Almost Epic Dot Com http://www.almostepic.com The official blog of Jonathan Haslett Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:01:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en Why The iPhone and Smartphones is a Pandora’s Box for Radio http://www.almostepic.com/2008/07/17/why-the-iphone-and-smartphones-is-a-pandoras-box-for-radio/ http://www.almostepic.com/2008/07/17/why-the-iphone-and-smartphones-is-a-pandoras-box-for-radio/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:31:40 +0000 Jono http://www.almostepic.com/2008/07/17/why-the-iphone-and-smartphones-is-a-pandoras-box-for-radio/ Over time new formats tend to be additions in our lives, not replacements for something else But the iPhone 3G and other smartphones like it will change how people access and interact with audio.

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]]> http://www.almostepic.com/2008/07/17/why-the-iphone-and-smartphones-is-a-pandoras-box-for-radio/feed/ Review: Eee PC 900 “PDair” Brown Leather Case http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/24/eee-pc-900-pdair-brown-leather-case/ http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/24/eee-pc-900-pdair-brown-leather-case/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:04:24 +0000 Jono http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/24/eee-pc-900-pdair-brown-leather-case/ A few weeks ago I got myself a white Eee PC 900 mini laptop computer.

The first thing I did was clean up the Windows install and generally get it running smoothly.

The second thing I did was to hit eBay for a few accessories to go with it. Specifically a leather case, 2 GB of RAM, a Logitech VX Nano Wireless Mouse and an SDHC Card.

Today I would like to review the Brown “PDair” Leather-style case that arrived yesterday.

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]]> http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/24/eee-pc-900-pdair-brown-leather-case/feed/ Here Come the Code Wars: How Android Will Take Down iPhone 3 http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/11/here-come-the-code-wars-how-android-will-take-down-iphone-3/ http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/11/here-come-the-code-wars-how-android-will-take-down-iphone-3/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:28:28 +0000 Jono http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/11/here-come-the-code-wars-how-android-will-take-down-iphone-3/ No phone maker today is poised to take advantage of the software chinks
—however small—in the iPhone’s armor. Companies like BlackBerry may have excelled at direct, no-frills interfaces, but with the flood of new iPhone applications due to arrive July 11, it will take a true software giant to mount any sort of defense. A giant like Google.

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]]> http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/11/here-come-the-code-wars-how-android-will-take-down-iphone-3/feed/ The Evolution of Pre-Launch Gmail In Screenshots http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/07/the-evolution-of-pre-launch-gmail-in-screenshots/ http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/07/the-evolution-of-pre-launch-gmail-in-screenshots/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:26:36 +0000 Jono http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/07/the-evolution-of-pre-launch-gmail-in-screenshots/ While the screenshots were not identified by particular dates, they were laid out from left to right in rough order of where they stood in Gmail’s evolution. In the very first screenshot, dating back to March 2002, we see Gmail when it was a simple Paul Buchheit hack to search his messages by keyword.

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]]> http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/07/the-evolution-of-pre-launch-gmail-in-screenshots/feed/ iPhone 3G iPhone firmware leaked: tri-band HSDPA and GPS are GO! http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/07/iphone-3g-iphone-firmware-leaked-tri-band-hsdpa-and-gps-are-go/ http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/07/iphone-3g-iphone-firmware-leaked-tri-band-hsdpa-and-gps-are-go/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:50:34 +0000 Jono http://www.almostepic.com/2008/06/07/iphone-3g-iphone-firmware-leaked-tri-band-hsdpa-and-gps-are-go/ Engadget claim that a version of the 3G iPhone’s firmware has been released — possibly for carrier partners currently field-testing the device. Head over to engadget for the full story.

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