A Little iPad Repair Luck, Domain-Name Style

February 8th, 2010 by Anthony

For those that know me, I have a bit of a domain name addiction. I think it reached its’ peak of insanity when I purchased the domain blake-is-the-new-sanjaya.com (true story) a few years back when Sanjaya was voted off ‘American Idol’ and hack Blake was deemed the next in line Howard Sterns’ goal to inspire enough people to vote a talentless dweeb to the top spot.

I’ve struggled to hold my personal obsession with URL’s back, but I think we got a bit lucky when, back in April 2009, we registered the iPad repair domain names ipad-repair.com and ipadrepair.com. Since we are going to be hard-core in the iPad repair business, having domain names that say what we do will be most helpful to Milliamp LTD:

New iPad Repair Domains

Two New iPad Repair Domain Names

For now, these two sites aren’t doing a whole heck of a lot for us, but they will eventually become a great resource for our future customers seeking iPad repairs and parts.

Now, who has any suggestions for helping us monitize our leet-inspired domain names for Twitter?

Have a great evening,

Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com

P.S. We had two GOLD iPhone backplate winners this week – one worker here at Milliamp LTD and one iPhone fanatic from Alaska. More details on this coming soon!

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BioShock 2

February 6th, 2010 by Michael

"BioShock 2 Box Art"As an original player of the first BioShock game, I am looking forward to see what 2K games has done in BioShock 2. So far all the ratings I have seen have been 4 stars or more. One of the new improvements the developers have added is 5 new multi-player modes. But what I am looking forward to see if there is an online multi-player mode because like most people I do not like people screen watching me and I like competition! And if you are big BioShock fan like me, a special edition of the game has been announced which will contain the game, posters, art book, etc. The release date is scheduled for February 9th, which also happens to be my Birthday! For those of you who are not familier with Bioshock, the game’s plot is a twisted set of little girls who need their Daddy who happens to be a machine that you play. You travel this underwater world called Rapture searching for these little girls. The main enemy in the campaign mode are zombie type creatures that have a various set weapons.

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iPad Parts Review – Internal Frame Photographs Analyzed

February 5th, 2010 by Anthony
First Looks: iPad's Internal Metal Frame

First Looks: iPad's Internal Metal Frame

www.ipad-repair.com

Photographs of the iPad’s Internal Frame have been widely circulated on the internet, but no one has really taken the time to closely examine these pictures…until now.

Follow the musings of our iPod and iPhone (and soon to be iPad) -fixing technicians as we pour over every photographic-inch of the internal frame that will allegedly be inside Apple’s iPad. We will give you our thoughts on iPad design and functionality at our new IPAD Repair website. This website will eventually contain everything related to this amazing new device, as well as photographs of the new iPad parts that surface between now and iPad Launch Day.

When you are done reading about our conclusions on the internal iPad frame, head back to this specific blog entry to post your comments.

Best regards,

Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com

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Superbowl Food!!!

February 5th, 2010 by Bradley

The Saints and the Colts are getting ready to battle it out on the field and all I can think about is seven layer dip, oh wait hamburgers, no maybe even steak.  Dont get me wrong I am a football fanatic, but this game means good home cooked food.  I am a college student and do not get meals like this very often so this is gold for me.  Almost as gold as those new backplates we recieved!(yeah you like that)  Anyways I have already made a list of what peoplel shoud have for the game.  First off, you have to have your beer, whats football without it.  Next move in to the dips and chips.  Salsa and queso is a must in Texas, as well as the seven layer dip.  You can throw in a french onion if you want but you shouldnt need it.  Moving on, get the grill fired up for some burgers, brats, and hotdogs.  Make sure you have all the condiments you need you dont want to run to the store in the 4th quarter for some relish.  Last off, the desserts!  One word, well two words… OREO BALLS, my friend Ashley made these a few years ago for the superbowl and they were amazing.  So good that I ate until I really was sick.  But now that I know that girl scout cookies are back in business I am going to have to add them to the list because face it there girl scout cookies.  I dont know how someone could perfect a cookie as well as the girl scouts of america.  Well I hope everyone eats well this superbowl sunday, and maybe gets to watch a little football.  Goooooooooo Saints!

