2011

I hope everyone had a great holiday. I've been off for a while because it's been busy and will need to spend lots of time playing catch up on lots of my things I've put off. I wish everyone a Happy New Year and for everyone to have a great year and make the right decisions for what is best for you and your families. Let's start 2011 positively and maybe it will spread through out the year. Have fun and stay safe.

Droid app of the week

This week's Droid app of the week is Song Buddy. An amazing app for those who want to download MP3's. All you do is search for the music by lyric, artist, or title and then download it. It even lets you watch music videos and you can post music to Facebook. This is just one of the best music dowloaders to date and its on Android OS.

More game news

If you don't already know, Rovio has released Angry Birds Seasons for free on Android. This Christmas themed game is a countdown to Christmas and can only play one level per day until Christmas. Also included in the game is the Halloween Angry Birds game you might have missed during Halloween. You can play all the Halloween levels. Pretty awesome for people addicted to this game who need their Angry Bird fix.

Android news

For today only Gameloft is making available for free to Android users of 2.x Android OS and at least a 1ghz processor Dungeon Hunter HD. One of the best RPG games on Android to date. After playing it for an hour I got to say this game rocked. The only thing is this game is a battery killer but if you have your charger handy then you'll have no problem playing this game. Remember it's free today only. CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK.

Droid App of the Week

This week's Droid app of the week is TV.COM app by CBS.This app lets you access videos on your Android through WIFI or 3G. With this app you can get clips of your favorite shows from CBS, the CW, CNET, ET, Showtime, CBS News, CBS Sports and much more. There are even full episodes of some shows albeit older ones. Not all shows from these networks offer full episodes but the ones that are, are cool. For example classic Star Trek episodes are available here. Pretty cool huh! For Dexter fans there are clips to access to catch up on episodes. For me personally this app is awesome because Smallville clips are on it. So if you like any shows on said networks this app is for you.

Happy Thanksgiving

To all my fellow Droiders out there and fellow techies, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your day and eat as much turkey as you can!

Droid App of the Week

This week's Droid app of the week is Google Earth app for Android. Like its desktop predecessor you can do lots of stuff with this app. You can view the same 3D images like the desktop one. With the touch of a button you can fly to your current location. Multi-touch is also an option, meaning you can pan, zoom, and tilt as you travel the world. You can search for places with this through Google search as well as voice search. Then there are layers in which you can view layers of geographical info including roads, borders, Panoramio pics, and more. The only downside is it's only available on Android phones that have Android OS 2.1 and up.

Angry Birds Update

Well if you don't already know, Angry Birds pushed out a major update. There are new features and levels in this update. The game now supports QVGA graphics so smaller screened phones will not have a problem playing it. Also Angry Birds plushed toys are available for preorder on shop.angrybirds.com just in time for Christmas. Look for the update in the Market or Getjar.

Verizon news

The HTC Incredible will be getting a software update this week over the air from Verizon. It will include software enhancements that includes installing V Cast Apps to the Android platform. The Incredible will be the first phone to receive the update and the other Verizon Android devices should follow soon after. Looks like there will be plenty of competition for the Android Market. Also in other news, HTC wants to get into the app business for its phones. Looks like things might start getting interesting for Android.

Droid app of the week

This week's Droid app of the week is the fun and addicting game Angry Birds. This game is a challenging one in that you get birds to try to kill these green pigs that have stolen the birds eggs. It is a challenge because there are different obstacles in the way of getting to these green pigs. You get a limited number of birds. There are 5 kinds of birds and each species of bird in the game can perform a certain action. Check it out in the market and have fun Angry Birding!

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It's here!

The Ipad is officially for sale at Verizon. So if your around a Verizon store give it a look or better yet give it a buy.

Droid app of the week

This week's Droid app of the week is Lookout mobile security. This is a must have app. It offers you 3 types of services. First is a backup storage of your files in case something unexpectedly bad happens to your phones and causes you to lose your files. This is great. In my case because of many files it took a while to back everything up but well worth it. Second is an antivirus protection in case you were to ever get your Droid infected with some kind of virus or spyware. Third is a find my phone option which means you can locate your phone with GPS if it ever gets lost. Also with this option, say you misplaced your Droid phone in your house you can get it to ring an alarm even if your phone is in silent mode. All in all this is a great triple threat app and I highly recommend its softwarety goodness and best of all its free!

