Right, we all know that these day and age, we don't use the computer anymore to back our stuff up any longer, right? You'd be surprised how many people still rely on their good old hardware to back things up, with most major players provide OTA sync and back up options.

Take a look at this Microsoft service. I have only recently activated my windows phone, and also only recently have discovered this service that has become available through Microsoft's marketplace. As you can see it provides the complete service like what other players have. Android with their Google cloud, RIM with also Google cloud (especially with OS 5.0, and Google hosted apps), Nokia with their Ovi store stuff (unsure of how they work though), and totally unsure what Palm offers.

Rukus made me do it!
 

Just amazed would describe my Droid experience thus far. In fact I'm making this blog entry on my Droid stuck in interstate traffic! I rarely use my laptop anymore. DROID DOES!!!

you've heard that they are rolling this out, and again I am one of the few that has it. So enjoy, as I sure am enjoying, sometimes I just don't want to get on to destroy or seesmic thwirl's on my ubuntu setup.

Well, that's a million dollar question, there are tons out there now. I have been blessed with an Android, the PVT32B lower end version (8 months old), a BlackBerry (2 years old), a Windows Mobile (2 years old).

And I am quite amazed as to how many people keep saying 'my phone is better than yours because it can do this ... bla bla bla ...'

At the end of the day it is what you are comfortable with, TECHNICALLY, all these are capable phones, and running on excellent platforms.

One of my 3 laptops is a real old one, a Pentium M running at 1.6 GHz with only 512 Mb of RAM. It was literally running like a dog when I had Windows XP running on it, with SP3.

I decided to give ubuntu another go, after previously played with only a handful of linux distro, one being open suse, and another fedora.

Many of you may not have known this but a year ago I weighed 331 pounds. Now I am 6' 4" tall and a very big guy, but 331 pounds was waaaay too much weight for me to be carrying. On November 10th, 2008 I hit rock bottom and decided to do something about it. I basically got pissed at myself for letting things get so far out of control. My wife was very instrumental in motivating me to get going since she had begun really getting in shape over the summer. I hopped on the scale, saw the 331.0 lbs on the display, and went on a mission to fix the problem.

For the past 11.5 months I have put myself on a very strict 1200-1800 calorie per day diet (1200 at first and now up to around 1800) and began working out 3-4 days per week for 30 minutes to an hour at the local gym. After getting the first 20 or 30 'easy' pounds off, I joined a small gym with a personal trainer and he took charge of my overall fitness planning. With his guidance (thanks David!) I really got the ball rolling.

ANYWHO!!!!!! How is the world of BBA!!?? I am fantastic. Just got back from my Pre-op and all systems appear to be a go! glorious good times I get to have w/this here bum ear yo!! On a separate note, I got an email from the boss asking for a volunteer to go to another area in our county for a temp switch. So, I get it and as of Nov. 1 I will be "up North" as we say. See, I have worked in what is considered the GHETTO of our county for 3 years. I have to say it is a great turn for me. Time to see how the real world lives again, instead of dealing w/people who want anyone else but themselves to fix their problems.
On a softer, gentler note, I am hoping to have a friend fenagle my account re-up date so I can grab the S2 next week. I am really excited! I know there is a lot of hype bout the droid, but I am staying BB for now. I have put a lot of time into my BB. My wife will tell you that! HA! She only gets mad at me about the time I am on my BB or on a BB site...HA! oh well. It has quickly become my passion and I just like to play around with them and learn as much as I can bout the functionality and ease of use that most people don't even grasp.

I am a Microsoft Network Partner. The video explains it all, contact me if you are interested. Criteria is quite strict.

To 'droid or not to 'droid, that is the question?

My awesome VZW business account rep was nice enough to swap out my 9530 for a 9550 no charge. The new device should arrive sometime Thursday. I am very eager to get it up an running so I can test out the 'new click'. I am a very fast BB typist and have even been lightning fast on my S1 with these latest OS versions, but I hope to have greater speed and less hand fatigue on the S2. Not to mention getting wifi back. People that say wifi doesn't matter are crazy.

But with that said... I have been extremely fascinated the past couple weeks about the droid craze. For years now I have had my RIM blinders on (other than buying 3 iPhones lol) and have just not paid attention to android up to that point. Now that all the devices are in the pipeline and photos and specs are leaking, I must say I am very eager to try one out. I even have a 'spare' line with VZW set aside as a wild card that I can use to grab a droid if I decide to. I'm a little apprehensive though because every WinMo device I've tried has been a piece of junk. Hopefully the droid OS is something much more... something more like/better than the iPhone.