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Time For Some of the Best Commercials of the Year

February 5th, 2010 by Aaron

Here it is again the biggest game of the year. The super bowl is the biggest football game of the year. Everybody will gather around the tv sunday afternoon with friends, family and a great assortment of food. The super bowl is one of the most watched tv programs every year. No matter the outcome of the game (colts are going to win by tha way) everybody will gather around the water cooler monday mornig at their respective jobs and talk about their favorite commercials. This year for a 30 second ad the cost to run a commercial will be around $3 million or $100,000 per second. For the price of that 30 seond ad companies usually use humor, celeberties and other variables to sell their product to the public. Seeing as apple just unveiled their newest toy the ipad I would expect a new snazzy commercial unveiling its capabilities to the world.

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Random Thoughts of a scatterbrained 20year old

February 5th, 2010 by yajaira123

well, i want to first off say that i am so happy and so blessed that I have a J-O-B. me and my family have felt the pains of recession this school year., and like tupac said,”it feels good putting money in your mailbox !”  Tomorrow is my fathers bday and i am so thankful to have a father like him.  If he would have never left panama in search of a better life here in the states, my life more than likely would not be how it is today…….Today after work me and some of the people from this ministry called third day generation will be having an all out worship fest at the hemisfair park at 8:00 if anyone would like to join……many times during the day I think —— “will my life mean anything when i die? ” i think that is my worst fear, living a life that wont mean anything, or that I wouldnt leave this earth a little bit better than how I came in…..for those of you that don’t know me which is everyone that works here seeing as i just started. …..i am a christian…..DISClAIMER- i am not a fire and brimstone christian, i am not a bible throwing christian, i am not a bible thumping christian, i am not a “let me push my faith on you”type of christian, i am simply a Jesus lover.  Another thing about me is i have a heart for oppressed people.  Hopefully after i get out of school i can work with either a non profit organization or through the government to combat human trafficking.  I like to make videos, its a hobby i just kinda got into, oh and i hate when people pronounce my name wrong, Id rather someone just ask me how to pronounce it……Despite what stereotypes people think about Christians, i am very openminded and Id much rather have a picnic in the park eating flinstones push pops than argue with someone about religion and politics.  i like all types of music except heavy metal/screamo/electronica/modern day rap/yodeling……I just discovered this place call pams patio on huebner and i would reccommend it to anyone who likes food :) ……I cant wait to see the movie valentines day, even though i will watch it alone, taylor lautner is a stud…….just don’t tell mario lopez that i said that or he might call off our engagement.  hehehehehehehe well i guess that’s just in my head but oh well. if you havent gotten my joke by now, my top hollywood hunk is mario lopez with or without the saved by the bell jerry curl and second would be Shia lebeouf (if anyone has there numbers please forward them to me ) well thats enough of my crazy, awkward blurb of random……if  I offended anyone during the process of writing this i greatly apologize that was not my intention.

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Free Gold Backplate Give-Away – iPhone Repair has Never Been So Magical

February 4th, 2010 by Anthony

You may have read in my last blog post that we are giving away one of our cool-ass gold backplates to one lucky worker at Milliamp LTD.

That generous offer to reward our hard-working employees, actually created a small bit of a controversey with some of our customers, and they demanded restitution :-) .

Therefore, we partnered up once again with our friends at BuyMeAnIphone and offered to give away a free gold plastic iPhone 3G/S backplate to one lucky viewer. The rules to enter are very simple, and you can view the promotional iPhone Backplate giveaway offer here. Part of the deal is that you have to also sign up and follow Milliamp on Twitter – it’s easy to follow us on Twitter and you’ll gain great insight into our company and how we operate with nearly every tweet.

Win a New Gold iPhone Backplate from Milliamp

Win a New Gold iPhone Backplate from Milliamp

In addition to the gold backplate, we will cover inbound shipping (domestic U.S. contestants only, please) so that you can ship your iPhone 3G/S to us, the labor required to remove your old backplate and install the the gold one, and we finally will cover the shipping to return the repaired iPhone back to you (along with your original white or black backplate that by now no doubt has seen better days).

Shhhhh….We didn’t mention this to Omar, but we have an extra brand new portable iPhone Milli-Charger laying around over here that we will also send back to the winner IF they agree to post an un-biased review of their new gold iPhone backplate on YouTube!

Best of luck, now go sign up!

Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com

http://twitter.com/milliamp

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Free Gold iPhone Back Cover and Bezel – Membership has Privileges

February 3rd, 2010 by Anthony

To show our appreciation for our hard-working iPod and iPhone and soon-to-be iPad Repair employees (and also to get them off my back), we are going to give away one of our shiny new gold iPhone backplates (and gold bezel) to one of our workers at our next weekly stand-up meeting on Monday!

