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iPhone 4 upgrade

// June 28th, 2010 // View Comments // iPhone

So, like thousands of others, I upgraded to the iPhone 4 last Thursday. So far I’ve been fortunate. My biggest aggravations have been some dropped calls (perhaps due to AT&Ts less-than-stellar coverage and not to the left-hand death grip issue) and the lack of any good cases. I’ve gotten a lot of flack for upgrading so soon, but the draw of the 5MP camera was too much too resist.

The camera on the iPhone 4 is indeed much better, and although image quality noticeably drops off in low light, it’s still a huge improvement over the 3GS. The flash, however, is a different story. While it does illuminate the subject, I find the red-eye and the overwhelming yellow tint to often not be worth the tradeoff.

I have posted some pics taken last night at the Eagles concert here in Houston for your viewing pleasure. (The first photo was taken a couple of nights ago at Santos Mexican restaurant on Westheimer and demonstrates the overly-warm cast of pictures taken with the flash.)

As you can see, the photo quality is excellent for a cell phone and it performs pretty solidly in low-light situations. Note, though, the washed-out effect that was caused by me inadvertently leaving the flash on during a low-light shot.

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Pandora Just Got Better for iPhones

// February 4th, 2009 // View Comments // Mobile, iPhone

Pandora has updated their iPhone app. Image posted by MobyPicture.com

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Best Application Store Yet

// October 22nd, 2008 // View Comments // Mobile

I’ll admit that the last few months have seen me jealous of iPhone users, not because I coveted their phones (puh-leez!) but because I coveted their app store. Now comes the good news that not only is my carrier (Tmobile) releasing a dedicated app store for their subscribers, but RIM is releasing their own Blackberry storefront.

Categories in BerryStore

Categories in BerryStore

This is, of course, wonderful news, but the RIM store isn’t planned to be up and running until March of 2009.

Fortunately for me, I came across Fred Potter’s BerryStore application. BerryStore is an application that installs on your Blackberry and lets you browse, download, rate and review applications. Since the app is still in Beta, only free apps are being offered now, but even so, I’ve been turned on to a lot of free apps that I didn’t know about – like PacMan.(Shout out to Benny Chow – thanks man!) I especially appreciate being able to read the reviews and ratings.

Downloading and installing applications from within BerryStore is easy, convenient, and requires very little interaction on your part. Just click the Download button and the app is transferred to your device. If you decide you don’t like an installed app, it can even be uninstalled from within BerryStore!

BerryStore is true one-stop-shopping and the finest example of application shopping that I’ve seen yet.

BerryStore is free and can be downloaded OTA at m.berrystore.com.

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That Dog Will Hunt

// January 18th, 2007 // View Comments // Mobile, Tech Reviews

One of the things that drives me crazy about having to work (aside from the fact that they frown on wearing your pajamas in the office) is that there’s no way I can surreptitiously pop over to MySpace or Ebay on my work computer. Oh, sure, I can use my T-Mobile MDA, but viewing either of those image-heavy sites on a PDA is tedious, and the mobile version of Ebay leaves a lot to be desired. So I’ve suffered my 8-5 withdrawal pains in silence, stoically gritting my teeth until I can get to my home computer at the end of the day.

But now there’s Mdog, a site that optimizes popular online destinations for mobile devices. I can check my Yahoo email, peruse Ebay auctions, read my friend Emma Sometime’s blog (and even update my own), catch up on the news, and my personal favorite, visit Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, all using just my humble PDA. Bathroom breaks will never be the same again!

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