All things Apple

iPhone – expensive toy or real business tool?

I have had my iPhone for a little over 60 days now.  On July 11th I was one of the people who stood in line for hours for the privilege of forking over nearly $500 (when all was said and done with taxes, activation fees, pre-pays and accessories) to purchase an iPhone on “opening day”. …

What laptop should I buy in 2008?

 I have received a lot of questions lately revolving around which computer or laptop should I buy.  Since I do have an opinion on this, I thought I’d devote this week’s posting to that topic! To start with, let’s settle the Apple vs. PC debate.  I have both a PC laptop and an Apple MacBook…

The wait is (almost) over for the iPhone 3G

  At today’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference being held June 9-13, 2008, in San Francisco, at Moscone West, Steve Jobs announced the new iPhone 3G.  This is the long rumored and long awaited successor to the iPhone.  Although there are many cool new features, perhaps the most interesting to us as users of Microsoft Exchange…

Technology tools for real estate agents…redux

I’ve been on vacation since Friday afternoon. Actually, I spent all of Friday afternoon and part of Friday evening driving the 482 miles from Orinda, California to Newport Coast, California down the El Camino Real, otherwise known as US Hwy 101. During the 7, almost 8, hour drive I had plenty of time to reflect…

More on the iPhone and Exchange nuptials…

As a follow up to my earlier post about the iPhone, I want to share some of the details of Apple’s announcement regarding the iPhone and its ability to access the Microsoft Exchange server. (Watch the video here…requires QuickTime) During a big event on Thursday, March 6th, Apple announced that is was making the iPhone…