Gold iPhone Back Cover Drawing

Gold iPhone Back Cover Drawing

The winning worker will be able to get a new gold backplate, new gold bezel, and new internal backplate parts (e.g. camera mount, headphone jack ring, etc.) and all the labor needed to swap out their boring black or white iPhone back cover with this stunning new mount.

They will, however, have to allow us to take a few professional, in-house pictures of their most-gloriously-bedazzled iPhone so that we can share our work with the world!

Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com

Until then, talk with you on Lunes.

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It’s an New iPhone Bezel World

February 2nd, 2010 by Anthony

When you get bored of your old plain silver bezel, you know, the silver band that lines the screen on your iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, think about getting one of these babies:

Multi-Colored iPhone Bezel

Multi-Colored iPhone Bezel

We scooped the planet on GOLD iPhone backplates and bezels, now taste the rainbow!

Disclaimer: we do not recommend that you lick your bezel.

Wacky Smiley Face

Wacky Smiley Face

Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com

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Dreams Come True pt.2….well almost.

February 2nd, 2010 by David

Hello everyone! I have some pretty exciting news. My girlfriend and I are going to the NBA ALL-STAR GAME!!! Yep. This has been a childhood dream of mine. For as long as I can remember, all star weekend has been a big deal for me. I can remember back in 1996 when the all star game was here in San Antonio. There was this excitement in the air….all around town. Now in 1996 I was only 10 years old, so I didnt have my own money for tickets. haha. Sometime last year I found out about the game being in Dallas at the new Cowboys Stadium. I had to figure out someway to go. I could only imagine how expensive the tickets were gonna be. I asked a few friends if anybody was interested in going, but nobody showed interest. I didnt really pursue going to the game after that. I figured it was still a ways away, so need to figure it out now. Then December came. I was watching a Spurs game and one of the commentators mentioned the all star game. I totally forgot about it. I didnt even bother looking for tickets. I figured it was too late. Well last night a cousin of mine let me know he had some tickets available. I couldnt believe it. I snatched up two of them for me and my girlfriend. God willing, this is going to be a dream come true. In 2 weeks i’ll post another blog about the game, and hopefully some pictures. Thats it for me guys. I was just really excited about the game and had to let you know. See you next time. Lets go West!!

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iPad Got Nuthin’ on Picard

February 1st, 2010 by Anthony

Just look at this picture of Captain Picard, surrounded by 112th Generation iPads:

iPad Repair, Number One?

iPad Repair, Number One?

That’s all – just wanted to share.

Anthony

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Apple iPad: Overview of what we know

February 1st, 2010 by Martin

Image Via www.apple.com

I’m sure by now the media has covered everything there is to know about Apples new iPad, but I wanted to make a list of key specifications that makes up this device.

CPU: This consists of Apples custom 1GHz processor made by Samsung.

Storage: The iPad will come in a 16, 32, and 64 gigabyte models.

Display: The iPad will have a 9.7 inch display screen with a resolution of 1024 by 786. It also has the finger print resistant (oleophobic) coating that is seen on the iPhone 3GS.

Wireless: It comes with the normal 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi (seen in most laptops and net books today). There is an option to get it in a 3g version which you can use with ATT (in the United States). Its going to be a micro sim card technology, which T-mobile is not going get. Also, it comes with Bluetooth 2.1

Ports: It has a regular headphone jack connector, and a 30 pin dock connector.

Other: It has a built in microphone and speaker for listening to music out loud and recording voice notes and other applications (Skype anyone?). The iPad claims to have 10 hour battery life, which is awesome, but we’ll see when it comes out.

Hardware: The iPad (to me) looks like a giant iPhone  with the integration of a aluminum Macbook Pro.

OS: Its a version of iPhone OS that allows it to have other programs such as the iWork suite, and the online book store called iBooks.

What I’d like it to have: I’d like the iPad to have multitasking support. I want to be able to listen to Pandora radio while working an an email document, or browsing the web. When it comes to the web, I really want the iPad to support Flash. Apple calls this device the perfect browsing experience, but a big part of the web is Flash. I don’t know whats keeping this device from supporting flash, but its a real let down that this device doesn’t have flash. I was really hoping for some sort of Mac OS on this device, but then it would probably cost way more then the starting $500. The iPad should also have an option for more storage. If this is going to be a great device to watch movies on, you should have at least 128gb of storage to store them (and your music) on.

