Google Glass

I've always thought Google Glass is a little too much and too weird to use in today's world. Maybe sometime down the future I can see it being more useful but right now it's kind of awkward. I must say though, Google totally got me with this commercial or whatever this is called. Watch and tell me they did not get to you. If you can then you don't have a heart.

New Camera, More Fun

So, I just came back recently from a trip to China for my best friend's wedding. (Side note: Please check out my travel blog about the trip. http://otistravels.wordpress.com.) I brought with me my camera which is a Canon S100. I love the camera, I thought it took great pictures and pretty easy to use. For some reason the 2nd day of the trip my camera failed on me and gave me some lens error so unfortunately had to use my iPhone to take remaining. Well when I got back I bought a new camera, a Canon G16. I only had a couple days playing with it but I went out with my cousins and had a mock photo shoot around Des Moines. Here are some pictures...

I Got My iPhone 5!

Just this past Friday 9/21/12 was the release of the iPhone 5 and I woke up around 6am and got ready to wait in line at the Apple Store. I didn’t want to wait by myself so I had my cousin wait in line with me even though she did not get one herself. The doors at the Apple Store opens at 8am and we got there a little before 7 so we had an hour wait. I didn’t think we needed to get there that early because well, let’s face it I’m in Des Moines, IA and we’re not into all hype or the latest thing. We’re always a year behind until a fad or music gets to us anyway. 

It was like any release day of Apple products, they had workers there offering coffee, water, and cookies and made small chat with us. You may call me a fanboy or whatever but I swear I always get great customer service with Apple. They had a worker go through the line and giving us a card of the iPhone and carrier you’re getting so when you get one of those you’re sure to have one. Once the door opens the line went pretty smoothly with everyone’s purchase of the iPhone, it was such an exciting day for all of us.

I think the Apple worker that helped me was named, David but I made it pretty easy for him. I knew what I wanted and know how to go through all activation and iCloud so he kind of sat back and just charged my card. I really enjoy my purchase, the phone is really thin and light. I’m in love!

Waiting on iPhone 5

You know what I’m excited for this mid September, it’s all about the iPhone 5. It’s 9/9 right now and this week on Wednesday, Apple will be officially announce news and features of the latest iPhone. You can call me an Apple fanboy but I’ve had every iPhone that has been released from the first gen, 3g, 3gs, 4, and now the 4s.

So what I’m hearing before the news is obviously having support of 4g LTE and a bigger screen. Which hopefully they pull in some great internal stuff because I’ve been beta testing iOS 6 and have not been really impressed with the updates. Pictures and rumors also saying that they’ll be getting a whole new port as well. For me it’s kind of a bad thing since I have so many apple chargers and USB cords that I’ll now have to update all of my stuff to support the new phone.

Either way we’ll all know what’s up on Wednesday September 12. Hopefully there’s some surprise updates and not everything that I’m reading. Please give me a “one more thing.”

The "New iPad" Was Announced

I have an addiction with Apple. The "new" iPad has been announced today and as little update it has from the iPad 2 I want it! I feel like I need to always have the latest when it comes to my iPhone and iPad and not having the latest feels like I'm not doing my part in life. I will be in line at the Apple Store on Friday to pick mine up. Anyone interested in an iPad 2?

Halloween! 2011

It's a little weird here in Des Moines, no one seem to celebrate Halloween on actual Halloween day. All the trick or treaters go out the night before and we call it "Beggar's night." Anyway I I was Steve Jobs this Halloween, I don't think I did a great job all I had was the black mock turtleneck and a pair of glasses that I was not able to see anything from a distance with. It was a fun Saturday night though, went to house party and pretty much drank a lot. Good times with the homies!

Rest in Peace Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs died a couple days ago and as most of the tech world knew was such an amazing man. He was the co-founder of Apple and long time CEO for the company as well. I'm not going to give a history of his career at all as you can easily google that information or read up on his wikipedia page.

It is really sad for me I have to say because I really do enjoy Apple products, you can say that I'm a 'fanboy' I'm okay with that. I just really like what they offer and the ease of use of their products and also how great their customer service is. Whenever I had an issue with my Apple stuff I would take it to the Apple store and either they would fix it or replace if needed simple as that. I didn't have to go through such a long process for it either. The best experience I had is when I had an issue with my Macbook Pro and it would not power on, took it to a "genius" where they explained to me they would have to take it in to do further troubleshooting. They estimated the cost of being around $200 since I had an older model (not the unibody) and did not purchase an extended Applecare for it. I really needed my computer so I had no choice but to agree and they took it in for me. Probably less than week later they called saying it's fixed and all is in working order. I was excited that they fixed it so quickly and while on the phone I just wanted to confirm with the lady how much it would cost. I heard her flip through few papers and she said to me, "Well, Merry Christmas to you because it's free. No charge!" I was ecstatic I thought I would have to drop 200 bucks on a repair but not even they decided they were going to do for me free. They replaced a few things inside my computer and I would not have to pay a dime for their work. This is why they're ahead of the game when it comes to customer satisfaction, because this is what they do. They seem to actually care.

