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Since I was young, I knew I was goyin to be someone important and rich. That’s why I’m goyin to join this MLM. If I want a rich life, I am going (going?) to have to start thinking on my toes. That’s why Goyin will be my life’s focus for the next couple hours.

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Who says you can’t ski and watch the thrilling cult classic “Better Off Dead” at the same time. This cocaine snorting LCD display tray comes complete with a VGA port and 2 grams of high-society nose candy.

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I was asked to write a short review of Sprint’s data plan in Utah valley. Sprint phones aren’t the reason I joined up with Sprint, it was simply the fact that their data plan was the cheapest, and at the time, it was the fastest. They were and still do run on the 3G EV-DO network. I’m satisfied enough with the speed of the data connection that I don’t think I’ll be switching. Sprint’s data plan was $15 a month while Verizon was sitting at an extra $40 a month. It appears that times might have changed, looking at Verizon’s pricing now, they offer voice and data for 79.99, which is still $5 more than I am paying.

I use my data on my phone everyday for work email. It is amazing how often I will find myself waiting for something and how nice it is to have something to do that feels productive, like delete junk mail. Plus, strangers think I must be popular, spending so much time and attention on my gigantic Treo 700p. Plus, its very handy when you want to mode people to have google and wikipedia at your fingertips.

I have also been pleased with Sprint’s coverage in the valley. There have been many times when cingular customer friends I have lack bars and I’m sitting pretty at 2. On a somewhat unrelated note, the customer service at the cingular branch in the University Mall in Orem is ridiculous. When you walk in there, the feeling you get from the service reps is that you just bothered them at home during Christmas dinner.

We’ve just started to carry Audio Technica products at Sewell Direct. I always love to see us get into the high-end audio equipment that I can buy for myself. Here are a couple items that I am eyeing:

The ATH-M30 Monitor Headphones are probably the best value for high-end Monitor Headphones. When recording, you need monitors that will send the sound into your brain without any additives, and these will do the trick, helping you to adjust levels accurately. They are closed back and operate on up to 65 ohms.

The AE5100, although a little up there in price, seems like a great all-around microphone to have. It is dynamic enough to accurately pick up percussion (even cymbals) like a champion, and still capture the delacate and subtle nuances of an acoustic guitar. It features a large diaphragm which will preserve and resonate with the full spectrum of sounds. It is also rugged enough to travel extensively with without any worries.

For a really good value, I was also thinking about picking up the AT2041SP studio set. It is the 20 series, so not the highest end, but probably good enough for me. It includes both the AT2021 instrument mic and the AT2020 vocal microphone which I’m sure will get the job done.

Above is a copy of Tiger Direct’s print catalog we got in the snail mail here at Sewell Direct. Them and New Egg are probably our biggest competitors when it comes to connectivity and other products that Sewell Direct built its business on in the beginning.

Anyway, upon seeing the catalog my heart sank because I thought initially that Tiger Direct had bridged the Multi-Channeling marketing gap by putting add-to-cart buttons under every product in their print catalog. It was a brilliant idea, I thought. This way, they’d easily be able to track which conversions came from the print catalog which is something we haven’t figured out how to do with 100% accuracy. And then of course there are the advantages of the residual traffic for having 100s of direct links from a print catalog that will just sit on coffee tables and in waiting rooms around the world.

Imagine my relief when I tested the buttons and none of them worked. I pushed the buttons, and then walked over to my computer, checked my Tiger Direct shopping cart, and it is still empty. I also noticed that there are some select products without an add-to-cart button. It is unlike Tiger Direct to be so careless.

Thanks Sam.

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, or UMTS, is a 3G high-speed cellular data signal technology that uses the 3G W-CDMA signal as its underlying technology.

Features

Data download/upload/transfer speed
Supporting up to 1920 kbit/s (notice, that is kbits not kbytes; 1920 kbit/s or 1920 kbps is 240 KB per second or 240 kilabytes per second), UMTS is one of the commonly used technologies of the mid 00 decade, but not the most advanced. In reality, users don’t typically achieve even close to those speeds. They typically achieve around 384 kbit/s in the United States.

The next step for most 3G networks will be to upgrade to HSDPA, which is actually considered a 3.5G technology. UMTS-based telecommunication signals have an advantage because the transition from W-CDMA to HSDPA is a smooth one. Japan for instance plans on switching over to a 3 Mbit HSDPA network starting this year (2006). HSDPA, another UMTS-based technology, is known as UMTS revision 5.

Like 2G and 2.5G techologies like GSM, CDMA, GPRS, PDC, and even like 2.75G technologies like EDGE which seems like it just arrived, 3G technologies like 1xEVDO and the UMTS-based W-CDMA are going out fast. I predict that 1xEVDO and W-CDMA will be used in less than half of the US mobile data applications by this time in 2007. And that prediction goes even though the new Treo 700P which came out just this year features 1xEVDO as a new improvement. UMTS-based HSDPA is the soon future of mainstream Mobile Data Technology.

Top Global, a quickly emerging distributor of wireless connectivity products, released their part #MB6000 (aka 3G Phoebus) a little before Q1 of 2006 and debuted at CES (Consumer Electronics Show), Las Vegas in January.

Technology

The 3G Phoebus simply takes the high-speed EV-DO, GPRS, HSDPA, EDGE, etc data signal coming from your local cell phone tower and converts it to a Wi-Fi signal that any allowed user can share. EV-DO signals work at DSL speeds, so the Phoebus router essentially becomes a completely free-moving portable wireless DSL router/free floating Wi-Fi hotspot halo that you can take with you wherever you are, even on road trips.

