Archive for May, 2008

Should You Jailbreak Your iPhone?

Well, it was bound to happen sometime. One of my iPhone-toting friends recently asked me if I thought he should jailbreak his iPhone. Before I go any further, let me just define “jailbreak” for those of you who haven’t heard the term before. To “jailbreak” an iPhone means to hack the […]

Leopard Now Syncs Google Contacts

The Google Mac Blog reports that Leopard users now have a leg up on the rest of the Mac world as the recent 10.5.3 release has added Address Book sync for Google, Yahoo, Exchange, and of course, dot Mac.
This was a logical step for Apple, given the growing number of third party apps designed for […]

It’s Here! Spanning Sync 2.0 Beta with Google Contacts Sync

Spanning Sync has finally made good on their promise to add Google Contacts sync to their already impressive Gcal syncing program.

Oh Oh, Apple! Look at GooSync!

As much as I love my iPhone, there are a couple of things that bug me. My main annoyance has to do with the iPhone’s limited support for Apple Ical. Here are the biggest problems:

1. First, the iPhone’s calendar does not support multiple calendars.

Another Look at Evernote

Maclife has posted a brief review of Evernote.

Are You Getting the Most out of Gmail?

Gmail sometimes gets a bad rap as not being as full featured as Yahoo! Mail or other web based mail products. Personally, I think it’s got plenty of features. If you don’t believe me, then check out this post at CollegeDegrees.com. It’s called:

Evernote vs. PogoNotes: Which Should You Choose?

I have been a happy PogoNotes user since switching to the iPhone. In fact, PogoNotes has all of the features I had gotten used to on my Windows Mobile Treo 700wx, and PogoNotes does all of them better, I think. Overall, PogoNotes has been a great organizational tool for me. So, why, then, would I even consider looking at another program?

Another Vote for Remember the Milk

John Busteeed’s blog just gave Remember the Milk a 4 star rating. To quote John:

Top 10 Reasons to Like Gmail

Greg Rickaby’s blog, in his own words “sucks less than others.”

Greg’s blog is a nice eclectic mix of tech and folksy Gregisms but always with a decent message or a tip that’s going to help you.

PogoNotes for iPhone: Easy and Simple

When it comes to making notes, many of us in our increasingly paperless society have eschewed pen and paper in favor of the electronic gadgets we carry in our pockets, namely our cell phones. What’s more, taking notes electronically means that you’ll always have them for quick and easy reference. Beats a pocket full of paper scraps, doesn’t it?

The iPhone has it’s own built-in Notes app, but curiously, notes can’t be synchronized or backed up in an easy way. I’m pretty certain that the new iPhone 2.0 will fix this problem and it’s likely that somebody will develop an application to handle this soon, but for the millions of you out there who are stuck with your first generation iPhone, you’ll probably want a better note taking app than the original.