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  • Gifts That Make Them Say WOW-the Wi-Fi Sony mylo

    Saturday, December 13th, 2008

    Every conference I have attended, I have taken my laptop. My big, heavy, laptop, which I place in a laptop bag and carry through the airport, take out at security, repack after security, then haul through the terminal to my plane, then store it in the over head compartment, then haul it to the hotel, at which point it goes into a corner of my room and is rarely taken out again. I like having my computer with me, but I don’t love the hauling of the heavy laptop. So when Jenny from Rocket XL emailed me and asked me if I was interested in reviewing the new Sony mylo, my first thought was omg, I can take my computer to conferences without having to take the heavy laptop, woo hoooo!

    The Wi-Fi Sony® mylo™ personal communicator connects you to the Web using wireless LAN technology,  so there are no monthly bills or long-term contracts. Call your friends on Skype® for free or IM them on AIM®, Google Talk™, or Yahoo!® Messenger using the back-lit slide-out keyboard. You can  browse the Web, take photos and share them on the 3.5-inch LCD touch screen. All this on a device small enough to take virtually anywhere.

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    mylo stands for “my life online”, and it comes with built in widgets to help you stay connected to your online life.  Available widgets include the Google search widget and the Facebook® Notifier that tracks activity on your Facebook page, and the  My Contacts widget that works as a consolidated buddy list for all the IM applications on the mylo. More widgets are available for download on the mylo labs page.

    Photos: With the built in 1.3 Megapixel camera imaging and everything you do online are at your finger tips. You can capture photos, edit them on the built in photo editor and because COM-2 features upload and download capability, you can post them directly to your blog or even to your Facebook page. All on the mylo without the need for a PC.

    Phone Calls: Skype lets you enjoy free Internet phone calls to and from any Skype enabled device and PC, anywhere in the world! Or Skype-Out to any phone number for a nominal fee. Unlimited calls to U.S. and Canada landlines and cell phones are just $2.95 a month, and there are plans for calls to Mexico, and calls to 39 other countries as well.

    All that plus a music and video player, and no expensive monthly data plans! And with the Skype feature, it IS a phone too, so it really is every thing you can ever need in a personal device,  and it’s smaller than a PSP so it’s really easy to take with you. Free Wi-Fi is available all over the place now, except for MY LOCAL MCDONALD’S, which was one of the first stores to offer it and they signed a stupid 5 year contract that requires them to charge for the service, grumble grumble.

    At $199.99 with no monthly contract, the Sony Wi-Fi mylo is a gift  that will make someone say WOW. And thank you. And WOW, again. I can’t thank Jenny from Rocket XL enough for sending me one!

    6 Comments » Filed under: Geeks are HOTT, Holiday Gift Ideas

  • Guest Post: Dragon Naturally Speaking

    Sunday, November 16th, 2008

    This is a guest post provided by Brett Bumeter of Sofduit.com. The following video shows a fellow blogger and my friend, Drew of TheBenSpark, demonstrating how Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software lets you create blog posts and other documents faster than you ever thought possible! Please watch it and read Brett’s post below. I think you’ll find the information very interesting. At the end of the post, you’ll find information on how to Save 25% on Dragon Naturally Speaking with Coupon Code DNSMSBG.

    Hello my name is Brett Bumeter and I write about Dragon Naturally Speaking at Softduit.com (Tip if you are looking for the details on the coupon codes scroll to the bottom of this article). I wanted to share this video with you showing a fellow blogger named Drew who is using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 for the first time. There are some interesting things that you will see in this video that I wanted to point out to help you get a sense of how Dragon NaturallySpeaking works and how it could potentially work for you.

    I think it’s important to see Dragon NaturallySpeaking, when people are using it and videos definitely help show you how well the software works these days. It’s extremely fast and can help you to type at 150 words per minute. You can see this in the demonstration that Drew has created as he is basically talking at a relatively normal speed. You will notice that he tends to look with his eyes to the right and up just a little bit.

    I mention this not because Drew is looking in some strange direction, but instead because Dragon NaturallySpeaking does use your brain in a slightly different way than what you may be used to. You have to think of the words you will say in your head and then speak it out loud. That’s a little different than when you think of a composition and type it out with your fingers or even more different than when you attempt to write with your hands using a pen and paper. All three activities use different sections of our brains.

    There used to be a time a decade ago when using Dragon NaturallySpeaking was more difficult because it would take a significant amounts of time to train the software. These days, the software can be trained in as little as seven minutes. The out-of- the-box experience with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is flat-out amazing. That said, it will take you a little bit of time to train your brain or compose messages or articles or e-mails by speaking them out loud.

    You can type 150 words a minute using Dragon NaturallySpeaking and that’s typically 2 to 3 times faster than your average person can type. 2 to 3 times faster can save you a great deal of time and a great deal of money. This can enable you to spend more time with your family or be more productive at work and get more done and possibly a promotion or raise. Possibly the biggest benefit that you can experience is just staying on top of your workload with less effort.

    If you consider also that Drew is looking off to the right a little bit as he’s composing, I will share with you a hidden benefit of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. When you use Dragon NaturallySpeaking, you are not locked into a position physically, where you have to stare at your computer monitor all of the time. When you don’t have the light on your computer screen glaring in your face all the time, you experience a great deal less eye strain. The muscles in your eyes can relax more, as you look around the room and change your focal point. You would be amazed at how much extra energy this will give you as your eyes, and the muscles in your eyes don’t get worn out as fast as they would if you sit at a computer and type all day long.

    We often associate sore hands and fingers and wrists with typing, but typing also creates very sore eyes and can even lead to migraine headaches. Plus, it basically just makes you tired sitting in front of your computer. Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking, you can save a great deal of time and effort and keep your energy level high, because you’re not wearing out your eyes. With a wireless microphone headset like the one I’m using, you can even pace around your desk or exercise on a treadmill or bike machine while you write your emails!

    Best regards,
    Brett Bumeter
    www.softduit.com

    PS I wrote this article with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 preferred. It took me about five minutes to write the words above, which are proximally 670 in length. That’s about 130 words per minute typing, and it only took me another minute or two to edit, which is still approximately 95 words per minute with editing included! Nuance is allowing us to offer our readers a 25% Discount Coupon CODE Exclusive for Dragon Naturally Speaking, but you must click the image below and use this code (DNSMSBG) Together. Code will not work from other sources.

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    The code only works when you click on one of the links in this article or the clickable image in this article! The discount enables you to save $25 – $50 off the price.

    3 Comments » Filed under: Geeks are HOTT, Reviews

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