An Apple A Day...

Flat Line

myapplediet — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:35 +0000

This blog site went flat line…should I revive it? Maybe I will but not on a daily basis. I would just be posting anything i find interesting about the iPhone. I still am not sure but I just wanted to keep this blog site from going dead.

If this wordpress app can make blogging more easy maybe then I can blog more…

I’m testing it out and this is my first post straigth from my iPhone..

Day 26: blah blah blah

myapplediet — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:45:29 +0000

Today is like any other day except that I’m extra sleepy. Must be tired with all the things that’s running through my mind.

So what’s exciting? I’ve gone through the bill again everything looks alright except for the two text messages that was stated to be received and sent which I did not or just can’t remember. I’m gonna let it pass this time but will keep track of all the messages from now on. And the mms that was said to be sent but never received. Having said that, how do you send an MMS? Maybe I did it wrong but I need to find that one out too.

Gotta do some other cyber duty and this journey continues…

Day 26: I’ve got mail

myapplediet — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:40:53 +0000

I got my first monthly bill today an it’s a whooping hundred and something bucks…well it’s the first month and it always is more than the usual bill. Good thing I am able to set aside for this already.

Nothing spectacular today. All I realized is, maintaining several active website is H-A-R-D. Time is always never enough….

Gotta go… still have some other cyber duty to fulfill as this journey continues…

Day 25: To Hell with Blogging

myapplediet — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:26:06 +0000

Tonight’s the season finale of Hell’s Kitchen, I’m lying on the couch blogging from my iphone using the wordpress app. It’s not as easy and convenient; typing on touchscreen needs some getting used to too. This is nice practice though but it took double the time for me to complete a full sentence. Whew! oh and I am yet to figure out how the dictionary works. Maybe that’ll make it a little easier than typing every letter of the intended word.

So I turned on the dictionary seconds ago. How come there are a few words popping out? Or I just did not notice it? Anyhow, I’ll figure it out eventually.

Gotta enjoy the season’s finale now…this journey continues…

Update: Dave won! The one hand bandit. Yay! Congratulations..Hope to see you at the Araxi in Whistler.

sorry Kevin

Day 24: Thanksgiving

myapplediet — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:24:00 +0000

Today’s a holiday and so is my blog.

Happy Thanksgiving y’all…

Day 23: Flat Dead in Hours

myapplediet — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:23:55 +0000

Today I went to New Minas with a friend to watch an off-road slalom race. I left the house with my iphone full charged, that was around 9am. Along the way I took a couple of pictures, shot a short video, then tweeted twice, that used 3G. It wasn’t a long drive, took about an hour and a couple of minutes. Arriving at the venue, around 11am, I took a couple of pictures again and took around a minute of video around twelvish, then my phone went flat dead. In 3-hours my phone’s dead. I didn’t have a car charger with me, and it’s a built in battery so you can’t really have an extra battery.

I was just thinking, what if I was on an 8-hour drive with no car charger? What will happen then? Maybe in Apple’s next upgrade, they can do something about the iphone’s limited battery life. Good thing, somebody have thought of something about this problem. Mophie came up with an external rechargeable battery, Juice Pack and Juice Pack Air.

mophie juice pack

Here are several reviews about it:

I’m saving up and getting myself one…

Day 23: Rant

myapplediet — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:02:06 +0000

I love the iphone but not the carrier. I want to rant on how bad the network is but I’m just too tired to do so right now. I’ll update this blog later and research why. Thinking and knowing that my previous network will carry the same phone, I keep telling myself that I should have wait. But what am I to do? You just have to be content with what you have and make the most out of it right?

Oh well, this journey continues…

Day 22: iPhone vs D40

myapplediet — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:57:36 +0000

Here’s what I did for my comparative analysis of the iphone’s camera against the Nikon’s D40.

I took a shot each on the same spot and the same view in JPEG format.
No post processing. All pictures are straight from the camera.

The iphone’s camera is at 3 megapixels while the d40 is at 6 megapixels. I’ve read here, that Apple have taken a leap over the 3GS’ camera compared to it’s earlier versions, the 2G and 3G. It now has auto focus which is great.

Scene #1

Taken with my D40

Taken with my iphone

Scene # 2

Taken with my D40

Taken with my iphone

Scene # 3

Taken with my D40

Taken with my iphone

Conclusion:

The iphone’s camera is good enough. It’s light and it’s very capable of capturing those everyday moments. Now there’s no excuse for not doing so unless of course your battery died down on you. It can also take videos, which my D40 cannot. The colors are a bit dull but not bad, nothing photoshop can’t fix. Details are still rendered sharp for a 3MP. Overall…awesomeness!

