MobileMe is Apple’s online service that let’s you sync your calendar, contacts and email across your iPhone, PCs and Macs. The service is targeted at consumers, because most business users will already have Microsoft Exchange to do all this for them. Apple charges users $99/year for this service, and here is why you don’t need [...]
When Google announced Latitude last week, we wanted to use it in a hurry. But crap, Latitude wasn’t available yet on the iPhone (probably due to Apple’s no background apps policy). Fortunately, we have a BlackBerry Bold lying around as well. We went to Google Latitude’s page to enter in our mobile number, and the [...]
This is a follow-up article to yesterday’s post, “Apple Threatening Nuclear Arsenal to Palm”. So why is Apple acting so defensively? In short, because Palm Pre really has the potential to be an iPhone killer. Palm has taken what’s good about the iPhone and improved on it. It is really the first touchscreen mobile phone [...]
After last week’s adventure with Win7 on the Acer Aspire One netbook, this week we decided to install Windows 7 on our 13” aluminum MacBook. We took on the task with a little trepidation because online forums all say that there are driver problems. Result? Win7 installed perfectly. We didn’t install via VM. We overwrote [...]
We installed Windows 7 Beta on the Acer Aspire One netbook to see how it would run. We came away impressed. Check out the video for our review. As a bonus, we show you a couple of neat new features in Windows 7. We can’t wait till Win7 arrives. We also highly recommend the Acer [...]
For years, the high-tech industry has been trying to give you a 3rd device that you would carry around along with your cell phone and laptop. Viliv might be the closest yet to being your 3rd device. Intel Atom 1.33/1.86 GHz 7” WSVGA touch screen 1GB Memory WiMAX; HSDPA 802.11b/g Integrated GPS receiver Bluetooth 2.0 [...]
If you have missed all the hoop-la about the Palm Pre last week, you can catch up on it here. It’s being touted as the iPhone killer, with an amazing UI, awesome web browser, etc. But one thing that not a lot of people have mentioned so far, is that the Palm Pre will also [...]
CNET named Vaio P as the “Best of CES” winner this week for the Computer & Hardware category. The Vaio P is a gorgeous computer. When you see it, touch it and hold it, you will want one. But that’s where it ends. Its beauty is not backed by substance. We think that the Vaio [...]
This is an update on my previous post My first date with T-Mobile G1 (Google Android Phone). After I have spent more time with the G1, here are my updated observations: Battery life is subpar, and shorter than the iPhone. With medium to heavy use, the iPhone will last about a day and you need [...]
This is the first Nokia device to be reviewed on this blog. As some of you might already know, Nokia is the leading mobile phone manufacturer in the world, owning near 50% of the global market. However, in recent years, its popularity steadily declined in North America. However, Nokia still captures a lot of mind [...]
