HOUR 2:
Tech News & Commentary
Zaid in State College, Pennsylvania listening on 103.1 WRSC FM asked: “What do you think about purchasing the new iPhone vs. staying with the old one? How does the new iPhone compare to the BlackBerries on the market? Do you think iPhone is going to get a majority of the market share?”
Major difference, speed. If you think the 3GS was a major improvement to the 3G, the 4 is a lot better. Text messages go out faster (AT&T-permitting), better camera, video chatting, and better battery life.
Ross, on our staff, thinks that if you have the 3G or 3GS, purchasing the iPhone 4 is a waste of money. If you have the 3G or 3GS, stay with it.
Comparing the iPhone to the BlackBerries, one of the biggest difference is their purpose and focus. For instance, BlackBerries are more business-oriented. A lot of executives use them. The iPhone is more fun and has a lot more apps available for productivity and play. A major disavantage to the iPhone is that BlackBerries are soon to get Flash support in the second half of 2010, and the iPhone might not ever get it. Ross doesn’t think the iPhone will get a majority of the market share unless it starts supporting Flash.
For more information, tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast.
“This Week in Tech History” Weekly Feature with Chris Graveline
Guest in this hour:
Jake Sigal, CEO – Livio
Carmen Car Audio Player — Record FREE Music From Thousands of Stations in your car.
Alan in Santa Maria, California asked: “Interested in the iPad and also interested in the Nook from Barnes and Noble. Would like your comments.”
Also, Hemanth sent us the following email and asked: “Is it a good idea to buy an iPad now or wait. I hear bad reviews about an iPad.”
If you’re wondering about which version of the iPad to buy, think about how much music or videos you have on your computer right now. When you sync with iTunes, you can control what stuff to transfer to it. Rob went with the 32GB version and has plenty of room on it. Dave has a pretty extensive music library. And, you have to think about how much you’re willing to spend. The 3G+Wi-Fi version will cost you about $129 more than each of the Wi-Fi version only, depending on how much storage she’ll need.
Rob has had his iPad since Day 1 and loves it. He has the 32 GB Wi-Fi only version that costs $600. There’s also a 3G version, which requires a data plan from AT&T, but it also works on Wi-Fi. He uses it on a daily basis. It works great with email, web browsing, music & video playing, apps, and several other goodies. Please note the iPad is not a laptop replacement, but you can do a lot with it. You can stream movies using the Netflix app. And, our Into Tomorrow app works great on it.
If you have the Nook, make sure you have the new Nook 3 upgrade for the Nook’s OS. The upgrade came out in the end of April, so we certainly hope that most you have already taken care of that by now.
For more information, tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast.
Guest in this hour:
Gordon Henry, Executive VP & General Manager – Hostway
Our next guest is one of the top-five leading Web hosting companies…
“Into Tomorrow” Product Spotlight with Rob Almanza: iPhone 4 — Click Here or on Rob’s face for details
The “Into Tomorrow” team asked the following question on Facebook: “Did any of you have trouble upgrading your iPhone 3G/3GS to iOS4? Was it worth the hassle?”
Tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast for more details.
This Week’s Prizes for Our Listeners
Honestech: VHS to DVD 4.0 – Easy to use video conversion software
iMPROV Electronics: Several Boogie Board Paperless LCD Writing Tablets
RadioShack: Weather Clock Radios with SkyWarn