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Passed 1 Million Steps on my iPod nano (5th gen)

todd — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:43:29 +0000

The pedometer in the 5th generation iPod nano is something I wasn’t aware of when I bought it last year. But, it has been the single most used feature. I just passed 1 million steps logged using this feature. I’m still using it even though I have an use a fitbit to track my activity.

iPhone 4 32GB Model is in Short Supply, What’s Up with Apple’s Supply Chain?

todd — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:10:20 +0000

Wednesday (June 23, 2010) was simply not my day. The blog I write for five days a week, MobileContentToday.com (MCT), and its parent site, mediabistro.com were unreachable during my normal writing period. This blog entry detailing my other big problem is being posted here because MCT is down with no sign of being revived anytime [...]

Podcast 43: Dictionary.com Mobile User App Behavior Research

todd — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:19:10 +0000

Powered by Podbean.com In Podcast 43 I speak with Dictionary.com President Shravan Goli. The main topic of this 32 minute 49 second is Dictionary.com’s recent research in how users of different mobile platforms use their mobile apps. Dictionary.com provides mobile apps for the iPhone/iPad, Android, and BlackBerry. The combined download for their apps is over [...]

iPad Summertime Tip: Landscape Viewing Only if You Wear Polarized Sunglasses

todd — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:31:14 +0000

Here’s a summer time tip for iPad owners: If you have an iPad and wear sunglasses with polarized lenses, you should only look at your iPad in landscape mode with your sunglasses on. Smartphones like the iPhone and Nexus One have displayes polarized at 45-degrees. However, for some reason the iPad’s screen appears to be [...]

Podcast 42: iPad Discussion – Todd Ogasawara & Frank McPherson

todd — Wed, 12 May 2010 08:43:04 +0000

Powered by Podbean.com I recorded three short (1 or 2 minute long) mini-podcasts this year. But, I haven’t recorded a longer form podcast since December 2009. This podcast drought ends now. Frank McPherson and I sat down several thousand miles apart to spend 15 minutes talking about the iPad. Frank bought his iPad 3G last [...]

iPad Camera Connection Kit & Tilt Shift Generator App

todd — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:07:57 +0000

I’m testing a bunch of things today to post this blog item: - Lumix digital camera - iPad Camera Connection Kit - iPad (of course) - PhotoGene (iPad photo editor) - TiltShiftGen (iPad tilt shift generator) - WordPress for iPhone/iPad - Apple Wireless Keyboard Everything except recording the photo was done on the iPad.

CalcXT for iPad free for now

todd — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:56:42 +0000

CalcXT for iPad is free for two days according to its product page on the iTunes App Store. Since Apple did not ship a calculator with the iPad, it might solve that issue for some people. It also provides a notepad when viewed in landscape mode.

Testing PhotoGene for iPad to Resize a Photo on an iPad

todd — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:56:41 +0000

This is a test to see if PhotoGene for the iPad actually resized a photo on the iPad. If it did, it should fit this blog’s column width.

It’s official! Even small woodland creatures like the iPad

todd — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:00:28 +0000

Those who doubt Steve Jobs reality distortion field should cast those doubts aside. As this photo clearly shows, even small woodland critters are fascinated by the iPad

Testing iPad with Apple Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard

todd — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:11:04 +0000

I just bought an Apple Wireless (Bluetooth) Keyboard and am testing it with my iPad. It works fine with the iPad itself. However, there is at least one issue when using it with the WordPress for iPad app: Pressing the tab key to try to move from field to field (say Title to Tags) in [...]

Evernote for iPad sync failing with unknown error

todd — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:09:53 +0000

The current Evernote 3.31 for iPad errors out as shown in the screen capture here.

Blogging from my iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard

todd — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:59:50 +0000

I paired my ancient, but still functional, Think Outside Bluetooth keyboard with my new iPad to type this blog item. I’m using the just updated WordPress 2 for iPhone and iPad to post this to myt blog (built on top of WordPress, of course). It looked it was working well. However, it seemed to freeze [...]

Testing WordPress for Android 1.1 with Photo

todd — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:01:36 +0000

Testing the latest update and its photo upload feature

Nexus One Firmware 2.1-Update1 Pinch-to-Zoom Feature Video Demo

todd — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:47:52 +0000

Demonstration of pinch-to-zoom gesture feature working on a U.S. Nexus One with the Android 2.1-Update1 firmware update applied.

Testing WordPress 1.0 for Android

todd — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:32:31 +0000

Test post with photo using WordPress 1.0 for Android on a Nexus One

Nokia N97 + Neurosky Bio-sensor + Maze Game = ?

todd — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:33:04 +0000

Video courtesy of Webseed Found this item over on Engadget… Nokia N97′s Brain Maze requires steady hand, typical mind-control equipment But, I can’t see I see any “mind control” involved after watching the video demo. All the navigation is done through hand motion. The mind control part is supposed to be “thinking in advance” of [...]

Intel AppUp Webpage Browser Hostile?

todd — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:51:12 +0000

I wanted to try the Intel AppUp beta for Windows 7 netbooks. So, I pointed my Google Chrome browser at… http://www.intel.com/Consumer/Products/appup.htm This resulted in partially rendered web page and Chrome attempting to use all available processor resources. I had to use Windows Task Manager to terminate Chrome. Next up was Firefox. It rendered correctly and [...]

Nexus One Indoor Video Sample – Quick Adjustment to Changing Light Conditions

todd — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:06:07 +0000

The overall quality of still photos and videos recorded using my Nexus One continues to impress me. This video was recorded at 4:10pm in a a room with windows. I started the recording with the room lights turned off. Then, I turned the lights on and panned across the room to get a few different [...]

Google Nexus One Video Samples

todd — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:04:51 +0000

Received my Google Nexus One Android phone a few hours ago. The video sample above was transcoded (by Google) from the original 3gp file recorded on the Nexus One. The video sample below is a video recorded using the Qik for Android app.

Windows 7 is a Great OS, But it is Not Touch Screen Ready (video demo)

todd — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:28:33 +0000

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrated HP’s soon-to-be-available Notebook Slate (no physical keyboard) running Windows 7 during his CES keynote in Las Vegas last night… Gizmodo: HP’s Windows 7 Slate Device Revealed by Steve Ballmer Here’s the thing though… I’ve had an Asus Eee PC T91MT netbook for a couple of months now. It has an [...]