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- Visor
- An electronic PDA originally from Handspring, Mountain View, CA (www.handspring.com) that was introduced in 1999 by the people who invented and marketed the PalmPilot. Based on the Palm OS,...
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- Tritton AX Visor
- Not everyone needs a Bluetooth headset for hands-free chatting while in the car. If you prefer to keep your ears unplugged, a Bluetooth speakerphone might be a better option. Tritton, which also makes the AX Micro Bluetooth headset, has recently launched the Visor Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit, which is essentially...
- Tags: Visor, speakerphone, microphone, Tritton Technologies
- Product reviews 2008-07-10
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- I want an iPhoneStormDroid
- I want an iPhoneStormDroidUmm, Xen's been doing this for over a year...The Xen hypervisor has been shown on a future Samsung PDA prototype doing exactly this for a long time - about a year and a half. Great to see Wind River finally catch on, but notice how the...
- Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Xen Hypervisor, operating system, Apple iPhone, crashe, iPhoneStormDroid, keyboard, HTC Touch Pro, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp., Xen
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Technocel T6000
- Now that many states have hands-free calling laws, many cell phone users are considering Bluetooth speakerphones for their cars. They're often easier to use than a Bluetooth headset (as long as you don't mind your passengers listening in on the conversation), and the call quality is often better too. We...
- Tags: Technocel T6000, speakerphone
- Product reviews 2008-11-19
- Motorola Motorokr T501
- Editors' note: The Motorokr T501 is identical to our Editors' Choice Motorola Motorokr T505 in every way, but given a unique model number by Motorola because it is sold in a different market. For this reason, we're also awarding the Motorokr T501 our Editors' Choice.At first glance, the Motorokr T501...
- Tags: Engineering, Motorola Inc., Motorokr T501
- Product reviews 2008-10-22
- Samsung HKT450 Portable Bluetooth Speakerphone
- Bluetooth speakerphones are getting more popular these days, as more states start to implement hands-free driving laws. They're mostly made for in-car use, like the BlueAnt Supertooth 3 and the Motorola Motorokr T505. However, there are several Bluetooth speakerphones that can be used outside the car as well, such as...
- Tags: HKT450, speakerphone, Mute/Mode, phone, Mute/Mode button, Bluetooth Speakerphone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2008-10-01
- A walk down memory lane and over 80 mobile devices
- A walk down memory lane and over 80 mobile devicesFond MemoriesI still remember my very first cell phone: Nokia 8290 which is right when text messaging was starting to flourish. It was the smallest cellphone at the time (and still pretty small with today's standards). My worst purchase would have...
- Tags: Palm OS, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Handhelds, Cellular phones, memory lane, phone, mobile device, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Parrot Minikit Slim Bluetooth Speakerphone
- With its simple interface and slim profile, the Parrot Minikit Slim is a very attractive looking Bluetooth speakerphone. Dig a little deeper and you'll find an intuitive feature set that makes placing calls from the device simple. However, use the Minikit Slim for an extended period of time and you'll...
- Tags: Bluetooth, speakerphone, Parrot Minikit Slim, Minikit Slim, phonebook, phone
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- Motorola Motorokr T505 - speakerphone
- At first glance, the Motorokr T505 seems like an average visor-mounted speakerphone. Its calls are clear, its design is unobtrusive. However, when we looked a little deeper and really explored its features, we found that there is a much more complex and flexible device hiding under the T505's simple exterior....
- Tags: Engineering, speakerphone, Motorola Inc., Motorokr T505
- Product reviews 2008-08-13
- Ego Cup
- With many states recently passing hands-free laws banning the use of handsets while driving, we're seeing a flood of new Bluetooth devices into what is already a pretty crowded market. The Funkwerk Ego Cup is one such device, promising clear calls without fear of a citation. It stands apart from...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Ego Cup, cup-holder
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- Jabra SP5050
- As Jabra is one of the world's most well-known Bluetooth headset manufacturers, it only made sense that the company would leap headfirst into the world of Bluetooth speakerphones. In fact, it was one of the first out the gate with the Jabra SP5050, which was released a couple years ago...
- Tags: Bluetooth, Engineering, charger jack, Jabra SP5050, Jabra
- Product reviews 2008-07-08
- BlueAnt Supertooth 3
- As hands-free driving laws go into effect around the nation, many people are looking to Bluetooth solutions for use in the car. Headsets are a good choice, of course, but not everyone wants to fiddle with a tiny headset, especially when on the road. The other choice would be a...
- Tags: Bluetooth, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Engineering, BlueAnt Wireless, Supertooth 3, speakerphone
- Product reviews 2008-06-27
- The most comprehensive police database: Facebook
- Over the last few decades, police intelligence gets better through technological means. Before they used pen and paper, and the only way to cross reference files was by means of filing. Nowadays with specific databases for different crimes - the PND, ViSOR, the UK DNA database, ANCHORY, FBI Guardian, and...
- Tags: Facebook, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-14
- 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
- ScreenShot (zip)
- ScreenShot is the easy way to capture black&white, grayscale and color Palm screens as standard Windows bitmap files anywhere, anytime. ScreenShot works with all Palm OS compatible devices and in all color modes and screen sizes. ScreenShot captures the current screen of any application. Black/white, 2-bit grayscale, 4-bit grayscale (on...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Screenshot, LinkeSoft, Palm OS, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-03-14
- Trigence - datacenter application virtualization
- John Hamilton, EVP and Chief Operating Officer of Trigence, and I had a long discusion about application virtualization recently. One of the more challenging issues for suppliers of application virtualization technology is that there are many competitors each presenting different types of technology and this leaves many organizations feeling confused....
- Tags: Application, Data Center, Environment, Application Virtualization, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- 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
- Iqua Vizor
- Thanks to new driving laws that require the use of hands-free cell phone devices, Bluetooth speakerphones have become quite popular. While quite a few high-end cars have built-in speaker systems to handle cell phone calls, most of us are stuck with either a Bluetooth headset or the same old wired...
- Tags: Bluetooth, microphone, Iqua Vizor, Iqua, Bluetooth Speakerphone
- Product reviews 2007-12-11
- 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
- Photo gallery:2008 Toyota Highlander HybridThe 2008 model year update to the Toyota Highlander Hybrid took the unoriginal path, reflected by model updates across the industry, of making everything bigger. The new Highlander is higher and wider, giving more space inside but also increasing the weight, a counterintuitive design move with...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DVD, Consumer electronics, Toyota Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Toyota Motor Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-11-20
- POLL: What's your gut reaction to Amazon Kindle?
- POLL: What's your gut reaction to Amazon Kindle?Hype springs eternalThe handful of major publishers have found, repeatedly, that they can't sell hardcover books for much more than the list price of a mass-marketed CD, and that the volumes at that price are pretty slim (although the margins are good.)Likewise, paperbacks...
- Tags: PDAs, E-books, Handhelds, e-book, PDA, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- Going cold turkey off a handheld
- Going cold turkey off a handheldnow you knowwhy its nickname is 'crackberry'... ;)I got a Visor in January 2000.And it wasn't more than a couple of months before I was referring to it as the third lobe of my brain. It and its successors are so important that this...
- Tags: Handhelds, Palm Inc., Palm Pilot, handheld
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
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