Use

To use the 3G Phoebus or any similar data signal Wi-Fi router, you have to already have a data plan (like with Sprint or Verizon). Depending on how much data you use, those plans go for around $60-80 a month. If you are going to use the Phoebus, you’re going to want to get the unlimited data plan. The Phoebus has a PCMCIA (aka PC card bus) slot where you slide in the wireless data modem card that your provider gives you. The Phoebus then translates that signal into Wi-Fi, allowing multiple users to use that one data plan.

One Data Plan for Multiple Users

As you’ve probably guessed, the biggest advantage of the Phoebus and other similar routers is that a SOHO or any other travelling group will only need to pay for one single data plan, yet allow multiple users the benefits of having their own genuinely portable internet hotspot. Many of you that travel in teams for business reasons (like to shows/conferences) know that daily subscription fees at airports and hotels are ridiculous. With a flat fee of around $80 a month you will provide unlimited web access wherever you are to your entire team.

Other beneficial scenarios include having a DSL speed Wi-Fi signal when your land-line ISP fails and when you live in an area that isn’t wired with data lines, but you still receive a cell signal.

No EV-DO/GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA In Your Area?

You can still use the simple cell signal and get data transfer rates twice that of dial-up.

Form factor

The only weak thing about this product I think is its form factor. The strange Luxoresque shape is mainly an empty plastic shell which takes up a little more space than it has to. Its more expensive counterpart, the MB8000 has a nicer flat form factor but at goes for almost twice as much.

Need More Security Options and Scalability?

The MB6000’s cousin, the MB8000, offers better, more in-depth security options and more scalability for larger work groups and companies that are more serious about security.

Important Accessories

Road warriors are going to want the Car Power Adapter for the Phoebus, and the ever so attractive silver Carrying Box.

“The Phoebus has a lot to recommend it. It’s the only model with an on-off switch a clicky chrome marble on the front. It’s also the only model that when used with Sprint or Verizon cards, automatically configures itself; you can skip the setup steps involving the Ethernet cable and Web browser. You literally plug the thing in, insert the card, and start surfing. That feature, and its super-clear browser-based Web setup page, makes the Phoebus the simplicity champion”.

– David Pogue, New York Times Technology Editor

I’ve seen a lot of products come and go at work, but I don’t think I’ve seen one yet with such mass appeal as the VRFM9.

The VRFM9 is a sleek little FM modulator that plugs into your 12 volt power provider in your car (aka cigarette lighter). It has 1/8 inch audio inputs for your iPod or any other audio output device like a DVD player, laptop, etc. The thing that sets this modulator apart from the rest is that it has both an SD card slot and a USB port. You can plug in any memory drive (USB flash drive, SD cards, etc.) and the modulator works as both an MP3 player and an FM transmitter. As long as you have WMAs or MP3s saved on your storage device, the transmitter will play those files over an FM frequency that you select.

We’ve had many an FM transmitter come and go, and they usually just get better and better. The VRFM9, made by VR3 is as good as its gotten so far. Here’s a bit of a consumer test review performed by us at Sewell:

The Thumbdrive DJ was the first FM transmitter that was successful at Sewell, mainly because of its appearance in PCWorld Magazine with a direct link to the product page. The transmitters we sell have come a long way (including the VRFM8 which doesn’t have the SD slot and costs less>.

We performed an in-house quality test of the modulator and it outperformed the other 4 modulators that we carry in sound quality. We have also had nearly zero returns for the product.

I’m pleased to announce the winner of the Sherwin Williams Historical Logo Authorship Discovery Award (or the SWHLADA).

Just a refresher: I held an international contest to find out who came up with the brilliant Branding Tool of Sherwin Williams.

And the winner is: Jake Haglund.

The answer:

The logo was designed in 1890 by advertising manager george ford for a cleaning company he had an interest in. When that company dissolved he adapted it for sw. The logo was first used on packing slips in worcester, ma in 1905.

The SWHLADA award statue this year is the Xpad laptop cooler. You can read my scientific journal entry about how laptops are the key element of the Chinese Impotence Conspiracy.

The Xpad laptop cooler in a nutshell saves your posterity by shielding your fragile, heat sensitive scrotum from the heat of your laptop. (Women use it to keep their laps cool) It also helps heat escape from your laptop by slightly elevating it, creating heat passages on all four sides. This saves your laptop’s battery from overheating which causes permanent damage and is the leading cause of laptop batteries going bad. It also saves short term battery energy by preventing the need of your laptop’s fans to activate: the leading cause of short term battery energy loss. I’m using Xpad laptop cooler as I type this article. This year’s SWHLADA prize is sponsored by Sewell Direct.

Of Course…

This has nothing to do with the quality of Sherwin Williams paint. The Provo, UT location even provided us with sweet and free heavy-duty shelves. But I still do think its weird that SW hasn’t updated their branding imagery, no matter where you stand (whether its with Geneva Steel or Ralph Nader).

Did you think you had to have a six figure income, a son with a trendy heroin habit, and a reserved seat in the local Mason Temple to enjoy a Rear View Camera for your car or truck? This one goes for 129.95, and I could see it as a very cost effective way for companies with trucks to implement a safety program and protect expensive equipment/walking liabilities (ie. employees).

This is brought to us by VR3, the makers of the very popular FM Thumbdrive Dj, which plays MP3s stored on your flash storage device.

iControl - Total Control for Garageband

M-Audio’s iControl is an all-in-one solution for anyone who uses Garageband and is tired of using the mouse to change settings that were designed since the beginning of time to be changed with real fingers. iControl basically takes every single knob or dial in Garageband and puts it into a hardware surface, including a wheel that easily lets you travel forward or backward through the mix-down. Use the knobs to even change settings on effects menus. I want one.

Here’s a very informational video from M-Audio.