Monthly Archives: August 2010

Andriod 2.2 on Droid

I’d have to say I’m less than enthused with the latest release from Google. I woke up on Friday morning and my phone had been updated. So, I restarted it and everything seemed fine. That was, until I put it in my car dock to go to work. See, I listen to a lot of music on my Droid during the 25 minute drive to work. It used to stay brightly lit so I could see what songs were playing or see the map if I was in navigation mode. Apparently Google decided that the display should follow the auto dimming feature, regardless of whether it’s plugged in or not. I’ve noticed the same on my media dock at home, since I use it for my alarm clock too. It used to have a nice display that had a dim background at night. It would even show you the weather forecast for the next day. However, since 2.2, it now just shows the time in a night vision goggle type of color. Such a shame. I want my 2.1 back…

GM and Chevrolet’s Grand Bailout Milking Scheme

The 2011 Chevy Volt

I have to admit, General Motors has to have one of the best scheming, I mean, advertising, departments in the world! The 2011 Chevy Volt rolls out at the end of this year and it’s a doozie! It will cost you $33,500 for an electric car that will drive you 40 miles with NO gas. That’s right folks. All you have to do is fork over $41,000 to Chevrolet and then file a tax credit with the Federal government on your tax return. Nothing like giving Chevrolet a little more bailout money from the government, eh? No thanks Chevy. Electric and green or not, the Volt isn’t worth that price tag. Especially when your getting $7,500 per sale from the government, in a round about way.