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2012,Jun

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Review: PureGear Pure Boom Premium Sound Buds With In-Line Mic @PureGear

in About Trae, Android, Articles, I Recommend, iPhone, Stuff I Like On The Internet , by Android

Introducing the new, stylish Pure Boom Sound Buds by PureGear. PureGear @PureGear is known in the cell phone accessory industry for making high quality, durable products to insulate and accessorize your favorite gadgets and this is no exception. The earbuds are a two tone color laced with grey to make them stand out and look unique. The logo graces the sides of the buds and the long extension makes these earbuds ideal for hiking, exercising, running, or just a casual sit-down. Check out the video review (below) or skip to the article.

How do they sound? Excellent is most accurate! The PureGear Pure Boom Premium Sound Buds definitely deliver the deep, rich bass many are accustom to and also the mid and high level range to give your music and media depth and clarity. I played several songs, all different genres, and it sounded on par with my exceptions. Listening to movies provided an atmosphere that I was fully involved and the outside noises were never a distraction. More importantly, these are not branded as “noise canceling” earbuds but they do an superb job at driving the sound in and keeping the noise pollution out. In other words, these are ideal for a long flight or a tedious road trip. So, there’s no gripe in the sound department because it delivers top-notch sound with the quality expected of PureGear. I listened to music on my MacBook Air and my Galaxy Note; same impressive results.

What else is special about the PureGear earbuds? They are comfortable to wear and fit securely within the ear. After a two mile run they were still snug and I never had to press them back into my ears. In addition, These buds feature an in-line microphone for answering telephone calls and speaking to friends when they call your phone. Is this feature expected? Absolutely yes! Does the mic work well…of course…so do the earbuds when accepting a call. The grey button is also an expected feature used to pause and play music/media and they’re also used to answer and hang up. If I could describe these in one word it would be ‘accommodating’ not overwhelming like other electronic accessories.

In conclusion, these earbuds sale for $49.99 here for the newest model but they can be snatched for a cheaper price on Amazon and other online retailers. Thank you PureGear for letting me review another product. If you have something you would like me to review then contact me and I’ll get in touch.

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Tagged with: accessories • earbuds • electronics • phone • product • Pure Gear • PureGear • quality • review • sound

2012,Apr

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Free $50 Gas Card Giveaway To 7-Eleven, Conoco-Phillips, Or Gas Station Of Your Choice – May 2012

in About Trae, Bored At Work Stuff, Economy, Facebook Stuff, Fixes That Work, Free, Free Giveaways & Deals, Popular Trending Top Internet Memes, Stuff I Like On The Internet, Twitter Chat, video, Videos , by Android

Hello fellow TraeMcNeely.com followers. I want to take this time and thank everyone who has liked my site and those who send in questions and emails. Now, I feel as though it’s time to give back so I have decided to give a free $50 gas card to a randomly selected person.

There are no rules or anything you must do to be eligible. I must note 1) Apply once…I will catch and disqualify cheaters [Tracking IP addresses, and multiply identities as well] 2) U.S. Residents only 3) To apply just click the contact button on this site and include in the message that you want to be included. Also try and type your city and state. The winner will be announced at the end of this month and I’ll share only your first name, city, and state. I will pay for the shipping to your address as well.

I have posted a YouTube video and I hope you enjoy. This won’t be the last of the gas card giveaways so stay connected to TraeMcNeely.com by liking me on Facebook and Twitter. If you have any questions about the Giveaway, want me to review your products, or just want to say hello then feel free to contact me. Due to the amount of emails I receive it may take me some time to respond.

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Tagged with: 7-Eleven • assistance • cars • charity • Conoco-Phillips • coupons • diesel • driving • economy • free • free gas • free stuff • frugal • gas • lifestyle • money • petrol • suv • Trae McNeely

2012,Feb

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Keanu Reeves Death Hoax on Twitter, Facebook Is False After Whitney Houston’s Death

in About Trae, Advise, Avoid These Scams, Culture, Died RIP, Entertainment World, Facebook Stuff, FYI, News, News Weather Politics Of The World, Online Rumors, Popular Trending Top Internet Memes, Twitter Chat , by Android

After the death of one of the world’s greatest voice’s, Whitney Houston, some people are trying to capitalize off the singer’s death by claiming that Keanu Reeves feel to his death in New Zealand. This is absolutely FALSE. The link on Facebook points to a several sentence report with very little information. This is what the link says…

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Preliminary reports from New Zealand Police officials indicate that the actor fell more than 60 feet to his death on the Kauri Cliffs while on-set. Specific details are not yet available.

