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Nelisa Lauren Mansilla likes the Kindle Fire

Nelisa Lauren Mansilla likes the Kindle Fire.

For reading, it has a great form factor.  The battery life?  It's simply awesome.

I didn't want to use it at first, but since it was just sitting around (nobody else in the house seemed to be using it), I decided to use it for college to read my course books.

I took the leather case off and decided to use it like it was designed, and it's awesome as is!  If it can stand up to my daily use with no special care given to it or keeping it in a case,  and be transported to and from college in a book bag or my purse with all of my stuff, and still be perfect.... then kudos to the designers.

The Kindle Fire seems to be designed to hold up to the rigors of every day carry.

 

Lauren Mansilla - iPad Mini trademark has been rejected by the U.S. Patent Office

We have multiple iPads in our household, and we are considering getting an iPad Mini to add to our stable of gadgets.  How many tablets does one family need really?  Between the iPad 2, the iPad 3, and the Kindle Fire and also a regular Kindle, one would think that would be enough.

Nelisa Lauren Mansilla, Fort Worth.

Maybe just one more iPad?  The iPad mini is a lot lighter and must hurt less if it were to drop on your head while in bed reading and falling asleep while holding the iPad up over your head while reading.

Did I just say that?  It must have happened to someone out there. 8-)

Anyway, back to the subject at hand.  Why did the "I", "pad", "mini" get the rejection?  According to this article at pcmag who quoted the rejection letter:

In this case, both the individual components and the composite result are descriptive of applicant's goods and do not create a unique, incongruous, or non-descriptive meaning in relation to the goods being small handheld mobile devices comprising tablet computers capable of providing internet access. Therefore, the mark is merely descriptive of a feature or characteristic of the goods and registration is refused under Section 2(e)(1) of the Trademark Act," the letter reads.

Evernote app review why it just makes sense

I've been using Evernote on and off for the past couple of years. It seems that I'm always on the hunt for the perfect or the best note app, task list app, project management app, and I've finally come to the conclusion that Evernote is it. It is the best note app, hands down.

Why?

It can be used by just about anybody for anything when it comes to getting and staying organized. You just gotta want that in your life.

The cool thing about Evernote?

It's cross platform. I use it on my iPhone 4, on my iPad 2, my Evo 3D android phone, my desktop computers at work and my notebook computers. Changes I make on my Evernote are immediately available on all of my devices.

Another cool thing?

I can share a notebook with my management team and it gets us all on the same page. Updates they make or that I make on project notes or task lists are located in a cloud, all in one easy to access place that we all have access to on any of our devices.

No more loose papers? Way cool.

Pictures and the text or hand writing on the pictures become searchable. If I take notes on paper, index card, or napkin, I just take a picture of it with the camera on one of my mobile devices and it uploads to a new note in Evernote. The picture becomes searchable and is always available, so no more loose papers and wondering where that info went.

Take a picture of a product box or a sign, and that becomes searchable too.

Keeping everyone in sync with what's on my radar.

I created a shared notebook called MY RADAR and give all of my managers access to that notebook. Now they know exactly what's on my radar and what's important to me and what our focus needs to be, and we all are on the same page. It's not a mystery on what the focus needs to be that day or week. This results in a management team that is more aligned with my vision. They simply need to know what's on my radar.

Create as many notebooks as you need or want. It's up to you.

I have a daily journal notebook, a notebook for each important person I interface with, a daily task list notebook, upcoming projects notebook, etc.

Business receipts? Make a notebook for business receipts, take a picture of your receipt, and there it is. Safely in your Evernote.

Want to share a note? You can email the contents of a note directly from Evernote.

How do you use Evernote?

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new iphone 4 set up as new iphone or restore from the backup

You get a new iphone 4 as upgrade from your iphone 3GS, and you want all of your apps, pics, songs, texts, and videos from your old iphone to your new iphone.  What should you do?

