Technology is cool
So I’m on a road trip and taking advantage of technology. Mainly GPS and my iPhone. Here are some of the things I’ve done.
On the way out, we needed lunch in the middle of nowhere Ohio. Using the trusty GPS it found restaurants at the next exit that were not on the highway information signs. We found a town just a mile down the road with a lovely DQ so the kids had a great meal and dessert all in one.
On the way, I used the iPhone with BeeJive to keep the people we are traveling to abreast of our progress. I would periodically copy and paste Google Maps locations of where we were using the in-phone GPS into an AIM chat using the BeeJive program. BeeJive uses Push Notifications so I could get replies when my phone was “off” too.
Just today was the greatest use of the tech. I was out getting stuff at the store and stopped by Office Depot. They had a clearance camera for $89. I used Amazon lookup on my iPhone to find the specs and prices. The price was right, but the specs showed it used the Sony Memory Stick technology which I wasn’t excited about because of the cost. So I was able to make the decision to not buy the camera because of that.
We then went to Best Buy. I used the same lookup to check another camera selling for $79. Specs looked good. It used SD memory so that’s great. I checked cnet and the review showed no horrible problems. Same with Amazon. But Google said the price that Best Buy Online was selling it for was $66. So I showed that price to the sales person and they said they could match the price in the store. So I was able to walk out the door with a good quality pink camera for my daughter’s 8th birthday that has the right specs for $13 cheaper than the in-store price.
Way to go technology!