The accident occurred at approximately 4:30 a.m. (UTC/GMT +12).

Additional details and information will be forthcoming.
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TIP: While the initial link doesn’t look malicious it does go to a website with Google Adsense which means this probably was purposely created to make money. What a tragedy it is to lose someone like the great Whitney Houston and also to have spammers, website creators fake another person’s death just for a few dollars. We recommend that you do NOT click the link or go to the story. This is NOT true!

- Trae

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Tagged with: celebrity death • death of whitney houston • facebook hoax • false • hoax • Keanu Reeves • rumor • twitter hoax • Whitney Houston

2012,Feb

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How Do You Spell The Color Grey/Gray? What’s The Difference?

in About Trae, Articles, Culture, Difference Between, FYI, International, Search Results , by Android

The answer is you can spell grey/gray either way. Gray is a color and grey is a colour. Gray is spelled G R A Y in the United States, but grey is spelled G R E Y in the UK.

I’ve often found myself dancing between the two spellings throughout my high school and collegiate days because I’ve seen it spelled either way. As far as a difference in a color swatch gray is darker than grey.

Gray looks like this: #808080

Grey looks like this: #D3D3D3

Another interesting fact is that “How do you spell” top Google result is “How do you spell the color grey” NOT gray. Throughout history people perceive grey as silver and gray as a sliding scale from black to white. Now you know they’re not that different. You’re welcome.

- Trae

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2012,Jan

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TAM Airlines Racist Passenger Story [Facebook Trend] True/False?

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So, there’s a story making its stop around Facebook and Twitter about a white lady who traveled on TAM Airlines (Brazilian Airline Company) and she complained about sitting next to a Black man. While, this probably happened at some point in time, this particular story isn’t verified and possibly not true in its entirety. We will investigate why.

These racist airline tales have surfaced since 1998 featuring a number of different airlines and different characters. This is how the current story goes that is circulating around Facebook…

This happened on TAM airlines.

A 50-something year old white woman arrived at her seat and saw that the passenger next to her was a black man.

Visibly furious, she called the air hostess.

“What’s the problem, ma?” the hostess asked her

“Can’t you see?” the lady said – “I was given a seat next to a black man. I can’t seat here next to him. You have to change my seat”

- “Please, calm down, ma” – said the hostess
“Unfortunately, all the seats are occupied, but I’m still going to check if we have any.”

The hostess left and returned some minutes later.

“Madam, as I told you, there isn’t any empty seat in this class- economy class.
But I spoke to the captain and he confirmed that there isn’t any empty seats in the economy class. We only have seats in the first class.”

And before the woman said anything, the hostess continued

“Look, it is unusual for our company to allow a passenger from the economy class change to the first class.
However, given the circumstances, the commandant thinks that it would be a scandal to make a passenger travel sat next to an unpleasant person.”

And turning to the black man, the hostess said:

“Which means, Sir, if you would be so nice to pack your handbag, we have reserved you a seat in the first class…”

And all the passengers nearby, who were shocked to see the scene started applauding, some standing on their feet.”

SHARE IF YOU ARE AGAINST RACISM!

While the story has a moral and the underdog wins it seems to be completely fabricated and made up from start to finish. There’s no approximate date, flight number, or additional accounts from passengers. The story is complete fiction because it parallels the below story on a British Airways flight. The story is similar and starts like this…

On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged, well-off white South African Lady has found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin crew attendant over to complain about her seating.

“What seems to be the problem Madam?” asked the attendant.

“Can’t you see?” she said ” You’ve sat me next to a [derogatory term for a black African person]. I can’t possibly sit next to this disgusting human. Find me another seat!”

“Please calm down Madam.” the stewardess relied. “The flight is very full today, but I’ll tell you what I’ll do-I’ll go and check to see if we have any seats available in club or first class.” The woman cocks a snooty look at the outraged black man beside her (not to mention many of the surrounding passengers). A few minutes later the stewardess returns with the good news, which she delivers to the lady, who cannot help but look at the people around her with a smug and self satisfied grin: “Madam, unfortunately, as I suspected, economy is full. I’ve spoken to the cabin services director, and club is also full. However, we do have one seat in first class.” Before the lady has a chance to answer, the stewardess continues … “It is most extraordinary to make this kind of upgrade, however, and I have had to get special permission from the captain. But, given the circumstances, the captain felt that it was outrageous that someone be forced to sit next to such an obnoxious person.” With which, she turned to the black man sitting next to the woman, and said: “So if you’d like to get your things, sir, I have your seat ready for you…” At which point, apparently the surrounding passengers stood and gave a standing ovation while the black guy walks up to the front of the plane.