Make sure that you have the latest version of itunes.

Make sure that you have the latest os version on your iphone 3GS.

Sync and backup the old iphone 3GS.

Connect your new iphone 4 to that same computer.

You will be presented with two options: set up as new iphone or restore from the backup

Choose the restore from the backup option

Be patient and let your computer, itunes, and your iphone do their thing.

All of your apps, pics, songs, texts, and videos from your old iphone will transfer over to your new iphone. 

Yes, it's that easy.

Tablets - who will or can challenge apple?

Most new tablets will run Android, but since Google hasn't shipped version 3.0 (aka Honeycomb) -- the version that promises a better tablet experience -- it's best to focus on hardware. The iPad exceeded consumer expectations despite plenty of griping about what else should have been possible (like cameras). Almost a year in and there's no sign the device is wearing around the edges. But the next wave of tablets does offer significant hardware improvement: dual-core processors (1 GHz), both front and rear-facing cameras (the latter at 5 megapixels; 2 megapixels for the former), 1GB of RAM and at least 16GB of storage (how useful more storage will be in a web application world can be our next debate), USB (mini and regular) and mini HDMI (for video out). Hold out for everything.

ces tablet info

The Tablet Wars begin now

tablet wars

The Xoom will weigh 1.6 pounds, which is 0.1 pounds more than Apple's first-generation iPad, and measures 9.8 by 6.6 by 0.5 inches. That depth puts it right in line with the iPad, and with the Samasung Galaxy Tab.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/215716/Motorola_Xoom_Android_30_tablet_announced_let_the_tablet_wars_begin.html?tk=rss_news

Slashdot | Hands-On With the New MacBooks

Slashdot | Hands-On With the New MacBooks.

Some interesting observations: No FireWire on the MacBook; the TrackPad doesn't feel like you're running your finger across a pane of glass, though that's what it is; and switching between graphics cards in the MacBook Pro requires you to log out."

Spotlight on Apple notebooks: 1989 to 2008 - Apple 2.0

Spotlight on Apple notebooks: 1989 to 2008 - Apple 2.0.

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Apple will unveil the latest addition to a long line of portable computers that dates back nearly 20 years — to the ungainly, 15.8-pound “Macintosh Portable” that PC World named the 17th worst technology product of all time. (link) Apple’s notebook offerings have come a long way since 1989. They now outsell Apple desktop machines by nearly 65%. In Q3, they accounted for 29% of Apple’s (AAPL) total revenue. (See All eyes on the MacBook.)

Open Tech Mac clone outfit on sale for $50,000 - Business

Link: Open Tech Mac clone outfit on sale for $50,000 - Business.

Newly launched Open Tech, yet another Mac clone outfit, appears to have experienced something of a confidence shift after putting itself up for sale less than a month since it officially opened for business.

Download and save YouTube videos to your computer, phone, iPod, etc

Watch them on your PC when you are offline · Listen to music videos on your MP3 player · Use the videos in your presentations

Carry your favorite clips on your video iPod ·  Send the videos to your friends from your cell phone ·  Do whatever you want!

If you are familiar with sites like YouTube, you might know that the videos are stored there in a so-called "Flash Video Format" (FLV). They are not AVI or MPEG files, so you can't do anything with them! You cannot play them in Media Player, you cannot embed them in your PowerPoint presentation, you practically cannot do anything. That's why my software not only downloads YouTube videos, but converts them to many useful formats as well!

Here are some things you can do with this software: Download videos from YouTube and put them on your computer. Convert the videos to AVI, WMV, MPEG, MP4, MOV and 3GP video formats, for easy playback on your computer and DVD player. Extract the soundtrack from the video to an MP3 file. Embed the videos in a PowerPoint presentation. Import the videos to your iPod, Zune, Sony PSP or other portable media player. Listen to music videos on your MP3 player. Put the videos on your mobile phone.

Check it out here and start saving the youtube videos.