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Can the REDFLY Windows Mobile Smartphone Companion succeed where the Foleo couldn't?

The first mobile device I saw at CES 2008 earlier this year was the REDFLY Mobile Companion and I was very interested in checking the device out further. Celio Corporation just sent me an early beta version of the REDFLY Windows Mobile Smartphone Companion to evaluate for the next 2-3...

Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Smartphone, REDFLY Mobile Companion, US$500, Display, Bluetooth 2.0 Radio, Lithium Polymer Battery, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-03-19

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PowerBAR 3500 mAh Solar Battery Charger for HTC Touch Pro2

There will be times when your smartphone is low on battery and you won't be near an outlet, but that doesn't mean you're in for a dead device. A portable accessory like the PowerBAR 3,500mAH Solar Battery Charger will allow you to charge your phone from anywhere, and even better,...

Tags: Smart phones, Engineering, HTC Touch Pro2, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2009-08-31

Snow Leopard gets battery forensics

There's a lot going on under the hood of Snow Leopard, to be sure, but a subtle change has been made to the battery menu item that will help portable users diagnose failing batteries. Within the new Battery menu bar extra in Mac...

Tags: Battery, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Sonos Bundle BU250

Photo gallery:Sonos Bundle BU250Sonos is back for 2009 with a new version of its signature Digital Audio System. Like earlier iterations of the Sonos product, the new "Bundle 250" allows you to wirelessly access your computer's digital music collection as well as a wide range of Internet radio and streaming-audio...

Tags: Keyboards, Digital music, Digital media, ZonePlayer ZP120, Sonos, ZP120 ZonePlayers

Product reviews 2009-07-28

Asus T91 touchscreen tablet netbook: 'Fun,' 'glorified app launcher,' 'not worth wait'

Asus' Eee PC T91 touchscreen tablet netbook first debuted at CES 2009 way back in January to high hopes: a fairly inexpensive ($499) touchscreen tablet PC for the masses. Turns out you're better off sticking to your iPod touch. ...

Tags: Touch Screen, ASUS, Netbook, Asus T91, Display, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Tablets, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-15

WWDC 2009: New 15-inch MacBook Pro revealed

At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Apple's vice president of product marketing, Philip Schiller, shows off the company's latest MacBook Pro. The new notebook has a 3.06GHz processor, a unibody architecture, and a built-in lithium polymer battery. Schiller adds that customers shouldn't need to change battery in a notebook...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Schiller, Notebooks, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Apple, MacBook Pro

Videos 2009-06-08

Analyst: An Apple tablet is coming to shake up netbook market

Analyst: An Apple tablet is coming to shake up netbook marketApple could not build a sub-$500 computer that is not a piece of junk!!!!!!Therefore, unless you don't consider tablet as a computer, don't expect something too far from reality.Apple has a standard!!!!!And yes Ipod Touch is not a computer. That's...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Tablets, Keyboards, Notebooks, Digital music, Digital media, netbook, tablet, Apple Inc., netbook market, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Acer launches smartphones in Asia; wants to be Top 5 by 2012

Taiwan-based Acer launched a series of smartphones for the Asia-Pacific region yesterday, bridging the gap between its popular netbook business and the handheld business. Company executives said Acer was banking on its experience as a leading computer brand to gain a share of the ever-crowded smartphone market....

Tags: Smart Phone, Acer Inc., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Keyboards, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Tax Refund Special: Laptops and desktops

The average tax refund is around $2,500. Given the state of the economy, you may be tempted to stick it in your mattress. But we all know the patriotic thing to do is spend it-immediately. It may be too late to save Circuit City, but there's...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Tax, Memory, Apple Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Pixma MX7600, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteries

Apple's Macworld swan song had a little bit of everything--DRM free music on iTunes, iWork.com and Philip Schiller's first and final keynote--but the biggest item may have been a bet that customers will go for a fixed battery on the 17-inch MacBook Pro. Jason O'Grady's live notes...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06

New high-end MacBook Pro has 8 hour battery

Apple has announced an upgrade to its high-end MacBook Pro line of notebook computers. The unique thing about this model is that it uses a custom-made (read:expensive) non-removable 95WHr battery to achieve an estimated 8 hours between charges in a small package. Other...

