Sunday March 05, 2006
Sunday March 05, 2006 I like to be very positive about new technology. It is
cool. It allows to do more. It allows us to do things in
different ways. But today is just one of those days where I feel
like I am just a bit of a beta user of this technology.
It started with my phone. If any of you have read my earlier blogs, I have a Treo 650. Coolest thing. It is a full palm and a pretty nice phone. It takes pictures and movies. It has bluetooth. And it is pretty small.
But there are just too many bugs. I now reboot just about once a day. This is not just turning it off, but opening up the back case and poking the reset button. It appears that this is because of the interaction with the browser. The more I use the web, the faster it seems that I need to reboot. The real issue is that it effects that phone. There are times when I dial and it just doesn't connect. Not that it gives me a message that the connection fails, but it returns to the phone UI with no message.
And if that isn't bad enough. My iPod Nano has died for the second time. The first time it got a strange battery message and would no longer charge. I used the Apple website for support, got a box, sent it back and got a new one after maybe a week. I used the new one twice. Today I was getting ready for a run. I was going to check the battery but it would not boot and do anything. It started up but none of the buttons (the click wheel) were functional. I switched the hold button on top of the Nano on and off. This caused it to reboot and it was back in the same state. So this is my second bad Nano. Very cool but pretty much useless.
I could go on about Comcast and my DVR as well. It works, but has all sorts of glitches as well. I have been able to work around those (and my Treo glitches as well). But it is making me wonder ... am I just a bit too early with this stuff?!?!
It started with my phone. If any of you have read my earlier blogs, I have a Treo 650. Coolest thing. It is a full palm and a pretty nice phone. It takes pictures and movies. It has bluetooth. And it is pretty small.
But there are just too many bugs. I now reboot just about once a day. This is not just turning it off, but opening up the back case and poking the reset button. It appears that this is because of the interaction with the browser. The more I use the web, the faster it seems that I need to reboot. The real issue is that it effects that phone. There are times when I dial and it just doesn't connect. Not that it gives me a message that the connection fails, but it returns to the phone UI with no message.
And if that isn't bad enough. My iPod Nano has died for the second time. The first time it got a strange battery message and would no longer charge. I used the Apple website for support, got a box, sent it back and got a new one after maybe a week. I used the new one twice. Today I was getting ready for a run. I was going to check the battery but it would not boot and do anything. It started up but none of the buttons (the click wheel) were functional. I switched the hold button on top of the Nano on and off. This caused it to reboot and it was back in the same state. So this is my second bad Nano. Very cool but pretty much useless.
I could go on about Comcast and my DVR as well. It works, but has all sorts of glitches as well. I have been able to work around those (and my Treo glitches as well). But it is making me wonder ... am I just a bit too early with this stuff?!?!