Once you graduate college or high school and start moseying out into the real world, you start to notice: finding dates is hard. You are no longer surrounded by potential partners just your own age; you’re surrounded by, well, everybody. Including old pharts like yours truly. So how do you find a partner?… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
Many of the people I’ve turned onto Evernote find it invaluable. Others, however, underutilize the service and, as a result, don’t see what the big deal is. That’s where Evernote Essentials: The Definitive Getting Started Guide for Evernote by Brett Kelly comes in. As Brett explains:
The amount of information we want and need to keep track of today is, frankly, ridiculous. Not long ago, my desk was covered with piles of financial statements, medical records, automotive service receipts — and that didn’t even include everything dealing with my job. We all struggle to keep our information organized and accessible, but without the right tool for the job, it can seem impossible. Thankfully, a tool
As much as I “harshed” on Evernote last week after they released two ridiculous iPhone apps the service remains a key part of every aspect of my life. I’ve also turned countless people onto Evernote, and many find it invaluable as well. Others however, underutilize the service and, as a result, don’t see what the big deal is. That’s where Evernote Essentials: The Definitive Getting Started Guide for Evernote by Brett Kelly comes in. As Brett explains:
The amount of information we want and need to keep track of today is, frankly, ridiculous. Not long ago, my desk was covered with piles of financial statements, medical records, automotive service receipts — and that didn’t even
No matter what you may or may not have heard, BlackBerry is most assuredly not dead. And despite some really stupid stuff done by the RIM folks over the last couple of years–for more information, see the Gear Diary archives–I really like announcing new software (and hardware) for BlackBerry because, as we’ve point out here on GD many, may times, we think Competition is a Good Thing. Especially in the tech world.
So on that note, let me tell you that Twitter has been updated for BlackBerry, and is now available in the BlackBerry app world. I know, I know; it’s just an update. But if you’re anything like me–hey, you in the back… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
No, no, we’re not talking about the old Styx song from their weird concept album. Not this:
Roboto is a side-scrolling action game with deep 3D graphics that has already been released for the iPad and Android Tab, and is now available for the BlackBerry Playbook (Maybe our man Francis will get it!). It made a decent splash when it came out, and was the iTunes “Game of the Week” for the iPad back this summer. If you’ve been looking for a good side-scroller for your new Playbook, this is definitely something worth checking out. Available for an MSRP of $4.99 at the BlackBerry App World.
Full information below.
Follow Roboto, a quirky
I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of accounts in a lot of different places. Google; Yahoo; Facebook; Skype; I don’t know what-all, frankly. And many months ago I thought, “Yeesh; I sure would like it if all my IM accounts were in one place!”
And then ShapeServices asked me to review IM+, an app that allows you to access all your IM accounts in one place.
I’ll keep this short: I use IM+ all the time, both the iPhone and iPad app version, and online via their web interface. I find it an enormous help. Maggie, my 16 year-old daughter, also uses it regularly, so you can see that it’s… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
Okay, now I have to admit I’m a little PO’d.
A few weeks ago, a new game was released for iOS called Machinarium. I wouldn’t call myself a huge steampunk fan, but I am definitely enamored of steampunk-like stuff, and steampunky games. A lot of my enjoyment of Myst and Riven is the steampunk feel of the gadgetry, for example. (I wish they would port Bio Shock to iOS, but I digress.) So when this game was released, I was eager to try it.
Except, you know, you can only play it on the iPad 2 — not on the iPad 1! But hey, I figured if I just waited a bit, they would port it… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
No, that’s not a screen shot of Madden NFL 12 for the Blackberry, and I’ll tell you why: the screen shots from the Blackberry are just too durn small. Here, take a look:
But that shouldn’t stop you if you’re a football fanatic, or a gaming fanatic, or a Madden NFL fanatic. This is Madden NFL! You can have it on your Blackberry! If I didn’t already have you in the title of this post, I’m never going to get you, so I’m just going to encourage those of you with the interest to read the detailed information below, and surf and buy… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
Image courtesy of TheBlackberryFix.com
Now I am not a fan of voice-guided GPS navigation. We’ve had that in our Van since 2000, and while Sami just loves it–her sense of direction is atrocious–I find it distracting and irritating. So when first Garmin, and then various Smartphone apps became available, I was always in the minority wondering, “Yo, what’s the big deal?”