Tags: built-In, Apple MacBook, Battery, Video, Apple MacBook Pro, Engineering, FireWire, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Review: HTC Advantage X7510 with 16GB flash drive, haptics keyboard and Windows Mobile 6.1

The most powerful Windows Mobile device I ever evaluated was the HTC Advantage X7501 that was released back in August of 2007 and I wrote quite an extensive review that was my most viewed blog post of 2007. The successor to the Advantage X7501, the X7510, was announced at Mobile...

Tags: Application, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Battery, USB Flash Drive, Content, HTC Advantage, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Acoustic Research AWD510 Wireless Headphones

"Wireless headphones" can mean different things to different people. Many envision Bluetooth portables--either the one-ear cell phone headsets or lightweight stereo models designed for on the go use. But there's also a large market for wireless home headphones, those larger models that are designed to be used around the house...

Tags: Consumer electronics, headphone, Acoustic Research AWD510s

Product reviews 2008-03-26

A closer look at the HTC Shift from Sprint

I've been using an HTC Shift from Sprint for over a week now and as you can see in the more than 140 photos and screenshots found in my image gallery and quick and dirty post yesterday I have had a chance to try out most all aspects of the...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Vista, Sprint Communications, HTC Shift, SnapVUE 1.8, A/C Adapter Brick, Origami Central Application, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Robots fly over Antarctica

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey BAS have successfully run a series of flights by autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs over Antarctica. These robotic planes have a 2-meter wingspan and weigh 6 kilograms. They are powered by Lithium Ion Polymer LIPo battery packs -- similar to the ones in your...

Tags: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Antarctic, Robots, Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-19

MacBook Air Diary-Day 5: Battery observations

Apple quotes the MacBook Air as having a 5 hour battery, but as with most OEM statements about battery life, it should be taken with a grain of salt. The battery life figures quoted by most manufacturers are measured under perfect, almost never practical, circumstances. They usually...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Battery, Engineering, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc.

Blog posts 2008-02-04

Pharos Drive GPS 250

Sometimes less is more, and that seems to be the approach Pharos is taking with its Pharos Drive GPS 250. The entry-level in-car GPS offers simplicity and ease of use with a minimalist design and interface, and all the basic navigation features are there, with the bonus of text-to-speech functionality....

Tags: Keyboards, touch screen, points of interest database, Pharos, Pharos Drive GPS 250, GPS

Product reviews 2008-01-18

New spare lithium battery travel rules go into effect 1 January 2008

New spare lithium battery travel rules go into effect 1 January 2008Don't forget to pack the these essentials...o Nokia usb cable (CA-70) cell phone power adapter for your N800 and N95o Linksys USB 2.0 EtherNet Network Adaptoro Asus WL-530G 802.11 b/g mobile travel wireless routero Power Inverter 175Watto Portable Nuclear...

Tags: Engineering, battery, lithium battery, January 2008

Discussion threads 2007-12-29

Alpine PMD-B200 Blackbird II

About a month ago, we reviewed the Alpine IVA-W205, an innovative aftermarket in-dash unit that works as a multimedia player and a navigation system. The latter function is provided by docking the Alpine PMD-B200 aka Alpine BlackBird II portable navigation system into the IVA-W205, but the cool thing is that...

Tags: GPS, Keyboards, display, Alpine, Alpine PMD-B200

Product reviews 2007-10-31

Is the HTC Advantage really the most powerful mobile office?

I posted my first impressions of the HTC Advantage about 10 days ago and have been using it as my primary device ever since it arrived. I actually wrote 90% of this review on the HTC Advantage with a Think Outside Sierra Bluetooth keyboard. Yes, I have even been using...

Tags: Software, Keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Battery, Video, Camera, Cable, USB, HTC Advantage, Display, Adobe Reader LE, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-08-28