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Written by Dean Neitman
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Sunday, 03 January 2010 18:34 |
There are dozens and dozens of case offerings for the iPhone these days. Options for external batteries are growing as well. What to choose? If you are me, you get what's cheap and try to look for reputable brand names. That's why the Energizer name immediately caught my attention. They have always had a good name in batteries and when I seen a sale price of $19.99 from original $79.99, that was enough for me to give it a try.
Product Features
- Pass-Through USB: Charge and sync your iPhone 3G & 3G S to iTunes without removing it from the iPower via the included USB cable
- Charging: You can use the included USB cable to charge the iPower and iPhone simultaneously or just charge the iPower.
- Intelligent Power Distribution: Smart Battery Technology instructs the iPhone to always drain out the iPower first. When you're done with the iPower, simply detach it and you still have a fully charged iPhone.
- Safety First: The iPower utilizes advanced rechargeable lithium-polymer battery cell technology for added safety. Built-in circuitry prevents the iPower from shorting
- LED Battery Status Indicator: The integrated LED status indicator tells you how much power is left in your iPower. Simply press the test button and it will tell you how much power is left.
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Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 00:35 |
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Written by Dean Neitman
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Monday, 14 December 2009 07:32 |
I finally dropped a few bucks to grab some new headphones, the Sony MDR-EX36V EX Earbud Headphones. I use headphones quite a bit due to work these days. I work in a noisy office environment which can be very distracting when trying to be creative or focus on a project so listening to music is my way to escape into another world more suitable for a creative mindset. The OEM ear buds that came with my iPhone weren't horrible but, they sure weren't up to my listening standards for sound quality and offered little to no noise isolation requiring higher volumes to compensate.
If anyone really pays attention to trends in marketing and products we are pitched by retailers, you will no doubt see the trend in making things more visually stimulating to the eye or adding a touch of "bling" as noted in the hip-hop culture. The con to this is simple, looks can be deceiving and often those "bling" looking items are really cheaper in quality than they might first appear. I seen this trend coming a long time ago.
So when shopping for new headphones, I was quick to dismiss the "gummies" and the "skullcandy" headphones as anything worthy of audiophile sound. Having worked in the audio design field in my younger years (car audio installer), I am a little more picky about my sound than most I imagine. I love a nice smooth high range sound with a crisp midrange not lacking in bass response. Many cheap headphones cannot fill this need. I still recall a pair of JVC noice isolating headphones I bought about a few months back. I returned them for refund after 3 days of use. I couldn't deal with the thin sound that was a little harsh and lack midbass response. Click below to read the rest...
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Last Updated on Monday, 14 December 2009 12:54 |
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Written by Dean Neitman
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Saturday, 03 October 2009 20:42 |
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I am a sucker when it comes to trying new things sometimes and quite often find myself the best tester or new user of many technologies. So, upon stumbling across a free app for the iPhone called "Dropbox", curiosity took over and had to look into it. At first, it appears to be much like the iDisk service from Apple, or MobileMe and similar remote storage solutions... with one exception... there is a free version. Its limited to 2GB but... still enough space for most people to find a use.
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Written by Dean Neitman
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Monday, 27 July 2009 06:43 |
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Since getting my new iPhone 3GS... I have been exploring many of the app offerings and found many that were very useful or just cool. Simplify Media is one of my favorite apps currently. Its not free but the latest version (2) sold for $5.99 is well worth the cost in my opinion. Let me explain...
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Written by Dean Neitman
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Monday, 20 July 2009 18:29 |
I had been using a Motorola Razor which I really liked. I never used the internet side of the cell so I really can't comment on that but the camera had nice zoom and effects to use and it took movies, played mp3s and handled MMS but I didn't have the service. The biggest draw back was the sound output with headphone adaptor was horrible. The phone sounded good if you played it through its speaker however, and held it in hand. So never used the audio player much even though I upgraded memory to 512mb for mp3 storage and had a few CDs loaded on to it. This phone served its purpose well over last couple of years and I liked the compact and sleek flip phone design for portability. It was time however, to move on to bigger, smarter and cooler phones... like the iPhone.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 13:32 |
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Written by Dean Neitman
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 00:00 |
Ok, it has been well over a month now since getting the used D200 and I promised I would post my thoughts on this camera after moving up from the D40. So, first and foremost is picture quality. Is the D200 that much better than the D40? In some instances... I would say yes.
I had noticed that many of my images had much less noise than previously when taking with the D40 when closely examined in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Nope... it wasn't due to better glass. I was using the same lenses with the D200 as I did with the D40. I would say it was in part due to lower ISO numbers and better interpolation of the data with the electronics. The D40 is limited to 200 as lowest ISO rating while the D200 will drop down to 100 which is what I tend to use the most.
In fact, I find it hilarious that some, like photo guru Ken Rockwell, think the D40 is better because it defaults to ISO 200 as if ISO 100 is just to low to consider usable. Ken IMHO is example of why you should take info from the net with a grain of salt. Smart guy that makes sense sometimes and other times he makes you wonder what they heck he was thinking. Personally, if you look at all the gear he reviews, I feel he just doesn't spend enough time with any of it to really develop a good evaluation and seems like he is quick to judge things.
Another thing I noticed when zoomed into my photos, there's was less chromatic aberration than previous with the D40. I normally had to play around a little with this more in Lightroom until I checked out the highlight areas of my D200 pics. Its not to say the problem disappeared but it was noticeably less an issue than previous shots taken on the D40.
I love the viewfinder of the D200. The smaller viewfinder of the D40 seems like child play in comparison. This has really made the D200 more enjoyable to use. Its like looking at a big HD screen in comparison to the D40.
The AF system on the D200 rocks too. I love having more control over the focus because I often shoot subjects off center.
I got the MB-D200 dual battery grip with this camera. While it does add extra weight and size to the camera... I really don't mind it and like the added battery power and additional controls for vertical portraits.
I am really getting used to the bracketing mode which is great if creating HDR images. I do wish I could automate this process just a bit more but still handy as it allows me to set a bracket order and increments up to 1ev then just snap the multiple exposures in sequence. Its too bad that I can't step up or down more than 1ev each bracketed frame though. However, should I desire a 2ev step... I can just bracket for more frames and delete the middle ones that I don't need.
One day I hope Nikon develops a camera with more remote control options and automation built-in. For instance, wouldn't it be great if you had a little remote that had LCD and could show the camera's menu remotely and allow changes in ISO, WB, Shutter, AF, Aperture, etc all from the remote so you never had to touch the camera through a series of shots? I realize some of this possible when tethering a laptop but... I would prefer to just have a small hand-held remote than carrying one more piece of heavy and expensive gear on a hike.
I am really glad I made the jump to the D200 overall and glad I didn't just opt for the D60. I feel I have more room to grow with this camera and it should serve me fine for next couple of years at least. I am sure after a couple of years I will be looking to upgrade to a used version of the D300 though for the added ISO range.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 11:53 |
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