IPad and big red

Guess who got together. Verizon and Apple are now doing business together. At the end of the month big red will start selling the iPad. Only not the 3G version, just the WIFI version. You'll be able to buy it by itself or bundled with a Verizon mifi device. Either way its interesting that these 2 companies are now doing business.

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Droid app of the week

This week's Droid app of the week is Rock player. The one thing about Android phones is only certain files can be played on it. Well with Rock player we can now play almost all the popular video files there are. It supports AVI, MKV, MP4, FLV, 3GP, MOV, ASF, DivX, Xvid, WMV, and H.264. This app frees up Android's limitations and can now play these files. Now you won't have to waste time converting files to the appropriate ones on the stock Android device and just play it thanks to Rock player.

Windows 7

Well now that Windows 7 is out the smartphone competition just got that much stronger. Apple set the standard but Android is in my opinion, the new leader, but not without its competitors to keep raising the bar. After seeing the Windows & phones out there I must say there is some gadgety goodness going on. LG, Samsung, and HTC have released their Windows 7 phones and are formidable devices. AT&T will be the main carrier of Windows 7 devices. Verizon and Sprint will get into the action some time next year. I will be doing some reviews on some of these smartphones in the near future and post on only the ones that have the most to offer the user.

Droid app of the week

This week's Droid app of the week is the Direct tv dvr app. This is a great app for you on the go. Sometimes you forget to record a show you want to watch and aren't able to get to your dvr. Well with this app you'll never have to worry again. You can access your Direct tv dvr and record your show so you can view later. I've used this app and has been very helpful. You can search shows by the name of the show, channel, or time. Definitely a useful app for Direct tv customers.

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Amazon Loves Android

Well new news here. It seems like Amazon will take advantage of the Android platform and have their own Android app store. Seems like a match made in heaven thanks to the Android open source platform

Farm life stuff

This week was a busy week on our farm. We went to a nearby farm because they had a free all you can pick tomato fest. Well we ended up getting over 100 pounds of tomatoes. Between my wife and kids we were hard at work canning sauce and making salsa. Whew what a job that was. We ended up doing a lot. We got it almost done thanks to the wife. We're looking good for the winter. This was a good growing year, so there was an abundance of vegetables in the area. This is good news for us. Too bad our goats stopped milking. Sad to see the yummy cheese making done for the season. Well hopefully this trend continues and we can plant more vegetables than we did. For more info on our farm visit the wife's farm blog: ckfarmnh.blogspot.com

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Droid app of the week

This week's Droid app of the week is a fun app for all my fellow Star Wars geeks. It's the lightsaber duel app. This is a fun app so you can use a Droid to have lightsaber duels with sound effects. You can even include background music while you duel. All you need to do is turn your lightsaber on and start swinging your phone around to start dueling. You can choose from a selection of Star Wars characters lightsabers. The only problem is it's not in the Android market anymore, so you can still get it by searching on Google to look for the app and download it. The good thing about this app is it's also available for other phones such as the Iphone and Blackberry. So your dueling isn't limited to others with just Droid phones. Remember patience when looking for it on your search engine. May the force be with you.

Wow even more Iphone news

This just in. The talk about an Iphone coming to big RED is getting hotter. There are reports that the beginning of 2011 is when it will be released. There is talk of 3 million CDMA Verizon Iphones will be manufactured. Its looking to be like its going to be a go. So if you want one and don't want to be stuck on AT&T then be a little more patient.

New present

Now that the wife's birthday has passed over the weekend I can tell my CkDroid peeps what she got. As the person that I am I had to get her some gadgety goodness tech item.... Well she has officially entered the smartphone and Android world. As her first smartphone, she got the HTC Droid Incredible. At first she was intimidated but after going over it with her she got it and all its froyoness. She was happy and she hasn't been able to put it down. One thing she loves is the Android market. Now she can leave her Ipod home because she can now sync her Itunes music with the Isyncer app. Also as an avid reader she got the Kindle and Nook apps. This made her day. Now she can enjoy the same stuff I've enjoyed since the Incredible was released. Oh boy!

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Froyo here for Droid X

Attention Droid X owners, froyo is out. Look for your update soon if you haven't gotten it yet. Enjoy!