Since my very first iPod I bought that was 20gigs and a black and white screen, I've been following all of the new gadgets they put out and when I was finally old enough to get a job and buy my own things I picked up other iPods, iPhones, Macbook Pro, and my latest the iPad which I later sold my 1st gen to the iPad 2.

I want to thank you Steve for everything you've done. Rest in Peace.

Olloclip

So I take a lot of pictures on my iPhone 4 and I was trying to find different ways to make taking pictures even more fun. I'm a techie so one of my frequently visited websites is Engadget. I don't remember when the original post was but I remember when they were announcing something called the olloclip, it's an actual physical lens you can attach to your phone and it will take wide angle, macro and fisheye shots. I was a little skeptic about it at first because it's just a cell phone camera and normally you can never take that great of shots on them and to add on such a lens would be almost no point.For $60 it's not so bad, I've been having so much fun snapping pictures and posting them with instagram twitter, and Facebook. The downside to this product is that if you have a case for your iPhone, which most of you would have a case with all of the antenna issues and what not, you wouldn't be able to use it unless you take it off. I have problems with buying products just sporadically which is bad because rumor has it, is that there will be a new iPhone next month and most likely the olloclip would not be compatible with it. Here are some shots I've taken with the Olloclip.

Here's a quick video I shot using the olloclip that I took at a Tai Village Celebration.

Apple iPad

So today was the day that the Apple Tablet has finally been official and is called the "iPad." My first impression of it was that it's just a iPod Touch on steroids. Watching more of the keynote though, I kind of want one, I won't lie. I am a sucker for Apple products and this is just another one of them. I think the only thing that is a big seller for me is the big screen, iBooks, and iWork. I was actually thinking of buying a kindle for a while but why get one now with the iPad on it's way? I don't think I will get it release day, and to be honest I don't think I might even get the first generation of it. I may wait a year for them to perfect it like all Apple products.

Of course I'm a little disappointed this keynote I was hoping for a new software update for the iPhone. The iPhone OS seems like it's getting old, it really hasn't changed all that much since the very first gen and the Android OS is advancing I do think Apple needs to do some overhauling on the iPhone OS. No multitasking? No flash player in web? It's very capable of doing those things so why isn't Apple adding those features? Well once I'm done with my contract let's see if Apple can still hold on to me because the Nexus One is looking real good to me.

After all of that I would still want the damn iPad because Apple somehow has a grip on me and I just can't say no to them for some reason...

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Finally MMS has come to my iPhone!

Yes, yes today is Friday September 25 and today AT&T have finally released MMS to all iPhones. It took forever for both AT&T and Apple, how could they have not released this option when the first iPhone came out? I just don't get it all other phones have had this feature and it took Apple and AT&T 2 years for them to have officially have MMS.

I was talking with Katie if you want to check out her blog Click Here

Oh and my dad's Tailoring shop is up... well not really it's "Under Construction" but there's at least something up there.
http://www.keostailor.com/

Finally 3g in Des Moines, IA!

Finally! Des Moines is seriously like the last to get AT&T's 3g network (Well it seems like it) Now faster web browsing on my iPhone! Good DEAL!

Today's Apple Keynote (06/09/08) 3g iPhone... Not Impressed...

So today was suppose to be the big day to announce if all rumors are true about the up and coming release of a new 3g iPhone... Well it started them just talking about the new software upgrade on the iPhone 2.0 software and how it works with exchange, how they are welcoming 3rd party applications to be download via iTunes, and gave examples of games and possiblities of what you can do with the hardware of the iPhone.


(I may get geeky... we'll see)
If you're an individual you can purchase 'MobileMe' which what it looks to me is almost like an online sort of outlook web access that the device synchronizes to and it cost 100 bucks a year which I don't think it's too bad but if you're paying for all other services I guess it could be a little much... I do with the Blackberry and depending on your carrier blackberry plan comes with unlimited internet and BIS email usually around 30 dollars. People can argue how much they want but I think the browsing on the iPhone looks really good likes like a real desktop while the blackberry browser will compress it down to fit on to the screen and doesn't sort the images nicely to view. Blackberry does not sync calendar, address book, task and memopad wirelessly... UNLESS your main email is Gmail that they have their own application to sync wirelessly when you tell it to.


MobileMe how it's suppose to work is have an online organizer you put in your information and it synchronizes your email, address book, calendar, no memopad or task. It's suppose to be a constant push to your iPhone if you add info in address book it should work to update on the internet organizer which also updates on your outlook or Mac applications (Mail, Address Book, iCal) on your desktop. Even cooler MobileMe has this interesting application where you can store your pictures on to share with friends and family if you take an interesting pictures on your iPhone you can upload it to your MobileMe account and share it that way. MobileMe is $100 a year which is like 8.50-ish a month if you put it that way, basic AT&T iPhone plan is $20.00 so roughly $30.00 as well.

