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Here’s how you can create playlists for your media files in iPhone:

1. The key for getting the most out of iTunes and music on your iPhone is to understand and utilize playlists. Playlists are created in iTunes on your Mac or PC, and accessible from the iPod application on your iPhone. Playlists give you flexible options for creating lists of songs that suite your mood, so you could create playlist to listen to while driving, or another for when you need to relax.
2. In iTunes on your Mac or PC, click the + button near the bottom left of the screen. This adds a new playlist. Give your playlist a name then click on Music in the Library list. Now drag songs from your music selection to your new playlist.
3. You can also create dynamically updated Smart Playlists by choosing New Smart Playlist from the File menu. So, for example, you could create a Smart Playlist of all the songs added in the last week, so they’re always easy to find.
4. To add more rules to your Smart Playlist criteria click the + button. You can add as many rules as you like. There’s a huge range of criteria to choose from. If you rate your songs, why not use the rating as a criteria to choose only your favourite songs?
5. If iTunes is set to automatically sync all songs and playlists with your iPhone, then all you need to do is connect your iPhone and sync. Alternatively, you can set iTunes to sync only selected playlists in the Music tab of your iPhone’s synching options.

Microsoft has recently announced the Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac that sports a stylish Comfort Curve keyboard and High-Definition laser mouse. All wireless of course. The keyboard, that is compatible with PC too, doesn’t include a Windows key, instead, it comes with several hot keys for Mac-specific applications, such as iTunes and iPhone. As for the sleek silver optical mouse, it uses Intelligent Tracking system and provides a Tilt wheel for navigating or scrolling document easily.

Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac is planned to release on this Summer. The estimated price is around $99.95. My question is, can I use it with my iBook?

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Second, the boot time. Well, not really complain though, but the Power button is kinda strange. Sometimes I only need a light press to turn it on, while in another time, I have to press it hard. It also takes time until the “loading screen” show up which, at the first time I saw it, made me think that my G4 is broken.

The last thing that dissapoint me is the games. I’ve browsed the web and found out that most interesting games are not free But at least that gives me an idea about a Mac gaming website, something like FreeGamesReview.com I also plan to write my experiences switching from Windows to Mac on a new site. I’ve been using DOS and Windows for about 18 years, so, trust me, using iBook is really a big adventures to me. For example, it took a day to figure that I should press Ctrl + click to bring up the pop up menu similar to Right mouse click. Call me stupid.

Well, meanwhile, until I figure out the domain for the new site (you know Apple and their crazy copyrigt and trademark stuff), I’ll write about iBook G4 here. So, until next time.

iBook G4 specs:

• 1.33ghz PowerPC G4 processor, 512K level 2 cache
• 512MB of DDR SDRAM, expandable up to 1.5GB
• 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive
• Slot-loading combo drive (DVD/CD-RW)
• 12.1-inch (diagonal) TFT active-matrix XGA color display
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 with 32MB of video memory
• Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K modem
• Built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking (802.11g) and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• FireWire 400 port, two high-speed USB ports
• VGA video output, S-Video, and composite video output

Well, anyway, the breaking news for today is.. I finally bought a laptop. Not an ordinary laptop, but an Apple’s iBook G4 laptop. Surprise, huh? I know. At first, I told you that I want this Toshiba’s Satellite R10 Tablet PC. The cheap local brand Axioo Centaur SL 756 was also one of my consideration. Then last month, when I was in a local computer mall, I saw that iBook G4 priced at just $1040. That’s over $60 cheaper than its normal price (note that there are only 3 computer store in my city that sell Apple’s computers), so I rushed inside the store and asked for the detail specs.

Let’s see… 1.33Ghz PowerPC G4 processor with 512K L2 cache, 512MB of DDR SDRAM, 40GB ATA/100 HDD, 12.1-inch TFT LCD screen, WiFI, Bluetooth, 56K modem, Ethernet, and ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 with 32MB of dedicated DDR SDRAM. Those are enough to catch my intention of buying this notebook. Especially since it comes with a small LCD screen, I do really want a small screen laptop. I think it looks much cooler than the large ones.

So that’s it. I ended up buying the iBook G4 laptop. But unfortunately, the stock is currently empty at that time and I have to wait for couple days. Apparently, that “couple days” become “couple weeks” and after almost a month I finally get my hand on my own ultra-cool G4.

Yeah, I’m happy.