Wikileaks facility photo courtesy of tecca As anyone who is a regular reader Gear Diary knows, we tend to be a rather eclectic group here on Gear Diary. We live in a wide range of geographical locals, we do a wide range of jobs, and we use an ecclectic collection of gear. That often leads [...]
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How ‘Just a Big iPod’ Changed Our Computing Lives!
For the second time in two days I was giving a technical talk: one at night in a public setting, the other to a project team at work. In both cases I needed to note some questions, discussions, take contact info and jot down some ‘to do’ tasks and follow ups. It was only when [...]
Gear Chat: Rotation LockGate. Seriously??
The other morning I read a post by Warner Crocker about his being upset over the change in the iPad’s screen rotation control between the original version of iOS on the device and the new version 4.2.1. Warner referred to it as a “boneheaded move”, and he went on to write this: Where Apple got [...]
Android, App Stores, and Fragmentation: A Gear Diary GearChat
Joel Mclaughlin Carriers, Manufacturers and Amazon are Fracturing the Android Ecosystem!!! Yes, I said it. And I meant it. Carriers, Manufacturers and Amazon ARE fracturing the Android ecosystem. Ultimately they will be the ones who will be blamed for fragmenting an open operating system and an open App Market, making the Android Operating System (OS) [...]
Gear Chat #17 Is Live…
On Gear Chat #17 Larry and Dan talk new iPods, iPad apps and more. Dan sent his iPod nano back and explains why… Larry finds that the iPod touch has the worst single feature of ANY Apple product and offers details. That and much more on the 17th episode of Gear Chat. Intro Music- Lean [...]
Gear Chat #16- New iPods Coming… New Gear Chat Already Here…
Larry and Dan serve up Gear Chat 16… In this podcast we talk about Apple’s September 1 announcement hits and misses, the new Kindle, iPhone and iPad apps and a new iPhone case company that understands good customer service… Powered by Podbean.com Intro Music- Lean On Me- Sounds From the Ground Solarstone’s Chill Out Remix…
Larry and Dan Serve Up Gear Chat #15
In Gear Chat #15 Larry and Dan talk about their experience with the Magic Trackpad (one kept it, one sent it back), chat about the current Apple hardware rumors and more… Elements app for Dropbox ($4.99) Get it HERE. Fastever ($1.99) Get it HERE. TextExpander Touch ($4.99) Get it HERE. Train Conductor 2 ($.99) Get [...]
Gear Chat #14- The “We Got Kindles Coming” Edition
In Gear Chat 14 Larry and Dan talk about the new Kindle… and why we ordered them. We also talk about Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 and, of course, iPhone and iPads. Intro Music- Lean On Me- Sounds From the Ground Solarstone’s Chill Out Remix…
Droid X Gets the Lockdown: Does it Matter?
There’s been a bunch of stuff going around the web about the Droid X and the fact that it likely will not be able to run custom ROMS and may even be hard to root. I’ll try to describe, in layman’s terms, what this may mean to a prospective Droid X buyer. What is this [...]
Gear Chat- The Apple Boycott Edition
In today’s podcast Larry and Dan ponder, “What devices would we use if we were on an Apple boycott?” Other topics on GearChat 13 include the ongoing iPhone 4 controversy and Evernote’s new Evernote Trunk. A Content Note- How quickly things move. We recorded this podcast late in the afternoon on Wednesday, July 14. At [...]
Apple Picking iPhone Reception Issues- A Gear Chat
Dan: The drama surrounding iPhone 4 reception issues moved up a few notches yesterday when Consumer Reports announced that they were reversing position and announced that they could not recommend the iPhone 4 due to a design flaw in their external antenna. Bear in mind that they seem to love every other aspect of the [...]
GearChat: Kindle Editions’ New Multimedia Functionality for the iPad, touch & iPhone Shows Another Way Kindle Hardware Is Seriously Lacking
Judie: Today TiPB posted an article entitled Amazon announces Kindle Editions with Audio/Video… for iPhone and iPad, which pointed out that Kindle is now not only offering media enhanced books, they are only available to users with iPads, iPhones and iPod touches. The list of currently available titles isn’t too extensive — yet, but if this [...]
The Logitech Squeezebox Radio Review
Judie: Last year Julie Strietelmeier and I took a look at the Logitech Squeezebox Boom, both here and on The Gadgeteer, and our general consensus was that we both enjoyed using it. As a matter of fact, I liked using mine so much that I eventually sprung for a streaming Sirius subscription as well as [...]
Gear Chat #9 – iPad 3G On The Way…
In the 9th edition of Gear Chat we talk about the iPad 3G. The devices are prepped to ship and should arrive Friday April 30th. Will Larry keep his or continue to use his WiFi version plus the Sprint Overdrive? We’ll know soon enough… Oh, and we also talk about some iPhone and iPad apps, [...]
Gear Chat #8- The “No iPad Edition”
In Gear Chat #8 Larry and Dan do their best NOT to talk about the iPad. In fact they make a bet and place a dollar amount on each slip. How do they do? Listen and find out. So what DO they talk about if they are going to stop obsessing about the iPad for [...]
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