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- Review: Jawbone 2 bluetooth headset
- Back in June 2007 I reviewed the original Jawbone bluetooth headset and despite its drawbacks I found it to be the standard by which I judge all other BT headsets. Its military grade noise cancellation is second to none and of dozens of Bluetooth headsets that...
- Tags: Headset, Bluetooth Headset, Battery Life, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- More on iPhone G3, GPS and power management
- One of the big concerns about the iPhone G3 before the announcement was how it might handle the power drain from the global positioning chip and the software that might use it. But Apple is taking a less is more battery life approach. by David Morgenstern
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Power Management, Network, Battery, Unit, Apple Inc., Wi-Fi, GPS, Ask, Battery Life, Battery Test, Engineering, 3G, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Review roundup: Hands-free headset/speaker solutions from Etymotic, Aliph, Nokia and Spracht
- In just over a month, you will not be able to use your cellphone in your automobile in Washington State without some kind of hands-free solution. Hands-free laws are in place now or coming soon to many other states and areas of the world so now is a good time...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Solution, Ear, Phone, Device, Microphone, Nokia Corp., Call, Controller, Headset, Bluetooth, Button, Cable, Spracht, EtyBlu, etyBLU, BLUmaxx, Battery Life, Aliph Jawbone, Earbud, Earloop, Noise Assassin Technology, Nokia BH-903, Phone Call Functionality, Aura Mobile BT, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Aliph releases new Jawbone that is 50% smaller than the original
- IMHO, one of the best Bluetooth headsets you can buy after getting the swing of putting it on and off is the Aliph Jawbone. Today the announced a new model that has several improvements that look like they actually listened to what consumer wanted changed. There should be one at...
- Tags: Gram, Battery, AT&T Corp., Model, Aliph Jawbone, Battery Life, Engineering, Retail, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- MacBook Air SSD - Is it worth the money?
- Is the $1,300 solid state drive SSD for the MacBook Air worth the money? Doesn't seem so. Ars Technica have published a review where they put an SSD-equipped MacBook Air up against one packing a standard hard drive and found marginal performance gains - certainly not...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Solid State Disk, Battery Life, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- HTC Shift finally receives FCC approval
- HTC announced the Shift ultra portable PC at CTIA in March 2007. Since that time there has been a few videos and reviews of test units that made it into the wild. You may actually be able to find the device in Europe now (I couldn't find it available anywhere...
- Tags: FCC, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Battery Life, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Government, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- CES: Mobile gadgets at Digital Experience!
- I arrived at CES in Vegas and plan to stick around and see if there are any new mobile gadgets that may be worth picking up in 2008. While I do like to wander the show floor and find hidden treasures, it is much more productive to attend press events...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Device, Mobile, Battery Life, Windows XP Version, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Bluetooth, Keyboards, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- 2nd impressions of the HTC Touch Dual
- I posted my first impressions of the HTC Touch Dual back on 1 December and only had a Nokia N95 to take video of the device in action. I have now been using the Touch Dual as my primary device for a couple of weeks and took an updated video...
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Battery Life, TouchFLO, Keyboards, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Corporate Communications, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Components, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- iPod touch - Nice device, shame Apple crippled it
- You might remember from a few weeks back my desire to get my hands on an iPod touch. I was so eager to get my hands on one that I made a five hour round trip to my nearest Apple store to get one only to be turned away because...
- Tags: Keyboard, Apple Safari, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Battery Life, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Poor iPod touch battery life (updated 2x)
- I'm always leary of manufactures claims of battery life, my rule of thumb is to cut what the manufacturer says in half. Apple claims that the iPod touch gets "up to" 22 hours of audio playback time and "up to" 5 hours of video playback time when...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Battery, Apple iPod Touch, Battery Life, Engineering, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Linux Laptop Battery Life: Measurement Tools, Techniques, and Results
- Battery life is a valuable metric for improving Linux laptop power management. Battery life measurements require repeatable workloads. While BAPCo MobileMark 2005 is widely used in the industry, it runs only on Windows XP. Intel's Open Source Technology Center has developed a battery life measurement tool-kit for making reliable battery...
- Tags: Technique, Battery, Tool, Intel Corp., Battery Life, Battery Life Measurement, Engineering, Linux, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-06-26
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- MobileTechRoundup show #141, jkOnTheRun is aquired, Sony Reader, battery life, and more
- I had a good time recording MobileTechRoundup show #141 with the two newest members of the Giga Om Media group, James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel. Don't worry listeners and readers, you will still get the same content from those two and from me here on the podcast for the foreseeable...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Sony Corp., Battery, Sony Reader, Kevin, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users
- Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...
- Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Rumor Mill: iPhone to get copy, paste and better navi in firmware 2.1
- The most exciting thing around the watercooler today is the rumor that Apple has seeded iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers. MacNN sources tell them that they've found references to cut, copy and paste in the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj. Woot! According to the story the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Apple Inc., Firmware, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...
- Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide
- Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicideGood riddance to bad rubbish.Too bad he took others with him.Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicideThis is very sad. There was no reason for him to take other people's lives.Much sadder then you think. Much SadderAs an avid computer enthusiast, owning...
- Tags: INTERNET, apparent murder-suicide, Escapee, murder-suicide, Spam King
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google Digg = ?
- Google Digg = ?My suggestionGoogligg!! Isn't it obvious?Well, you can stick "Micro" on the front of about anything, but, Googlejust does not work so well. Just like YouTube, Google will leave the Digg name intact and keep it separate, and only look for innovative ways to incorporate advertising."Gigglywankers"Digg...
- Tags: Digg, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- The little wind turbines that could
- The little wind turbines that couldAll righty then...Here's the scoop. The average american household uses 14,000 kWh/year, about 1,200 per month in round numbers, meaning a 6kWh generator is about the right size--assuming the wind never dies.I couldn't find prices for Proven Energy, but a Quiet Revolution 6kWh unit costs...
- Tags: Engineering, battery, turbine
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending
- Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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