Archive for September, 2010
What Your Gadgets Say About You: Mac v. PC and iPhone v. Android and BlackBerry
It’s hard to find someone without at least one gadget these days and whether consumers know it or not their gadgets, specifically the brand of gadgets they use can tell us a lot about them. A recent Gadget Census survey by consumer review and comparison site Retrevo found that while all ages are now using [...]
Win a Lexmark Interact S605 All-in-One from Evernote
Evernote is one of my most used tools and a great way to cut down on paper clutter. Anytime I get paper that I will need for more than 24 hours I scan it to a specific folder on my computer that is monitored by Evernote and it is instantly available to me on any [...]
Kensington Announces Two New Apple iPad Cases, One w/ a Keyboard
Kensington is releasing two new Apple iPad cases. The Kensington KeyFolio Bluetooth Keyboard and Case for iPad and the Kensington Folio Case for iPad are both available now to pre-order at Kensington’s web site. The KeyFolio Bluetooth Keyboard and Case is what the name suggests a case with an integrated Bluetooth keyboard. This is not [...]
Dell Launching 7 Inch Tablet
At the Oracle OpenWorld conference Dell CEO Michael Dell showed off a new 7″ Dell tablet. The new Dell tablet looks a lot like the Looking Glass prototype that was leaked earlier this year and Dell told the audience in attendance that, “it’s nice to have a larger screen,” but didn’t offer any other details [...]
Air Display Turns Your iPad Into a Monitor, Now with Windows Support
Air Display has long been one of the go to apps for turning your iPad into a second monitor, but up until this week that was only available for users of OSX. But this last week Avatron, makers of Air Display, announced the availability of a version of the software that works with Windows as [...]
Speck Pixel SkinHD: iPhone 4 Protection with Little Added Bulk
The Speck PixelSkin HD is an iPhone 4 case that offers good protection and very little extra weight and bulk. It also has very good grip to keep the phone from sliding out of users’ hands or off of tables. Speck is known for making nice cases for mobile devices, so when Apple put this [...]
Roku Intros New HD Media Players, Brings 1080p Online Video to TVs
Roku announced three new and improved media players that stream online video, music and more to TVs. Starting at $59.99, all three models provide quick access to services such as Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, MLB.TV, Pandora, Facebook and many other free and premium services. Until recently, the standard Roku player cost $100. The new [...]
Acer Aspire TimelineX 5820T Review: Less Extreme than Advertised
The Acer Aspire TimelineX 5820T-5951 is a notebook computer with a design that was meant to be extreme as in extreme performance, extreme battery life, extreme connectivity and extremely thin design†as Acer advertises. The plan was a notebook that offers no compromises for both work and play. Sadly, both the keyboard and the speakers [...]
Toshiba Canvio Basics External Hard Drives Announced, Pocket Sized & Stylish
Toshiba launched a new addition to the company’s line of Canvio external hard drives this week. The Toshiba Canvio Basics external hard drives come in 750GB, 500GB and 320 GB and are available in five different stylish colors and accents. The Canvio Basics drives are designed for average home users looking for an easy to [...]
Microsoft Readies Bing Rewards, Ignores the Fact That Other Devices Exist
Microsoft is gearing up Bing Rewards, a search engine loyalty program that will reward frequent users with points. Earn enough points and you can redeem them for gift cards or products. In order to earn Bing Rewards points, computer users are required to install the Bing Bar toolbar. The toolbar requires a Windows machine running [...]
