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iPhone, iPod Touch and Windows Mobile Get Push Email
Sep 22nd
Now get email pushed to iPhone and Windows Mobile with Google Sync. Evidently when Google Sync was released without this feature and Google responded to the
Once you’re set up, new messages are normally pushed to your phone within seconds. While this type of speed is pretty awesome, push connections tend to use more power than fetching at intervals, so don’t be surprised if your battery life isn’t quite what it used to be. We’ve done a lot of work to optimize power usage, but if you prefer to save battery life, you can always turn off push in your phone’s settings and fetch mail every 30 or 60 minutes instead.
No doubt many iPhone, Windows Mobile and iPod Touch users will be appreciating this new feature!
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Slacker G2 goes head-to-head with iPod?
Oct 4th
First, let’s show you where I’m coming from when it comes to electronics, computers, software. I like free, I like open source, I like Linux. I put up with Windows. I do not like “cheap stuff”, iPhones, iPods or Apple computers because they are too expensive in my opinion (ok so are decent cell phones when not accompanied by a cellular service commitment, but that’s for another time).
Tonight I read Fans to build own radio as Slacker takes on iPod but I must throw in my opinion that Slacker is losing to iPod right out of the gate if you compare by price and storage size. I’m no expert but here are prices I found tonight for the Slacker G2′s and iPods:
- iPod Shuffle, 1GB – $49 (ADDED 10/4)
- iPod nano, 4GB – $160
- Slacker G2, 4GB – $199
- iPod touch, 8GB – $209
- Slacker G2, 8GB – $249
- iPod Classic, 80GB – $249 (this could really be listed before the Slacker G2, 8GB due to more storage)
Remember I said I like free, open source, and Linux? Well, if I can get an MP3 player for less, I will unless there’s a good reason like low quality, or strings attached. I won’t buy a Zune because I already have enough Microsoft, thanks (that’s strings attached to me). I won’t buy an iPod because I think they are overpriced, and as of tonight Slacker’s G2 falls in that category. But, there is something slacker has that iPod doesn’t and that’s free music on their website. The Slacker website home page is an online radio station that I’ve been listening to while writing this post. Unlike some Internet radio stations I’ve listened to you can skip songs, though that feature is limigted unless you pay and sign up. At any rate, that’s something you won’t find on the iTunes website, I couldn’t play a single song since I don’t have iTunes software. In that measure Slacker wins.
I guess we’ll see how it all pans out in time.
