Guess who’s not using his brand new Droid Razr? | ZDNet http://zd.net/sKC3Za
Christopher Dawson of ZDNet uses 2 pages to document how horrible Verizon’s service is. Sigh.
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ZDNet says: A third of of iPhone owners think they have 4G, obviously don’t | ZDNet
Ouch. That’s a lot of people thinking that their phones have faster data downloads than they actually have. Millions of people.
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The article also points out that:
24 percent of BlackBerry owners and 29 percent of Android owners thought the same thing.
From a marketing perspective this is pretty horrible because it means that the cell phone carries are doing a poor job of educating the public about 4G (faster service) and have failed to create a demand for it. Or…The sales teams have done a very good job of letting people think they have 4G.
The problem as I see it, is that people will not want to pay (again) for a speed bump, when their carrier finally delivers 4G in their area. For instance: In Tucson, Sprint sells 4G phones but does not actually provide 4G service. They still charge a $10 monthly premium though. Last I checked, AT&T and T-Mobile still have not kicked off their 4G networks in Tucson.
Think the “4? in iPhone 4 stands for 4G? Join the 34% of those participating in a recent poll. They thought the same thing.
What a bargin ;)
So my wife, in her infinite wisdom, got me an Amazon gift card for Father’s day. Apparently I’m hard to shop for. :{
I don’t think I’m hard to shop for. Go figure.
Anyway, there were so many cool gadgets. Bigger memory cards for my phone; a stylus for touch screens; a cloth that keeps the notebook screen clean when it closes. This list could go on and on.
Finally, I settled for a good bluetooth headset. I lose or break them more than I care to admit.
I found one with a low profile and noise canceling features called the Jawbone PRIME JBT01 Bluetooth Headset. Looking around on Amazon I found it listed for as much as $100. Ouch.
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Now I don’t usually give up that easily on Amazon. And I had a virtual gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket. So I looked a little harder and found this:
Jawbone PRIME JBT01 Bluetooth Headset – Retail Packaging – Silver
Try that at Costco 
To the right is a pic of what came in the mail 2 days later. So far it is the clearest sound I’ve ever had on a bluetooth headset. (I’ve used 4 others). It comes with a wealth of parts to adjust perfectly to your ear and a charging cable that can plug into your computer’s USB port or an A/C adapter.
Let me add that the charging cable has a nice magnetic connector like some of those new notebooks. So you don’t feel like you are putting extra wear on the headset when you attach it to the charging cable.
So far, I really like it 
Back up your data. You’ll miss it when it’s gone.
If you only back up to a hard drive, it WILL fail. One day when you really don’t have time to deal with it. If you aren’t already working with my friend Alex Liebeskind, you should look into this.
It’s especially nice if you use multiple computers, and ANY kind of smartphone. The Basic package is free.
I backup 30 GB constantly and they are synced between two computers as well. I pay $4.99 a month for peace of mind.
Best of all you can give someone a URL to a big file which they can download.
It’s good stuff.
Apple looks at magnetic induction to power mobile devices | ZDNet Someone is finally using kinetic energy to power gadgets. Do totty haver small children? This tech if for you. Figures it would be Apple.