(Let's go back to the iPhone and keynote...)
So... The biggest update is that they added 3g to the device the front looks exactly the same the back is going to be all plastic in black or in the 16gb model you can get it also in white. They also put in real GPS into the phone as well, no more finding you like (I think you are around this area, if not I'm probably 5 blocks off...) For me it's all like why didn't you do this before? 3g that's already in a lot of other AT&T phones and GPS which is also in a lot of smartphones out there... THE PRICE IS WHAT BUGS ME~! I think all you readers know that I lost my original 8GB iPhone that I purchased the day of the release in my Mexico trip a month ago... I love the iPhone so damn much that I had to get a replacement and I went with the 16GB instead... Love it, but that was only a month ago and I paid the full $499.99 for the phone and now Apple! Ooooh Apple! You have lowered these prices on me for the 8gb model it's $199.99 and for the 16gb it's $299.99... I paid $199.99 more for an outdated model! I hope when they release it July 11 that they can cut me a break or something... I really want the newer one I need to get rid of current one somehow... any suggestions? I don't think I'll may much on Ebay since the new one will be much cheaper... Maybe it'll be just a backup MP3 Player or something... my god what a waste.


I'm still disappointed because they are still missing some basic features that's on most mobile phones that they haven't done with the software upgrade or on the new model phone... Still no MMS option or forwarding a text message. No video recording on the phone as well, no upgrade to the camera pixels or any included flash? I thought if they were going to build a new device that they would also step up the flash memory to 32gb as well... Still some features of "Why didn't they do this before?" not on this release, but maybe another software upgrade to do those features because it's nothing with hardware for that... I don't think we should have to pay for a 3rd party application to record video on the phone, that's almost standard on a lot of phones out there.

Here's the new 3G iPhone ad, if you haven't seen it already...


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OH MY F*CK... NO I shouldn't censor myself FUCK!

So uhmmm... You know how I told you all about my lost phone in Mexico trip the first night I was there? Well I got my phone bill and guess how much my bill came out to be... I'll just show you some screenshots of my bill... click the image to get the full image! FUCK YOU AT&T!



586.77!!!! 586.77!!! That is completely ridiculous, I know I was suppose to call them right as I lost the phone, but I was in Mexico on a trip and I didn't want to deal with that and it really wasn't easy getting the number to AT&T to suspend my phone when I'm on a Sprint Business Trip. So I lost my phone like on 04/30/08 around 8-9ish and here are the changes on my bill... Oh and I'm going to show you the numbers dialed, beside my numbers because who the hell am I going to call in Mexico and San Diego... I have no one I know living in those areas!





The line on the last one is where it's about the time I lost the phone... I think it might be a little lower too... Like seriously how the hell does this dude put close to 8MB of downloading on one session of browsing on my phone? I don't think I do that regularly! I'm annoyed I know I know I shouldn't called AT&T right as I lost it but I wasn't thinking correctly the whole trip... I just thought it could be returned back to the hotel and everything will be fine... NOPE didn't show up (of course) That's why I'm usually never optimistic I hate thinking that way, the world screws you over and good things usually don't always happen to good people.

When I got back from Mexico, the next day Monday (05/05/08) I called to report it stolen... They suspended my account, that was easy yeah whatever... I called again I think Tuesday to activate an old phone I had laying around said they're not able to use my old sim because once it's deactivated it's deactivated and I'll have to go to an AT&T store to get one for free... I just thought whatever I rather just wait to get my stimulas check to get me another iPhone because really... I love that phone that has been part of me so long and it's just great. Wednesday I got my money and reactivated the phone and purchased the iPhone for 599.99 (less than what I paid for, for my 8gb phone because I purchased that on the first day) and activate it through iTunes that I have done previously with my last phone. Got an email saying my AT&T bill is ready... didn't check it til tonight (05/12/08) or midnight I guess... I was SHOCKED~!! SHOCKED!!! How much my bill was it's higher than what I paid the damn phone for!

I called AT&T just a little bit ago and explain my issue and the agent (Sheila) was saying that she can only credit me 200 bucks for courtesy... yeah right, that's ridiculous, that's still almost 400 bucks I have to still pay them and the charges are even more than that... I really didn't want to escalate the call to the supervisor but I need help I can't pay this bill, I waited probably 10 minutes for the supervisor (Louis) to come on, I explained the issue all he said that he can do is send some kind of investigation ticket to the "lost and stolen" department or whatever and they'll get back to me usually within 30 days... 30 days? But my payment is due on the 28th... I have great credit ya'll I have never paid any of my bills late ever. I hope they get back to me before that date... This sucks! I shouldn've asked for some kind of retentions department, they know they got me locked on a contract... and I can't threaten to go somewhere else if I have this damn iPhone because no other service provider has it... I better get my way when they contact me again!