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- Cradle
- A base unit for a portable or removable device. For example, PDAs and digital cameras often come with cradles that are plugged into the wall outlet for battery charging...
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- Garmin Nuvi 255W
- Editors' note: The following review is of the Garmin Nuvi 205W. The 255W is identical to the 205W in nearly every way, except that the 255W features a text-to-speech function that reads street and POI names aloud and is preloaded with full map data instead of regional data. As a...
- Tags: GPS, cradle, Garmin Nuvi 205W, Garmin Ltd., Nuvi 205W, Garmin Nuvi
- Product reviews 2009-07-20
- Garmin Nuvi 205W
- When most people think GPS device, the first name that pops into mind is Garmin Nuvi. Garmin's Nuvi 200 line of navigators was an excellent blend of ease of use and value. The new Nuvi 2x5 line of GPS navigation devices seeks to build on that reputation with a few...
- Tags: GPS, Garmin Nuvi 205W, cradle, Garmin Ltd., Nuvi 205W, Garmin Nuvi
- Product reviews 2009-07-09
- Wilson Electronics iBooster
- Wilson Electronics has a good track record with cell phone signal boosters so it wasn't surprising when the company introduced a product designed solely for the Apple iPhone. The Wilson Electronics iBooster offers a user-friendly design, and it fulfills its promise of strengthening your iPhone's reception. Yet, those pluses come...
- Tags: 3G, Cellular phones, Wilson Electronics, cord, Wilson Electronics iBooster, Apple iPhone, cradle
- Product reviews 2009-03-13
- Creative TravelSound i50 - portable speakers with digital player dock
- If you're an iPod owner searching for a way to share tunes, there's no shortage of iPod speakers from which to choose. The problem is distinguishing them from one another, and one of the easiest ways is to look for something with a unique or innovative design. Creative Labs manages...
- Tags: cradle, Creative TravelSound, speaker
- Product reviews 2008-08-12
- Mini Cooper iPhone armrest mod
- Todd Schneider sent me an update to the iPod integrations I covered a while back. He customized his Mini Cooper and installed an iPhone cradle in the armrest. The mod gives him full Bluetooth hands free and steering wheel controls for the iPhone. Why Mini choose...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Adapter, Apple iPhone, Cooper, Cradle
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Robert Scoble's "Cat's In The Cradle" moment"
- Robert Scoble's "Cat's In The Cradle" moment"Robert ScobleThanks for an insightful human post. Congratulations to Robert - in someways a tough decision and yet bottom line, in life there are no dress rehearsals - all credit to him.
- Tags: Robert Scoble, Cradle
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
- Garmin Mobile 20 - GPS kit
- In this day and age, buying a standalone GPS device isn't the only way to get navigation help. If you have a cell phone or smart phone, you can add software or GPS accessories to turn your mobile into a handheld navigation device. One such solution is the Garmin Mobile...
- Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Garmin Ltd., Garmin Mobile, Garmin Mobile 20, Palm Inc., cradle, smart phone, phone, GPS
- Product reviews 2007-05-31
- Palm GPS Navigator Car Kit
- Editor's note: Portions of this review were taken from our review of the Palm GPS Navigator Smartphone Edition, as the products share the same mapping software. Photo gallery:Palm GPS Navigator Car KitPalm Treo owners can probably tell you that the smart phone has helped them be more productive on the...
- Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, GPS, Palm Inc., Palm GPS Navigator, Palm GPS, cradle, Palm Treo, Palm GPS Navigator Car, Palm GPS Navigator Car Kit
- Product reviews 2007-05-07
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- B&W Zeppelin Mini Speakers for iPod
- Back in 2007, Bowers & Wilkins brought out the uniquely styled Zeppelin iPod speaker, which we described in our review as being every bit as sophisticated as Apple's iconic player, with detailed sound that largely lived up to B&W's high-end reputation. That Zeppelin remains on the market, but now it's...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Zeppelin Mini, Apple iPod, B&W, Apple iPhone, speaker
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- Magellan RoadMate 1470
- Design The RoadMate 1470 doesn't deviate from the tried and true portable navigation device form factor. Measuring 3.3 inches by 5.2 inches by 7 inches, the RoadMate's thinness easily makes this unit one of the most pocketable devices in its class. Like nearly all PNDs, the majority of the RoadMate's...
