iPhone vs Droid

I now have both phones. This isn't a totally fair comparison, as I have a NEW Moto Droid, and a 1st Generation iPhone.

The iPhone is definitely a great phone, that redefined what should be expected from a smartphone over the last couple of years. The apps that are available are excellent. The usability of the device is incredible. The interface is Apple shiny smooth. The call quality is decent, and the media capabilities of the device are unmatched. The exchange integration is mediocre at best, and the first generation's lack of hardware encryption makes it almost useless to any corporate user due to prevalent mobile device security policies of the day. Where this phone fails, is the network. Yes, my phone isn't 3G. It doesn't matter. AT&T 3G coverage in my area is spotty at best. Why would I upgrade to pay $10 more a month, lose my text messages, and get the same data speeds?

The Motorola Droid on the other hand is almost the opposite of the iPhone. The Droid runs Android 2.0. I am very impressed with the Android OS. It does a lot of things extremely well. It also fully supports Google Voice, which I use almost all the time for inbound call screening. The best part of the Droid is it's network. The Verizon 3G network has yet to let me down in the many, many places that I have taken it. The corporate email is still lacking, as it doesn't have a full implementation of ActiveSync. No remote wipe, etc.

To get around the corporate issues, both of these phones are supported by Good Technology.

So, the deciding factor for me on this, is the network. AT&T is totally spotty when it comes to 3G. You can't dual task on the phone in Edge mode. My suggestion, get a droid and an iPod touch.

Erik Buell moving on To EBR

Erik Buell's last day with Buell Motorcycle company will be November 30th. From then on, he will be founding Erik Buell Racing. This new venture will manufacture, support, and develop race parts for the 1125R based race only bikes under license from Harley Davidson.

What does this mean? Well, hopefully we will still have an American made bike that is a real contender in the AMA DSB and Superbike classes. I know that many of us are happy for Danny Eslick, and Team RMR. However, there decision to move to Suzuki's is troubling. Yes, Danny earned the #1 plate last year, but the Suziki he will be riding this year, sure didn't.

Who is going to be riding a Buell next year? Not too sure at this moment in the previously mentioned classes, however we know that the James Gang, and several other privateer Buell teams will more than likely compete again next year.

Go Buell Racing!

Eslick and RMR receive the #1 Plate for Daytona Sportbike

Snow Leopard - 30 day Review

Well, it's been a few weeks since Snow Leopard was released publicly. I purchased my copy in advance, and had it ready to install on the 28th. There is only one problem. Not many vendors were ready to support their software on it. Normally, i would just take the plunge, and give it a try, but not this time. I utilize PGP's WDE product. It isn't supported under Snow Leopard. Sure, I could just decrypt, and run without it, but in my mind the risks are too great. Without a bootup password on Apple products, WDE is my only defense when it comes to protecting my data in the event it is stolen.

I can't wait much longer :) I am an Entourage user, and totally hate it. It's the worst app by far. I am really looking forward to Apple Mail / Calendar integration with Exchange!

Never Forget

I hear quite a few folks saying, "It's been 8 years, move on."

I don't get it. How do you just move on? Would you say the same thing to those folks who lost loved ones on December 7th, 1941? Sure, not everyone is still feeling the lasting long term effects, but some are, and will forever. I don't see a problem with paying respect for those innocent folks whose lives were taken 8 years ago today.

God Bless America.

Marine Corps Bans Twitter, Facebook

RIP - Farrah

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Very Cool Expense Tracking Tool

For the past few months, I have tried to get a handle on my daily expenses from a tracking standpoint. I have tried excel spreadsheets, big stacks of receipts, and several different iPhone apps. However, I think that I may have found the ultimate tool to tackle this problem. I am talking about the web app xpenser. (http://www.xpenser.com)

Xpenser tackles the problem at the root. It makes it super simple to record the expense WHEN IT HAPPENS. How does it do this? The incredible number of methods it supports for entering data. Today it supports the following:

1.) Web Interface - You can enter your expenses directly into the web interface.
2.) SMS - You can SMS your expenses to a bot,
3.) IM - You can IM your expenses to a bot.
4.) EMAIL - You can Email your expenses to a bot email address.
5.) VOICE - You can actually call a number, leave a one sentence entry, and it converts it to an entry.
6.) TWITTER - You can have it follow your twitter account, and it can transfer entries.

All of it is pretty cool. You can also track your time along with your expenses. What a great tool for the consultants out there, and those of us trying to track our expenses a bit better.

iPhone 3G S

Yes!

Its about time! The iPhone 3G S has all of the features that many of us had hoped would be in the original iPhone, and the 3G model that came out last year. I am totally excited, and can't wait to pick one up.

Powerful

I didn't WEEP. Well, definitely not tears of joy.