Karl Lind updated Garmin eTrex Legend HCx

Karl Lind — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:39:06 -0400

July 1, 2009 at 11:39 pm

tapped as "have it"
agreed: "WAAS/EGNOS"
agreed: "Supports maps and door-to-door navigation"
agreed: "Internal memory: 24MB"
agreed: "Supports MicroSD"
agreed: "MiniUSB connection only"
agreed: "High accuracy GPS (2m as average)"

Karl Lind updated 4 products

Karl Lind — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:12:38 -0400

1. updated Apple Macbook Pro - June 8, 2009 at 12:12 am

agreed: "Very quite internal fans."
agreed: "Photo editing is a pleasure."
agreed: "Runs crysis when running on Windows XP."
agreed: "Chiclet-style keyboard "
agreed: "Backlit keyboard. "
agreed: "Unibody design."
agreed: "Slot loading DVD drive."
agreed: "LED Backlit screen."
agreed: "Thinner than previous gen @ 0.95" "
agreed: "Sleek Macbook Air aluminum styling with clean screen bezel "
disagreed: "No significant performance upgrades over previous generation "
disagreed: "Very hot"
agreed: "Expensive"
disagreed: "Slightly heavier than predecessor "
agreed: "Multi-touch glass trackpad "
tapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"

2. updated LG Dare - June 8, 2009 at 12:09 am

tapped as "have it"
new pro/con: games do not take advantage of touch display
new pro/con: microSD card slot
new pro/con: good resolution for photos
new pro/con: Drag and drop icons on home screen
new pro/con: No Mac Drivers

3. updated Apple iPod Touch 1st Gen - June 8, 2009 at 12:06 am

tapped as "have it"
tapped as "love it"
agreed: "Amazing multi-Touch interface"
agreed: "Accelerometer detects horizontal or vertical position and adjusts display accordingly"
agreed: "Vibrant 3.5" color touchscreen"
agreed: "Very thin profile - thinner than iPhone"
agreed: "Normal headphone jack - not recessed like iPhone"
agreed: "Elegant and clean design."
agreed: "Safari's content-aware zooming (zoom to fit text)."
agreed: "Context-sensitive on screen keyboard works very well."
agreed: "Coverflow is quite useful on top of being a joy to use with the touchscreen "
agreed: "can jailbreak to make it so much cooler"
agreed: "Can copy files to device for offline viewing (e.g. PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPEG) using third party applications."
disagreed: "Too big harddisk for me"
disagreed: "Crippled by Apple's preoccupation with copy protection measures."
disagreed: "No instant messaging app."
agreed: "No file management in iPod (e.g. delete pictures/music/videos)"
agreed: "No EQ on the player - can only be set song-by-song from within iTunes"
agreed: "No hardware music controls."
agreed: "Have to pay $20 for the software upgrade which includes the map, notes, stock, and weather apps and webclip support."
agreed: "Cannot select text or copy and paste."
agreed: "Only one playlist (On-The-Go) is directly editable from the player."
disagreed: "Can't copy files to device for offline viewing (e.g. PDFs)."
agreed: "Small capacities - 8GB or 16GB"
disagreed: "No USB mass storage mode (disk mode) so it can't be used to move data around."
agreed: "WiFi access with Web browsing using Safari"

4. updated Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150 - June 7, 2009 at 11:54 pm

agreed: "less than ideal 3.6x zoom"
disagreed: "not very attractive"
agreed: "expensive - but can now be found for much cheaper"
new pro/con: up to 30.8x digital zoom (depending on setting)
new pro/con: Up to 30x digital zoom
new pro/con: manual settings
agreed: "great value"
agreed: "attractive"
agreed: "compact"
agreed: "shoots video in HD"
agreed: "captures images in RAW format"
tapped as "have it"
tapped as "love it"
untapped as "have it"
untapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"
tapped as "love it"
disagreed: "not very attractive"

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Karl Lind — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:46:32 -0400

June 7, 2009 at 11:46 pm

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