Apple Not Liking Them Apple Bottom Jeans? Or Boots With The Fur?
This has been something that I’ve been wondering about for a while now. The song Low by Flo Rida isn’t amazing, but it’s in lot’s of people’s music libraries. Including mine.
I originally thought it was a firmware issue. I was partially correct, I guess. On firmware 1.1.4/1.1.5 for my iPod Touch, the song would skip after about 16 seconds. On the newest, 2.2.1, the song seems to keep playing but skips randomly, reliving the good old memories of skipping CD players…
Now, there seems to be problems playing this song on an iPod. Do a Google Search yourself. There doesn’t seem to be an official explanation or workaround from Apple, but there are a few suggestions from people online, such as…
- convert song to AAC
- burn to CD and re-rip
- don’t listen to this song
I haven’t tried any of the above, but I’m more curious to know why this happens. The song plays fine on the computers. Is it a grudge against Flo Rida? Is it because there’s the word “Apple” in the song? You decide.
GAMEKISS Brings Back Freestyle Street Basketball
Ah, Freestyle Street Basketball. You left me last year, leaving me bewildered and stricken with sadness. The sport I loved, the game I loved, both wrenched out of my hands as Sierra closed it down.
Behold GAMEKISS. Freestyle Street Basketball is back! The previous client won’t work, so you would need to download the new client, which is about 600MB. Now I don’t know if it was just their servers that day, or my internet, but doing an ordinary download gave me speeds of 17.1 kb/s. That’s pathetic. HOWEVER, with the help of friendly Firefox add-on DownThemAll (Download Manager), I had 10 segments burning up the track as I finished the download in less than the “About 3 days remaining” time from before.
What’s different about the game? Well, not much actually. You can now also level up by finishing missions that also help you train, and there are Episodes which follows a storyline. The servers seem to be more steady now, not as much lag as before. The controls have stayed the same, basically.
So what are you waiting for? Download it here NOW!
Nokia MOSH: Fill Up Your Nokia
“Fill Up Your Nokia” isn’t actually the motto for the beta service, MOSH by Nokia. The official motto is “Mobilize and Share”.
Here’s basically your one stop for your Nokia phone, from games, to themes, to videos, to widgets, and much more. All for free after you register for an account. At the time I’m writing this, they claim to have 126 868 586 downloads already! There’s also the option of uploading your own created content.
I will report on this later when I find more time to register up and start the downloading, but this looks promising.
3 Features All Cellphones Should Have
Let’s face it. Cellphones have become an everyday part of our lives, for the good or for the bad. Littered with many many many possibilities for different types of cellphones, some lack features that others have. That’s alright, but I feel there are some features that should be considered a standard.
With that being said, I’m introducing my 3 features that all cellphones should have.
CHECKIN’ IN: December 22′ 2008
What’s up, everybody.
Yes, I haven’t been very active these days on Tech In Hiding, mainly because of schoolwork and stuff. I’m trying my best though, aha.
We’ve all read reviews, no matter if it’s on a product, a game, etc. But what makes a review fair and accurate? I’ve been thinking about this question, and I’ve come up with an answer that some of us can agree on, or not agree. Most times when you read a review, for example by CNET, it is pretty quick following a product’s release, which leads to questions like, how will the product perform in the long run, how is the wear-and-tear factor, its durability, it’s lifetime to be answered. Of course, fast reviews following a release is good as it lets people know about it, but for me, starting now, I’m going to try to use the products for at least a few months before doing any reviews…
…so you might see a Bose In Ear review soon, which I got last Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas, there’s only 3 days left! How exciting.
Always trying to remind everyone, I have gotten my Tech In Hiding email working again with a password reset, so feel free to send in anything to me, whether it be suggestions, comments, feedback, or news you want me to report on. I find the password insulting though, Tony. ;)
So everybody, have a great Christmas.