What did you want on the iPad? Did it exceed your expectations? Or are you wanting more? Either way, I believe this is going to be a very successful Apple device that will sell like crazy.

As a technician/quality control guy here at Milliamp, I am greatly looking forward to seeing this device and working on it. But lets hope people don’t start breaking these things right when they come out.

-Martin Salas

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The Grammys

February 1st, 2010 by Laura

So did everybody watch the Grammy’s last night? What did you think about the winners? For me the show was so good I hardly noticed who won what, thought Taylor Swift winning album of the year really surprised me. I love her but she was up against some stiff competition and I didn’t expect her to win. Lady Gaga’s performance with Elton John was amazing, even to an old lady like me. I’m not a big fan of her shock art, but I do like her music, and I thought pairing her with Sir Elton was perfect. I thought Pink’s performance was awesome too, very Cirque du Soleil like. Took nerves of steel to be suspended up so high, I never could have handled all that spinning! Took even more nerves to wear that costume though, oh my! The Black Eyed Peas were fabulous as always and I thought of all the performances, Lady Antebellum sounded the best live. I won’t name any names, but some of the artists came up a little short on the vocals without the help from the studio. I could go on and on, it was such a great show, but the highlight of the night for me was the Michael Jackson tribute. Though I do wish they had included more of his vocals and a little less of the others singing his song. I forgot my 3D glasses though which was stupid since I’d been looking forward to it all week, gonna have to get some and go back and watch it again.

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Final Fantasy 13

February 1st, 2010 by Ryan

So the new final fantasy 13 is soon to be released. March is the month it will be released. I played 12 on the playstation 2 for a good year, trying to unlock all the secrets and special characters. There were also some nice hidden weapons and spells you could obtain. I am hoping 13 is going to be similar with hidden weapons, spells, and characters. Final fantasy 13 will be the first time squareenix has developed a final fantasy game series with high definition. So that being said you know the title is going to be playable on the play station 3 only. I have already put down $10 at gamestop towards the purchase of this game. It does not appear that squareenix is going to be producing a collectors edition like they did with 12. The collectors edition for 12 came with a nice steel case. I patiently await the release of this game, i am sure it is going to be a great game.

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iPhone Home Button Repair Surgery Helps Customer with Special Needs

January 30th, 2010 by Anthony

When we were contacted by a customer that asked if we could make the Home Button on his iPhone 3GS easier to press, we asked him to send it on in and we’d see what we could do. It took several tries back and forth before we got it right, but the outcome was more than worth it – the customer can now use his iPhone 3GS again, thanks to our crack staff of iPhone repairmen.

We did a press release about this in case you want the details.

iPhone Home Button Pressure Mounts

This fellow has another iPhone that he is sending our way so we can repeat the procedure.

While this was one of the more challenging repairs we do, it was a refreshing break from the daily dose of iPod batteries, iPhone screens, and iPod nano glass that we repair. Being able to help customers when the have a problem is why we are in business, and success stories like being able to make the Home Button easier to press for this customer is very rewarding.

Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com

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iPhone 3G/S Backplate Repair – Go for the Gold?

January 29th, 2010 by Anthony

** UPDATE **
You can now pre-order these most awesome gold iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS backplates on our website!!!
** UPDATE **

When i showed this picture of some new iPhone 3G backplates that could be hitting shelves soon to a couple of employees, they each wanted one right away. This suggests others may want a new gold iPhone 3G backplate as well. While this backplate is not my type – too ghetto fabulous for this guy – i can see the appeal:

New Gold iPhone Backplates

Go for the Gold

A few beta tests and perhaps these will start showing up on our site.

Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com

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iPad Repair on Google – Visions of 2001 All Over Again

January 28th, 2010 by Anthony

A co-worker pointed out to me yesterday, shortly after Apple’s big announcement that, when you do a Google search for ‘iPad Repair’, there are practically no search results, to the point that Google suggests “Did you mean ‘ipod repair’?”:

Search Results on Google for 'ipad repair' are Just Brewing

Search Results on Google for 'ipad repair' are Just Brewing

I found this quite funny, and it got me wondering at what point does Google feel that there are enough search results to justify NOT showing suggested alternatives. Then, I found myself thinking about the post I did a while back on Google’s search engine the way it was back in 2007- note the paltry search results for ‘ipod’ back then – incredible compared to today’s results!

