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Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:57:21 -0000

Dave, take a look at DoubleTwist.com for music transfers. Works with nearly any phone, except those that start with "i". ;)

Re: Toshiba Mini NB205-N330 review

KevinCTofel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:29:27 -0000

Nice review Brad. I'm re-running my battery tests using the Battery Eater Reader mode, which essentially leaves the machine pretty idle. I used fairly aggressive power management settings. More to follow because I only ran the test on Windows 7 -- the battery died after just over 10 hours with basically no load. I'll do the same with XP tomorrow and see how it fares.

Also of note: even with Windows 7 and the latest available Toshiba software installed, I've never seen the Toshiba-specific software your newer model has. I wonder why they haven't made it available to older devices that were upgraded to Windows 7? Hmm....

Re: Twitter feeds stray puppies (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:48:42 -0000

Verizon is arguably the best in terms of coverage, although I'm surprised your Sprint MiFi had problems - when there's no Sprint signal, it should roam on Verizon's network. Then again, I had to turn on data roaming with my Sprint Palm Pre to take advantage of that. There was a firmware update for the MiFi's earlier this week (http://jkontherun.com/2009/10/26/mifi-gets-firm...) so maybe that's the issue?

Regardless, if you're thinking of ditching both devices (iPhone and MiFi), the new Verizon Droid announced today should be on the radar. There are 3G tethering apps (although you may have to root the phone) and Android 2.0 looks stunning in terms of features and UI enhancments. Plus -- not sure if this adds value to you or not -- the new free Google Maps Navigation on Android 2.0 just trumped any other nav system by leveraging real time Google Search, street view and more. My $0.02. :)

Re: Do you have a cloud-enabled feed? (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:25:42 -0000

We're proud in the RSSCloud at jkOnTheRun! http://feeds.Feedburner.com/jkontherun

Re: Title of podcast goes here.

KevinCTofel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:28:12 -0000

Looking forward to the new podcast. Since I'm an East Coaster, I'll likely have to catch it recorded, so NO editing if you muff anything! ;) Wishing you both the best on this...

Re: Older people get to me too (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:37:36 -0000

Thanks for sharing this insightful thought, Dave. Especially timely for me personally and gave me pause to enjoy some fond memories of my father.

Re: Poet's Guides (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:22:51 -0000

I know you want to understand how such a beast would work (and I can appreciate that!), but an application called Calibre might be worth a look. I gave it a once-over earlier this week on our site as I was waiting for my Kindle 2 to arrive, which it did yesterday. Calibre is a cross-platform e-book library management system and can also re-format content. More importantly to one of your points above: it can fetch from websites or feeds on your computer, and you can then sync that fetched content over to the Kindle. That bypasses Amazon for the site or feed. Might be worth a look. I haven't had a chance to try it for pulling web content onto my Kindle 2 yet.

Re: Poor man's email? (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:38:24 -0000

I'm starting to use Twitter for logging and tracking my exercise. When I go for a run or ride, I tweet the info with a #kct-log tag for search purposes. I'm also hoping the "one to many" effect helps motivate others to get a little excercise as well ;)

Re: Source: Intel prepping for mass roll-out of Android netbooks

KevinCTofel — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:07:44 -0000

After using a netbook since the original Eee PC 701, I gave the whole Android on a netbook thing some thought. Yup, we know the platform can be ported to X86, but I'm in agreement with Charbax: it's ideal for ARM. Just before Christmas I justified why: http://gigaom.com/2008/12/23/a-netbook-with-and...

ARM over Intel gains power efficiency, and in some cases (like with Qualcomm) stronger connectivity options. Bear in mind that Intel is already backing the Moblin Project, focusing on mobile Linux for netbooks and MIDs. They were targeting this for MIDs first and then netbooks, but earlier this month, the swapped priorities. Moblin for MIDs is pushed to 2010 while Moblin for Netbooks is in alpha now. It's bare-bones as you can see by my five minute video look: http://jkontherun.com/2009/01/29/mobile-tech-mi...

Re: New policy on interviews (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:43:53 -0000

I still like the idea of an interview wiki. Both sides get to massage their words to ensure nothing is taken out of context.

Re: Asus and Phoenix ink deal for Hyperspace on laptops - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

KevinCTofel — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:28:10 -0000

I circled back to the Phoenix Technologies PR folks after the news hit and I updated my post yesterday afternoon. Customers will still pick up the annual subscription tab at the full $39.95 or $59.95 price, depending on the version (Dual or Hybrid). I'm still of the opinion that this will never gain traction, based on the business model.

Re: Leaving Las Vegas

KevinCTofel — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:32:55 -0000

Glad you made the show Brad! :)

Re: I’ve gone Netbook

KevinCTofel — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:04:12 -0000

Very interested in your thoughts on the netbook experience as opposed to a pocketable Internet Tablet. Pros and cons to each of course... Welcome to the "Netbook Club"! :)

Re: Palm Pre a possibility? (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:16:26 -0000

Dave, it's way too early to get answers to some of your excellent questions, unfortunately. ;( I spoke with a developer who works on the Palm Pre browser and they still have work to do on the phone and the OS. And with no pricing or news out of Sprint yet, they're not going to get into the details of the voice/data plan (assuming they would be any different from today's offerings).

