The Blog of an African NERD

qTweeter is here. iPhone Twittering will never be the same.

I have been involved in a lot of cool apps for Smartphones, particularly in the glorious days of the Treo.  But this one tops it all.  qTweeter is simply the coolest thing I have been a part of to date with regards to Smartphone apps. Big shout out to everyone that contributed to this project and worked extra hard to get it out. Check it out at http://www.qtweeter.com 

Obama Wallpaper for your Treo and Centro

Here is a fun project I initiated after visiting Obama's site a few time and seeing all the cool graphics. His web team really does an incredible job.  If you are a supporter and you have a Treo or Centro, you should like this. Learn more here.

Vistafy Firefox 3

Glasser , a Firefox add-on, adds the Windows Vista glass frame to Firefox toolbars.Pretty cool stuff. Learn more here.

MacBook Air – The African Nerd Review

With iPhone development in full swing here at Efiko Software, I need a Mac to test things, thus making the perfect excuse to get the MacBook Air. Man, this thing is gorgeous, like unreal gorgeous, like holy smokes, what is this in my hand? I had hopes that running Vmware fusion or boot camp, this would now be my default Windows computer, replacing my Dell XPS 1330.  All this was initially dashed with the maximum 80 gig hard drive on the MacBook Air.  Man, that is just straight whack. What the heck am I supposed to do with an 80 gig hard drive when my music library is already going on 20 gigs and el jobso wants us to digitally rent gigs and gigs of DVD movies since there is no DVD drive on the MacBook Air.
In fact, I suspect the MacBook Air can support at least 120 gigs, but in the name of unnecessary hype, Apple will wait some months before they release this just to generate new buzz as they did with the iPhone. A special thanks to the genius marketing of Phil Schiller. Total foolishness if you ask me. I mean, how retarded is it that the iPod has double the hard drive space than the MacBook Air or Toshiba ultra portable laptops have 120 gb hard drives. 

But like any Apple product these days, it is just too tempting to resist, so streamlining my data I was able to fit everything into a 50 gig partition using boot camp. In fact I had to reinstall mac os x to it’s barebones( removing iLife, idvd and garageband templates, etc ) to gain more space.
A funny thing also happened this week that made me really appreciate just how amazing this laptop is. My Dell had a paper clip stuck in the dvd drive requiring a Dell specialist had to come by and essentially disassemble the whole thing to replace the dvd drive. Having a look at the internal parts of the laptop gives one a greater appreciation of what it takes to build these things. Speaking of DVD drives, Apple’s decision not to include one is absolutely brilliant. I have had the Dell XPS 1330 for about 6 months and I think I used the DVD  drive once or twice and looking at my Dell XPS 1330 dvd drive you appreciate just how much space one saves not having this. The only issue now is that the MacBook Air gets hot really quick. You could fry an egg on this thing as am typing. While this laptop is borderline unreal, I would not recommend anyone buy it yet. It is still a 1.0 device and am sure there are many more kinks and glitches that need to be worked out. Once Apple fixes these and increases the hard drive, you need to head straight to the nearest Apple store near you and get one.

Feeling the Roc Boys ringtone

One of the cool things about our ringtonemakers is that they allow you to get ringtones on your smartphone(s) before they come out or in some cases that may never be released. Take for example Jay-Z’s American Gangster’s hit single “Roc Boys” which am totally feeling. Once I purchased the album on Amazon.com, getting the ringtone on my iPhone, Treo and Windows Mobile 8525 took about 1 min.  Also more importantly, I can choose the part of the song I want. So, before the Roc Boys ringtone comes out, you can get it today with any of these apps.
iPhone – iPhoneRingToneMaker
Windows Mobile Device - wmRingToneMaker
Treo – RingCare

GPSing on the Treo

Since I travel quite a bit and depend a lot on Hertz NeverLost GPS, it was only a matter of time before I looked into one of the many GPS solutions available for the Treo. I asked Mr. Treonaut himself who promptly directed me to his review of the Palm Treo GPS SmartPhone.
http://blog.treonauts.com/2007/08/palm-treo-gps-s.html
This stuff is pretty impressive.

Introducing UltimateSearch for Windows Mobile Devices

If you have a Pocket PC  or Windows Mobile SmartPhone, you will absolutely love this Search Gadget. Learn more UltimateSearch here

Simpsonize your Treo, DialByPhoto Style

For those of you that have DialByPhoto and TreoWeather, here is your chance to pimp out your Treo and give it the whole Simpsons treatment.
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Here is the .Zip file with all the icons yours truely put together. Simply put them in the DCIM folder on your Treo's sd card and set your photo contacts to any of them. The zip file also has a bg_thesimpsons.jpg to use as the background.

The Simpsons Ringtones for iPhone

For those of you that have iPhoneRingToneMaker and are huge Simpsons fans like one my buddies, you are in luck. I have been playing around with some Simpons tunes he dug up and I can tell you it is really some fun stuff. My favorite is Homer’s Beer Song. Watch the video

My favorite custom iPhone Ringtones

Here is me using iPhoneRingToneMaker and setting my favorite ringtones.