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Samsung Fascinate

Well after being released and getting a chance to play with it I have to say how nice a phone the Fascinate is. It's almost the equivalent to the Droid X and Incredible. Very nice. Although I do still believe the X and Dinc are still tops on Verizon's smartphone lineup this is a formidable device and well represents a phone befitting the Android name. We all know the specs by now so I won't need to list them. I must say though that the super Amoled screen is awesome. It's almost on par with the IPhone 4. Definately Samsung has gone all out on this one. The 720p video recording even beats out the IPhone4 in a head to head match. A Blockbuster app is built in so you can stream movies directly to your device. For those people that want an Android phone and are a bit intimidated by new technology, then this is the top end phone you should start with. It's more user friendly than the X and Dinc. So you can add this piece of gadgety goodness to your list of which Droid phone you should decide on and expect the decision being that much harder. Either way you can't go wrong with the top end Verizon Android lineup.

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Droid app of the week

Hi all. It's been real busy and lots going on. This week's Droid app of the week is Blogger-droid. An awesome app for our fellow bloggers on the go. Sometimes if you're in a time crunch this is the app you need to post blogs. With this app you can put pictures and videos. Also you can embed YouTube videos. Cool! Whether publishing new posts or editing old ones you can do it here. You can even respond to comments posted on your blog posts. The only thing I wish this app could add is to be able to post comments on other peoples blogs that we follow. Remember this app is only for Google Blogger users.

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Youtube

Today we will talk about one of my favorite sights, Youtube. It is an extraordinary site for people who like to watch videos. You can upload all types of videos such as family reunions so all relatives can see. They also air reality type shows, comedy skits, and even movies. My 2 favorite shows to watch are the Internet Killed Television CTFxC show made by Charles Trippy and his fiance Alli Speed. Along for the ride with them are their 2 dogs Marley and Zoe. The other one I watch is the Shaytards. This is a family headed by Shay Carl with his wife, Katilette, and kids sontard, princesstard, babytard, and newest addition roctard. Don't let the tard moniker fool you as it stands for unitard. You see Shay Carl was known for doing dancing skits in his unitard hence the tard moniker. These are genuine funny people and real people. Also its awesome when they get together with other Youtubers and have one big vlog time. So if you haven't yet seen them watch their videos and subscribe to them. I'm in the process of starting a droid Incredible cell phone channel now that I can record in 720p with my Droid Incredible. I'm going through testing with my channel youtube.com/ckcuev. So if you get the chance subscribe and thumbs up!

Droid app of the week

This week's Droid app of the week is the NFL android app. To all my football peeps out there if there ever was an app to get this is it. This app gives you the latest info on your favorite team and across the league. You also get video and team and player status updates. Now get ready for this. Recently the NFL app was updated and you can pick 9 players for fantasy tracking. Also, unbelievable, you can watch the NFL Network live and streaming on 3G coverage. Just added with the update is now they will air selected NBC football games. I'm not sure if they'll blackout local games though, but they may. Another thing you can do if you are out running errands is they'll have the radio broadcast of your favorite team. As a Pats fan and football nut this is an ultimate NFL fan app. Gadgety goodness at its best.

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Froyo!

Hi everyone. Its been a while but on Aug. 31st at 7:20 am I received my 2.2 froyo update. Let me tell you how awesome it is. I love the whole Droid experience but now its been enhanced even more so with froyo. The stuff I can do now is much more significant. One of the things I love is the walking hotspot. My wife loves it too, now we both can be connected at the same time. The hotspot app will connect up to 5 WiFi devices. Also another thing is the enhanced camera functions with the camcorder. We can record in 720p HD. Also we can record at night as we can use the LED light to video record. Another nice feature is the flashlight app that comes with it as you can control the brightness of light you need. 10.1 Flash player is here and now we have the access to the internet we should have had. The only negative is we don't have access to Hulu. : ( This is what I'm still waiting for. There is a definite speed increase with internet browsing. Another app that came with this update was the Amazon mp3 app. Some of us like this because I use this service to purchase music and now can do it on my Droid. There is just so a lot of enhancements with froyo that I wonder how 3.0 gingerbread will top this. Well signing off.

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Droid app of the week

This week's droid app of the week is Goole Sky map. Such an awesome app for people who like the constellations. If you have a telescope you now have a way of knowing what you are looking at. You can even identify planets. There is a search bar under menu on the app if you are looking for something specific. This is a pretty neat app for those who love the constellations and look through their telescopes. Remember to point your Droid to the sky.

