In short, there are three complaints against the UP: (1) the device itself gets bricked and cannot be operated or synced to the iPhone at all; (2) the battery stops holding a decent charge; and (3) the removable cap which goes over the headphone charging plug is easy to lose.

Garrett Murray got two bricked UPs in a row and is waiting for Jawbone to send him another replacement. My UP hasn’t bricked, but the battery no longer stays charged for longer than 3 days at the most (it’s supposed to keep a charge for 10 days). I have not yet contacted Jawbone, but I am going to.

Am I bummed out that my UP doesn’t work just right? Of course. Do I wish I had bought a Fitbit instead? I don’t think so. Once I resolved that the UP didn’t have to be on my wrist 24/7 I began seeing it as a different type of device: one that reminded me to get up and move around every 30 minutes or so, and one that could quietly wake me up at an opportune time in the mornings.

The fast, fun, easy-to-use, link-, image-, text-, and file-sharing service, Droplr, just got a major update today. I’ve been using Droplr since it was in beta back in 2010. It’s one of those apps I use every single day. With version 2, Droplr is now faster and has a significantly improved Web app.

If you’re migrating from Droplr 1, you’ll want to start here. I was able to migrate my account and it’s 500-ish drops in about 20 seconds.

Pictures of the Amazon fulfillment center in Swansea, Wales — one of the largest Amazon warehouses in the world.

My thanks to Studio Neat for sponsoring the RSS feed this week.

The iPhone 4S has an amazing camera. This is undisputed. What the iPhone lacks, however, is a tripod thread for mounting it to a tripod. Enter the Glif.

The Glif is a small and simple accessory for mounting your iPhone 4 or 4S to any standard tripod. It also acts as a little kickstand to prop your iPhone up for watching movies, using FaceTime, etc.

And now, we are offering Glif+, a deluxe Glif package. It comes with Ligature, a keychain loop for always keeping your Glif handy, and Serif, an additional attachment to keep your iPhone super secure in extreme situations. We are also offering the +Pack, for those of you that already own a Glif and just want the add-ons. Both are available for preorder now, and will ship in 1-2 weeks.

With the holidays fast approaching, the Glif makes a great stocking stuffer. Available now at StudioNeat.

For those who would prefer to see the battery rather than the Apple logo. (Via The Verge.)

Over at Fast Co. Design, John Pavlus wrote a brief profile of BERG and their just-announced Little Printer. Pavlus says, “Think of it like Flipboard, but without the screen.”

It’s always great to read posts from people who use their devices in real life and have their reasons for why they like it. Such is the case with Geof Harries and his Windows Phone phone.

Geof is right that many of the Windows Phone reviews found on major sites talk about how it’s a great OS but alas it’s short on apps. I have not spent any time with a Windows Phone phone and so I cannot say if I would ever be willing to switch to it or not. No doubt it would be hard for me to give up some of my favorite iPhone apps, such as OmniFocus, Tweetbot, Instagram, and Simplenote, but I think I could get by if there was at least an alternative for Simplenote.

Side-by-side shot of Apple flagship iPod’s then and now.

Shipping in 2012, the Little Printer is a living room device that prints personalized, mini-newspapers on paper the size of a grocery store receipt. What a clever idea. (Via Kottke.)

For his guest post on the Typekit blog, Ethan Marcotte wrote one of the clearest explanations on the differences and uses of pixel, em, and rem for setting your site’s font-size. Next redesign, I’m switching from pixels to rems.

Matthew Panzarino’s wrote a very positive review of the Lumia 800 and its Windows Phone 7 software. Matthew would switch to the Lumia 800 from his iPhone if it weren’t for WP7’s lack of several of his “killer” iPhone apps (such as Instagram).

“Do you like shoveling snow? Then stop reading this and go back to your pushups and granola because you are not someone that I want to talk to.”

This post on Quora by Chris Wake provides some food for thought. I think Chris’s list of “habits” isn’t completely accurate, but they certainly serve as red flags to help assess if you’re not quite as productive as you think you are.

For example: the habit “consuming more than you create” is not a cut-and-dry issue. I, for one, read far more than I write. But that is needed because a lot of what I write is based upon the things I read. For me, “consuming” is a huge part of the creation process. But there is a difference between things like researching, drawing inspiration, and learning, as opposed to lurking, procrastinating, and vegging out. The former is effective, the latter is not.

Om Malik reflects on the past 10 years of blogging. I don’t think there is a better word of advice than to show up every day.