My Dots Gloves finally arrived! Remember these? I ordered them back in October, IIRC, waited a month or two, had my order canceled and refunded (their choice, not mine) and then re-ordered them earlier this month when they were back in stock. They arrived while I was at CES and I’ve been wearing them during my commute. The good news: they work with my iPhone! The bad news: their medium size for women is too big for me. I’ll start working on my review of these gloves shortly…
I’ve been using my USBConnect Mercury modem with my MacBook Air during my commute this week and it’s working out pretty well. It’s far faster than I expected when I have a good signal, definitely better than the on-train WiFi when it’s available and faster than tethering with my iPhone 3G. Oddly, it consistently shows fewer 3G signal bars than my iPhone does at any point – either my iPhone is lying to me or the Mercury is. I’m guessing it’s my iPhone if what I’ve read about how it shows signal strength is correct. I’ve had one minor, yet annoying, problem with it so far though it could be my Mac more than the Mercury. I do lose my 3G signal along my train route (AT&T’s coverage here isn’t complete) and I have to disconnect and reconnect to the network using the HSPA modem menu in my task bar before Safari will recognize the network connection after the connection drops and returns. I’ll have to do a little more research to figure that one out.
Leave a Reply