You can really tell that it's faster. The response time on tapping things like mail and photos has sped up quite a bit. The new camera makes images look great, though it doesn't seem like you can autofocus while you're recording a video - and the ambient sound recording during the video isn't half bad, I was worried I would need to get some kind ( Read more... )

Looks like fingerprint smudging on iPhones was enough of a problem that Apple actually created a fingerprint resistant coating on the iPhone 3Gs. I wonder if they got requests from government and security people for that as well?

It seems that the only way to get pictures off my DSi is via SD card. Bah! What's wireless communcations for if I can't just directly pull files off my DSi onto a computer?? Guess I have to pick one up down the street ( Read more... )

I bought a Nintendo DSi. I'm liking it; bigger screen, more features (including web browsing), SD card slot, download play with the DSi shop, and all the features of the old DS Lite except for the Game Boy slot - but that is really the big negative for me, I'm sad that I need to keep a DS Lite hanging around to play my Game Boy games... though if ( Read more... )

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/05/01/next-iphone-to-easily-record-edit-and-share-movies/Read more... )

I finally figured out what I was doing wrong with my database functions, and it was simpler than I realized. Of course that's always said with hindsight - now that I have a greater understanding of the foundation classes and how things work generally it seems more apparent. I was worried that I didn't really "get it" and that I'd have to start ( Read more... )

Not much posted here recently - Facebook gets most of my attention these days. But there is a lot going on, I'm doing a lot more living than blogging about living ( Read more... )

I'm really looking forward to improvements in Maps in iPhoneOS 3.0. Opening up access to Maps via API means that Apple and/or Google can create better native iPhone implementations of things like saved Google maps. I really enjoy making maps with saved locations at maps.google.com, but I think I would enjoy it much more if I could also do this on ( Read more... )

iCam is coming!! Or maybe they'll call it iSee? iVid?

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/04/03/apple-ordering-3-2-and-5-megapixel-camera-sensors-for-iphone-and-future-product/

I think that, starting with my generation, and during the rise of personal computing in general, there has been a sharp uptick in the number of people who were "born" interactive users of technology. There seem to generally be two kinds of technology users: actives and passives. Actives are the tinkerers, the hackers, the engineers and the ( Read more... )