Marino

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T-Mobile: we probably lost all your Sidekick data (Engadget)

Oct 10th 2009 6:03PM The data is stored locally AND remotely and it syncs every few minutes.
The nice thing about it is if you lose your phone, you buy a new phone and all your data comes back in.
The bad thing (and I never thought it would happen) is that if the remote copy says you have 0 data then it overwites your local data.
I used to have and love Sidekick.

Now I have a G1 phone
The G1 syncs remotely with Google.
One time I tried to do an import of 2,000 records into Gmail's contacts.
The fields got mapped all wrong and I deleted all the contacts to try again.
Then to my dismay I realized that all my contacts in the phone were ALSO deleted. There is no UNDO, or RECOVER FROM TRASH.
Lesson to be learned: Make sure your phone or data plan has some kind of export function to backup your data in your own hardware if something ugly occurs.

I still miss the Sidekick. It was the most intuitive phone I have ever used.

Is Apple More Evil Than Microsoft? (Switched)

Aug 3rd 2009 4:26PM I'm a devoted Mac user and advocate but I don't buy the whole iLifestyle.
I use Apple laptops, the MaOS and an iPod and I stop right there.
No iPhone, no .mac account, no iLife, no iPhoto.
It gives me the creeps.

Google Voice app GV Mobile ported to jailbroken iPhones, web app version in the works (Engadget)

Jul 28th 2009 10:46PM I've been a Mac fanboy for 10+ years.
I like the hardware and the OS.
But I've stayed out of the iPhone, iLife, dotMe crap for exactly this reason.
I use a G1.

Navigon withdraws from GPS business in North America (Engadget)

May 4th 2009 2:11PM This was the only GPS device that had lifetime traffic conditions built in at no extra cost. Sad.

Engadget's recession antidote: win a Mint 130 Digital Music Station! (Engadget)

Mar 16th 2009 1:22PM Go me!

Dexim's Shu-Lip turns your new iPod shuffle into the thumb drive it's dying to be (Engadget)

Mar 13th 2009 4:27PM I read: "Dexim's Shu-Lip turns your new iPod shuffle into the dumb drive it's dying to be."

Sony's panorama-shooting DSC-HX1 camera handled on video (Engadget)

Mar 10th 2009 1:00PM The problem with in camera panoramas is that sometimes you have cars, people cross the frame while you are panning. If you do post processing you can reshoot some frames while panning and discard the ones you don't want.
For stitching panoramas on a Mac I use doubletake. http://echoone.com/doubletake/ You drop your image files on the application icon and they are stitched. It's that easy.