- Tags: Magellan RoadMate, charger, suction-cup, mini-USB
- Product reviews 2009-11-10
- Review: OtterBox Commuter and Commuter TL Series for iPhone 3G/3GS
- Seems quite uselessI've seen this scenario many times:1. Buy a new phone. It is now your baby.2. Get the case, screen cover, extended warranty, etc. etc.3. Use all the extra gadgets for 1 - 2 months.4. Throw them out. Who cares... It is just the phone.To me the case means...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Nokia 2705 Shade - black (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:Nokia ShadeMost of Nokia's recent cell phones for the U.S. market haven't been too exciting. Sure, the company gave us the odd Nokia Twist last month, but we're more likely to see functional handsets like AT&T's Nokia Mural 6750. Verizon's new Nokia Shade 2705 certainly is part of that...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Wireless, Nokia Corp., phone
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- Which is Greener: Paper or Digital? The Answer May Surprise You
- paper is whitewhile digital is carved in green plastic plateso digital is greener.you have nothing better to write about?RE: Which is Greener: Paper or Digital? The Answer May Surprise You"Which is greener, paper or digital". This assumes that all digital users are using an E-reader for reading. Many people...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, e-reader, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- How the cordless Powermat charging system took my iPod touch hostage [review]
- Unnecessary..... POS if you ask me!Cordless charging will work only whenit will be standardized and built into the various devices.what about solar-charging wireless?i've heard it was on the drawing boards...has anyone refined this 'green tech' to the point where it can be relied on?Oh, well... The transformer is such an...
- Tags: Smart phones, hostage, iPod touch hostage, cordless Powermat, Powermat, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Garmin Nuvifone G60 (AT&T)
- Photo gallery:Garmin Nuvifone G60If you've been following the story of the Garmin Nuvifone at all, you know it hasn't been the smoothest of rides. After being announced in January 2008, the launch of Garmin's first smartphone was delayed time and time again, and we had all but given up on...
- Tags: Handhelds, GPS, Smart phones, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., display, Garmin Ltd., Garmin nuvifone, Garmin Nuvifone G60, Nuvifone G60, smart phone
- Product reviews 2009-10-09
- How to Calculate Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) for Electronic Products
- To comply with international standards for carbon footprinting (PAS 2050, ISO 14040, and the upcoming ISO 14067), a product carbon footprint has to account for emissions from cradle to grave - that is, from initial resource extraction to final disposal, including manufacturing, use-related impacts, and transportation or shipping. PE International...
- Tags: ISO, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Transportation, Storage, Databases, Quality, Business Operations, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-09-25
- Seagate debuts first consumer NAS with FreeAgent DockStar
- If you want to turn a USB hard drive into a cheap and easy network attached storage unit, Seagate's new DockStar does the trick. The company's first consumer NAS offering is built to hold a FreeAgent Go drive in its cradle plus up...
- Tags: NAS, Network, Home Network, Web Interface, Seagate Technology LLC, Pogoplug, Seagate DockStar, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Networking, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Diaper Dash (Italian) (Windows)
- It's a girl and a boy. In fact, it's every adorable baby in DinerTown, all bundled up for you to lavish with love. Keep these DinerTown darlings cooing by helping out Wilson who's in over his head running the local daycare. He needs your help to keep DinerTown's cuties well...
- Tags: Bottle, Baby, PlayFirst, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-10
- Diaper Dash (French) (Windows)
- It's a girl and a boy. In fact, it's every adorable baby in DinerTown, all bundled up for you to lavish with love. Keep these DinerTown darlings cooing by helping out Wilson who's in over his head running the local daycare. He needs your help to keep DinerTown's cuties well...
- Tags: Bottle, Baby, PlayFirst, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-10
- Diaper Dash (Spanish) (Windows)
- It's a girl and a boy. In fact, it's every adorable baby in DinerTown, all bundled up for you to lavish with love. Keep these DinerTown darlings cooing by helping out Wilson who's in over his head running the local daycare. He needs your help to keep DinerTown's cuties well...
- Tags: Bottle, Baby, PlayFirst, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-10
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