Tech Blog

New Motorola U9

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:55:51 +0000

If you love sleek and sexy designs, you’ll love the new Motorola U9. The phone can be used with either T-Mobile or AT&T.

The new U9 features Bluetooth, a microSD card slot, Moto’s Crystal Talk technology, a 2-megapixel camera, and quadband GSM world phone support.

The U9 is currently retailing at $275.99 in the US.

Dell Studio Hybrid

admin — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:49:00 +0000

With Apple’s absolute dominance in computer designs, PC manufacturer Dell is stepping up their game with the Studio Hybrid. Priced at $499, this tiny desktop will be in direct competition with the Mac mini.

Dell has stepped up their design with many of their products including the inspiron 518 with a new sleek exterior.

Digital Luggage Scale

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:08:41 +0000

With major airlines now charging for luggage by the pound it’s important to know whether your luggage is over the limit. Balanzza’s digital luggage scale should help traveller’s from having to pay the extra luggage fee.

You simply attach your bag to the small scale and lift the bag with the scale’s handle and you’ll get a readout of how much your bag weighs. It can safely lift any bag that’s less than 100 lbs.

This model runs for about $21.

Cheapest BluRay Theater Yet

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:29:03 +0000

Samsung has announced the launch of their cheapest bluray theater system yet. The price tag on their new system is set at $800, nearly half the cost of their previous system.

Their new bluray set includes:

5.1 channel system, 800 watts total power
Four satellite speakers, one center speaker and a passive subwoofer
HDMI output for Blu-ray, and 1080p upconversion for DVDs
Two optical digital audio inputs
Ethernet port for firmware updates only
Onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD High Resolution
Available in August with a list price of $800

This is a very competitively priced bluray system and you would be hard pressed to put together a system like it on your own.

LG Mini Notebook?

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:17:57 +0000

LG is rumored to be getting into the mini notebook business. The leading mini-notebook on the market is currently HP’s 2133.

The 2133 features a 9 inch screen, 2GB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive or 64GB SSD. The price ranges from $500-$1000 for HPs mini-notebook. The rumor is that LG’s notebook will be in a similar price range and offer similar features.

Mini-notebooks have limited appeal because they generally can’t be used as primary computers as other higher powered notebooks can be.

T-Mobile Law Suit

admin — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:19:31 +0000

A Seattle Judge recently ruled that a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile will be allowed to move forward. The lawsuit was made against T-Mobile because T-Mobile does little to nothing to protect its users from paying for spam text messages users receive on their cell phones.

Subscribers can either pony up for each spam text, or pay the $175 early deactivation fee if they want to drop T-Mobile. Other carriers allow users to block text messages but T-Mobile offers no such service. I guess they should have offered this to their customers, oops.

California Cell Phone Law Boosts Bluetooth

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:08:58 +0000

California’s new law requiring users to use handless devices for cell phones while driving has boosted bluetooth sales to 4 times the national average. The boost began in the months leading up to the enactment of the new law.

In states where there’s no law on hands free devices bluetooth sales fall below the national average.

Optimus Pultius

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:46:33 +0000

The new Optimus Pultius keyboard features only 15 keys that have OLED display that can be set to display any image you choose. The keys can be set to whatever shortcut you want.

However we’re guessing that there won’t be too many people running to their computer stores to pick one up. With a pricetag of $1,877 you’d rather buy a new macbook complete with keyboard than to splurge on this new gizmo. Despite how sleek and flashy it may be.

CherryPal $249 Desktop Computer

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:42:11 +0000

That’s right. There’s a desktop computer you can buy for $249. It’s only the size of a book and weighs about 10 ounces. It doesn’t have much in it, but it has the basics that everyone needs.

It uses a very small amount of power compared to other desktop computers and runs on a Linux based operating system.

It’s not very flashy, but it gets the job done for someone looking to not spend too much on a computer.

iPhone Battery Life

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:36:49 +0000

There have been reports that the new iPhone 3G battery life is not as great as it once was. For those of you who want to get the most out of your iPhone can do something about it however. For $40 you can get Kensington’s battery life extender which essentially doubles the iPhones battery life.

It’s pretty unobtrusive and simply clips on to the bottom of your iPhone. I highly suggest getting it if you’re going to be using your iPhone faily heavily and want it to make it through your most rigorous days.