Our Macworld blog on your iPhone
We’ve installed a free WordPress plugin to generate iPhone friendly pages (and some iPhone mobile goodness) for the blog. Of course, if you’re wandering around the show floor during Macworld, and...
View ArticleHopes and predictions
If you take “There’s something in the air” as literally as you can, it seems obvious that Apple is planning on releasing either a new wireless device or new wireless capabilities for its existing...
View ArticleMy Macworld keynote initial impressions
Wow...where to start? I gave myself time to think about Steve Jobs' Macworld keynote on my way back from Moscone West to the hotel, and let what I just saw sink in a little. Let me take the major...
View ArticleiTunes / iPhone update server overloaded
If you’re trying to update your iPhone and iTunes, get in line. I was able to get my iTunes updated to 7.6, but can’t connect to the iPhone update server at all. Anyone having any luck? Post your...
View ArticleToo Many Gadget Distractions for PC Girl
My goal going into MacWorld this week was to try to learn everything that I could about using Mac Notebooks. The idea was that this would make it easier for me to make the transition from PC to Mac....
View ArticleI’m now officially a rumor site
So only 2 of my 8 predictions came true during Steve’s keynote, but I think that more than qualifies me to start a new Apple rumor site. This keynote of course had some pleasant surprised: iPhone and...
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My second day on the show floor
I thought I’d share a couple more interesting products and booths that I came across today. We’ve all been in a situation where our iPod has run out of juice, leaving us tuneless and videoless at the...
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One last Best of the Booths
I do believe one final Best of the Booths post is in order. There was so much to do and see this week, I didn't even get a chance to take a nap in one of the sleeping pods Pzizz had been kind enough to...
View ArticleiTunes Movie Rentals and device syncing
So, before I left San Francisco, I rented Pirates of the Caribbean 3 to watch on the flight and I synced it to my iPhone this morning. Actually, I started the download process yesterday afternoon,...
View ArticleThe best budget headphones ever? NuForce NE-770x
First a big thank you to both NuForce and those at the Mac-Forums for making this review possible! Let’s take a look at the NuForce NE-770X dynamic in-ear headphones. They come packaged in a basic...
View ArticleVEHO’s Muvi X-Lapse…thing.
I’m going to get the really boring and technical stuff out of the way first, so that I have room for my personal thoughts and… stuff. What is the Muvi X-Lapse? “The MUVI™ X-Lapse is the must have...
View ArticleLife with a low-bandwidth connection
I recently purchased a small farm in a rural area of Washington’s Olympic peninsula. We have all the basics: heat, water, and power — but (so far) no high-speed Internet. I can live happy...
View ArticleThe dilemma of hardware upgrading
Those who know me know that I’m a gearhead. No, not a motorhead; I’ve always had a deep interest in the latest digital technology, backpacking gear, tools, and other stuff. It’s the main reason I’ve...
View ArticleTurning an iPhone into a landline handset
Like phone booths, home-phone landlines would seem to be headed for extinction, as we shift to cellphones, Skype, texting, and the various other forms of digital communications. But cellphones get...
View ArticlePlaying with the new iPhone 7
I’m not one who has to have the latest gadget; I usually wait until there’s a good reason to upgrade. That explains why I’ve held onto an iPhone 4 for over six years. It’s worked nearly flawlessly over...
View ArticleNotes on the 2017 Apple iPhone event
Apple delivered its always much-anticipated announcement of upcoming iPhone, Apple TV, and Apple Watch products, this year at the new Steve Jobs Theater. If you are deep into the Apple ecosystem, you...
View ArticleFirst look at iOS 11
As most iPhone and iPad users know, Apple released its latest iOS update two days ago (Sept. 19). If the update hasn’t been offered to your device, you can trigger the upgrade by going into...
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