Changes that need to be made MiFi

I agree with most all but the last two points:

Read it here.

Verizon MiFi Gadget of the Year

This past Sunday May 18th, 2009 Verizon and Novatel released the Mifi 2200 Personal Mobile Hotspot. In short this device uses Verizon’s network to gain you internet access (3g mind you) and rebroadcasts this over a Wi-Fi network that it creates. At glance this seems completely innocuous. However I can tell you that this device is nothing short of amazing.

After reading David Pogue’s review of the device I knew I had to have one. I had been waiting for years now for AT&T to allow tethering from my iPhone so I could get Mobile internet that way. Nothing so far. Sunday I purchased the MiFi with the 5gb/mo plan, $100 for the device (after rebate).

I have used the device everyday since (60% of the time on purpose for testing) and can report that in the 5 different locations I have used it in (all within 100 mile diameter) I get roughly 1mbps download speed on average and 0.25mbps upload on average. That is pretty darn fast.

Evernote 2.0 for iPhone

New version of Evernote for the iPhone has just been released. It is a major update as you can now use the app in landscape mode invludimg typing and editing notes, and thumbnail views for browsing. A great app just got better.

iPhone + Productivity Apps

There are many different apps you can buy and put on the iPhone, claiming to increase productivity. Most of them don’t, but a few, if used right, really can.

The point of this post is not to review these apps but rahter to show you what I use and what I use them for.

Continue after the jump…

Best iPhone Basecamp App

I was going to post a similar article today. But I have tried all the iPhone Basecamp apps, and Encamp is by far the best. Here is Macworld’s review. And contrary to what the review says you can indeed view files on it. Very slick app. The second best is a tie between Groundwork and Outpost, neither allows files as of this writing.

Review: Things

Things is a new GTD style task management app for the Mac by Cultured Code. I have used many applications that attempt to fill this void over the past 3 years, and while there are many good products, none met me needs. Things comes very close.

Before we get into the review, a few background items need to be addressed. First, I do not adhere to a strict GTD workflow. As with most GTDer’s I have modified the framework to best fit my personality this means that a straight GTD app that is set-up to strictly follow those rules often is difficult for me to use.

Having said that, since the inception of The Omnigroup’s OmniFocus program I have been using that application completely. I have tried other applications off and on and none suited me. That is until Things came around. I have been using this now for well over a month and have not looked back to OmniFocus.

Find out why after the jump…

Google Quick Search Bar

Much like Quicksilver, you can read about it here. It is pretty cool and I am glad to see something that could replace Quicksilver in the future. We just need the actions now.

But for now this is a good start.

My new Macbook Pro is… dead.

I have been having some issue the past couple of days with my Macbook Pro (unibody) where it would wake up from sleep while in my computer bag on the way home. This led to it being very hot when I got home. Well last night this happened and when I rebooted it, my keyboard and mouse would no longer work.

Nothing I tried, nor the Apple Genius tried would work. The result? Apple is ordering a new logic board for it. This sucks…

Review: Apple 24″ LED Cinema Display

I have been using the new Apple 24″ LED Cinema Display for about two weeks now, it is my monitor at work. I use this monitor connected to a new 15″ Macbook Pro (unibody). Since you really are not able to review a monitor without comparing it to monitors you use in the past. The monitors that I am comparing it to are the Apple 20″ Cinema Display, and the Acer AL2223W 22′ monitor. Both of those monitors have the anti-glare coating on them.

So now that you have a little background info let us dig into the awesome new monitor from Apple.

Continued after the jump…

Review: Macbook Pro Unibody

Well I wanted to share with you my thoughts on the new Macbook Pro 15″ Unibody model. I have been using mine for a little over 2 weeks now (since Christmas 2008). There are plenty of other websites that you can go to and get performance numbers and really in depth information, here is not such a place. I as always will offer my unscientific findings of this new computer.

For those of you who do not want to read anymore, my verdict is that this is a must upgrade. Now lets get into why, but first here is my Mac background for which I am basing this review off of.

Started with: Powerbook G4 12″
Went to: Mac mini 2.4ghz G4
Then: Macbook Pro 15″ 2.16ghz CD
Then: Mac Pro 2.66ghz Quad Core
Then: Macbook Pro 15″ Unibody

That is a list over the last 6 or so years, coming from a PC background before. The model I have is the top of the line, with 2.8ghz maxed RAM and 320gb 7200rpm drive. Now that is about as technical as I am going to get.

Read on to find out my likes and dislikes…