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I thought it was a great time to write a post about something that everyone loves. Sharing. In 2007, the spirit of cooperation is alive and well in technology and I am loving it.
Gadgets of every kind talk to each other in new and exciting ways from WiFi to Bluetooth to good old fashioned USB [...]

I was pretty frustrated when I started playing with my new TomTom One XL and found out that TomTom doesn’t like Verizon. They state no support. With a Bluetooth enabled smartphone with high speed data services, and a TomTom One XL that supports them, I was near returning it to the store.
I am pleased [...]

19 Dec, 2007

Review: Motorola Q 9m

Posted by: Jason Burns In: Electronics

With my new job at Microsoft, I had to let go to one of my woobies. If you don’t remember the woobie, it was the little blanket the kid wouldn’t go anywhere without on Mr. Mom.
My woobie was a Blackberry 8700G. I have used Blackberries since the original pager like one and when I had [...]

16 Dec, 2007

Review: Microsoft Zune

Posted by: Jason Burns In: Electronics

I had some real reservations with Dawngrrl handed me this little gift bag with a new 8GB Microsoft Zune in it. I had been wanting one for quite awhile, but being the guy with 3 iPods (2 now, I sold one!) I wasn’t sure if this little gadget would find it’s way into the [...]

24 Nov, 2007

My thoughts on Amazon’s Kindle

Posted by: Jason Burns In: Electronics

I hate to play devil’s advocate. Ok, I am totally lying, I love to play devil’s advocate. I had some real wow moments reading about the Kindle from Amazon and I decided to take a minute to go through the feature points and provide my own unique brand of commentary…
I look forward to hearing your [...]

07 Nov, 2007

Get DVDs onto your iPod Touch for free

Posted by: Jason Burns In: Electronics| Ipod Touch| Mac| Movies| iPod

Last night, in preparation for my trip to San Francisco, I decided to rip a couple movies onto my iPod Touch for the flight. I had never done this before, so it sent me looking for a solution. Now I know that Google makes it’s living on ads, but it’s a little disheartening that I [...]

Ok, four might be an exaggeration, but if you read the latest numbers, iPods make up nearly 70% of portable media players in there.
This means that 20th Century Fox’s latest announcement is kind of a yes and no type deal. Yes we are going to allow digital downloads of our movies to people who purchase [...]



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