Archive for 'Review'
The 2009 Revolution
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Rob.
2009 has been a truly amazing year in tech. It’s almost been overwhelming with all the product releases. This year we saw all the following release:
OS X Snow Leopard
Windows 7
iPhone 3GS
Droid
Bing
BlackBerry OS 5 (plus Tour, Curve, Bold 2, Storm 2)
27″ iMacs (sort of, they’re not working well)
Netbook saturation
Chrome OS
and much more!
I don’t think a lot [...]
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Jailbreak FTW
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Rob.
Due to RIM’s haphazard Mac support and lagging dev tools, I have made the switch to iPhone. I’m still a big fan of BlackBerries, but am quickly finding my stride with the iPhone life. The symbiotic usage with the Mac is beautiful.
Since I can’t leave any device I own alone, I was immediately [...]
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BlackBerry Tour 9630
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Rob.
It’s been almost a year since I made the switch to BlackBerry. I’ve used just about every major smartphone on the market at one point or another and always found them lacking somehow. Within a few days of use I fell in love with the BlackBerry platform and have been hooked ever since. I’ve owned [...]
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Twitter, What’s The Point?
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by Rob.
I’ve been using Twitter now for over a year. I’m often asked by friends and colleges, “What’s the point?”. Twitter is definitely a new breed of web service and is easily misunderstood by new users. I was one of those who scoffed at this seemingly inane service when it first launched. It appeared to me [...]
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Slacker Versus Pandora
Posted on 04. Jun, 2009 by Rob.
I’ve been asked quite a few times why I prefer Pandora Radio over Slacker Radio. I’ve had a hard time explaining what it is about Pandora’s music choices I liked more. I received an email from someone from Slacker Radio asking if I would do a direct comparison of the two services and point out [...]
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Pandora
Posted on 30. May, 2009 by Rob.
Long gone are my days of mix-tapes and road trips. I will forever have a special place in my heart when it comes to the mighty cassette tape and all the fantastic blends of road music I created over the years. I used to have a massive appetite for new music. Many bands were discovered [...]
