The Millers leaving Engadget.

The Engadget crew is down both of their Millers. Paul Miller of the Podcast is gone.  I will miss him as he brings some non communist views to the conversation. Ross Miller leaving really has little effect on me. I have a few ideas for their futures. The could if course start with Miller time. Then they could join the Steve Miller Band to form a trio. Im hoping Paul finds a podcast somewhere. Even though he's an iphone fan I would like to see or hear him on an Android Podcast somewhere.  I hear Leo Laporte at Twit is planning on starting an Android show or he could take over for the guy whose not Antwon Goodwin on Cnets Android Atlas weekly.  This guy is as exciting as Ben Stein and as knowledgeable of Android as Steve Jobs. Plus let's be honest Android could use a Pixel Density Enthusiast.  So to Paul Miller I say good luck and to Ross Miller sorry I didn't follow you but good luck to you as well.

MWC Phones

    So far the Mobile World Congress is about halfway through. The biggest news seems to be the Nokia announcement that they are getting into bed with Microsoft and adopting Windows Phone 7. I can't say I really car. If they succeed or die trying it really has no effect in the long run because the competition in the smartphone market is so fierce already one more OEM or OS wont make a difference.
     Samsung announced a new Galaxy tab that is designed to run Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Since its a Google experience device Samsung can't screw up the update process. I wish I could say that fir the Galaxy 2 phones they showed off because the phone looks awesome.
     LG showed off a nice looking tablet. Its half way in between the ipad/xoom size and the Nook Color/Blackberry Playbook/ Galaxy Tab size. I would like to see one just based in the size alone. It also has Honeycomb which im excited about. Unfortunately this tablet and LGs new high end phone both have 3d integration with cameras and screens capable of taking in and displaying 3D content. I don't care about this feature and view it as a gimmick.
    Special thanks to www.engadget.com and www.androidcentral.com They have both had awesome live blots, updates, tweets and podcasts with everything that has been going on at the show.

Androidify Wife

Using a new app for my Droid X where you can use the Little Green Android and modify it just about anyway you want. Here's my wife.
In both Green and regular and myself. Its called Androidify and its a fun free app.

The pricing of the Motorola Atrix

$199.99 for the phone itself is pretty standard for a high end phone these days. The subsidy price for the phone and laptop dock is $499. That's insanity at its finest, or so it may seem until you hear that the dock by itself is $499. With that pricing model AT&T has ensured very few sales. For the $300 difference in the dock/phone combination that could easily be applied to buying a netbook that is much more powerful and not any bigger. And the best part is if you buy the combination you automatically get an extra $20 on your monthly bill for tethering.   AT&T reems the customer again.
     Its to bad that what could have been an awesome piece of technology turned to nothing because of greed. Not a surprise but a shame.  If you were thinking if getting the Attic accessories I would advise you to save your money. Buy a netbook and then root your Atrix so you can tether for free. I call that the Fu#k AT&T tax.

Big kids and busy life.

My kids are getting big so fast. justin had his first birthday a couple weeks ago and Colin is getting ready to turn 4. Life just doesn't slow down between work and the kids its hard to take a little time anymore. Its like Ferris Beuler said" life moves pretty fast and if you don't stop and take a look around once in a while you just might miss it." That being said my wife and I have decided to take a vacation to San Diego in a couple of months. We are going to leave the boys wth their grandparents and have some time just for us. We haven't had a vacation together since 2005 when we went to Durango Colorado.

Feds sue AZ over immigration law

The Federal Government has decided to sue the state of Arizona
because of our new immigration law. The jist of there arguement
is that immigration policy is the responsibility of the Federal Government
that the states should stay out of. I understand that arguement and could
agree with it if it weren't for one small problem. The Federal Goveernment
has no immigration plan or policy. They instead blame the state of Arizona for trying
something. In Phoenix where I live the problems associated
with the border are getting out of hand. Between drug runners and human
smugglers violence is infecting our society like a plague. The
people of the state are fed up and spoke up to our Legilatires. Unlike the Feds the
our local legislature heard us and acted. Until Obama has a plan to curb the flow
of people and drugs coming accross our border he needs to sit down and shut up
when it comes to the State of Arizona.

New iphone4

Apple and Steve Jobs announcEd the iPhone 4 today. It sounds like a beast of a device. I would get one in a heart beat if it weren't available only on AT&T. My wife and I get a nice family plan discount through Verizon because of my work. Plus most the people we know are on Verizon so calls to them cost no minutes. Oh well that's life sometimes. I think the best solution is the one I did. I got an iPod touch so I get the games, apps and iTunes without dealing with AT&T. Then I got a Blackberry on Verizon. The Blackberry is nice but the web browsing and the games stink. It's great for text and email though.