January 22, 2012  

On making the switch to iPhone

I saw this tweet this morning and thought….duh, yup been there done that…

Then I saw this tweet and thought, ok, I could not possibly agree with these statements any more.

From personal experience, in which I had an Android device first and then an iPhone 4, as well as from professional experience, working with end users who have personal Android devices and are given a corporate iPhone, I can tell you that getting an iPhone after using an Android is like i like being able to breathe again. Even for those of us that are technical, what you don’t realize until you have it in your hands, is having a device that does not require constant “tinkering” is awesome.

When iPhone first came out I was a strong Blackberry supporter. It did what I needed it to do and nothing more. Sure, I looked at my wife’s first iPhone 3G with envy that I couldn’t easily browse the internet and get the apps she was downloading, and that I would like my music and email and internet on the same device, but hey, I had a physical keyboard.

Then good Android devices started being released and I made the switch to Android. This was the next logical step for me, a self-proclaimed gadget enthusiast. At the time, I was opposed to Apple’s closed environment and if I was going to use a smart phone, I would own one that would allow me to utilize the device in any way I wanted to, which ended up translating into changing the look and feel of the phone every week or so. This, though, got cumbersome, but I did not realize that at the time.

Last September I started using my first iPhone, only because I had to support them for my end users and we were making the decision to switch from Blackberry to iPhones. After a couple days of using it, I realized that I no longer wanted a phone that i could (had to) “mess with”. I have since started using an iPhone 4s and couldn’t be happier with my device.

Sure there are things that I miss about the Android operating system, but I no longer read about the newest Android device and want it. In fact, as Jonathan eluded to in his second tweet, I would be “pissed off” if I had to use an Android as my primary device now.

January 20, 2012  

Tweet Review Needed

I wonder what Fox 8 had against Etta James?

It’s a joke. Probably not a good one, but a joke nonetheless.
BUT
I would be reviewing the Headline’s and Tweets of those who work at Fox 8 a little closer if I were them. I know At Last is in quotes, but I think a comma would be appropriate in there somewhere as well.

January 15, 2012  

Are the Cavs closer than we think?

The Cavs were 6 games into a 7-game road trip. They were playing the Lakers on the second night of a back-to-back. Again, they were on the road. Did I mention this was the Lakers? And yet, Byron Scott is still taking the time to build, and teach his young team and we still only lost by 5 after making a nice 4th quarter run:

Needless to say, I am excited by the small things that I see in this team, and figured we were a couple years away, but on the right path. Maybe it is too optimistic to think about this year, but are the Cavs closer to contending than I thought they were?

January 11, 2012  

RIM Might License BlackBerry Platform: Crazy Or Genius?

RIM is currently in a downfall in a market share perspective. The share that remains is business users that continue to stick with RIM’s devices because of the ease of use and physical keyboard. RIM has already alienated smart phone users by not keeping up with the Jones’, so how can they alienate their loyal, remaining users?

First, discontinue manufacturing on all models except one which does not have a keyboard. Second, license your software out to HTC and Samsung, whom both are focused on Android and are also building hardware for Microsoft, so you would third in line for quality phone hardware.

Bad idea RIM.

full story at InformationWeek

August 1, 2010  

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