Category — Tech

Rich Davis brought up an interesting point today. He was talking to someone who wanted to possibly do some business with him, and when he pulled out his cell phone to get Rich’s number it was some old flip phone from a few years ago. Instantaneously, Rich no longer took him seriously.

These days your cell phone almost defines the type of person you are. You would think that a business person would almost always carry around a Blackberry, or a technically comparable phone. You could put the iPhone and the new Android phones in the same category, but they also have a bit more cool factor.

Rich lumped people people who don’t have a cell phone that should be commonplace today (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Palm Pre, ect) into two categories. They either can’t afford it, which he is not ragging on clearly, or they just aren’t tech savvy and out of the loop. We don’t necessarily think judging someone on their phone is right, but we are pointing out that it is something that happens more so now.

How do you judge people when you see their cell phones? How do you react differently when you see someone pull out an old school flip phone, versus a new smart phone?

Sirius|XM is now available on your Blackberry! The free SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry gives mobile consumers the freedom to listen to SIRIUS XM’s Premium Online content on the go on their BlackBerry smartphones over cellular and WiFi networks.

SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry allows users to:

·      Surf through over 120 channels of SIRIUS XM Premium Online programming, including SiriusXM Hits 1 and The Morning Mash Up, on the go.
·      Bookmark SIRIUS XM Internet channels for fast, easy access through a “Favorites” function.
·      View the current channel plus what is playing on all other available channels via the “Look Around” function.

If you want this amazing app, go to Sirius.com/Blackberry

Nicole has realized that though DVR is a magical invention that she is ever so thankful for, it has created some annoying habits. For one, she overloads. Because she knows she can just record shows and not have to watch them exactly when they’re on, she just records every show she wants to see during the week. But then the week ends and she finds herself with tons of shows to catch up on.

Then there’s overriding. Nicole will sometimes come home and want to watch a show she recorded, but can’t because her boyfriend has written over one of her shows with one of his own. Nicole isn’t the only one with some annoying DVR habits. Rich is a “pauser” and “commentator.” He’ll be watching a show with his fiance and pause every two minutes to review what just happened and comment on it.

Are you or anyone you know guilty of these DVR habits? Do you know any other annoying habits that have come from DVR?

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Taylor Swift announced that she is going to be documenting her 2010 tour with Sony products, including putting out content in 3D! Check out her performance of Love Story at CES below!

As if doing web chats or recording yourself on your computer isn’t nauseating enough, Hewlett-Packard computers now have motion tracking. This way you can get motion sickness wherever you move on the screen. Oddly enough, if you watch the video above you can clearly see that the motion tracking function on the HP computer stops once Desi Cryer gets into the frame, as opposed to when his white co-worker (Wanda Zamen) is in frame solo. HP put out a very politically correct statement on it’s customer service blog:

“The technology we use is built on standard algorithms that measure the difference in intensity of contrast between the eyes and the upper cheek and nose,” wrote Tony Welch, the lead social media strategist for HP’s Personal Systems Group. “We believe that the camera might have difficulty ‘seeing’ contrast in conditions where there is insufficient foreground lighting.”

It’s a nice way of saying “damn, this is something that we didn’t think we’d run into.” The video is clearly not meant to be mean, and HP computers clearly are not racist. It’s just humorous that Desi Cryer’s skin is so dark that it throws off the contrast recognition of the HP camera. Does HP now create a “black test” for all it’s computers with web cams (which these days is all of them)? Keep reading to see the video of Consumer Reports testing the same technology in an HP computer.

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Ryan is in the market for a new TV. He held out with his old tube TV for so long that it finally crapped out, and now it’s time for some flat screen action! He has a friend who claimed that he could get him a good deal. Well, it seems like Ryan is finding better deals at ANY OTHER store. Do you have a friend who is always saying “I can get you a better deal on that,” or “wait, I’ll hook you up with a better price,” or “I know a guy,” when they really can’t. Who are they? Share your stories with us below!

Stan is a big guy with big hands, which makes it hard for him to type on a regular sized keyboard. We got him a keyboard with BIG KEYS. Does it help Stan? Watch below.

Rich tried to call his friend yesterday and waited all day long for his friend to get back to him. Finally, Rich tried to call him again and when his friend answered, Rich asked him why he never called him back. His friend said he never got the call. Rich finds this hard to believe. In today’s world, it’s pretty impossible to not reach someone.

Caller ID on your home phone (if you even still have one) and every cell phone tells you when you missed a call. You can even check email from most cell phones. Ryan thinks that the only time it’s legitimate that someone didn’t see that you tried to contact them is when they are in a no service area. He experienced that a few days ago. But even in that situation, if you try and call them, you can tell they don’t have service because it only rings once or twice before going to voicemail.

Stan has his phone shut off automatically at a certain time at night, but one time his wife tried to call and the phone hadn’t turned back on properly when it was supposed to. Stan didn’t realize it until he got to the office, and of course got the same speech Rich gave his friend

Do you believe people when they say they didn’t get your call/text/email? Have you ever had someone get mad at you because they didn’t believe you when you said you didn’t know they had tried to reach you?

Rich is OBSESSED with the T-Pain app. Do you use it? Have any funny videos to share?

It’s Thursday and you’re just trying to Twitter about Paula Abdul or update your Facebook status. Having some trouble? It’s not just you.

As MoreMashUp.com’s resident webmaster, I felt it only necessary to explain the day we’ll call “The Day Without Social Networking.” Twitter and Facebook are being attacked by something called “DoS attacks.” In simple terms, imagine thousands of people hitting refresh over and over again on their keyboards on each websites, not allowing you to load the pages.

So, before blaming the I.T. guy at your job or thinking that your boss caught you updating your status too much — it’s not just you, it’s everyone.

So, without Twitter or Facebook, have you figured out you’re addicted to social networking? Let us know in the comments area below!