Welcome to 2012 fellow JAMMers!  2012 brings in a slew of new technology such as Ultra Books, 3D video recording and photography, and much much more.  This year we are looking forward to showing you DXG’s latest 3D camcorder, numerous app reviews such as Proloquo2Go text to speech, and much much more!  Happy new year everyone – and yes, we were a bit late to return from the partying as it’s already 7 days into the year.

People seem to take things way too far.  Check out this rebuttal by Chris Spera:

The news of the recommended ban of all in-vehicle mobile device use really just hit me the wrong way. I’ve published a response to it on Byte (yes, as in BYTE Magazine from back in the day).  You can see it at the link, noted below.

The NTSB Recommended In-Vehicle Cell Phone Use Ban – Technology Can Solve the Problem
Most responses to the NTSB’s recommended Nation-wide ban on in-vehicle cell phone use fails to do one important thing – address the root cause of problem.

http://www.informationweek.com/byte/commentary/personal-tech/smart-phones/232300537

GoodReader, the app we just reviewed got updated with Support for the  AFP Protocol.  Support for AFP, the standard protocol which all Mac computers use to share folders on a local network, makes it easier to connect from GoodReader to a Mac for sharing files between the desktop and mobile device.  GoodReader users have already been able to exchange files between their iOS devices and their Macs using other protocols, such as WebDAV, FTP and SFTP, but supporting AFP makes the process easier than ever because it is the native protocol for Mac OS and requires practically zero set-up. Users simply turn on file-sharing and they are ready to share files between their Macs and mobile devices for viewing in GoodReader.  Not only is AFP the Mac OS standard protocol for sharing folders on a local network, it is also used by Apple Time Capsule, a 1, 2 or 3 TB standalone hard drive with WiFi access that Mac users often use to wirelessly backup their Macs, as well as by a number of other 3rd-party network-attached storage drives. GoodReader’s support for AFP now makes it easier for users to exhange files with such drives directly from GoodReader, without using a computer.

The new version of GoodReader also makes it easier to find servers on a local WiFi network for wirelessly sharing files. GoodReader’s “Local Servers (via WiFi)” section now uses Bonjour to find local AFP, SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and HTTP servers automatically. The update also includes a host of other user interface improvements, including the ability to publish several iCloud files at once, and the new “Back to reading” button, which instantly takes the reader to the last read file, saving from the hassle of finding the file in the folder hierarchy.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!  Hope everyone is having a great time with friends and family.  Almost time for dinner…mmm mmm mmm.  After that, who’s going to go shopping?  I’m surprised that some retailers are taking it to a new level by opening so early…err..so late tonight rather than waiting for tomorrow morning.  Personally, I intend to stay out of the stores.  I’m happy to buy online and I’ve already gotten a 3TB HD and a GPS unit from Staples knowing happily that I got them for a great price.

So are you staying in tonight?  Going shopping tomorrow?

Tired of metered usage by carriers like AT&T and Verizon?  Can’t watch your videos or stream music from Google Music because of the lousy cap?  Look no further as Sprint brings us – UNLIMITED DATA PLANS!!!  For $110 a month you’ll have unlimited everything – voice, data, text, and even GPS navigation.  That sure beats AT&T where you pay $70 for your talk and $15 (200MB) -$45 (4GB) for data bringing costs to $85 and $115 respectively (prices rounded to nearest USD). 

The iPhone4S will cost $199.99 for the 16GB, $299.99 for the 32GB, and $399.99 for the 64GB with a 2 year contract.  Also, the iPhone 4 is available beginning today and will cost only $99.99 with a 2 year contract.

Here’s what Sprint offers for their individual plans:

Individual Plans

Personally as I don’t use many minutes, I am thinking that the $80 plan may be best for me as I rely heavily upon emails, texting, and VoIP applications which would give me additional voice capabilities.  iPhone coming to Sprint is a great thing for the consumer as it provides some healthy competition, in my opinion.