Well, it will not be long before clever iPad repair sites start showing up in the search engines, and can offer super iPad repairs to those who need it most.

Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com

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Take A Break From The Tablet Hype

January 26th, 2010 by Wes

As I’m sure many of you are aware, the magnanimous Apple Computer Company is making an announcement of epic proportions tomorrow. King Jobs will address his minions at 10 A.M. pacific time (I’ve included a picture of the event’s invitation).

I wonder what will be unveiled???

Rumors are running rampant, and it seems like every single news source and blog is trying to predict exactly what Apple will be announcing, so is everyone here at Milliamp and it is kind of in our interest (you know, we make the best repairs to Apple’s most used product). Around the web it seems like most are predicting an announcement of the unicorn-eque Apple Tablet, iSlate, iPad, etc. etc. etc. If there’s one thing I’m excited about more than anything, it’s finally knowing the name of the thing! the rumors are getting ridiculous. Besides the tablet, some expected announcements include iPhone 4.0 OS, the end of AT&T iPhone exclusivity, a 4G iPhone with front facing camera, and the list goes on. I’ve gotten lost out there in the interweb trying to make sense of all these rumors, exciting leaks, and ridiculous postulations. So,  I’ve resolved to let it lie until Wednesday, when the speculation will finally end, and just relax and not stress myself about it. I’ve been able to do this with the help of a few REALLY great records.

If you find yourself in the same position I found myself in last night, frantically searching the web for the most up to date information about Apple’s announcement and whether or not it will be webcast, blah blah blah… go get yourself an account at lala.com (oddly enough, now owned by Apple, ugh.), take a free listen through these three records, and let the Apple fanaticism wash away.

1. “Elysium” – The Velvet Teen

If you’re the melodramatic, chamber-pop loving type, give this one a listen. Singer Judah Nagler puts on a heart-wrenching performance throughout the entire album; from soaring, epic, string-laden crescendos to quiet introspective whispers, this record will surely take your mind off of the tablet madness. Check out “Penicillin (It Doesn’t Mean Much)” to start.

2. “He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corners Of Our Rooms” – Silver Mt. Zion

This album’s solemn, cinematic meandering can be likened to, as one of our tech’s said, “a  really sad German World War II film.” I can’t say I agree, but you will most definitely be taken to another place, this record will melt you into whatever chair you happen to be occupying and prevent you from getting up until its conclusion. Really though, take a seat, put your head back and enjoy, you’ll thank me later.

3. “Tail, Swallower, and Dove” – These Arms Are Snakes

This selection is for those who need a bit more energy and attitude to get their mind off of the goings-on. Tail, Swallower… was by far one of my favorites from 2009, and sadly the final record from the recently split These Arms Are Snakes. Moving from groovy, off-kilter rockers like “Prince Squid” to entrancing, ethereal  revelations like “Briggs,” Snakes will give you your money’s worth and MAKE you forget about what you were doing.

Take my advice, let the rumor hunt go! just sit back, take a listen, and bliss out until Wednesday. See you then fanatics.

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Don’t Tempt F8, That Text Can W8!

January 25th, 2010 by Lindsey

I had an absolutely crazy-insane weekend. NOT.  My Saturday night consisted of me watching Seinfeld (‘these pretzels are makin’ me THIRSTY!!!’) and reading the Fellowship of the Ring (yes, I’m THAT cool).  So of course, thanks to working at Milliamp, I’m used to waking up early, which left me in a bind that lovely Sunday morning.  What is a hangover-less girl supposed to do at 8am?!  Well, my virtual friends, the answer is peruse/stalk people on Facebook!! (Don’t look at me like that… we ALL do it, to varying degrees of course :D )  Anywho, I came across a girl-from-highschool’s page, and she had a very interesting post that could potentially take up about 42 minutes of my life. SCORE!!!  She posted an episode of Oprah that caught my attention, thanks to mastermind producers that seduce suckers like me.  The episode was called “Don’t tempt F8, that text can W8”. This episode is much like all of her other ones, pulling at our heartstrings and such, although she does have the occasional crazy-holiday-give-away shows as well (YOU get a humpback whale!! YOU get a humpback whale!! EVERYBODY HERE GETS A SCHOOOOOOL!!!!! Dane Cook anyone?).   In case you didn’t notice, my mind is somewhat sporadic.

