveiled its rumored and highly anticipated iPhone 3Gs yesterday at the WWDC keynote presentation. Besides a number of significant hardware and software upgrades, they also decided to drop the price of their 8GB 3G (notice, no “s”) model to a mere $99 with the hope that even the dude in charge of the fries at the local burger joint will be sending SMS messages to his girlfriend in between orders. If you are the previously mentioned “Fry Guy” I felt it might be important to share a few reasons why the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3Gs devices might not be for you.
ZipCar iPhone App Makes Renting Cars by the Hour Even Cooler
I signed up for ZipCar yesterday at a street fair in San Francisco. The car sharing service makes it easy to rent cars by the hour on the cheap and there are several ZipCar vehicles garaged within walking distance of me. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that a ZipCar iPhone application will be available [...]
Apple WWDC Keynote Video
Apple’s publishd the entire WWDC Keynote from earlier today. Visit Apple.com to view to watch the presentation. The presentation covers the new iPhone 3G S, the new MacBook Pros and Snow Leopard, the next iteration of OSX. The presentation is quite long, but well worth it for those who want to see all of the [...]
Apple iPhone 3G vs. iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre vs. HTC G1
Apple once again has taken the blogosphere by storm with their latest iteration of the iPhone and its software. The Palm Pre was released just this Saturday and the blogs were ablaze with chatter (until today) with all things Pre. Earlier this month, Google’s Android development team released the much anticipated cupcake update (Firmware 1.5). With all the news coming at breakneck speed, it’s difficult to stay abreast of all the developments and all the details. Below is an attempt to highlight the hardware differences between four devices, the iPhone 3G, the new iPhone 3GS, the Palm Pre, and the HTC G1 in a concise table. As you can see, the hardware is very closely matched.
