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Show Notes – 9/26/09 – Episode 38

Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Jordan in Show Notes

Episode 38 – 9/26/09

Hosted by Jordan Drake and Jake Brown

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In This Episode:

Tech Discussion – Text messaging, AT&T, the iPhone, and Jake:

MMS is finally available for the iPhone! Jordan and Jake talk about the ups and downs of this story, how much text messaging costs, what features still need to be allowed on the iphone and more. Jake also voices his frustration over the cost of text messaging, and the fact that people who live in non 3G areas still pay for the service (like us in Boone:-). Jordan ends the discussion with a nostalgic look at the first iPhone release and where he was the day of the launch.

Tech News:

• Can networks keep you from DVRing their shows? Source Ars Technica
  
• How to get Windows 7 for $30 – be a student Source Microsoft
• AT&T 3G MicroCell is coming (Jordan is very excited!) Source MacRumors
• The Social Network is an upcoming movie telling the stories of the creators of Napster, Facebook Source SlashFilm

Tech tips – use Google Sync services with your phone, computer, iPhone:

Google has been developing their own email/calender/contact syncing service aptly named Google Sync. Jake explains how to use this service to sync all your information with your iPhone, computer, blackberry and more.

Tech Review – Taking a second look at Apple’s new iPod Nano:

Last time on the show, we joined forces with George Drage of The Apple Juice Show to take a look at the new iPod Nano. Jake has spent some time this week with our own review unit of Apple’s newest Nano and adds his thoughts on top of our first review.

Tech Review – NeatReceipts for Mac:

Jordan has for the past 4 years kept every receipt of every purchase he’s ever made – subsequently – he has a lot of receipts filed away. To help manage and catalogue all this paperwork, Jordan decided to try NeatCo’s NeatReceipts scanner. AT $200 (or currently on sale for $179) this portable scanner/software combo is designed to scan your receipts, documents, and business cards – to then turn into usable data. As a data junky, Jordan likes the kind of data one can obtain from this kind of scanning, and will conclude on a coming episode with his final verdict – stay tuned.

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Tags: apple, AT&T, facebook, iphone, iPod Nano, MMS, napster, reviews