From the monthly archives:

September 2009

New Apple Nano Targets Flip Mino

September 9, 2009
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Much of what we were expecting happened at the fall Apple event: iTunes has a new Album format, dubbed iTunes LP, and iPods were served up with performance gains and price drops across the board. The biggest news, however, were the changes rolling into the iPod Nano “For Free” exclaimed Apple founder Steve Jobs.
Jobs continued, [...]

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Getting Mobile with the Sprint MiFi

September 4, 2009
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There are a couple things I hate most about travel. For one, it’s emotionally exhausting. Running from the car to the check-in, through security and to the plane. Only then finding that the flight has been delayed. Nothing quite like twiddling thumbs in an airport for a couple hours.

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For want of an iPhone PDF Expert

September 2, 2009
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Recently, I wanted to buy a book. It was about iPhone programming and it just didn’t seem right to purchase a traditional ink-on-paper edition. I already had a number of different eBook applications on my iPhone, all of which were integrated in one way or another with online stores that should allow me to browse and buy in my underwear. Simple, right? The reality was a bit more complicated than what I had anticipated.

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Adaptunes for iPhone

September 2, 2009
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I have a problem with the iPhone connection kit in my 2008 Mazda RX-8: it was obviously designed by monkeys. Only something less than human would consider selecting a playlist and song by mere numbers to be acceptable. What does the monkey care if you want to listen to Green Day but instead get Michael [...]

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Only missed all of 2008

September 2, 2009
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2009 is almost over and I’m just now getting back to the geekier side of my life. Since I last darkened this corner of the ‘net I’ve been through two iPhones (G, GS), purchased way too many useless apps, played with almost every live streaming video system currently in existence (including a roll-your-own option that [...]

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