Archive for the 'Product Review' Category

Podcast Feature in ITunes 4.9 and my Ipod

Sunday, July 17th, 2005

I’ve been listening to Podcasts on my Ipod since late last year. When Apple announced that they would be supporting podcasts in the latest version of ITunes, of course I downloaded it right away. I’ve been using it for a couple weeks and here are a few complaints:

Why can’t you just give Itunes […]

60gig Ipod Photo Review and Tip

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

I am very pleased with my new 4th generation Ipod Photo. The screen is brilliant and the battery life is phenomenal. I simply never run out of juice.

Avoid-Automatic-Pause Tip:
There is a great feature in the new Ipods that pauses playback if the headphones become unplugged. Say you are listening to an audiobook and you […]

Your Own Private Google

Thursday, October 14th, 2004

This is an absolute must-have.
Have you ever wondered why Google can search the whole Internet in less than one second, but Windows takes forever to find one file on your own hard drive? Well, I don’t have the answer to that but I do have a solution for finding stuff on your computer:
Google […]

Ipod Review

Saturday, May 8th, 2004

Ok… it’s common knowledge that the Ipod is cool. People love it… and I love mine. I have my own personal soundtrack wherever I go. I walk everywhere and use it every day. I also use it on my long runs. Now that we have established that I really like my Ipod and would […]

Review of TIVO

Wednesday, April 7th, 2004

Ok. Everybody loves TIVO… and so do I. Instead of boring you with how fabulous it is, I thought I would simply enumerate the things that bug me about it:

The beep sound effects are annoying (but can be turned off)
Jon Stewart Season Pass records all the reruns
I have to scoll forever to get to […]

iLife ‘04

Tuesday, March 30th, 2004

Just picked up iLife ‘04 from the Apple Store at CambridgeSide Galleria.
I have to say that I have been mostly pleased. I was able to create a DVD from DV footage assembled in IMovie and subsequently imported into iDVD. I did have a few problems. One was with audio. iMovie has a great […]