iPhone Review: Aliph Jawbone ICON BlueTooth Headset
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal on 01. Feb, 2010 | View Comments
With my Cardo Scala abandoned in a New York taxi and my Motorola H800 falling apart, I decided it was time to pick up a new BlueTooth headset. As luck would have it, I decided to buy on the very day that Aliph released their next-generation Jawbone headset, the ICON.
Back From the Pile: Interesting Content From the Week of May 9, 2009
Posted by Stephen in Everything on 11. May, 2009 | View Comments
It was an interesting week, with a cloud computing summit in Washington DC, the release of Windows Storage Server 2008, and discussions of best practices and non-compete agreements.
Apple
MacBook Users: Turn off This Bluetooth Default Setting Now – Now I know what turned on my MacBook Pro in the bag: My BlueTooth mouse!
Enterprise Computing
Windows Storage Server-Based [...]
iPhone 3.0 Exchange ActiveSync: Better But Not Perfect
Posted by Stephen in Apple on 07. May, 2009 | View Comments
As the release of iPhone OS 3.0 nears, I set out to discover how the new OS changes the iPhone’s ability to synchronize data with Microsoft Exchange servers using ActiveSync. What follows here is my deductions so far, and is of course subject to change when the new OS is released!
2.2 And Eight Things That Are Still Wrong With The iPhone
Posted by Stephen in Apple on 13. Dec, 2008 | View Comments
Eleven months ago, I wrote about twelve things that were wrong with the iPhone in OS version 1.1.3. Now that OS 2.2 is here, I figure it is time to revisit my list.
What Was Fixed Since 1.1.3
Apple have made a lot of progress in the year and a half that the iPhone has been in [...]
Switch Day 58: Ten Pros and Cons of the MacBook Pro
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home on 11. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
I’ve now been a Mac user for two months. Since I switched primarily to get access to Apple’s excellent hardware, I thought I would issue an update on my observations about it at this point. I should note that I’m limiting this post to the hardware (maybe I’ll cover OS X some other time), and [...]
Quick and Easy Bluetooth Sharing Between PC and Mac
Posted by Stephen in Apple on 25. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
As I transition to the Mac, I often find myself needing to transfer a file back and forth quickly. I could create SMB shares on both systems, but this requires both to be connected to a wired or wireless Ethernet LAN. Luckily, both Vista and OS X offer functional Bluetooth sharing technology for [...]
Low-Power USB Ports Haunt My MacBook Pro
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Terabyte home on 04. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
Just Picked Up a Cheap Bluetooth Headset
Posted by Stephen in Personal on 08. Oct, 2007 | View Comments
So I was disappointed by the range and sound quality for my Cardo Scala 500 when used with the iPhone. It was good with the BlackBerry but so bad with the Apple that I ended up using the wired headphones most of the time.
Amazon.com Widgets
Today I stopped by the local Best Buy [...]
