January 21, 2008 at 11:23 am
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Yes, it appears to be a bad deal for the developer. It’s a great deal for the user though.
The MacHeist software bundle takes 14 apps and sells them for 90% off - $49 total. And that’s a real discount - not some ginzu knife discount. I personally had purchased 1passwd in the past for the indicated price. I’ve already received my money’s worth - Snapz Pro X is a great way to do screencasts, and costs $69 alone.
Ensuring they are buzzword compliant, they also have a viral marketing aspect - refer people to receive additional software. Clearly they’re roped me in to it. Finally, it’s marketing genius that they give 25% of the order to charity - help you assuge your guilt somehow? Turn buying into a community action? Either way, it’s really worth checking out, and taking advantage of. The deal ends Wednesday.
Referral link - MacHeist
Direct link - MacHeist
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October 19, 2007 at 10:12 am
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I’ve been looking for the perfect device for geotagging, and I can definitively say I’ve found one that ISN’T it. At first glance, the AMOD AGL3080 sounded like the perfect device:
- SiRF III chipset for best sensitivity and low speed tracking
- Standard USB 2.0 interface which doubles as an USB Flash Disk
- Works with Windows, Mac, and Linux based computers
- Long operating time - 15 hours with 3 x AAA batteries
- Large data capacity - stores over 256,000 data records
Too bad it doesn’t work well at all. Takes forever to get a lock, once it has a lock at walking speeds it’s worse than a drunken sailor on $2 rum, it’s huge and heavy. I can’t say anything good for this thing at all - just stay away. On this map, I walked around the light white path through the green all around - you can see how poorly it tracked.I’m going to get a Wintec WBT-201 instead. It’s not SiRF III, but I know it works. Semsons has been super cool, and a great vendor. Definitely a good place to buy your GPS toys from.
UPDATE: Some comments have come up that I should review it again now that they’ve fixed the problems. While I’d be happy to do so should someone send one my way, the form factor would still be a killer for me. It’s just plain big compared with the WBT-201, and that’s the most important criteria for me, more important than accuracy.
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