Every DJ should have this stereo Y-cable in his or her box of tools. You never know when you need it. There was once when I had to break out my trusty Android phone and download a requested song for a customer while at a party. Luckily I had one of these cables in my bag. I promptly hooked it up to my mixer, on a spare channel and plugged the stereo mini-jack into my Android phone. Played the song for the customer who was impressed that I had it. I can also use this cable to plug into my Hercules DJ controller as it has a mini-jack output. many people have iPhones these days. It can be used for instance, when a client wants to plug his or her iPhone, iPad or laptop into the system for say, music for a presentation. Being flexible will get you more clients in the future. They are not that expensive and can save your ass.
Whoa. This is just hot off the press. According to this article in Hardwarezone, Google acquired Motorola Mobility for about US$12.5 billion. Egads! Does that mean that my Defy now belongs to Google? Looks that way. In Google’s Blog, they say:
“This acquisition will not change our commitment to run Android as an open platform. Motorola will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. We will run Motorola as a separate business. Many hardware partners have contributed to Android’s success and we look forward to continuing to work with all of them to deliver outstanding user experiences.”
Hmmm…looks like Google is getting back on the gas and giving Apple a run for its money! Does this mean I will Android Gingerbread 2.3 on my Motorola Defy?
All I can say is, not good. Apple and Android, two A’s that are forcing RIM to trim their workforce. It does not help that the Blackberry is not as user friendly apps-wise like the afore-mentioned two A’s, even though I personally love my Blackberry and will be sad to part company with it when I leave. But I do have an Android-powered Motorola Defy and hopefully that will fill the incredible wake left behind by my Blackberry
That is right folks. Am now using the Motorola Defy and what can I say…its an awesome phone. I am now a convert to the Android OS and its great. Still getting used to it but I think I am going to be an Android user for life. The phone is using Android 2.1 and there is an upgrade available but so far, all seems good and I might not even upgrade it. I know when I did an upgrade of my old Nokia 6233, all hell stated breaking loose so yeah, no upgrade unless I absolutely need to
I was walking back from the recent PC Show at Suntec City and I see this lady using a Motorola touch-screen phone. It looked pretty good and since I am in the market for a new phone (The old Nokia E51 is in a very bad state of disrepair) I have the tendency to do a little “due diligence” and se what people are using. Many of my friends are telling me to go get the Apple iPhone. I am a little hesitant on that. One reason is the price. If I upgrade my contract, and sign a two-year bond, I can buy the iPhone for $500. Now that is a lot of money to be spending on an Apple product, which always are expensive, like it or not. Or, I could just upgrade my phone plan and get the Motorola Defy, the very same phone I saw the afore-mentioned lady using, and the very phone featured in the blog above now
From what I was reading, Motorola made this phone out top be tough. Not military-spec tough but tough enough. That is good news because I am a bloody klutz with my phone. Many of my phones lasted a few years but in my line of work, I tend to be a bit on the rough side. A tough phone will suit me to a T. From what I know, this phone, without contract, can be bought for as low as $425 dollars. It is running on Android 2.1 and some people might be complaining about that. They did say that it is upgradeable to Android Froyo 2.2 but I do not think I need that. Maybe this phone will be the stepping stone till I do upgrade finally to that Samsung Galaxy SII but given the fact that this is a tough phone, with a Gorilla Glass display, it just might last me a few years, and then some. So yeah…this just might be THE phone
