Monday, March 19, 2007

Favorite Cases

Cases are really a matter of preference. But to me I have a couple important standards; Fit, Look, and Protection.

Since the days of my 1st Treo 600, I have felt that protecting (physically) from my clumsy ways was the most important. For that reason I went with a Rhinoskin aircraft aluminum case. It was the best purchase I have ever made. I tried knock offs of the same type of case and the best fit, looks, and protection has been the Rhinoskin. Along with that though is a great warranty for 1 yr. My biggest complaint with my 1st Rhinoskin case was the clips. The clips are crap and I wore out 3 in a couple months. I called the company and the sent my 2 brand new and newly designed clips for nothing. I should note that the 1st replacement clip I used 3 years ago is the one I am still using.

I have been using my current Rhinoskin for almost 2 years and it only now is starting to be in need of replacement. I need to replace it simply because I beat the crap out of it, it's scratched, worn, the padding inside slightly stretched out from my constant playing, and I have hit it so many times the clear plastic over the screen area is starting to push in.

If you are looking for a case that will REALLY protect your Treo Investment I have not found anything better than the Rhinoskin. At fist I thought 29.99 was a lot for just a case, not anymore soon I will go out and buy my 3rd and it's worth every penny. Good Luck.

Treo space loop

As if to reiterate my previous statement about BACKING UP...

Recently my wife and I went to Florida and took in the joy of Epcot. One of my favorite apps is Splashblog and I take A LOT of pics with it http://www.splashblog.com/mlumb. While at Epcot my SD Card got ejected inside my case (a rubber style skin type) and I didn't know. Well Splashblog started putting pictures in RAM since the SD Card wasn't present to the system and 6 MB later BOOM! Suddenly my Treo started to reset and reset and reset! WELL lesson 1 "don't fill up your RAM to the max ... space, space, space" lesson 2 "Always have a backup.

Well I keep a backup on my SD, so I pulled off the skin, did a Hard Reset and then restored my backup. Actually I keep 5 daily backups and 2 CLEAN INSTALL backups where I have all the default applications installed that I KNOW won't mess up my Treo. So I restored my morning backup and fortunately only lost about 10-20 of the 555 pics I took that day. UNFORTUNATELY you guys will never see the huge genetically altered vegetables I had pictures of. Sorry!

Thursday, March 1, 2007

More on the 8Gb upgrade

I have to say that I am loving the crazy amount of space this upgrade is giving me. I have LOADED it with music and movies and tv shows, as well as normal apps, maps and more and I still have 2.5 Gb left.

I have noticed speed issues on occasion and the Treo doesn't read the space correctly. It will read 3.5 Gb and then when you fill that up it will read the second half.

I am still experimenting and if I find that the speed issues are related to some formating issues, I'll let you know.