Archive for the 'Apple' Category

The iPhone 3GS: My Impressions
Saturday, July 18th, 2009

I’m still proudly holding on to my original iPhone, but fortunately I’ve had the opportunity to have some extended hands-on time with the new iPhone 3GS. My usage of has formed some definite thoughts and opinions. The new model boasts a lot of new features and incremental improvements, and I’ll go in depth into them [...]

My Gear: My phone, the iPhone
Monday, July 6th, 2009

I’m kind of unusual. I’m not one of those gadget guys who has 4 phones, 3 data plans, and countless sim cards. I have one phone — one — and I’ve had it now for over two years. It’s the original Apple iPhone, bought in July of 2007 for $600, and I’ve added an entry [...]

Skype Releases iPhone Client
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

It is exciting and a big deal for iPhone users. I’ve already stated my love for Skype, and what a revolution I believe internet calling is going to bring. Cheap/free calls from my cell phone sound too good to be true. … And for the moment they are — I can’t get the app to [...]

Article: The New iPod Shuffle and Simplicity in Technology
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

This  week I wrote about simplicity in consumer technology, particularly in regards to Apple and the new iPod Shuffle, for my Tyler the Tech Guy column in The Occidental Weekly. Here’s the article lead: Can something really be made too simple? Well, it depends on what that thing is. In the case of a midterm [...]

Web Browser Faceoff Update
Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Wouldn’t you know it? Just as I publish my article comparing Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome, Apple goes and annouces the public beta of  Safari 4. They claim the new Safari is the fastest browser of them all, destroying IE, beating Firefox, and inching ahead of Chrome both in HTML rendering and Javascript. While [...]