But the fact of the matter is that it is a big deal for a lot of people. I’m not selfish or self-absorbed enough to think that hey, just because I don’t like ‘em, no one needs ‘em. No! I’m broad-minded, baby! And now Blackberry, via their Blackberry BetaZone, is offering version 3.0… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
Have I mentioned lately that I really like it when stuff is FREE?
I’m sure I have; as Sami often points out, I have an unfortunate tendency to repeat myself. Which doesn’t make it any less of a pleasure to let you folks know when there’s something available for FREE. Like this here Blackberry messaging app, Chit Chat. I’ll let the makers tell it:
We have reduced the price of our instant messenger from $1.99 to free - that’s right, it’s completely free. Given this price change, I feel that you may be interested in featuring our product on your website.Why Use Chit Chat?
- Allows access to Facebook chat on your mobile world wide
RIM is . . . how shall we put this? . . . struggling of late. In many ways, they remind me of Palm, and Palm’s product arc over the years: huge, huge lead; inability to keep up with new innovations; massive scrambling to stay “relevant”. Will they make it? I don’t know; I’m not smart enough to say, but the signs sure don’t look good, especially when they keep committing unforced errors like their recent service outage.
But they’re in there swinging away. And as part of their efforts, they’re offering a bunch of apps for Doug’s Favorite Price–FREE!–until December 31 of this year. In addition, they’re also offering a month of free technical… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
I have had the opportunity to review each generation of Sound iD’s Bluetooth headsets. The first was a small but excellent device and with each generation the devices have gotten better and better. Now the company is back with their Sound iD SIX Series headset and it looks great.
Here’s what the company has to say about it:
Sound ID redefines the Bluetooth experience with the new SIX. Destined to be your go-to headset, the SIX boasts a sleek look and more than one new audio trick, resulting in a true marriage of outstanding sound, true comfort and advanced technology.
With innovative features such as VoiceMenu (which enhances traditional voice recognition) the Clear Carbon
If you have a BlackBerry, then you doubt suffered through RIM’s outages last week. They want to make it up to you, and in order to do so they are offering free apps — the first of which rolls out today. Over the next four weeks you’ll have other apps to choose from, and this is all in the hopes that it will bee enough to keep BB users happy and away from the iPhone 4s or the Samsung S II.
We wanted to provide you with an update on RIM’s offer of free premium BlackBerry apps to customers as an expression of appreciation following last week’s service disruption.
Starting today
Well, you knew that Flipboard wasn’t going to have the entire field to itself, right?
Software mavens/boffins/hackers the world over have struggled since the beginnings of the Web (as a commercial space, anyway) to figure out how to filter and deliver information to the average Joe or Jane (or Jean or Ivan or Sathish or whatever) on the street. Twitter, Facebook, thousands (millions?) of web “news” sites, aggregators . . . Good Lord, it can make you insane.
“Brief Me” is a new entrant in the field, a news and social media reader
Available both on iOS and Android (yay!). Check it out; after all, it’s available at Doug’s Favorite Price™ of Free… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
In case we haven’t mentioned it often enough, the folks here at GD are big believers in competition (in the tech world, anyway!). So while I am wedded to iOS, and others here are confirmed Android users, we have Linux folks and Windows folks and all kinds here.
Which is why I’m glad to see that, though RIM does seem to be running behind iOS and Android in the mobile market right now, they’re still in there swingin’. And in that vein comes the newest beta version of eBay 2.0 for BlackBerry. I’m personally not a big eBay user, but plenty of folks are and if one of those folks is you and you’re still addicted… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
