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Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Feature phones

I've now given you a Holiday Guide for smartphones and free cellphones so this Guide presents the best of the devices that are commonly called feature phones. With the power of today's feature phones, the line between a feature phone and smartphone is getting blurred so most people won't see...

Tags: Touch Screen, Samsung Instinct, Phone, Device, Page, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Radio, MicroSD, AT&T Corp., microSD Card, Sprint Communications, Camera, Music, Feature Phone Market, LG Voyager, Bluetooth Radio, Samsung Behold, QWERTY, QWERTY Keyboard, Samsung Rugby, Bluetooth 1.2 Radio, HTML Web Browser, ZN4, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Bluetooth, Hardware, Peripherals, Wireless, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: GPS personal navigation devices

As a person who travels for work quite often and as a father to daughters who play sports all over the place, a GPS navigation device is an essential piece of equipment for me. Most of my mobile phones have GPS receivers and they work well in a pinch, but...

Tags: Device, TomTom, Garmin Ltd., Navigation Device, Traffic Update, Bluetooth Radio, Lane Assistant Pro Feature, TomTom GO 930T, GPS, Handhelds, Keyboards, Bluetooth, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Wireless, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-26

500 mln Bluetooth radios to ship in 2006

After seeing shipments more than double in 2005, the Bluetooth market is expected to see a 71% increase in Bluetooth radio shipments to 500 mln in 2006, according to ABI Research.

Tags: Bluetooth Radio, Bluetooth

Blog posts 2006-03-17

Summer blackout? No problem. EV-DO saves the day.

I've been swallowed so whole by the blogosphere that any time I start testing a new product, it takes me about a year to do so because of how little time I have to test each of the features. One of the products that I'm testing is AudioVox's...

Tags: Dun, Bluetooth

Blog posts 2005-07-21

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2009 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec. V

Photo gallery:2009 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec. VIn the crowded field of overpowered compact cars, the 2009 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V faces heavy competition from the Honda Civic Si, Volkswagen GTI, and Mazdaspeed3. So what can the Nissan bring to stand a chance against these tuner stalwarts? The answer is...

Tags: Nissan Sentra, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., car

Product reviews 2009-06-26

Alpine CDE 102

The Alpine CDE-102 CD receiver is about as entry level as car stereos come these days. It plays CDs and that's about it, or is it?As it turns out, even an entry-level car stereo can hide a few tricks up its sleeve. For example, the Alpine can playback digital media...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, Digital music, Network technology, Alpine, Alpine CDE-102, faceplate

Product reviews 2009-06-25

Philips DC190 iPod Docking Clock Radio

We can't say that we've seen an abundance of affordable iPod alarm clock radios. The second you add "iPod" to the equation, you're looking at a price between $70-$80 at the minimum. Philips has entered the iPod alarm clock radio market with a variety of models, and its...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, LCD Display, Philips Electronics N.V., iPod Dock, radio, PC190, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2009-06-24

2009 Land Rover LR2

Photo gallery:2009 Land Rover LR2Small SUVs and crossovers abound on the roads, terrain where they do very well. But get them in the dirt and they'll perform about as well as your typical sedan. The 2009 Land Rover LR2 fits in the small SUV segment, but manages to retain at...

Tags: subwoofer, LR2, Land Rover, Land Rover LR2

Product reviews 2009-06-23

Recession, what recession? Apple sells 1 million iPhones over the weekend

Recession, what recession? Apple sells 1 million iPhones over the weekendOne step to ending the recession.There is allot of phycology with the current recession. A HUGE positive note is the savings rate is the highest it has been in almost 20 years. Figuring that in just 2006, it...

Tags: Cellular phones, Sales strategy, Wireless and Mobility, Wht, Apple iPhone, 3G, Nokia Corp., recession, Apple Inc., sales

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Sonos killer? Yamaha unleashes MusicCast2 multiroom audio system

Unless you want to do a custom install, Sonos' Music System is generally seen as the top product for delivering audio to multiple rooms in your house. Cisco has made a play in this market with its Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system, and now Yamaha is...