So, the current TAM Airlines racist story is inspirational but complete fiction. Recycled for your pleasure.

- Trae

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2012,Jan

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Is AT&T’s Cell Phone Coverage That Bad? Who’s Better? [Opinion]

in About Trae, Android, Android Tips Tricks, Apple, Apple Leaks Tips, Articles, FYI, iPhone , by Android

AT&T, aka the Devil, when it comes to customer service and a number of other things has finally learned their lesson when it comes to the competition. Personally, I’ve been with AT&T when it was called Cingular since 16 years old and the bad publicity still lingers primary because AT&T’s/Cingular’s network WAS sub-par given the amount of customers they support. AT&T’s Achilles’ heel was their lack of smartphones. Why? Their sole priority was “THE NOW” not “THE FUTURE.” As a result, their non-progressive mentality spun a media war and resulted in bad publicity. In addition, their main priority was the upcoming iPhone so the other millions of non-iPhone users took a backseat as second class customers. Meanwhile, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon were light-years ahead when it came to broadband technology and an infrastructure to support it.

Dropped calls were the norm with my iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and then I jumped ship to an Android. Didn’t drop as many calls afterwards so the culprit seemed to be Apple’s hardware right? Not positive but it felt that way. During the late 90′s and early 2000, it doesn’t negate the fact that AT&T lagged behind in adopting a healthy variety of phones and they failed to admit their infrastructure could not support the throngs of data intensive Apple iPhones. Were the lessons learned? There is hope…!

So, fast forward to the present day and I have to give AT&T credit when it comes to their plentiful selection of Android phones and their promise to expand LTE/4G data. In November 2011, I took a family cruise to the Bahamas and AT&T beat the competition as we boarded the ship. AT&T worked, no roaming, for a good hour as the ship left the port of Miami with 4G coverage. I was impressed. I will also disassociate myself with AT&T’s past failures because they have kept me as a customers because of several key reasons.

1) AT&T has a large coverage area throughout the United States. The coverage might not be 3G/4G in remote areas but they have decent coverage in many remote places. You will be surprised that AT&T has coverage in smaller cities and towns throughout the U.S. versus the competition. This is where T-Mobile falls behind.

2) AT&T, in my opinion, is excellent in large metropolitan areas. The call quality is decent and dropped calls are a thing of the past. I can’t remember the last dropped conversation.

3) AT&T is allowing me to use my unlimited data plan…yes it’s capped and yes it’s a grandfathered plan, but I know a workaround and it works perfectly.

4) Nearly every family member and close friend has AT&T so leaving doesn’t make sense when I can call them for free.

5) In addition, AT&T is aggressively adopting tablets, phablets (Samsung Note), Windows Phones, expanding UVerse, and a number of other services that work in-sync with my phone. I can’t complain.

6) Lastly, I love GSM/SIM phones. The fact that I can take my SIM out and place it in another phone is a commitment issue but it’s an issue with luxury that allows me to sell my phone on Craigslist without doing an ESN change, etc. My friend bought a Spring phone off Craigslist only to learn the phone is still attached to the previous account holder until the account is paid in full. Total confusion.

Now, does AT&T have competitors who provide value and a faster network; YES!! Am I an AT&T worshiper absolutely NOT! Given all the above, I think I will stay with my unlimited Internet and AT&T for now. We will see what the future holds.

- Trae

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Tagged with: apple • at&t • carriers • cell phone coverage • cellphone • data • dropped calls • iphone • opinion • phones • sprint • t-mobile • tethering • Verizon

2012,Jan

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Who’s The Girl, Name Of The Girl Dancing In Sun Drop Commercial? Margaret Champagne

in About Trae, Culture, Entertainment World, FYI, Popular Trending Top Internet Memes, Stuff I Like On The Internet , by Android

The citrus-flavored drink by the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group scored big in 2011 with their Sun Drop, “Drop It Like It’s Hot” Commercial. The song is sung by the notorious Snoop Dogg for those who don’t follow hip-hop.

So, who’s the girl/woman dropping it like it’s hot in the Sun Drop commercial? Her name is Margaret Rose Champagne and chances are you haven’t heard of her because she hasn’t graced our LCDs and pop-culture until the Sun Drop campaign. Born in Texas, lived in North Carolina and a BA graduate of Pace University her career started around 2000-2001 as Baby in Make Pretend. There were other smaller productions but she hit our screens in 2011 with the wildly successful Sun Drop Commercial. I am sure her career will flourish as she has several acts in production and post production. We wish her the best.

- Trae