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A Few of Our Favorite Things

Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

ConvertCast
Episode 33
March 8
Microsoft tag
No mo patents!
All Apps Show –  Alli and Jerry go at it again – Favorite apps by category because you just don’t get tired of gettin’ new Apps!
General Search/Information
siri
Social Networking
SMS/Messaging
Photography
gorillacam
PIM/Checklist (subdivide contacts/calendar/tasks since Apple does)
Weather
Outside
Games
Homerun Battle 3D – Full version
Travel
AutoPark
Finance
Sports
Productivity – anything that helps you get something done
News apps
Passwords etc.
Total KrApps?
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Scratch C@rd

Posted on 07. Mar, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

Not too long ago, I told you about iFavorites. Its developer has now released another app, that while nowhere as useful, can provide some entertainment – especially if you have children in your lives.
Scratch C@rd allows you to create a personalized greeting card on your iPhone. This, in itself, is not terribly unique or unusual. [...]

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Module for a Better Grip on your iPhone

Posted on 06. Mar, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

I’m a one-handed iPhone user. It took me longer than most people to get used to the iPhone’s keyboard because I want to hold it on my right hand and type only with my right thumb. I always figured that was the point of having a very small device. I don’t mind using two hands [...]

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Three Percent

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

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March 1
Episode 32
Guest: Michael Herald
Palm WebOS
memory leaks
1.4 update
video
screenshots
apps: WebOS and Android
speed
Resets – are they a think of the past?
App development
Windows Phone 7 Series (still a mouthful!)
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DirecTV App

Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

DirecTV has made it easier to find and record a tv show from your cell phone than from your television. I’m sure the original intent of this app was for those moments you find yourself away from the tv and suddenly remember you forgot to set something to record. But they’ve given us something so [...]

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Was My Touch

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

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Episode 31
February 22, 2010
Special guest Darren Mota
Best Buy secret website
My Touch over the G1

Android

HD2 – for real?

Social networkcentric
Android and calendaring
Google
Microsoft My Phone
Zagg Sparq
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Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

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Episode 30
Edward’s “no BS” accounting of today’s Microsoft announcement from Barcelona
Microsoft’s new site devoted to the 7 series
Shameless plug for TwitPay
What the heck are we going to call it?
Tiles, Hubs
10  months to launch?
Legacy apps?
Why the emphasis on social networking?
United app market
Dumb pipes!
Flow TV
Jerry unjailbreaks
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Windows 7 Just Works

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

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Episode 29 (Oups…not episode 30)
Feb. 9
Tonight’s guest: Diana McDonough
Windows 7
“God mode.”
Create a folder anywhere you’d like – desktop, documents…wherever. Now copy this:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
and paste it as the name of the folder.
64 bit vs. 32 bit
IE / Chrome / Firefox
Restarting our phones
Any Android update for the Hero or is it still low man on the totem pole?
HTC [...]

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iPad, WePad, TheyPad…Whatever

Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

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Episode 28

Feb. 1

The iPad
Pros, Cons, Indifferences

3.2 on the iPad vs the iPhone
What will we see in 4.0?
minimal multitasking?
Bluetooth development
Lockscreen info

Hardware – removable battery – hah! Never.
Front facing camera? Why!
Port connector

Samsung Omnia review on msmobiles.com

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Who Dat!

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Alli Flowers.

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Episode 27

January 25, 2010

Slingbox
Why are we paying $30 for the Sling player? One license should come with the hardware, or it should be free.

Update – Derek went to AT&T for an iPhone

AT&T’s new pricing plans

Price comparison by Don Ferguson on the Yahoo Treo Group
“Sprint, Simply Everything – everything Sprint for $100/month. So simple,
even a caveman [...]

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