This high-end Windows Mobile smartphone sports a huge screen with capacitive multi-touch technology, fast processor and a thin body. Other features include 5-megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, Wi-Fi, 3G data and GPS navigation.
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There are times I genuinely feel sorry for teenagers these days. Usually a lot of people grumble about all the new electronics that kids get to use, that they never got to have as kids. Personally, I really have no desire to be a kid in this day and age. When you’re in high school you’re going to cause a certain amount of mischief. I was one of the many that enjoyed driving fast down back roads. Had my parents had this device I’d have never had any fun. Now that being said, it’s an awesome day and age to help parents make sure their kids aren’t up to anything.
This SafeDriver Wireless Vehicle Monitor is easy to install and has a tamper-proof pin number. The device records the highest speed traveled on their trip, plus it keeps track of any sudden braking. It’ll also let you know the distance traveled, so you know if they did any extra driving that they weren’t supposed to be doing. You can purchase it for $69.99 through Think Geek.
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While 3G is an acceptable rate of speed for most people, there’s nothing stopping progression. And while Sprint is a bit ahead of the game, working with Clearwire to bring their 4G technology to a couple cities already, Verizon isn’t bothered by it. They’re still moving ahead with their plans to launch their first LTE-capable device in 2011, but now the Big Red Checkmark is actually six months ahead of schedule, so change is coming sooner than you think. But, is it a good thing?
If the Wall Street Journal is correct, then the first 4G LTE device is going to get released in about the middle of the year, 2011. As we mentioned above, this is six months ahead of Verizon’s initial schedule, so things with the technology and handsets must be going better than expected. These devices in question are going to use two chips within the handset, so that 4G can be used at the top, and that 3G can be the “fall-back.” So, you’ll go from having “super-speed” to “high-speed.” That doesn’t seem like a bad thing, right?
Unfortunately, with the faster speed, and the higher cost of the technology powering that speed, it seems that Verizon already knows they’re going to have to recover some losses. So, we may be on the horizon of saying good-bye to unlimited voice and data plans. Why? Because the Big Red is apparently going to move to metered data rates to help recover the majority of loss they’ll incur after setting up the network. So, if this does turn out to be true, then you’ll have to reign in your enthusiasm to show off your “super-speed” device to your friends. It’s all about self-control.
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For some reason strange mishaps tend to happen around me. I stumble over invisible objects and usually if someone is casually tossing anything, it will definitely come in contact with my head when I’m not looking. Which means I’m also one of those people that collides with others as I round the corners of buildings. Thankfully, it actually appears that I’m not the only one. Especially since someone designed a gadget that is made to alert people of someone else’s presence before they collide.
It does this by lighting up and beeping on the other side of the corner as you’re going around it. Then if you hear the beep you can slow down or somehow attempt to avert running into a complete stranger. Unfortunately, it’s a concept design. Plus, it’s unlikely that cities will spend the amount of cash it would take to get these installed on every single corner.
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If you don’t have enough remotes to lose as it is, now you can have a kit that’ll give you one more. Sure, it’ll be helpful so long as you can manage to keep track of the remote. Otherwise you’ll just have more spots to walk to and push buttons to turn everything off. Since there are a lot of apartments that lack overhead lighting, this is a quick solution so that you don’t have to go around the room turning off various lamps.
The kit comes with a total of 3 outlets that will accommodate one gadget a piece. The down side is that they look like they could eat up your outlet space. On the up side though, it’ll simplify turning off and on electronics. On the remote you can choose which of the specific outlets to flip off or on. You can purchase the 3-Pack Wireless Remote Control Outlet Switch for $19.96 through Amazon.
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Verizon Wireless and Casio today announced that the water, dust and shock resistant Casio G’zOne Brigade is available today. The Casio Brigade sports a QWERTY keyboard; an HTML browser; and Document Viewer for reviewing Microsoft Office documents and PDFs; plus Push to Talk capabilities that leverage Verizon Wireless’ 3G network for two-way communication. The Casio G’zOne Brigade is available today for $249.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.
Key features:
- Dimensions: 4.4″ (H) x 2.2″ (W) x 0.9″ (D)
- Main Display: 2.9″ 400X240 TFT display w/up to 65K colors
- External Display: 1.2″ 128×96 Mono PM–OLED display
- Tough Technology Design – Horizontal clamshell with QWERTY keypad
- 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, video capture and LED light
- Water, shock, dust, immersion, vibration, humidity, salt fog, altitude, high and low temperature storage, and solar radiation resistant conforming to MIL-STD-810F
- Field Force Manager capable – A resource management tool that provides businesses with the ability to locate and communicate with their mobile field workers
- microsd card slot
- 2.5mm headphone jack
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GPS is fast catching on, and there are many devices these days that sport GPS navigation support. The GPS Travelogue is yet another one of those, where it will rely on GPS technology to track and record everywhere you travel, letting you upload your journey to online mapping applications such as Google Earth later on. All locations are stored in real time thanks to its integrated 64MB of flash memory at intervals which are pre-determined by you – they range between one second and 59 minutes, and has enough memory to hold up to 260,000 waypoints including altitude, speed, time, and distance. Tiny enough to fit into your palm, the GPS Travelogue is compatible with Windows 7, XP or Vista operating systems. A two-hour charge can offer enough juice for the entire day, and then some. The GPS Travelogue will retail for $149.95 from Hammacher.
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While Blu-ray players are picking up in terms of popularity and gaining acceptance worldwide, DVDs are still extremely popular. The Boombox Freeview DVD Projector caters for your massive collection of DVDs even if there is no TV around – after all, the built-in projector works just great, projecting a screen size of up to 75″ in size. This swivelling LED-powered projector also comes with an integrated DVB-T tuner just in case you want to catch up on your regular TV shows wherever you go. Other features include CD playback, an integrated FM radio, audio input and integrated speakers. The Boombox Freeview DVD Projector is currently going for £329.99.
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Opera Software today releases a beta version of Opera Mini 5 for Android smartphones, delivering web browsing through server side data compression by up to 90 percent before sending content to the phone. Similar to Opera Mini 5 for other mobile platforms, the Opera Mini 5 gives you tabbed browsing, Speed Dial, password manager and bookmarks. To download, simply visit m.opera.com/next with the Android browser or search for Opera Mini 5 in the Android Market.
“Android users should not have to compromise when it comes to surfing the Web on their phones. Opera Mini will give Android users a fast and cost-efficient access to their favorite Web sites and services,” said Dag Olav Norem, Vice President of Products, Opera Software.
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This unique CDMA phone combines a rugged body and push-to-talk with a full QWERTY keyboard and media features. Other key features include 3-megapixel camera, memory card slot, and stereo Bluetooth.
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