ConvertCast episode 4

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August 3, 2009


Two Guys, Two Macs, and Two Pres

Moving to the Mac

More development tools available for Mac

Parallels/Boot camp

Exchange works so well on Snow Leopard

Track pad vs. mouse

Bluetooth mouse/keyboard

Palm Pre and WebOS

os in infancy

developer support

GSM version

Task management – c’mon Google, give us TASKS!!!

processor speed

applications

multi-tasking

Homebrew (100+) vs. approved official apps (30)

Is Palm still tweaking the SDK itself?

“Rooting”

Rooting does involve some skill and basic knowledge of Linux

Positive and Negative aspects of the conversion

The Pre is more simplistic, user friendly

Browser “more like the iPhone experience.”

Derek isn’t crazy about the camera on the Pre

Mike loves the official support – automatic updates are awesome

iTunes vs Palm

SYNERGY

Syncing contacts to the cloud

Syncing to Google

Syncing from Facebook – Derek’s nightmare

Find Mike Herald at http://michaelherald.com and http://palmdocked.com

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  • http://www.j2i.net Joel Johnson

    wow, up-dup-down-down-left-right-left-right-b-a was the cheat code that used to work in a lot of old Nintendo games that would give you 30 lives instead of 3.

    Sounds like the developer was being nastalgic.

  • http://silversurfer20@twitter.com Derek Simmerman

    Yeah Joel it sure was! Use to work for the old Contra I know. Too funny huh?