Update

Well in more Droid Incredible news looks like we won't be getting our 2.2 Froyo update today. :( Its a bummer. We'll have to just keep on waiting I guess. I clearly am disappointed its taking this long to get the update. Well I guess we'll have to wait longer until the next released rumor of Froyo.

droid incredible news

Hello my fellow Droid Incredible owners. I have news regarding the 2.2 Froyo update. Looks like we may be getting the OTA August 18th. Hopefully it will happen as we've been waiting long enough. About time. Cross your fingers everyone.

droid app of the week

This weeks Droid app of the week is Major League Baseball's At Bat app. For all diehard baseball fans this is for you. It is pricey for an app at $14.99 but well worth the investment. You get live game updates of your favorite team as well as video of what happens during the game. Also you can listen to the radio broadcasts of your team and even choose which broadcast you want to hear, be it the away or home team. Also you can get MLB news and latest going ons about whatever team you root for. A very good app now you'll never miss a game. Go Red Sox.

writeoncon

Hi everyone last night was the end of the writer's conference WriteOnCon. It was an amazing experience. For all the newbie writers such as myself I can't thank the ladies enough for what they have done to keep us more informed and give us the knowledge we need when writing books. Thank You!!! I learned a lot from them and the guests invited that spoke of the process of book writing. Truly a spectacular forum for us who need help. So to Lisa and Laura, Elana, Jamie, and the others who made WriteOnCon a success, I extend my true appreciation for what you amazing ladies have done. Also special thanks goes out to my wife who is my rock and a great mother and author who inspired me to get into this.

teaser r2-d2 droid 2 pic

Well folks here is what the special edition r2-d2 droid 2 will look like. Remember you'll have to wait till September for its release.

motorola droid update

Well here's the latest. The Motorola Droid ota 2.2 froyo update is already here. You may or may not have gotten it yet. Happy news especially with the Droid 2 coming out this week. Now the rest of us are still left waiting as to when the other Android phones will receive the update.

The Droid 2 is being released this Thursday. And yes with 2.2 froyo and 10.1 flash. It has a 3.7 inch screen, qwerty keyboard, 5 megapixel camera, 8gb onboard storage and 8gb micro sd card. Yes another great Droid phone is coming. This is what its all about. The R2-D2 special edition Droid 2 will be released some time in September and online only. Gadgety goodness at its best.

interesting news

To all Verizon and iphone fans here is some new and interesting news. Seems like Apple just ordered a million CDMA Qualcomm chips. News from overseas states rumored there will be an iphone coming in January. Very intriguing news. Now why would Apple be ordering so many of those chips if it wasn't ready to jump ship to Verizon and possibly other providers. Maybe a dual based CDMA/ LTE phone???? We'll have to stay tuned to this one.

droid app of the week

This weeks droid app of the week is Act 1 video player. Clearly the best video player on the market. The player that comes with droid phones can't touch this. There is a free version and paid version which I recommend. There are many features with this app that the droid stock video player can't do. Here is a list of what this can do:Playlists (with random play)
Thumbnails (only on devices with Android 2.0 or newer)
Video zoom options (aspect, full, none)
SRT subtitle support
Bookmarks (up to 20 for each video)
Home screen shortcuts to videos and playlists
Play in the background while you run other apps or turn off the screen
Video sharing
On-screen clock, timer, and battery meter
Seeking by seekbar, screen gestures, trackball, and D-pad
Screen brightness and button brightness controls (buttons on Froyo only)
Resume points remembered for all your videos
Video sorting and grouping options
Delete/rename videos
Lots of shortcuts, conveniences, and configurations
Definately well worth it. Until next time.

here is what we got for the wife

Well after shopping we chose the Samsung Q430. This piece of gadgety goodness of a notebook was the a great choice. It sports 4gb DDR3 RAM, 500gb hard drive, intel core i5 processor with turbo boost, built in webcam and a host of other features. This machine is exactly what she needed to multitask. Hopefully this will last as long as her last laptop. Check it out at Best Buy or Best Buy online. You know when the wife is happy I'm happy.

new laptop

Ok guys, this Friday is going to be awesome. See, the family and I will be taking a trip to Best Buy and get the wife the gadgety goodness that is a laptop. Hers fried about a week ago. I fixed it a few weeks prior to that and crossed our fingers hoping it wouldn't die. Well it came and went. She's had that laptop for about 5 years. Pretty good considering how much abuse its had. It was an HP Pavillion. I got to hand it to HP for the quality invested in this notebook. Well now we will be looking for something more powerful. The notebook I have in mind is a Samsung r-530. Now that won't necessarily be what we will buy, but for now its in front of the pack. Definately whatever we do end up getting will have to have at least an Intel i3 core processor. Hoping maybe we get something like an i7 in a perfect world, but all is dependent on the price. Also we will get 4gb ram and a 500 gb hard drive. The rest of the specs of the new laptop will have to be upper tier stuff. I know you guys out there are saying get a mac, but sorry to say its out of my price range. Maybe in the future. Well tomorrow night I will be posting what we got and have pics. I'm drooling just to be going to Best Buy. Until tomorrow.

