When you think about protection for a cell phone you might think about insurance. That’s usually available for most cell phones, but apparenly AT&T doesn’t carry insurance for the iPhone.  Probably because it has some vulnerable areas like the entire front surface made of breakable glass.  So, how are you going to protect your invesment? I see plenty of people carrying their naked iPhones or one covered with a stylish gel cover.  I guess, I’m a little paranoid, but I see people accidentally drop their phones all the time. When I bought my iPhone, I didn’t...

I recently purchased an iPhone 3GS with 16GB of memory.  This is my first iPhone and my first experience using Apple’s multi-touch interface.  I have never used an iPod touch either.  I purchased the iPhone  for the purpose of learning Objective-C, Cocoa and doing iPhone Application development.  Up until this point my experience with Smart phones has been limited to using and programming Palm OS & Windows Mobile Smart phones.  This post covers my personal experience with the iPhone. User Interface: I am very impressed with the user interface.  It is very easy &...

Last week I posted two articles “No more USB access to public computers” and “More reasons for online storage“.  In the first article I listed 8 online storage service providers that had a free storage option.   I didn’t receive any other suggestions so I will be reviewing the options in that list. The storage options: SugarSync Mozy Box.net FilesAnywhere ADrive GoogleDocs OfficeLive SkyDrive Acid Test:  A sure test, giving an incontestable result. When I first thought about the different kinds of tests I could do.  It all came down to what basic...

MrWes.net has been around for 6 months today.  Over these past months I have written many articles on a variety of different subjects.  Today, I am going to present the highlights of some of these posts.  I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. Favorite Posts 16 essential life skills students should know before leaving high school - young adults should know this Referrals and Reputations - why I don’t give out referrals just because I know you Personal Marketing Personal Marketing (Introduction) – Introduces Marketing concepts and how to make...

Yesterday, I wrote a review about my ”Insignia NS-WBRDVD Connected Blu-Ray Disc Player“  I had mentioned there were a few features, I had yet to check out.  Today, I checked out another feature of this Blu-Ray Disc Player. The USB port. At first, I thought the USB port was just going used as a simple audio player option.  However, as I looked into it further, I was pleasantly surprised with all the functionality the USB port feature brings to the table. Audio If there are audio files present on the USB drive when plugged into the unit, you will see an Audio menu option.  I...