The episode actually was (darn you Oprah) good and I might even have gotten misty eyed (I cried during Hilary Duff’s ‘Cinderella Story’ as well, so I’m not sure quite was this means…).  But really, it was very sad.  They had guests on the show who had lost love ones due to those sending and receiving frivolous texts* (see footnote) and talking on the phone while driving.  In one case an 8-year-old girl was literally 15 bike pedals from her home when she was hit by a 5,000 lb SUV, killing her instantly.  Another case was an 18-year-old boy who rolled through a stop sign while texting, had a collision, and died instantly as well.  There were many other stories of death due to the use of cell phones, which is 100% PREVENTABLE!  According to researchers Oprah had as guests on the show, talking on a cell phone (non-hands free) is the equivalent of driving drunk, being that in both cases you’re FOUR times more likely to be involved in a collision.  The horror of texting-while-driving puts you at EIGHT times the risk.  I have been guilty of this, as I’m sure 92% of everyone out there is as well.  Anyway, the moral of the story is I made a promise to myself not to be ‘textually active’ (yes, I invented this phrase) while in the car driving.  It’s so worth the wait!!!!  :D   Here is the link to the episode, in case you want more information: http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Watch-Oprahs-No-Texting-and-Driving-Show

Thanks for reading, now get back to your Facebook stalking!! :D

-Lindsey

*Frivolous Texting:  The sending or receiving of texts of a pointless-nature by the average American to make us feel that we are important and well-liked amongst a group of people we don’t care for (adapted from a Jerry Seinfeld standup :D ).

These texts will never contain pertinent information, such as ‘textually-approved’ examples like:

“Don’t come home, the house is on fire.”

“There is gold 48 paces east of the gymnasium.”

“(insert your attractive celebrity here) just stopped by the house, and wants to take you to Chili’s.”

“I just bought us tickets to go see The Who.”

“Don’t eat that soup you made, I accidentally steamed the vegetables with Chloroform.”

Frivolous texts are of a more shallow and superficial nature (and, unfortunately for the future of the world, much more common). These include, but are not limited to:

“He was like IDK, and I was like OMG!!!!”

“Have you seen the new episode of (insert your disgusting reality show here)?”

“I just bought an Ed Hardy shirt, therefore, I have no self-respect.  JAGERBOMBS!!!”

“I like your skin.” (Actually, this is quite an awesome thing to say, and can therefore be sent to the ‘textually-approved’ category. JK! ..not really :D )

“I love Kings of Leon.”

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Saints and Colts Advance to Super Bowl XLIV

January 25th, 2010 by joe123

We had a couple of great games Sunday. The Vikings and Saints battled it out for the NFC title in an overtime thriller. Both teams traded touchdowns for the majority of the game. The 4th quarter is where all the drama started. With under 2 minutes left the Vikings had a chance to seal the game with a short gain and a field goal. Brett Favre rolled out of the pocket and threw a pick with 7 seconds left in regulation, sending the game into overtime. The Saints won the toss and marched down the field setting up the game winning field goal by Garrett Hartley. I was surprised the Vikings were so close to winning considering they had 5 turnovers. Now we have to wait and see if Favre will come back or not.

For the AFC title we had rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez against the NFL MVP Peyton Manning. The Jets were the Cinderella team of this post season by beating the Cincinnati Bengals and the San Diego Chargers. Could the Mark Sanchez make history and be the first rookie QB to lead his team to the Super Bowl? It sure looked like he was going to pull it off. In the first half of the ball game Sanchez had his team up 17-13. Jets’ corner Derrelle Rivis did a great job at holding Colt’s top receiver Reggie Wayne to only 55 yards. But the Colts made the necessary adjustments and held the Jets scoreless in the second half while putting up 17 points of their own.

So who is going to take Super Bowl XLIV? I have my money on Peyton Manning and the Colts.

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iPad iTablet iSlate Device Will Spike Bluetooth Headset Sales

January 24th, 2010 by Anthony

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that, if Apple does indeed release a tablet device AND it will be capable of connecting to AT&T’s 3G network, sales of miniture bluetooth headsets will increase exponentially. I recently smashed my iPhone 3G late last week, and found myself debating if I should buy a new iPhone 3G, new iPhone 3GS, or hang until the official word from Apple about their rumoured new slate tablet computer.

