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Editorials September 21, 2009

Gear Diary Antique Roadshow

If you see a friend with a gadget fetish carrying something different, chances are it is something new and trendy. Gadget-heads are seen as fickle and trendy, and bitterly loyal … for about 30 seconds until the next bright & shiny object comes along. But I have typically held on to the stuff I loved [...]

Has an eBook drawn blood against paper books?

Way back in the spring, I posted about Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” and its potential to be an e-book star. With eBook apps on smartphones, and Sony Readers and Kindles coming down in price, more people than ever can get their hot little hands on eBooks. And sure enough…

You Never Know Who’s Reading… Gear Diary

Since I began writing for Gear Diary I have gotten to know my FedEx and UPS delivery people quite well. Fact is rarely do two days pass when I don’t see one or both of them. I sold my Kindle2 a few weeks back and had no plans to purchase another one unless Apple doesn’t [...]

The HTC Snap and Sprint HTC Snap Windows Mobile Smartphone Review

[Ed note: This review is being simultaneously posted on Gear Diary and Just Another Mobile Monday.] Quite often HTC will release several versions of a single model, and depending upon whether you buy an unlocked or carrier subsidized version, you might end up with very different features. Such is the case with their new QWERTY [...]

Shift Happens- We All Know It But Now We Can See Just How Much Has Changed

We all know that the way in which we connect with one another is rapidly and radically changing. What seemed the stuff of science fiction just a few years ago is now part of our day-to-day. The iPhone many of us carry is, in fact, more powerful than the computers we used a short time [...]

My iPhone is now an extension of my Nikon

OK, so it took me a little longer than most to adopt the new iPhone into my life. Truth be told I preferred the video and still image functions of the Nokia over the Apple product. It wasn’t until recently that I seriously began questioning my choice of cellphones. The final convincer was a mention [...]

ESPN Radio Launches iPhone App

Fan of Sports Talk Radio? ESPN Radio has just launched its very iPhone OS application, available in the iTunes App Store for $2.99 The app provides access to 15+ ESPN Radio stations including many of the ESPN personalities like Mike & Mike and The Herd. There’s podcasts, Sports Center updates and more. You can even [...]

Review: Techlasers Infiniti II 95mW 532nm Green Laser Pointer

Back in late June Judie reviewed the SKYlasers 125mW green laser pointer, providing a fun look at some of the interesting things you can do with a laser such as that. Soon thereafter, TechLasers provided us with one of their 95mW Infinity II 532nm Green Laser Pointers to evaluate for review. Judie also sent me [...]

What’s App Messenger for iPhone

One of the best applications for the Blackberry platform is the Blackberry Messenger application. It allows Blackberry users to message each other using their device’s unique PIN number. The messages come and go quickly and no SMS messages are used in the process. This sort of feature is sorely missed on the iPhone OS. That [...]

$472 emergency pet evacuation vest is perfect for the crazy cat lady in your life

I’ve had a few cats and none of them seemed terribly fond of playing dress up. I can only imagine the fun you’d have trying to fit kitty into an emergency evacuation vest in the midst of fire, flood or other natural hazard. Seems like a portable pet carrier might do just as well. This [...]

Snapture On The Way To iTunes App Store Today

from JAiB My buddy Patrick gave me a heads-up regarding a new app that coming to the App Store today. Well, actually it is a new app FOR the App Store but not a new app at all. The app, Snapture, has been available on jailbroken iPhones for quite some time. To use his words, [...]

Wear Your Number

I’m currently training for what will be my 12th marathon. This time I’ll be tackling the 26.2 mile distance down at the Outer Banks Marathon in North Carolina. In addition to running 11 other full marathons I’ve run quite a few other races in my running career. One of the items that goes with every race [...]

Brickhouse Security offers cellular-enabled Global Watchman for even the most remote areas

Picture this: You live two and a half miles from your front gate, and you want to know who is entering or leaving your property; or you own a half million dollar mobile home that is kept at a storage facility, and you want to check in on it daily without actually driving to the [...]

AT&T 3G MicroCell uses your broadband to compensate for lack of AT&T coverage

Are you an AT&T cellular subscriber suffering through poor signal coverage at home or in the office? Up until now there wasn’t much you could do except take the phone into the attic in hopes of catching an extra bar or two of signal coverage. For the last year (or two) T-Mobile and Verizon and [...]

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