Droid app of the week

This week's Droid app of the week is Old Timer Radio. This was recommended by my brother to check out and once I did I loved it. This app is all about the old radio shows before people had TV's in their homes. Families would gather around the radios and listen to these old serials. Well this app has many of those old classics. I can listen to all my favorite oldies in a pinch. So if you folks are into the old radio shows give it a try.

pats training camp

Its that time of year when the New England Patriots begin the start of their training camp. A wonderful time because the Red Sox are playing and football is getting close to beginning. My family and I went to the first training camp yesterday and its an experience. The Pats really go out of their way to make it such a family and fun environment no matter how old you are. Its fun for all ages. They have a kids park they set up called the Patriots Experience with all kinds of bouncy rides and crafts. Kids can take their photo with some of the Pats cheerleaders and have their faces painted. There is even lots of free goodies you can get. The whole complex that is Patriots Place is an attraction from fine dining to shops, there is something for everyone. Let's not forget the Bass Pro Shop which is an attraction itself. That place is unbelievable. Out behind the Bass Pro Shop is a 1 1/2 mile hiking trail that has beautiful scenery and cranberry boggs. What a sight. So if you ever get to New England or live in New England head to Patriot Place and check it out. Remember to root for the Patriots. Go Pats!

Latest mobile news

Well for you Iphone 4 owners you will soon be able to get a free case to help with your antenna issues. Apple's Steve Jobs said at a conference that all Iphone 4 owners are eligible for a free case for their device. On the Droid front, the official release date of the Motorola Droid 2 will be out on August 23rd. There will be an early release to a few lucky people for the Droid 2 on Aug. 12th and there will also be a limited edition R2-D2 Droid 2 phone. It will have an R2-D2 image on the back of the phone. This is awesome as a Star Wars geek myself, I am excited.

Droid app of the week

This week's Droid app of the week is the Slingbox app. Just like the article from below, you can remotely watch what you want wherever you want from your Droid. This is pricey for an app at 29.99, but well worth it. With Slingbox whatever channels you pay for via your satellite receiver or cable box you will be able to watch and change channels, or even record your shows with a DVR. How sweet it is. You can even stream your shows in HD! Definately a must have for everyone who is always on the go and doesn't have time to catch your shows or sports games at home.

slingbox

Well folks have you ever had to be somewhere but at the same time you knew you'd miss your favorite show. Well today you won't ever have to miss your favorite show again. There is a product I highly recommend called the Slingbox. There are a couple of versions. One is the Slingbox Solo and the other is the Slingbox Pro-HD. They connect to a cable box, satellite receiver, DVR, video/ security camera, DVD player recorder, Apple TV, and Windows Media Center. Yes you see right, you can connect a video camera and watch from anywhere you are, so if are on vacation you can check to see if your house is ok. But its more than just that. If you have a laptop, mac, netbook, or mobile device with an internet connection you can watch your shows. For my fellow sport fans that have to be at their mother-in-laws and have no access to your sports game can use this and not miss the game. lol! The Pro-HD version can do everything the Solo can plus connect up to 3 home theater devices, stream your HD content, and built-in TV tuner. This is gadgety goodness at its best! To be able to use this you will need a Windows or Mac based PC, high speed internet connection, and home network router. Retail prices for the Slingbox Solo are 149.99 and for the Pro-HD version is 299.99. The only other kicker is a one time fee of 29.99 to get the program to run on your preferred portable device. From the Android, Iphone4, blackberry, Windows mobile, Symbian, or Palm OS all are supported so everyone can watch. Definately something I will invest in once my rural community gets hooked up with high speed internet.

