For those who crave a physical keyboard for their iPad, there are now more options than Apple s own keyboard dock. I am the victim of my early adoption once again as I bought two different bluetooth keyboard cases only to be disappointed with both of them. They have made me appreciate the on-screen keyboard even more.
Read MoreLess than two weeks into the free month trial of the much hyped Netflix Canada, I cancelled the service to avoid risking being charged a single penny for a service that is devoid of content. If they really wanted to make a difference in Canada, they needed to go live with content from the start…not just videos you would find in the stack of VHS tapes the local libraries can’t even give away by the checkout counter.
Read MoreI have tried many different twitter clients on the iPhone and iPad. Although there are some highly rated ones out there for the iPad, nothing comes close to Twitepad. It is refreshing in how it does things differently to achieve things nobody has yet to. (This review is based on v1.2 but on 07Jul2010 v1.3 was released Twitepad blog.)
Read MoreWalking through our local London Drugs, a western Canada retail phenomenon of a drugstore that is also a leader in photography, audio-visual and computer sales, i saw an unusual iPhone dock and could not resist slipping my iPhone into it to check out its sound. To my surprise, the iPhone responded by a notification popping up to inform me that the iPhone requires an app from the App Store and asking if I would like to download it. This is not your father’s clock radio; in fact, it isn’t a radio at all. Welcome to a hint of what the future has to offer in this social networking iphone alarm dock.
Read MoreAlthough we don’t need a top of the line microphone to record for podcasting, using a poor quality microphone will tune out your listeners pretty quickly. One also needs to look for ease of set-up so you don’t need to turn on a mic pre-amp and have to have a fire-wire connection available, especially with Apple moving away from firewire on some of their laptops. This is where the Blue Snowball USB microphone can be the ideal choice.
Read MoreUntil a couple of months ago, I was frequently frustrated by a shortcoming on the iPod that effects anyone who shuffles their songs or uses any sort of playlist rather than just listening to a single album at a time - the fact that Apple's built-in 'sound check' feature really does quite a poor job of equalizing the volume from one song to the next.
Read MoreI started this site in 2009 to write about Glaucoma, Health IT (EMR, EHR), Technology and to host my podcast series "Talking About Glaucoma." There is a shortcut to this blog to make it easier to find http://iguy.tv/blog.
I am a glaucoma sub-specialized Ophthalmologist and have a full time clinical practice at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic of the Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, NH. I have a longtime interest in the use of technology to help in medical care as well as in Education. In addition, I was a very early adopter and developer of Electronic Medical Record systems who has lectured internationally on the topic of making the transition to EMRs in daily practice.
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