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A Fun Day of Updating the iPhone

I never expected it to go all day.... It started off by connecting the phone to my laptop. During the sync, it asked if I wanted to update to 3.0.1. I said yes - And the fun began. The 300 Meg download was  quick and it loaded into the iPhone without issue. The phone rebooted and it said "Verifying Download".

Apple Needs to Grow Up

Apple has done its best to thwart the running of iTunes syncing on the Palm Pre this morning.  There will likely be a workaround within a few days, but in the long run, what the heck is Apple thinking? We can't use iTunes syncing unless it is on an Apple device?  What kind of logic is that?  Those of us

Intrusive Behavior in Software

A couple of days ago, I received some pushed upgrades here at work that caused a few things not to work, among them, Yahoo Instant Messenger.  I use Messenger a lot, not only to communicate with my children and husband during the day (they are home and there are the inevitable "Mom, have you seen my soccer cleats/socks/glasses/notebook/library book" questions

Why I Like Amazon Music

I have been a consumer of Amazon MP3's for at least two years.  Probably longer.  I choose to buy music through the Amazon MP3 downloader above almost anything else.  One simple reason:  no DRM. Amazon MP3's can be downloaded for great prices, and they can then be burned to a CD, moved to an MP3 player, transferred to another computer,

Zune Commercial, Misleading

I just watched the latest Microsoft commercial praising the Zune over the Ipod based on price. The commercial basically boils down to its going to cost you $30,000 to fill an 120 GB Ipod so you are better off buying a Zune and paying a subscription of $14.50 a month. First everything the commercial says is true, however its also

Apple as the Morality Police

Several recent articles circulating the blogsphere over the last few weeks show just how inconsistent Apple is in policing the applications being offered for the iPhone.  One recent app was rejected because it gave users access to "inappropriate" music from the band Nine Inch Nails, yet Apple sells the particular album and song in question through iTunes, with no restrictions. 

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