With the popularity of the MP3 player, lack of free time to actually ‘”read” books, and with services such as iTunes and Audible readily available, many people are turning to books in a audio format. Personally, I have been using Audible.com for a number of months now, and thoroughly enjoy listening to a good book [...]
Apple
Seemingly Erroneous iTunes Charges Discovered
After going out to dinner at a restaurant this evening, I was in the middle of balancing our family budget when I saw a relatively large iTunes charge come come through. It was only about $60, but I had not purchased anything on iTunes lately. My first inclination was that my wife was upstairs buying [...]
iPad
Dude, Where’s My iPad?
I have to pat myself on the back. Its been a whole week since the iPad release and I have somehow managed to refrain from jumping on the bandwagon and buying one. I know in a previous post I was somewhat cynical about the iPad, but after thinking about it for some time, not to [...]
iPhone
An iPOD Touch for a PC Guy
For the last several years, I have been perfectly happy with my 1GB (generic) MP3 player, which I primarily used at the Gym while throwing iron and rocking out to old AC/DC tunes. As far as MP3 players go these days, 1GB is nothing to shake a stick at, but my old MP3 player had [...]
iPad
Apple iPad: Anticlimax of 2010
It seems Steve Jobs and the new Apple iPad just can’t catch a break in online reviews. Even when I discuss it with my techie colleagues, they either laugh at the oversized iPhone (iPod on Steroids! Ha Ha), are disgusted at a name associated with feminine products (Seriously, were there any women in the room [...]