Pandora is an amazing product offering to show you new music that you will like. And it does in fact do what it claims.
I have for a long time wanted to find music that was similar to artists I liked, but I had no easy way of doing this. Along comes Pandora.
You simply enter an artist or a song, and Pandora does its magic and starts playing songs that are similar. It really does an amazing job and works very well. It requires nearly no effort on your part, you just sit and listen. Which is how it should be!
Pandora does not allow you to play specific songs due to licensing agreements, but this is really no issue considering how well it performs at playing music you will like. You rate songs as you go along (if you want to) and it learns what you like as time goes by.
I would highly recomend Pandora to anyone who is looking to hear new and amazing music with very little effort.
Oh ya, its free.
http://www.pandora.com/
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Logitech® Cordless Desktop® MX™ 5000 Laser= Piece of crap
So recently I purchased the Logitech® Cordless Desktop® MX™ 5000 Laser . I was excited, a new toy! That excitement quickly vanished and turned to frustration and anger...
Let me tell you what is wrong with this product.
1. It uses Logitech's craptastic Setpoint software. It randomly resets settings to default, so if you set a button to do something, once and a while it randomly just reverts to default settings. Logitech's fix for this is to reinstall setpoint. Guess what? That doesnt work.
2. Its a wireless keyboard and mouse, but you better not have the mouse or keyboard more than a couple feet from the bluetooth adapter. They claim it has amazing range. It actually has a range of only a few feet, and even then isnt very reliable. It will periodically loose connection and then ALL of the sudden your mouse will move all over the screen, as if it were controlled by a higher power.
3. The keyboard has this amazing power save feature, which results in double letters once and a while. So if you leave it alone and begin typing, you will have two of whatever the first letter is you type.
4. The display, is pretty much useless. The angle is wrong (for me anyway) to be able to see it clearly. Oh and reference problem #1...if you change the settings for the display, they will revert to default every once and a while.
Now I must say the mouse itself was quite nice, and felt good to use. If it werent for the lag, and connection problems it would be a nice little mouse.
All in all I felt this was a terrible wast of money so I took this lovely set back. This is the FIRST time I have ever had trouble with Logitech gear and I was very disapointed. I replaced the combo with a Saitek keyboard (which glows, and works great) and a different Logitech mouse, which I used for about two weeks before returning. This was due to the setpoint problems as well, and Logitech seems to be unable to fix this problem. And from searching online I am far from the only one with these issues.
Bottom line, the Logitech MX 5000 is a poorly designed and poorly supported combo. I would highly recomend you stay away from it.
I would also recomend you do not purchase ANY Logitech mouse that uses Setpoint software. Unless you dont mind the default settings.
I have been a longtime Logitech fan, and a loyal customer. After this I am unsure if I will ever use their products. Logitech, I am sorry to lose you as a good companion!
Let me tell you what is wrong with this product.
1. It uses Logitech's craptastic Setpoint software. It randomly resets settings to default, so if you set a button to do something, once and a while it randomly just reverts to default settings. Logitech's fix for this is to reinstall setpoint. Guess what? That doesnt work.
2. Its a wireless keyboard and mouse, but you better not have the mouse or keyboard more than a couple feet from the bluetooth adapter. They claim it has amazing range. It actually has a range of only a few feet, and even then isnt very reliable. It will periodically loose connection and then ALL of the sudden your mouse will move all over the screen, as if it were controlled by a higher power.
3. The keyboard has this amazing power save feature, which results in double letters once and a while. So if you leave it alone and begin typing, you will have two of whatever the first letter is you type.
4. The display, is pretty much useless. The angle is wrong (for me anyway) to be able to see it clearly. Oh and reference problem #1...if you change the settings for the display, they will revert to default every once and a while.
Now I must say the mouse itself was quite nice, and felt good to use. If it werent for the lag, and connection problems it would be a nice little mouse.
All in all I felt this was a terrible wast of money so I took this lovely set back. This is the FIRST time I have ever had trouble with Logitech gear and I was very disapointed. I replaced the combo with a Saitek keyboard (which glows, and works great) and a different Logitech mouse, which I used for about two weeks before returning. This was due to the setpoint problems as well, and Logitech seems to be unable to fix this problem. And from searching online I am far from the only one with these issues.
Bottom line, the Logitech MX 5000 is a poorly designed and poorly supported combo. I would highly recomend you stay away from it.
I would also recomend you do not purchase ANY Logitech mouse that uses Setpoint software. Unless you dont mind the default settings.
I have been a longtime Logitech fan, and a loyal customer. After this I am unsure if I will ever use their products. Logitech, I am sorry to lose you as a good companion!
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