Catching Up

Wow, so its been a few months and I hope you are all doing well. So much has happened in such a short time, the Ipad wasn’t as much of a flop as much of the internet (myself included) thought, the Iphone 4g gets leaked by our friends over at gizmodo, an oil spill.

So I got to play with the Ipad for a few hours the other day and I have to say I am considering purchasing one. I messed around with it the day it came out and I thought it was cool, I have to say the product is growing on me as more apps become available. Ive been doing a bunch of work interacting with customers lately and I was sitting thinking “Man it would be great if I had an Ipad to take my notes with”. For those of you who don’t know me, my handwriting is atrocious. In fact it is so bad that it actually has been questioned if I was writing english text, or possibly hieroglyphics. So there I was Ipad in hand and I started messing with the Notepad program, and I have to say it wasn’t half bad. I could actually get used to it and I think it would increase my note takeing by atleast +5 (Chance to crit increased by 10).

Some of the other things I have been toying around with is some new 3d TV stuff and OMFG has anyone seen the new Samsung 55 inch 3D LED-LCD HDTV 1080P. Holy freakin crap.  The Picture on it is beyond sweet. Then again for the $6,299.98 Price tag that goes with it, it better be. I swear that thing is lighter than my Droid.

Speaking of Droid (Yes, here it comes Dan and Charlie), I’m so freaking ticked off that this thing right now I can’t even see straight. Since applying the new update there has been nothing but issues (but hey, we’ve got multitouch and a better picture gallery). From the slider to answer the phone’s image being SIDEWAYS (um, hello), to just overall decreased speed and reliability issues. I’m a little bit upset. I love the android platform, and everything Google touches is gold. However, there needs to be some new fixes from Google on some of this stuff. As difficult as it is for me to say, I am planning on getting the new Iphone 4G when it comes out next month (Yes, Steve Jobs….We Know.).  Android will always hold a special place in my heart, but that new Iphone is gonna be sick! (Check back in a few days for a write up on that new little toy).

-Zach “The Uber Geek” Morton

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Verizon finally embraces Skype

verizon embraces skype

Verizon embraces skype

Well, sooner or later they were going to have to do it. Verizon finally gave into that evil progress stuff and is now allowing access to skype via their blackberry, and android smartphones. Users can now use skype’s Instant message system as well as make skype to skype calls for free. Another great feature is being able to bypass verizon’s extremely high international calling rates, and use your skype out minutes. Skype actually accounted for 12% of all international calls made last year, its great to see that Verizon is finally seeing this is something they can no longer just ignore and hope it goes away.

A cool addition to this, and smart move on Verizon’s part is that it will not go over their 3G network. Instead it will be routed through as local voice traffic till it hits skype’s level 3 backbone. This will prevent Verizon’s 3G Network from becoming overwhelmed.

-Zach Morton
“The Uber Geek”

The HTC Desire

Being that HTC was the company that brought us the nexus one, it was only to be expected that they would pop out a whole slew of new Android Phones. At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HTC has announced several new Android mobile phones, and they are pretty cool. Of the phones, the HTC Desire is meant to compete directly with the Nexus one. It is an Android 2.1, and has a 1GHz CPU (Snapdragon), 576 MB of Ram, and a 5 MegaPixel Camera. Connectivity wise, the phone is carrying GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and runs 3G. It has a great looking 3.7 inch screen with 480×800 resolution, and Multitouch is supported (Thank god).
HTC Desire
2 things make this phone different than the Nexus One, Lack of trackball, and HTC’s Sense UI. Sense UI is HTC’s overlay for Android phones, that tweaks the User Interface, and has been reported as a “stability enhancer” on the Hero. Some folks who were able to try out the HTC Desire were a bit disappointed as to the speed of the device, saying they thought that it would be much faster. Still, in the realm of Androids, the HTC Desire is still one of the top phones out there.

-Zach Morton
“The Uber Geek”

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