Tags: Yamaha Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., MusicCast2 Network Music System, MCX-RC100 Network Music Commander, Home Entertainment, Digital Music, Digital Media, Media Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-20

2009 Mini Cooper Convertible

Photo gallery:2009 Mini Cooper ConvertibleAlthough boasting good fuel economy, the Mini Cooper is meant to be a fun car. But there are different types of driving fun: some of us enjoy taking corners at speed, listening to the tires squeal as they fight for grip, while others appreciate a sunny...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Mini, Mini Cooper Convertible

Product reviews 2009-06-18

2010 Mazda Mazda3 s Grand Touring 5-Door

Photo gallery:2010 Mazda Mazda3 s GTAt first glance, the 2010 Mazda Mazda3 s Grand Touring appears to be merely a face-lifted version of the first-generation model. The proportions and measurements are about the same. The previous generation Mazda3 received much praise from the automotive press, so we naturally expected the...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Mazda Mazda3, Mazda Motor Corp., automatic transmission

Product reviews 2009-06-18

2009 Mercedes-Benz S550

Photo gallery:2009 Mercedes-Benz S550When Mercedes-Benz launched the model update for the 2007 S550, it created a car with cutting-edge technical features, including radar-based cruise control that could bring the car to a full stop and a night vision system. But major updates like this usually take five years in the...

Tags: V-8, Mercedes-Benz S550, Mercedes-Benz, car

Product reviews 2009-06-16

Senators ask FCC to look into iPhone-AT&T exclusivity

Senators ask FCC to look into iPhone-AT&T exclusivityDuhThe FCC is a little too late in the game. Yes, locking devices with plans impairs innovation. Isn't it obvious? Mobile networks in the U.S. are now years behind Europe and Asia. Many features the iPhone can do were crippled because of the...

Tags: Federal government, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Pre, phone, iPhone-AT&T exclusivity, iPhone-AT&T, carrier, FCC, exclusivity, innovation

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Samsung debuts Omnia II with AMOLED; PRO, LITE smartphones

Samsung today introduced its Omnia II smartphone, touting a 3.7-in. AMOLED resistive touchscreen, HSDPA/HSUPA and a 5-megapixel camera, in addition to two new OmniaPRO devices and an OmniaLITE offering. In addition to the 480 by 800 resolution WVGA touchscreen, the new Omnia II...

Tags: Smart Phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Camera, Smart Phones, Wireless LANs, E-mail, Keyboards, Cellular Phones, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Researchers demo wireless keyboard sniffer for Microsoft 27Mhz keyboards

Researchers demo wireless keyboard sniffer for Microsoft 27Mhz keyboardsIsn't there a range limitation.I know that I cannot get too far away with out my wireless keyboard bombing out? So in order to do this, you would have to be in relatively close proximity to the user...right?Just one more reason not...

Tags: Keyboards, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Corp., wireless keyboard, wireless, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Eclipse AVN726E DVD/GPS receiver

The AVN726e, Eclipse's newest double-DIN DVD/navigation receiver, was making a name for itself even before it was released to the public, when it was named Best of Innovations at CES 2009 in the In-Vehicle Navigation/Telematics/ITS product category. We were too busy being wowed by its sibling the Eclipse AVN4430 to...

Tags: Memory, Flash memory, GPS receiver, Bluetooth wireless transmitter, DVD, Street Name, AVN726e, Eclipse, GPS

Product reviews 2009-06-11

LG Neon (AT&T)

The LG Xenon was LG's first messaging phone for AT&T, and not only does it have a full QWERTY keyboard, it has a 2.8-inch touch screen and 3G support. If you want something smaller and simpler, LG has another messaging phone for AT&T, dubbed the LG Neon. It has a...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., Neon, phone, LG Electronics Inc., touch screen

Product reviews 2009-06-11

Alpine iXA-W404

Our experiences with Alpine's "mechless" car audio receivers have been mostly positive. So, when we received the iWA-X404, which ups the ante with the inclusion of a larger display and touch sensitivity, we naturally assumed that bigger would be better. True, the W404's larger screen facilitates the playback of video...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Corporate communications, Digital music, Digital media, Alpine iXA-W404, Alpine, W404, touch screen, encoder

Product reviews 2009-06-10

2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid

Photo gallery:2010 Mercury Milan HybridA new technology for production cars in 1997, gas-electric hybrid drivetrains have had only 12 years to mature, yet they've been subject to serious scrutiny and plenty of backlash. The system in the 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid should silence the critics. In this application, hybrid technology...

Tags: Milan Hybrid, Mercury Milan, car, Mercury

Product reviews 2009-06-09