Technology
State of Wireless in Linux Distros
There in lies the problem. Wireless is now an important part of computing. While my main concern is my desktop, none of the CDs I tried had my wireless working without major hoops on my work provided laptop either (Dell Latitude D830). And wireless is pretty much standard on laptops these days. Wireless has to work and it has to be painless.
Trying to Use FriendFeed More
And that’s where FriendFeed’s shining gem lies. As people get on the service and begin marking “Like” on different articles and share various findings from the web you can find a lot of interesting articles on a lot of topics. Everything from information on the latest Iran election riots to iPhone news.
Why I Uninstalled TweetDeck From My iPhone
Last night after trying to use it for an entire day, I uninstalled TweetDeck from my iPhone. The app, in case you haven’t used it yet, is gorgeous. It is incredibly simple to use while retaining much of the power that can be found in the desktop version of TweetDeck, most specifically tabs. But it had it’s share of problems.
It’s the Apps Store(s), Stupid
Over the past few weeks I have had the pleasure of playing with various smart phones. I own an iPhone myself, my wife owns a BlackBerry Pearl 8110 (GPS version), and her cousin owns a Google G1 (Android device). As I mess around with the various devices and tried their application stores, I realized something. That something was this: The application stores are the real stars of the show.
iPhones, News, & USA Today
So, it looks like that USA Today is having second thoughts on making their iPhone app free. Read the article here
The article even mentions that USA Today might go to charging for the app along with a digital subscription cost. As a regular user of the USA Today iPhone app, I can say that [...]
Everybody Hates AT&T
It is no secret that those in the online geek community have a large disdain for AT&T Wireless service. This has only grown with AT&T’s exclusive rights to the iPhone, probably the best thing to come to geeks since the very idea of a smartphone.
Being someone who is all three; a geek, iPhone owner, and AT&T Wireless subscriber, I have to ask: Why is there so much hate for AT&T. And I’m not really focusing on the whole iPhone 3GS pricing. I get the arguments there (both for and against). But I’m more focused on peoples hatred for AT&T Wireless’ service.