Giving you a Quickie -- Hulu Plus Free (2 Months)

Hulu Plus is really not my cup of tea - at least not for $7.99 a month.  This is mainly because regular Hulu is free on my computer and can be streamed from my iMac to my AppleTV via Airplay.  But hey, a good deal is a good deal for those willing to give it a shot. Plus, this is a much better than the usual free deal of only 1 week.

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Prepaid is no longer for the weak!!

In the beginning "they" stuck us with overages for voice minutes, then texting (the biggest sin of all) and now they want to drain you wallet with data fees.

It is time to get it out of our head that prepaid is for the inferior phone with horrible service.  Options like Staighttalk (piggy backs off At&t signal) at $40 -$45 a month with unlimited data, talk and text are now available for the iPhone.  The process is simple on an At&t version of the iPhone but can still be done with the iPhone 4S on Verizon with some simple "Googling", Jail-breaking and a $15 "Gevey Ultra S Untethered iPhone 4S Unlocker".

This method is not for the faint of heart and I don't blame anyone for not going this route due to the complexities of the process.  In the future, with the iPhone 5 and as contracts begin to expire "PLEASE" make a sound investment and buy and unlocked iPhone and go with T-Mobile or Straighttalk.  The low $35 to $45 a month fee will pay for itself two fold over getting suckered into a limited data plan with the "Big Two".

If you own a smart phone (iPhone or otherwise) make a smart decision with your money and go prepaid.  If not for yourself then for the point of showing the "MEGACORPS" that smartphone buyers are not brainless consumers who will fall for anything.

Apple rolling down hill ...?

I have to admit that I am a bit of a fanboy when it comes to Apple and it's products, but I have to express my concern about its podcasting application recently released.  It constantly freezes, refuses to download or play podcasts at the most random moments.  I would almost never expect this from a iOS application as simple as playing podcasts - let alone released by Apple.  Steve Jobs is rolling over in his grave right now trying to figure out why would his company based on simplistic perfection release an app with known issues.  With iOS 6 coming out around the corner (probably with the release of the new iphone) why not deny the critics reason to scold your software engineering and stick with traditional Apple ways and release a stable app.

Listen - the concept is great and the overall graphical interface is beautiful, but if I can not get the application to work on my iPhone 50% of the time, it is a failure.

iPhone 5 - The view from the back of the pack never changes

While the details are still shady there are a few items we can feel confident will be included in the iPhone 5 rumored to be released in September.  First is 4G - the "New iPad" has it, so we can assume the kinks have been worked out and battery life will magically be sustained or knowing Apple - prolonged even further.  Second is a slightly larger screen - heck, if anything this will give Apple more room to squeeze a bigger battery behind it.  The only doubt I have that this will occur is I haven't seen any word sent to programmers to alter their code/graphics to accommodate this new size, but who knows - it may not be needed.  Third is a smaller dock connector which seems to be upsetting to some customers that they will have to buy new cables and turn their expensive Bose dock to an ancient relic.  I have to argue with thembasses onthe fact it has been 5 years since the first iPhone so change is due.  Also, reducing the size of the dock leaves more room for the guts of the machine like battery and more battery.

In all this iPhone upgrade will be huge and move it to the head of the pack again on all features including battery life, ease of use, resolution and processing power. I compare this new model to the "New iPad" coming out.  The iPad 2 was great bit there were Android tablets with 4G or faster processors - the "New iPad" crushed them all to dust.

Feel free to leave comments that tear me a new one on my grammar, thoughts or I.Q.  

Spotify vs Pandora - The Epic Battle of free radio

Let us thank our founding fathers for the free market which led us to this day.

Spotify and Pandora's free streaming radio are state of the art programming with beautiful interfaces bringing music to what I feel are two different markets.

Spotify seems to focuses on the music "Aficionado" with its common playback of  Deep Tracks that allow for variety and depth of artists you usually do not hear on the radio.  Whether this is intentional, I have no idea, but I am sure there is an audience who love's this aspect of the free internet radio.

Pandora seems focused more on listeners like myself who enjoy the somewhat mundane pop music culture of only listening to an artists most popular songs.  Obviously this is a generational of what songs I receive when searching for certain artists but after a months of listening, this is the "unofficial" trend I have found.

I have not used the paid version for either of these apps and do not mind sacrificing my ears to advertisements in order to keep my wallet from deflating.

Overall, I give them both a perfect "10" depending on your taste of music.