If there is such an animal, i would probably switch from my iPhone to the tablet exclusively. But there ain’t no way I’m going to hold that honking thing up to my ear – bluetooth headset all the way. That gets me wondering, however, about the range of bluetooth – could I have my tablet device powered on and sitting on my desk, but then take a phone call if I was in our Shipping Office? Then, what if I want to MAKE a call? I’d have to walk to my desk, grab the tablet, and dial out. Sounds like a bluetooth dialer that can interface with the tabet would be a nice thing to have if I was in that situation, but wanted to MAKE a call…

Apple iSlate Will Probably Require Bluetooth Heaset Usage

iSlate iPad iTablet Repairs

I pretty much use my iPhone for searching the web, text messaging, and blasting out milliamp tweets, with taking and making phone calls lower on down that list, so converting to an iPad might be easier for me than perhaps hard-core iPhone telephone users.

To say that we are excited about being able to offer Apple iTablet Repairs to the masses is an understatement here at milliamp – we are chomping at the bit to pick up a few of ‘em and check out the what I assume will be a fascinating design. No doubt within hours of hitting the streets, the Apple iPad tablet will, well, literaly hit the street, meaning lots of calls from stressed out owners that are needing to get a new iSlate screen repair – and when they do, the repair website milliamp.com will be there.

Best regards,

Anthony Magnabosco, Owner
milliamp.com

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Team of the Decade!

January 22nd, 2010 by Justin

Four NBA Championships, winning more than 69% of all of your games, and making the playoffs every year since the 1996-97 season (with a record of 20-62 with a win percentage of .244) might constitute you as Forbes “Team of the Decade” which is probably why the San Antonio Spurs were given that award in early December of 2009. With names like Tim Duncan (11 time all star), Tony Parker (3 time all star), and Manu Ginobili leading your team every year its hard to go wrong. Not to mention the help from the holder of the memorial day miracle (Sean Elliot-2 time all star), one of the greatest power fowards of all time David Robinson (10 time NBA all star) ripping down boards with Tim Duncan, or one of the games best defenders of all time (Bruce Bowen). With the 2009-2010 NBA season under way the San Antonio Spurs who are 25-16 are on the quest for yet another NBA title which would make 5 in the past 11 years!

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First Season of JS comes to an end!

January 22nd, 2010 by Robert

Last night was the season finale of Jersey Shore, which is a new reality show on MTV. The show follows eight housemates who have never meet each other prior to the show and are set to spend the summer on the Boardwalk of Jersey Shore. The show was filmed this past summer and it debuted about a month ago. The show quickly became a hit and a second season is in the works. The Cast consisted of four girls and four guys, most from the New York are with the exception of 2. The guys were Mike, aka” The Situation”, Paul aka “Pauly D”, Ronnie and Vinny and the girls consisted of Angelina aka ” Jolie”, Jenni aka “JWoww, Sammi, and Nicole aka “Snooki”. What made this reality show a hit was that the entire cast was made up of individuals from Italian background. True to some stereotypes the characters lived up to them without regrets or apologies. One stereotype that stood out was how they considered themselves “guidos/guidettes”. These stereotypes caused many controversies within the Italian community but MTV did not hesitate in proceeding with the show even after some major advertisers pulled there ads from that particular time slot. I would say even more now that a second season should return. Until next time my Milliampers, Stay classy!

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Listography

January 22nd, 2010 by Katie

I am inspired by the science of listology, so I am going to make this the theme of my entries.  Also, in my private journal (don’t make fun of me…lots of dignified people have diaries), I like to do this often.  Here goes..

List #1…

Five Places I went in the last week:

1)  Fire Wok

2) Sun Harvest

3) Estes Park, Colorado

4) The Stanley Hotel in Colorado (inspiration for Stephen King’s “The Shining”) – gave me the heebie jeebies.

5) Milliamp.com Office in San Antonio, Texas!!!!!

List #2…

Six things I look forward to this weekend:

1) Pearl Farmer’s Market

2) Returning the dress I wore to my brother’s wedding this past weekend in Colorado (don’t tell Urban Outfitters that I already wore it!)

3) Working on cardio training at the gym for the Race for The Cure in May

4) Eating lots of grapefruit (I’m very excited about the grapefruit specific spoons I bought at the Container Store recently – makes the G-fruit eating experience so much more pleasant and less squirty)

5) Having time to get my REM cycles in

6) Playing Words with Friends!

List #3…

Four songs I’ve heard this morning at Milliamp:

1) Tik Tok – Kesha

2) Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

3) Replay – Iyaz

4) Feeling Good – Michael Buble

That about wraps it up.  Adieu.

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