Archive | July, 2010

Microsoft Kills off the KIN, Never to See the Light Of Day in Europe, World Heartbroken

Original Image courtesy of microsoftfeed It’s no shocker when the news hit the net yesterday that Microsoft pulled the plug on the KIN line of  social phones. Verizon will continue to carry and sell the current line on KIN,  but Microsoft will not be shipping them to Europe as planned in the Fall. Microsoft also [...]

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IDAPT i4 Universal Charging Solution Now Compatible with iPad and iPhone 4

A few weeks ago we gave away an IDAPT i3 Universal Charging Solution. It is a fantastic solution for anyone who has more than one gadget in daily use. (And if you are reading GD it is a pretty good bet that means YOU!) We got word yesterday that the new IDAPT i4 is compatible [...]

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ElementCase Vapor for iPhone 4: Bumper with Serious Style

ElementCase is known for manufacturing cutting edge accessory items.  Their Liquid Case for the iPhone 3G/3Gs is one of the more unique looking designs I’ve seen (and I’ve seen a lot of cases.)  They followed that up with the Joule stand for the iPad.  The company doesn’t make a lot of products, but that’s a [...]

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Tiki Totems Premium for iPhone/Touch App Review

We are all feeling the financial pinch!    Blue Plate Special is a weekly review of bargain apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nothing over $.99. Well, the summer of addicting games continues!  I found Tiki Totems Premium on sale for free today.  The premium version includes over 200 levels and guarantees any new updates [...]

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CoPilot Live North America iPhone App Updated for iOS 4 and the iPhone 4 Retina Display

CoPilot Live North America has now been updated to fully support iOS 4 and the iPhone 4 Retina Display. What does that mean? Well first off it means the app is once again usable on your iPhone if you are using an iPhone 4. When the iPhone 4 was released last week the high res [...]

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Kindle 2 on Woot!, Plus a Kindle DX Price Drop!

Amazon is working overtime these last few weeks to really cement their status as the alpha-dog of the ebook world. Not only has the Kindle 2 had a regular price drop to $189, but today only you can grab one from Woot! for $150. Yes, $150 for a Kindle 2. So back away from B&N’s [...]

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My Roku 3 Remote Saves the Day!

Gadgets have become packed with more and more features, many of which we end up forgetting about or just never [...]

Google Announces Game Center Clone ‘Google Play Game Services’

Google Games Center

At Google I/O last week we got to see a number of new things, including the music service we already [...]

Dale Carnegie Training Offers Eight Smartphone Apps for Free!

“Industrialist” Dale Carnegie started a training course to help people learn to success in a capitalist system, and he did [...]

Toast Real Wood Cover for iPad mini Review Redux

I reviewed Toast’s wood back for the iPad mini back in March. (Read the review.) It went on easily and [...]

Summer Handheld Console Video Game Guide

Handheld game systems are great on long summer car trips or on the beach, so grab a quality arsenal before [...]

LifeProof frē and Arm Band for iPhone 5 Review

When I began doing Couch to 5K again (something I need to do yet again tomorrow because I let too [...]