Archive for the ‘Smartphone’ Category

My iPad for Meetings Experience

Today, I attempted to use it in some of my meetings today, so off I went to my meeting, iPad in hand. I was determined to use it like how I used to use my Compaq 2710p Tablet PC. My replacements for my Penable stylus and Microsoft One-Note was my Pogo and PenUltimate.

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Big Nerd Ranch Day 03

Today ends Day three of the Big Nerd Ranch. Mark finished his overview of Objective-C and now it was Joe’s turn to take us into iPhone development.  Our first appication was a simple quiz application that served as an introduction to using Xcode’s Window Based Application template, Interface Builder, and deploying an application to our [...]

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Big Nerd Ranch Day 02

Day 2 comes to an end. Mark finished teaching us about Objective-C. It was alot of material today. Much more about objects, inheritance, subclassing, Categories, Memory Management and Protocols to name just a few. The topic of Memory Management was very helpful, and all along Mark has been showing us how the areas of memory [...]

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Big Nerd Ranch Day 01

Today ends Day One of the Seven Day boot camp. Today was an intensive review of C, and an introduction to Objective-C. For me, it was a great class. Mark, our instructor did a great job explaining the topic. We started off slow, with variables, then going into loops, functions, structures, enumerations, and moving onto [...]

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Big Nerd Ranch Day 00

I arrived in Atlanta without issue today. The flight was a little bumpy due to turbulance, but otherwise was smooth. It was a long walk to the baggage collection area in the airport. Once I got my bag, I waited for the shuttle bus to arrive. I had to wait for the 5pm shuttle, because [...]

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Full iPhone Immersion!

I’ve decided to dedicate myself to the Apple iPhone/iPod Touch. I think there’s a place for me in this market, so I’m headed to the Big Nerd Ranch for some serious training! Tomorrow, I’m off for 7 Days to learn all I can about this device, and become more familiar with it than any other [...]

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So, is the iPhone Nirvana in My Pocket?

Hmm, that title is ripe for some horrible comments… But seriously, It’s been almost 4 weeks now, so is it perfect? Does it live up to my exacting standards? Almost. It’s probably the best smartphone I’ve owned to date. But with that comes some drawbacks for me (you know I had to find something). My [...]

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One week with my iPhone 3GS

It’s now been a little over a week since I picked up the new iPhone 3GS for me and my wife. Having been a Windows Mobile user for so long, I must say using the iPhone is such a breath of fresh air. The experience using this device is lightyears ahead of any device I’ve [...]

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To Pre or Not To Pre, That is the Question!

Durning dinner the other night, I had a good discussion about smartphones with some co-workers. After which, we decided to go see what the buzz about the Palm Pre was about. We had at our disposal, my Xperia X1 and an Ipod Touch, but no Palm Pre. We’ve all seen and heard the buzz about [...]

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Rant of the Week: Sony Ericsson Xperia X2?

I’ve decided to start a new column on my blog, “Rant of the Week”, which I get to grumble and whine about a topic that annoys me. It’s my way of venting my frustrations… To start things off, I’m going to talk about a post at  WMExperts about Sony Ericsson debuting a new Xperia X2 in [...]

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