Droid app of the week

In staying on the same subject as my previous post, this weeks Droid app of the week is the Kindle for Droid. It came out recently and has been amazing. With this app there is no need to buy a Kindle, but if you own one you can sync your Droid and Kindle with Amazon Whispersync. It syncs your last page read between the devices. There are over 620,000 books you can download and thousands of free ones. You can adjust text size, color mode, and brightness. Its pretty much like the Kindle but a smaller screen. You can get your books through the app also. You just need an account with Amazon. I love this app as I've wanted my own Kindle but didn't feel like spending the money on one. Give it a look and you won't be disappointed.

Audiobooks and E-books

As my wife's book writing heats up, I'd like to talk about books with a tech twist. You see today, thanks to technology, books are now more accessible more than ever. There are a couple of different ways to get this without having to go to the library or bookstore and buying one. Thanks to the internet we can download them. People can purchase them for their e-readers or download them in audiobook format. Either way you get to the new age of reading or listening to books. I personally like listening to audiobooks and because of my hectic schedule I don't have time to read as much, so I can listen when I'm out on the road with either my MP3 or Droid Incredible phone through my car stereo. Now as I am a tech geek this is my preferred way of doing my reading. I also when I can get a chance, download e-books to read if I have time. But to a lot of other people, like my wife, love to just have a book in hand and read. I'm not knocking this because on occasion I like to go old school and read a book. Sometimes just sitting there with a crackling fire flipping through pages is relaxing. You can have your choice of E-readers like the Kindle, B&N E-reader Nook, Ipad, and the list goes on. E-readers are also for the most part environmentally friendly. Saving trees in the process. People can even read newspapers through E-readers. Audiobooks are perfect for people on the go. Some people who workout have a choice to listen to an audiobook instead of music. When I go walking on the track this is what I do. So there are endless ways to stay connected to the literary world. Whether your choice is a book, e-book, or audiobook all will bring you the joy and satisfaction of the genre of book you love without missing a step in today's fast paced world.

Droid app of the week

A little late on the Droid app of the week, but here goes. This week's app of choice is Astro file manager. Probably the best app on the Android market today. This app is a must have for every Droid phone out there. Astro file manger is the first app you must download. It does so many different things such as: read zip and tgz files, send attachments, task killer, SD card usage, search text and files, image and file viewers, and SFTP, SMB, Bluetooth networking. This has made my Droid experience easier and smoother. Droid phones don't have a central location to see files so, this app takes care of that. Now you don't have to go pulling your hair out searching for a file all over the phone itself. So for those new to the Droid scene this is a must have.

Incredible News

To all my fellow Droid Incredible owners, rejoice. Yes we know 2.2 Froyo update will be out late July or early August, but there is an OTA we will be receiving soon. No date as to when it will happen. You see this update will add 2 features to our phone. They are as follows, the first will be a mobile hotspot feature. Yes we will be a walking hotspot but will have to pay more monthly to use it. We will be able to use up to 5 wifi devices but at a 2gb max, unless you want to cough up an overage charge. The next part of the update is something we've been wanting, with all these other super smartphones coming out with this feature we needed it. It is..... 720p HD recording. We will be able to record in 720p HD folks and this is awesome. The phone should have come with 720p HD recording in the first place but I will take this. Nice!

Asus Eee PC 1215N netbook

Hi all. Just wanted to let you know the Asus Eee 1215N netbook will be coming soon. A very powerful netbook that has a 1.8GHz dual-core Intel Atom D525 processor with NVIDIA Optimus. What this means it'll play 1080p video without a problem. This new netbook will have a 12in. display at 1366 x 768 pixelization and can be connected to an HDTV through an HDMI jack.It will also have usb 3.0, bluetooth 3.0, webcam, 802.11n wifi, and a choice of a 250gb or 320gb hard drive that will be augmented by a 500gb ASUS web storage.

Twilight Eclipse

Well here we are again, with the next chapter of the Twilight saga, Eclipse. When I was growing up, movies about vampires and werewolves fascinated me. To see this morph into today's contemporary stories intrigued me. I like how they've updated the stories, but I also still love the classic versions of this genre. This week I am proud to say I will be taking my wife and kids to see this as we are all twigeeks in my household. No doubt my kids will have their Twilight gear on. I feel its going to be crazy so we'll get a jumpstart to get there early to get a good spot to see this movie. Now I've taken a poll at home to see which side my family has chosen and the majority was team Jacob. Too bad team Edward. I also jumped to the team Jacob bandwagon. I think cause the werewolf thing is done cooler than the vampire stuff. So to all you twigeeks out there rejoice cause the wait is just about over.

