PDF organizers

Started looking for a PDF organizer for websites I wanted to download information from. Articles, PDF's, News stories, etc. I found three of them that seem to be the top ones to get.
PDF pen or pro version.
Yojimbo
Papers
Even Notebook, by Circus Poney, has many options.
Notetaker by Aguaminds.
Omnioutliner
But for the sake of ease, I choose the pdf centric apps. I have played with all three demo's and found that to my liking is "yojimbo", as it does more than just PDF's. So does "papers", but it's specialty is PDF's and search for academics. I opted for both "Yojimbo" and "Papers".
I like Papers for the iphone app that comes separately. So from your desktop to iphone your PDF's can be accessed. What I mostly like about "yojimbo" and "Papers" is that you can download them right from the web, already from the browser. Just save as if your printing and your webpage saves as a PDF. This is great to keep all kinds of documents for future reference.
One hint is in saving the whole document if it has multiple pages on your browser, is to hit the print icon. Some of the articles come up in one long page, making it perfect to save as a PDF. This way you don't have to try and work with it later in Preview. You will pay between 40 & 70 dollars. Jon L
Reviews

New iMac's and disappointments

Some thoughts on the new imac. I really like the idea of cinematic screens, but not on a computer! Why, because real estate is lost. The 24 inch screens had more vertical space to work with. Not all bad, as the Apple TV can work well with the new models. One solution is for the imac to take on the iphones technology using sensors for vertical and horizontal views. I realize that the imac can't achieve this as is with the size of the screens. But, why can't Apple make a screen that turns horizontal and vertical - I have seen it done on other brand name monitors. I guess it might be problematic for the cords running into the computer (but were talking about Apple). If you remove the icons of the dash board you can get another inch or so of real estate.
The glossy reflections still bother me big-time! If your a photographer, artist, graphic designer or someone who works with color editing this can be a problem. If they can have matte screens for Macbook pros, why not imac's? I still love the matte screen on my imac 2006 17in) late edition model. The colors are still great and no reflections of any kind. Apple just seems to be uninterested in those who need or wish for matte screens.
Even if we have to pay more, I want that option. I do like the new computers, but will not be upgrading just because of that problem. This leaves me in a quandary as to where to go from here. The mac mini? No! Not enough power(graphics card). The Macbook pro? No, to expensive for my taste.
One last beef. Why can't apple make the calibration of the monitor easier than it is. On the third party monitors there is a much more professional options for getting the monitor calibrated at it's peak level of capability.
Don't wish this to sound like a rant, it's just that we can and do expect the most from Apple!
Checked out the new imac mouse; just love it. Simple but a bit small for bigger hands. Give us two sizes please. Jon L

Major Snow Leopard Bug

Got this off the news. Looks like everyone should be aware of this and how to avoid it. Among other issues below.
Snow Leopard deleting user accounts
Here's another problem.
disappearing files
I have had problems saving files to the same folder. Once I save to a folder and try to do it again; it goes to the level above, but not the folder I previously saved to. Jon L

Battery charger for the iphone

After realizing that I needed backup power for my iphone, I went on a search for it. The web being the best place, as the stores I went to had little or nothing to offer.
Hense, googling a number of sites, reading reviews-I came upon the Mili.link I found it by asking myself what I really needed and wanted. Did I want a powerful battery backup or something that was contoured and easy to go with my iphone? I chose the latter. I didn't really want a long chord going from battery charger to iphone, even thou I could charge the iphone 4 or 5 times from 10% charge. The uses on a plane ride would have been perfect for such a device. But, needing something for everyday use, I found some I really thought would work well, but sacrificing the power. I looked at the Fastmac Truepower iv, which I almost bought. Has more power than the Mili and a flashlight. Seidio, nice compact, cheap, but lacking any real power. The famous or well known "Mophie juice pack." Good, but problems with peeling materials and lesser power. Then there's the u2o ipu-5400 packs mega power, but have to use a chord to the iphone. If you check Amazon or bymeaniphone link , you can find more info and make an informed decision on what will work best for you. One last thing, I'm reading that if you get a battery charger that covers the whole iphone, expect potential problems with reception. Jon L

Favorite iphone photo apps

Since having my iphone updated from 2g to the new 3Gs, I have Found it more compelling to look for apps that work with the new camera and video on the iphone. My list of useful iphone apps.
Camera Bag
Pano
Vint B&W
PhotoForge
iRetouch
CameraFlash
QuadCamera
OOF Camera
CinemaFX
Cool fx
Photobuddy
Photogene
Camera HD
CameraKit
ReelMoments
ReelDirector
Any of these you will have to decide for yourself on. These are just my picks. Would love to hear from others who use them. You can find these on itunes. Jon

Snow Leopard

With the advent of the new release of Snow leopard, how was the upgrade and how much speed improvement was there really? For me, it wasn't a very good upgrade. One, I couldn't upgrade at all. So I had to erase my drive and do a complete new install. I only used snow leopard for the installation and used my time machine backup for getting things back. My main problem was using time machine, make sure you don't exclude your main internal drive or you won't be backing up anything. Other problem, was a quirk of not being able to quit a program? I rebooted and repaired permissions-haven't seen the problem again. Next problem, my mouse is crippled, as logitech hasn't completed it's leopard update drivers?
Regarding my image editing software. Lightroom had no problems. Cs3 wouldn't start. Licensing issue and I haven't resolved it yet? Adobe, damn you! Wonder just how much time I will have to spend just getting it to boot.
Otherwise, it's a nice upgrade. But without being able to upgrade my ram or video card, it wouldn't have been worth the upgrade if I had to pay a regular price. But at 29 dollars it was worth it.
P.S. After spending about 6 hours, I fixed Cs3 and had it launch. Not even sure how I did it. But manually changed a few key things in preferences in user mode and system library. Using my time machine backup prefs. Here is a link to some of the issues. Adobe sucks in my opinion. What a mess. Jon L
Adobe forum

Crunchpad

The one that Apple should have made. It's an operating system built into the web browser. Looks sweet. Although I think Apple can do so much more if it holds all the apps like the iphone. I may get one if the price is right. Apple needs to get to work on this big-time. My opinion only, as they may be afraid of the notebooks being cannibalized.
Crunchpad