Amazon Kindle May Be Coming To Classrooms
The Kindle, the popular ebook reader from Amazon may be coming to college and university classrooms near you.
According to a story on Seattle PI, Amazon is designing a new Kindle that will be optimized for use with text books. The college text book industry generates over $5.5 billion in revenue annually, and 95% of the [...]
Knowing When To Buy Apple Products
There is no doubt that Apple makes ridiculously cool products, but there is a definite art to knowing when to purchase them.
Almost as soon as any new Apple product is released, Apple fans begin the countdown to the next iteration of the product. In the case of the iPod Touch, which was first released in [...]
It Never Hurts To Have An Old Phone
I was prompted to write yesterday’s post, Electronics And Storms, because of all the storms and flooding we’ve been having in my area. Well, one important thing I forgot to talk about was phones.
While we have discussed the wonders of VoIP before, and people have cordless phones coming out their ears, all of these items [...]
Hands-on With Mobile Me
We asked previously “Will MobileMe Be For Me?“, and the answer is: I’m not sure.
I now have it fully set up with my iPod Touch, and it is very nice to have all my calendar events and contacts updated constantly. However, for a lot of people in this world, I highly doubt they will have [...]
Why You Should Be Using GPS
GPS is my new friend.
Everyone who knows me knows I have no sense of direction—I can get lost going in a straight line with no turn possibilities. For that particular reason I have come to rely on my OnStar in my car and maps from various sources.
I am on the road and in my [...]
iPhone Applications
Now that you have either upgraded your iPhone or iPod Touch to firmware 2.0, or bought a device with it pre-installed, what the heck are all these “apps” and what is the “Application Store”?
As the name implies, these new apps are applications that you can add to your
Is AppleCare Worth The Price
A little while ago, I wrote up here on StarterTech about
Are Extended Warranties Worth It. In general I think they aren’t but AppleCare is changing my mind.
I started this story in a post on my personal blog about AppleCare, but it seemed fitting here also. In short, I bought a slightly used iPod Touch [...]
Buying A Portective Case For Your Gadgets
Once you’ve gone out and bought an iPod Touch or a BlackBerry, what are you going to do to keep your expensive new toy from being damaged?
While some gadgets, such as the afore mentioned BlackBerry, come with a manufacturer issued carrying case, they are usually cheap and useless. In situations such as the iPod Touch, [...]
What Is Jailbreaking An iPhone
Here and there around the Internet you see mentions of people “jailbreaking” their iPhone. What does this mean?
Due to the fact that the iPhone is exclusive to AT&T in the United States, people with other carriers were out of luck on getting to use the phone. Several groups of hackers worked on ways to [...]
Will MobileMe Be For Me?
Apple is launching a new service in July named MobileMe, and it will be doing some interesting things that may be perfect for the small business owner, the self-employed, or even students on the move.
Big businesses have enjoyed services called “Exchange Servers” for years that allows them to update all their devices in one go. [...]
