Archive for July 30th, 2007

Motorola Nextel i880 PPT cell phone user review

My Nextel i870 phone died recently and through my insurance I was able to get a new Motorola i880 cell phone. I received it on Friday and so far so good. I really dislike the color of the entire phone though. I have no idea what they were thinking. It’s an ugly maroon/purple. It is really hideous IMHO.

As far as functionality goes, it’s about the same as the i870. It has the same functions except that it has a 2.0 megapixel camera. To me the different between the i870 and the i880 camera is negligible.

I still plan on changing carriers as soon as my contract with Nextel is up. I have about one more year so it’s quite a long time from now but as soon as I am free, I’m gone with the wind.

I just dislike the selection of Nextel phones; the selection is very limited. Also they’re so bulky since they have all the PTT technology embedded in them.

I’m going to T-Mobile. I can’t wait.

First impression of Lavasoft USA’s Ad-Aware 2007 antispyware program

Hmm, what can I say? My first impression of it? It is buggy and it sucks. I installed it onto a computer that is running Windows XP (clean install) and upon installation I immediately received a service error. I thought perhaps I needed to restart the computer. Upon restarting and booting into Windows, the same error appeared. It’s definitely not looking too good.

Ad-Aware was the very first antispyware that I used to combat spyware. It was a great piece of software during its prime. Eventually the spyware makers got smart and learned how to successfully bypass the Ad-Aware detection. That and things got extremely complex.

Hopefully I will get around to installing a working version and I’ll be able to put it to a test.

Currently if you’re looking for antispyware software I highly recommend the following:

Spy Sweeper

Spy Sweeper is a powerful antispyware tool. It removes a lot of the nasty’s that are hard to remove. However, it is resource intensive so I would recommend that you change the setting of having Spy Sweeper from starting up during the computer’s startup.

Super Antispyware

This little guy, well I shouldn’t say little, but this guy is amazing. This also combats a lot of the nasty’s as well. If you use Spy Sweeper and are still experiencing an infection, than I highly recommend installing Super Antispyware and using it to its fullest potential. It’s a great tool.

Above are two links to each program. They are both trials although the Super Antispyware is actually a full program that will last indefinitely. Hope you enjoy both and use them wisely!