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Image Gallery: OtterBox Commuter and Commuter TL Series for the iPhone 3G/3GS

OtterBox is known for their protective case designs and they recently released a couple of products for the iPhone 3G and 3GS that offer protection with style. These two cases use the best of silicone with a touch plastic protective shell. Each case comes with a screen cover to protect...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phones, 3G, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, product photos, iphone, apple, otterbox, case, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-11-01

Image Gallery: OtterBox Impact and Defender cases for the BlackBerry Bold

OtterBox is known for creating cases that offer major protection for mobile devices. They have a couple of cases with different levels of protection for the RIM BlackBerry Bold. The Impact case provides a minimal level of protection while the Defender series gives you a much higher level of protection...

Tags: Protection, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, OtterBox, Impact Case, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller, product photos, rim, blackberry, bold, otterbox, cases

Image galleries 2008-11-19

OtterBox for 2nd Gen iPod Nano

That sneaky Apple: moving the headphone jack on the second-generation Nano fractionally closer to the right edge of the player. You probably didn't notice this slight difference from the first-gen player, but you can be certain accessories makers like OtterBox did. In turn, the company has tweaked its ruggedized case...

Tags: Otterbox, headphone

Product reviews 2007-05-24

Additional Resources

News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-11-06

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

Review: OtterBox Commuter and Commuter TL Series for iPhone 3G/3GS

I have tried cases with my iPhone devices in the past, but kept going back to an InvisibleShield or BodyGuardz plastic skin because I didn't want anything adding bulk to my iPhone 3GS. Silicone cases are very popular today, but I have never been happy with them since I carry...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-05

iPhone 3.0 hardware rumors

iPhone 3.0 hardware rumorsI actually agree with NZ for once.I would like a higher res screen. I don't mind the present one, but with more memory I might be using it for video more often.I know we're getting copy and paste, which was something I wanted, so no prob there.I...

Tags: Engineering, hardware, Apple iPhone, battery, Bluetooth

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Review: OtterBox Impact and Defender Series cases for the BlackBerry Bold

Review: OtterBox Impact and Defender Series cases for the BlackBerry BoldSound Echo ProblemProtection is great, but the phones functionality is greatly compromised.Callers hear a conversationally debilitating echo.It appears that the sound from the speakers on the phone gets caught in the case and is picked up by the microphone.Keeping the...

Tags: Defender Series, OtterBox Impact, BlackBerry Bold, Defender, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Bargain Apples

Apple is undoubtedly one of the hottest tech and consumer brands in the world and they should easily sell more than 2 million Macs and 20 million iPods in the upcoming holiday quarter. With all the Mac gear out there it's sometimes hard to choose. Here are...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Battery, Richard Solo 1800 mAh Battery, Inserts, NewerTech Voyager, Engineering, 3G, Digital Music, Digital Media, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-20

News to know: Storm; Holiday gift guide;Lenovo malware; Dell

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm Gallery: Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: Top...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, Malware, RIM BlackBerry, VUDU, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Review: OtterBox Impact and Defender Series cases for the BlackBerry Bold

I picked up a RIM BlackBerry Bold a couple of weeks ago and was extremely happy with the device. The inability to sync with my Exchange account forced me to return it though. If you own a BlackBerry Bold then you may want to check out one of these two...

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller, Membrane, Holster, OtterBox Impact Series, OtterBox Impact Series Case, Defender Series

Blog posts 2008-11-19

MWC08: HTC announces updated HTC Advantage X7510 with a 16GB flash drive

MWC08: HTC announces updated HTC Advantage X7510 with a 16GB flash driveSweet!Sure it's too bulky for most people but I love that big screen. It's still smaller than my Dell Axim plus cell phone. I want this SmartPhone because it has all the features I like. It's okay that the...

Tags: Keyboards, Handhelds, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Advantage X7510, MWC08, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2008-02-14

Overnite Express delivers competitive advantage with Palm Treo smartphones protected by OtterBox cases

Overnite Express is a regional express carrier serving California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico. Having grown to almost two million deliveries annually, the company sought an innovative and robust solution to replace its existing dispatch and delivery technology. The customized Palm® Treo smartphone solution gives Overnite Express the distinction of being...

Tags: Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Competitive Advantage, Palm Treo, Overnite Express, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Case studies 2007-09-01

Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 3

Conclusions and closing thoughtsOK, time to draw a few conclusions.  Overall, I've been impressed with how much abuse some of these cases can take, and some seem capable of absorbing and shrugging off extreme levels of abuse. Let's start with the Storm Case iM2050.  Everything about this case is designed with robustness in...

Tags: Torture Test

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 2

OK, we've looked at the tests, now let's see how the cases stand up to them!Drag testWe decided to start off with the drag test because it was a quick and simple test (just tie them to the back of the Freelander and drag them approximately 300 yards over asphalt. ...

Tags: Torture Test

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 1

Modern gadgets are pretty robust and can brush off the occasional knock, the odd splash of water and a sprinkling of dust, but if you regularly take your precious gadgets into the outdoors you might feel compelled to protect your investment by spending some more money on a protective case. Once you've decided to...

Tags: Torture Test

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Torture-Testing: Otterbox 3510

Gallery of images of the Otterbox 3510 being torture tested.

Tags: Otterbox 3510, torture, image

Image galleries 2007-07-25

Torture Testing - Coming next ...

Breaking stuff so you don't have to!My first Hardware 2.0 Torture Test of the Corsair Flash Voyager GT was so much fun and such a hit with the readers that I have more Torture Tests planned.  Given the feedback that I received from readers as to added tests that I...

Tags: Torture Test

Blog posts 2007-06-25

Collect GPS location data with the free Nokia Sports Tracker software

Mobile devices can be used to improve productivity and are essential for keeping you in touch with your business contacts, but you can also use them for entertainment and now for helping manage your daily fitness regime. I was checking out my RSS feeds and saw that All About Symbian...

Tags: GPS, RSS, software, Nokia Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-14

Love your iPod - iPod protection

Love your iPod - iPod protectionAdrian, you'd be amazed what an unprotected nano can handle!http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/3 has the results of several destruction tests of new Nanos, including 1. Sitting on the iPod nano 2. Dropping it while jogging (4-6mph), 3. Dropping at various...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, iPod protection

Discussion threads 2007-01-30