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Apple iPhone

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

I’m speechless… I must regain my composure and tell you how I feel about this device. It’s a blog and I have to state my opinion on things. But that is how I felt when I saw the first shots from Steve Jobs keynote. This device as everything you can expect. It combines a cellphone, an iPod, and a PDA. I’ve never been attracted in any way to the iPhone before, I did follow the news heard a lot of rumors of what it would be. But had I known it would be something like this… I would of started to save money to buy one. First thing you can say it will be darn expensive. But that’s the price for touch screen technology. There is little more I can say about this device. You have to see it for your self. I’ve made a quick slide show, but head out to Apple – iPhone for complete animated version. For Christmas 2007, gather together and buy me one. You can find a ton of additionnal pictures on Technorati. Apple is now Apple Inc. they’re really heading somewhere. Bright and simple future for them.

(C) Apple iPhone - Slideshow

Aqua

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

I’m not a huge fan of music, guess I never developed a particular interest. I do listen to some music but it’s mostly the big hits that come on the radio. If you take a look at what’s on my MP3 player you’ll find James Blunt, Simple Plan, Brian Littrell, Mes Aïeux, and many movie soundtracks. I’m very inclusive and refuse to affiliate myself with a specific music type and be labeled.

Aquarius Album ArtToday I bring you an old album called Aquarius. The band Aqua was a Scandinavian dance/pop group that ended their activities back in 2001. However they had a great single back in 1997 called Barbie Girl that made me buy their album back then. I was still a kid and was still trying to figure out what was good or not. So the album called Aquarium was home and I listened to it countless times but every time I discovered a new tune that I loved. The beat was awesome; it’s like rediscovering something! I felt compelled to look for their next album and after a few weeks of research I came across and listened to it. Bottom line it’s the same flavor, if I knew the exact description of what Dance music is I could elaborate further but that’s not the case. Their music would be great in a party and since most people might not remember the band they might think it’s a new single.

iPod Nano: Remastered

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

The news is not so hot anymore but I still think I need to mention it. Last Tuesday (12/09/2006) was the day were Apple decided to bring all attention to itself by releasing a bunch of new toys. As it is a custom for the iPod line they improved the software and updated iTunes to sell movies. This makes Apple a major distributor of music, tv shows, podcasts and now movies. I remember talking about the arrival of the iPod Nano witch I found to be a great upgrade from the ridiculous iPod Shuffle.

New colorful iPod Nano

The new Nanos come in five colors; legacy of the iPod Minis and the Shuffle has been down-sized to become the worlds smallest MP3 player (1GB). Set aside that I grown to hate the concept of iTunes and iPod because of their non-replaceable batteries and their restricted format I salute their brand. I mean they always come with great ways to promote their products and Apple has raised in popularity ever since. You see how cool this picture looks? Have a look at the same add in motion Quicktime format and you’ll be blown away.

The term MP3 player is now slowly starting to be replaced by iPod by kids in my neighborhood. Anyhow, they announced better battery life, higher capacity of storage, gapless playback, brighter screen, thinner size. To sum up the event Steve Jobs introduced the upcoming iTV, code name of a box that will allow you to stream the contents of your iTunes library to your TV (HD preferably), means that the new content of the iTunes Store is not limited to your iPod and computer anymore.

List it all, with Listal!

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

The title is obviously an overstatement, but thanks to Listal I can list my DVDs, Music, Games, Books and seen movies. The website is still in beta but has been growing nicely over time and it’s features are inspired from social bookmarking. At some point I had started keeping track of all the DVDs I bought through an Excel spreadsheet. The technique worked for some time but was obviouly monotonus and was displayed as a grid with a list of price and names. The real need for listing became requiered when some of my friends wanted to borrow one of my DVDs or just look at one while they’re coming over.

Listal

Now thanks to listal interface I can share my collection with everyone, discover other peoples list and keep tracking of my personal ratings. An other nice little feature allows you to put a note on some of your items mentionning that you loaned it to someone since Christmas. So I’ll invite you to have a look at my list and signup yourself.

SanDisk Sansa e250 Review

Monday, June 12th, 2006

SanDisk Sansa e250It’s a few weeks since I last got the opportunity to listen to music on my way to school, work or church. My old CD-MP3 player is still working but since my second pair of headphones died on me and I had to keep fixing the CD player to keep it working. Point taken I wanted to buy an MP3 player for sometime and I always delayed it. That, until I got my first paycheck and found a good deal on the Sansa e250.

This is a sleek iPod killer, it got a much larger screen than the iPod Nano and got a ton of extra features such as video playback, picture viewer, FM tuner, voice and FM recording. There is also an expansion to add a MicroSD card. The case seems rather resistant and you can easily change the rechargeable Li-on battery already supplied. As usual the headphones are nothing phenomenal but the included travel pouch and lanyard are a blessing. This MP3 player comes with 2GB to put most of your mp3s, videos and pictures. There are two alternative models, e260 and e270 respectively giving you the same features but with 4GB and 6GB instead. Most I think of this product is rather positive but the only down side might be the four buttons surrounding the scroll wheel. You can’t see it on their promotional pictures but the scroll wheel is raised and the buttons are so slim they become hard to access. So on this point you may need a few days to get use to it and manage to click the button on the first try. Besides the buttons, the lovely illuminated scroll wheel is not loose so you really feel the motion you initiate.

Bottom line, this is a great MP3 player and not that whole expensive. I got it for $175 CND and it retails on SanDisk’s web site for $180 so I’d consider it a great deal.

iPod Nano: All that Shuffle was missing

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

I cursed Apple for making the iPod Shuffle affordable, but with no screen display. They heard my silent cry and created the iPod Nano. They made it with 2GB or 4GB space with a COLOR screen. Sure thing they know how to work around the competition and keep the iPod on the top list of the most wanted MP3 players of all time. We might have to consider a high price for this tech-baby but it sure is worth the thought.

Go get all the details on Apple’s website www.apple.com/ipodnano/