droid app of the week

Hi everyone. Every week I will post a "droid app of the week" article. Let me start off with one of my favorite droid apps: radio time. This is an amazing app that lets me stay connected to my stations and shows I listen to no matter where I go. Before I would be bummed out cause I'd miss my local favorite shows and music stations when I go back and forth between states when I travel to and from work. Now with this app I no longer have to miss anything. Now not all stations are on this app, but most are. At least all my favorite radio stations. This is truly a great app and I recommend this one. It even has radio stations from other parts of the world. Talk about international! So if you have a droid this is a must have app.

true blood

As fans of the show True Blood, I thought I'd have a little fun using my Droid incredible and picsay pro app. Thanks to my wife and sister-in-law. I am posing as vampire Bill. To that we say: SOOKIE!

This just in: Motorola Droid X is coming July 15th

Hi all. Just found out new exciting droid news. The motorola droid x is coming july 15th. This is the sister phone to the motorola droid (which by the way the droid 2 is going to come out at some point later this year). It will come with 2.1 eclair but the 2.2 froyo update should be out by late summer. Get ready for this folks, the droid x will come with a 16gb micro sd card in the box. It also has a a 4.3 inch touchscreen. The screen resolution is 854 x 480. Also other features include an 8 megapixel camera with led flash and video camera that records in 720p, 8 gb onboard storage, and a 1ghz omap processor. Also with a 3G mobile hotspot plan you will be a walking hotspot able to wifi connect up to 5 devices. The hotspot plan caps out at 2gb so keep an eye on your downloads.

iphone 4 review

Here is the iphone 4 review of specs and features. Let's start on the design. First of all this is one elegant phone. The curved back is gone from its predecessor and is streamlined. A beautiful design with a high end look. Its made of smooth strengthened glass and a stainless steel band that wraps all the way around it. It has circular volume buttons and notches in the steel band which is used to improve radio connections. It also has a mute switch and a micro sim slot. The top of device is where the power button can be found as well as a headphone jack. On the bottom is a speaker, mic and 30 pin dock connector port. On the back is a 5 megapixel camera with led flash. the front has a front facing camera so you can video call. Nice! Now on the inside you have the Apple custom A4 chip that is also used to power the ipad. The phone has 512 mb onboard memory. You can buy it in either a 16gb or 32 gb storage capacity. Now lets talk about the camera. You get to snap some nice 5 megapixel images, but the program running the camera is just basic so you'll have to wait for an app to give you more picture taking options. The front has a vga camera for video calls. At this time it is only supported only from iphone to iphone and only on a wifi connection, but at some point that could change. It records video in 720p at 30 fps.
The display on the front is Apples new 960 x 640 ips "retina display". The screen is 3.5 inches so its pretty much like other smartphones out there. This display is awesome and delivers clear crisp virtually non pixelated images. The ios4 operating system is much improved and will blow you away with its features, such as multitasking apps and programs. Also now you can have folders added to your programs. The one complaint that I've heard about the older iphones was the battery life. Well no more. This battery is bigger and better so you will get more life out of the phone. This phone does have it shortcomings, but all in all for you Apple geeks, I say 2 thumbs up. If you are an iphone loyalist you will be salivating for this awesome phone. Good luck to those who can get one because its will be hard to get. Until the next post........

Intro

Hi everybody! Welcome to my first post. I am excited to be finally blogging. Well as you folks know the iphone 4 is coming this week. Some who preordered it have already received it. From all the specs and features this is going to be one top device. Now I'm not an Apple guy, but this piece of gadgety goodness seems to be the real deal. Its still too bad even with the improvements that it has AT&T for a carrier. I know at some point it will be on other carriers. Word I heard through the grapevine is at the end of the year it will be available on another carrier or carriers. From what I've read T-Mobile might be the 1st, but at the present time its still all speculation. Now let me get into what I have to say 1st and foremost. I love my Droid Incredible. Its my most favorite phone I've ever owned. I will and always be a droid and Verizon loyal customer, but as a tech geek I can't help but get excited as technology advances. The iphone4 and the htc evo 4g are by far the best 2 phones out on the market now. The only problem is they are not on Verizon which is my carrier. Regardless of what everyone thinks Verizon is clearly the best at giving me a signal when i need it most. These smartphones are advancing at such a rapid pace that the next great smartphone will be out in the near future. Crazy, huh? Read my next post with my iphone 4 review for features and specs.