I suspect that since they went with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create apps for the phone, it should be relatively open, but that's just a guess on my part. No word on when you can get your hands on one; we barely got to touch it! Palm says sometime in the first half of the year for availability.

Re: Friends Of Dave (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:13:15 -0000

Dave, thanks for the comment. One of the nicest things I've heard said on our behalf in a while and it tells us that we're heading in the right direction for our readers. :)

Re: Hey, look what happened this weekend!

KevinCTofel — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:54:54 -0000

Congrats on 2m visitors in such a short time, Brad! It's been fun to watch Liliputing grow and we'll catch you at CES. :)

Re: Dear AT&T - Why is a modem locked??

KevinCTofel — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:22:19 -0000

Hi Jonathan, I saw that you had some questions / comments on my original post. Unfortunately, I got tied up until after you answered most of your own questions. I'm surprised that the modem is locked to a carrier, considering all of the frequency bands that it supports. Hmm.... I wonder if that's why the Icera Livanto chipset was used since it's so versatile via firmware updates.

Re: What is a netbook? (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:26:52 -0000

spyguy, netbook vendors are not shipping any netbook that I know of with Windows XP embedded. They're shipped with full XP SP3, Vista, or Linux distros. If you think XP embedded is going to be around quite a while, then you missed the news in October: "Quebec", the next version of Windows embedded is based on Windows 7, which in turn is based on Vista. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/o...

Don't get me wrong: an embedded OS for a netbook isn't a bad idea and I've called for one ages ago. However, it's not an idea that's implemented yet in mainstream netbooks. Additionally, there are plenty of standard notebooks that have embedded processors, so I'm not sure how or why you're making a distinction here.

Re: What is a netbook? (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:11:33 -0000

Let's not forget one key aspect: choice of OS is a personal choice so you can't make the wrong one if you're using one that meets your needs. Dave outlined his netbook requirements long ago and one of them was that the software he uses needed to be supported by the OS. Linux doesn't support the software he uses, so it won't meet his needs.

It's not about proclaiming that one OS is equivocally better than another, because nobody can make that decision for anyone else. ;)

Having said that, there's room in the netbook market for every OS in my opinion. I've run them all on netbooks: various Linux distros, XP, Vista, Windows 7, and OS X. From a hardware standpoint they all work. From a choice standpoint, they should all be considered based on your individual needs.

XP is the "lightest" current Windows OS available on netbooks today and I think Dave's point is well taken in that Microsoft might want to reconsider killing off XP. They've already moved the end date a time or two and I suspect that in the end, it WILL go away in favor of Windows 7. Time will tell.

Re: Best phones of 2008 - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

KevinCTofel — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:28:27 -0000

I know it's not officially out yet, but will you consider amending your list with the BlackBerry Storm? If so, which would drop from the top 5 I wonder?

Re: Google Voice Search, Hands On - Not too impressed - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

KevinCTofel — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:25:50 -0000

Hmm... I found it to be pretty accurate, but I can't compare to the Instinct as I don't have one. I'll defer to you on that. I did slow my speech down a tad and the returned results were drastically improved. It's the first voice recognition that handled our site name, for example... and that's a challenge because it's a bunch of words put together.

Re: Is it fair to benchmark Windows 7 at this point? - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

KevinCTofel — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:28:36 -0000

I definitely see both sides of the fence on this one. My thought is that we should be looking at the features in a pre-beta, test build, even if all of the announced/expected features aren't there yet. The "under the hood" optimizations can't really be expected when the feature list is incomplete and not locked down. I'd be more apt to place stock in betas when we get close to launch or with a RC, but I completely understand your point.

Re: Enterprise revealed - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

KevinCTofel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:31:10 -0000

*every* vehicle is mobile so this fits in my book. ;) Besides, who can pass up a redesign?

Re: Today the MSI Wind really went back (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:30:16 -0000

OK, let's just agree to be two losers and call it even. ;)

Re: Today the MSI Wind really went back (Scripting News)

KevinCTofel — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:57:55 -0000

Ugh. I feel like I let you down in a way since I have had such an overall positive experience with my MSI Wind. Still, you gave it a fair shake in your environment and it fell down. I'm still intrigued by the whole issue since I run a network off of an AEBS and the Wind works fine. Go figure!

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Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

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Re: Twitter feeds stray puppies (Scripting News)

Re: Do you have a cloud-enabled feed? (Scripting News)

Re: Title of podcast goes here.

Re: Older people get to me too (Scripting News)

Re: Poet's Guides (Scripting News)

Re: Poor man's email? (Scripting News)

Re: Source: Intel prepping for mass roll-out of Android netbooks

Re: New policy on interviews (Scripting News)

Re: Asus and Phoenix ink deal for Hyperspace on laptops - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

Re: Leaving Las Vegas

Re: I’ve gone Netbook

Re: Palm Pre a possibility? (Scripting News)

Re: Friends Of Dave (Scripting News)

Re: Hey, look what happened this weekend!

Re: Dear AT&T - Why is a modem locked??

Re: What is a netbook? (Scripting News)

Re: What is a netbook? (Scripting News)

Re: Best phones of 2008 - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

Re: Google Voice Search, Hands On - Not too impressed - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

Re: Is it fair to benchmark Windows 7 at this point? - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

Re: Enterprise revealed - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

Re: Today the MSI Wind *really* went back (Scripting News)

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Re: Today the MSI Wind really went back (Scripting News)

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