So if your planning a cellphone upgrade or getting a new unit, this one is the choice. What’s nice is both Bell and Telus will be having them in their line of mobile phones come November. Start saving up and be the first to fall in line when it hit the stores.

So I lied

myapplediet — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:23:09 +0000

I am back from a couple of days of hiatus. Was it? Or has it been a week? and more?

What happened? Who cares? Besides, I don’t have readers that I need to explain to and who wants to know why I was away for a few days.

Okay okay, just in case there are a few readers who might want to know.

DAY 15-FRIDAY

It was a weekend but not a movie night. We had to pick up the car at Enterprise for our office family day outing the next day. Then we went to Future shop Bayer’s Lake, Lyneth had to return a purchase. While she talked to customer service, I roamed around. It’s a gadget store, how can you resist not to. Now this is why I’d rather stay home, I got my self the ZAGG-invisibleSHIELD for my iphone.

Looks easy? N-O-T! I regretted I got myself one. If you ever thought of getting yourself one, make sure you do it in a clean room.

The next day, I noticed some discoloration on the back part, I figured, it is from the leather case. Since Zagg offers a lifetime warranty, I emailed them inquiring if that is covered by warranty. They got back and told me that a separate case is not to be used along with invisibleSHIELD. I didn’t know that. It was not written in their package or was told in any of their videos. Luckily, they are willing to give me a one time replacement free I just have to pay for S&H and return them the damaged one. I have to take care of that in the next days.

LESSON LEARNED: overprotecting is not always good

Oh and I bought myself a car charger you know how 3G can eat up the battery.

DAY 16-SATURDAY

We left early for New Brunswick to meet up at Joggins Fossil Center. The night before, I already set the directions on my google maps from home to where we needed to be. Just in case, cause I’m not yet so familiar with the place.

Google maps was handy. It was really really helpful except for my mobile carrier, Rogers. It has some weak spots and when we where nearing the place about 10-15 kms, the signal went dead.

We arrived there hours earlier than the call time, so we checked out the area. I stretched out my legs from the not so long drive. On road trips, I normally bring my camera with me. We walked around, took a couple of shots and decided that I’ll do a comparison between the iphone’s camera and my 6.1 MP camera. I’ll post that in my next entries.

We left Joggins around 4pm and was back in Halifax in 2 hours. Had to drop a friend home then ate dinner and returned the car. Was too tired to write a blog then.

Day 17 – Sunday

I was up early, needed to be someplace. When I got home took a nap and received a phone call from a friend. We ate out for dinner and was home just in time for Amazing Race. These TV shows are the reason why I can’t diligently put up entries on time. They eat up my time almost everyday, and when I’m done watching it’s pass bedtime. All the more I feel it’s already fall. That day I failed again.

Day 18 – Monday

I was sick with upset stomach. Maybe from all the food I ate over the weekend. There’s only two place I was in that day. The washroom (excuse me) and the bed. If I’m not in the loo I’m asleep. I wasn’t able to log onto cyber space if I can remember it right and was able to tweet only once. Again, I failed to put up a blog post.

Day 19 – Tuesday

Back to work. Needed to catch up with work and a lot of things. When I step out our door, our neighbor’s newspaper is always by their door. I caught a glimpse of the apple logo with the words Bell and Telus on the front page then walked away. Thinking that it couldn’t be possible, so I shake it off. Then, Durwin my Mac Guru confirmed it. Bell and Telus is having an iphone in their line of mobile phones. Dang! I should have just waited. Oh well, what can I do. It’s the same phone on a different network. But still! Sigh…I still was not able to put up a blog. What a wimp!

Day 20 – Wednesday

Nothing interesting happened. I was able to send off my papers. YAY! That is also one thing that’s eating up my time. Hmm…what else? I just felt tired so I went to bed early. WUSSY!

Day 21 – Thursday

Backtracking and finally I’m up to date. It’s a start. Tomorrow, hopefully I’d be able to organize the pictures and post about it. Like I said, after the tv shows, it’s past my bedtime. Good thing I was in the mood to blog in between commercials.

What’s up?

Same old same old, nothing new and interesting. I’m waiting for my first monthly statement to arrive anytime soon. I guess. Tomorrow maybe. Nah. it’ll find it’s way to our mailbox.

My journey continues, I’m just trying to catch up.

Day 14: Break

myapplediet — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:48:24 +0000

be back tomorrow… I’m having a tv series marathon.