Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Wow, Pandora on the Motorola Q

The Motorola Q smartphone is getting pretty old and crufty these days, and can't do a lot of the cool stuff that newer Android and iPhones can do but... apparently it still has a few tricks up its sleeve, including the ability to play streaming Internet radio using the free Pandora service.

Friday, June 18, 2010

High-capacity hard drives

I've been shopping for a big, reliable, fast, cheap hard drive and have been frustrated by the lack of useful reviews and comparisons between different 2TB models.  Finally I found this useful 2TB HD Roundup from HotHardware which compares Seagate, WD, and Samsung models.

Unfortunately, Hitachi's surprisingly cheap 7200 rpm drive was not reviewed there, but here's a review of it from Tom's Hardware.

Based on this, I think I'm gonna spring for the cheap, low-power, and pretty well-performing Seagate LP 2tb drive.