The Beanster Blog

As Lando once said: This deal is getting worse all the time… Yep there was a time that facebook was the most private of the networks. That day has long passed and we have seen facebook do little to help it’s users to protect their privacy and their content. I’m a fairly tech/web savvy person and even I got confused with how facebook privacy kept on changing for the worse. I really really hated how facebook kept on hi-jacking links. I also did not appreciate the LIKE system spreading like a cancer all over the WWW. So this morning: I removed ALL my LIKES (there were A LOT over the years) changed all my interests to “Facebook Privacy Sucks” deleted my mobile numbers and finally de-activated my account. The only downside that I am seeing is that I don’t have access to the company facebook account, like it or not, facebook is the biggest social network out there and you would be fool if you did not want your brand on there. I might re-activate my account to get access to my company f...

Ok so hp is going to buy palm for 1.2B... It's good to know that palm & webOS may still survive. To be honest I was very interested in webOS... But palm hasn't been doing too well with their new OS. flaky hardware, weak marketing, and strong competition have pecked on my interest for palm's offerings. Hoping hp will continue to use and develop webOS and finally get back into the mobile device space. Hp can use webOS for smartphones and tablets.

This track is one of my all time faves… Really liking this new mix by Super8 & Tab so I made it a ringtone. I hope you like it.   MP3 // M4R

Pecking out this blog post on my trusty Treo Pro. Yep back to familiar Windows Mobile 6.1, I sold my HTC Hero to a friend. Enjoyed my short stint with Android (approx. 3.5 months) but there's nothing like the comfort of your first smartphone OS. Still not sure if I will stick w/ Windows Mobile or try out Windows Phone 7 (when it is released later this year).

Twitter and the interwebs was a buzz as the 4th Gen iPhone was outed a few days back. Head on over to Gizmodo to view the pics and read up on it. It looks like it’s the real deal my only complaint is the move to micro SIM. Unless all mobile device manufacturers and mobile phone operators are moving to this standard. It’s simple when your iPhone runs out of juice you will not be able to easily move the different NON-STANDARD sized micro SIM to another device. As I said on twitter. micro SIM = dick move by Apple. I am also growing suspicious about the whole thing (i.e. how the device was left in a bar etc etc) the story does seem like it’s orchestrated but I will give the Giz crew the benefit of the doubt. I also don’t think they should’ve released the guy’s name to the public,

Alpha 9 – Bliss (Alpha 9 Club Mix) MP3 // M4R

I have been using this feature to create AAC files (M4A) renaming them to M4R to make Ringtones for the iPhone. With Apple’s newest (still bloated) version of iTunes they have removed this feature. It really pisses me off when companies remove functionality which was there for so long and which was very very useful. Does anyone know of a way to convert MP3s to AAC (preferably for free)? I would like to keep on making ringtones for the iPhone.