Electronic Toys

Well everyone knows that I am a lover of gadgets ! So
I enjoy getting new toys and getting them all set up just right. A week or so ago my son decided to buy an iTouch and during his "selling job" to me to allow him to spend his savings he converted me as well.

My cell phone contract with AT & T was up so I went ahead and got an upgrade to an apple Iphone. To date I've been very pleased with it. I was worried about it playing nice with my windows pc but the installation of iTunes went smoothly.

So for the last week I've been busy finding out all the pro's and con's from my point of view. I know that a ton of blogs are out there describing the Iphone. But let's face it I'm really mostly interested in how the Iphone works for me.

The only thing that I really miss from my windows mobile phone to the apple Iphone is the loss of Hulu. I didn't realize that apple did not have a flash player available to the iPhone. It's true that a lot of video is available in iTunes so I can enjoy my Stargate and Fringe episodes but really miss my Hulu

Personally I have no problems using iTunes or the app store. All of the software that I rely on such as eWallet and iBirds was available in apple apps. My calandar and contacts smoothly transferred to my new phone via google web. It amazes me the amount of free apps that are available !

So with the success of Alex iTouch and my iPhone my older son got an iTouch for his birthday to replace his aging zine mp3 player. He had a fair number of songs that did not auto convert from mp3 to aac format but he's still pleads with his gift.

-- I'm on the run again, so posting to you via my iPhone.

Weigh behind

Well last year I was able to lose close to 30 pounds off this old body of mine. I sure feel better and it's wonderful to be two sizes smaller in clothes.

However, as often happens whenever I am able to lose some weight I get lazy and don't continue to keep my momentum going. Over the winter I was successful at maintaining my new weight and I'm grateful for that.

I'v been unhappy though that I'v made no progress in losing the next 10 pounds. I felt that 10 pounds was a reasonable goal and yet I've lost / gained nothing.

Well I'm hoping to change that ! I just love gadgets and just up graded my cell phone to an Iphone. There are a ton of fitness apps to help you reach you goals. I have two that I am using on a daily basis to help keep me on track. They are "Lose It" for tracking my food and exercise goals and "iMapMyWalk" to measure the time and distance that I walk or bike. The iMap software connects to my online account and is able to track both my walking and my bike riding.

So I'm hoping that love of gadgets will help me get a jump start on these ten pounds !

-- I'm on the run again, so posting to you via my iPhone.