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Switching to iPhone – Day 6

Sync Errors…
If there ever was an example of the colorful acronym, SNAFU (Situation Normal: All F—-D Up), Technology would be the poster child–at least when it gets into my hands.
My wife is frequently telling me that for a guy who makes part of his living as a personal technology consultant, I sure have a lot [...]

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Switching to iPhone – Day 5

Cases & Virtual Keyboarding
Spent an hour in a very crowded NYC Apple store looking to nab a case for my WinMo AT&T Tilt replacement, the new 32 GB iPhone 3GS.
What I found was a whole lotta not much–some were cool, but many crappy.  And I mean “what were they thinking!” kind of crappy, too.
After some mildly [...]

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Switching to iPhone – Days 3 & 4

Finally, my first couple of work days using my new iPhone. I must admit that i was a bit worried–my phone/PDA is my life-line to the world of the self-employed.
Before we move on, I’d like you to meet my new friend, Toki Tori. More on him after the bump.

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Switching to iPhone – Days 1 & 2

Continuing my experience with switching from the Windows Mobile AT&T Tilt to the iPhone 3GS.
Looks & UI
I have to say that while I was pretty impressed with my new, sleek, shiny little toy, the user interface kind of blew me away. “Dead Simple” doesn’t even begin to describe it. Not having to pull out and [...]

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Vista & OS X: My Love/Hate List – 2. Pro Tools

Back when I first started working as an IT professional, the Mac and PC worlds appeared to be as separate as church and state.
Businesses used DOS & Windows PC’s for typical office functions–word processing, spreadsheets, accounting, etc. Home computing added personal finance and gaming to the mix (anyone remember Quicken for DOS or Castle Wolfeinstein?).

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