From the BBC comes a report on “e-textiles” that can provide clothes with a single, central power source to charge devices. Intelligent Textiles from Surrey UK has developed and is testing a lightweight uniform for the military that has conductive fibres woven into it. Rather than carrying seperate batteries for each device, a central battery can […]
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This is a paid advertisement Vonage has been in the business of providing VoiP service for home and business phones for years, and now they are entering the mobile calling market with new Vonage Mobile applications for Android and Apple iOS devices. Using the new mobile apps with the latest innovations in VoiP technology, you
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When I was a poor college student, I learned buying textbooks was a big part of my expenses. I would always buy used books whenever I could, and I would sell them back to the bookstore if they weren’t one of my chemistry books. Owners of the Amazon Kindle or reading apps are able to
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Although you would be hard pressed to find it on their site, the Ozaki iPod bicycle mount could be a nice addition to help make your commute on Ride Your Bike to Work Day enjoyable. It’s a bit pricey ($50) but for those who live by the iPod it appears to be a solid holder
Don’t Text on Your Bike Either, But . . . Read More
I spent a lot of time experimenting with new ways to enter information in the Droid X. The voice recognition integrated into Android continues to improve, and the Droid X comes with Swype installed. I had not tried it before, but was encouraged by Craig to give it a shot when we were comparing the
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When Julie asked everyone if they would like to review the Texthook, I immediately jumped at the chance. I thought it would be a great opportunity to review a gadget when I’m ‘out and about’, so to speak. I was quite intrigued by the Texthook to say the least. It’s a gadget which allows you
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Tired of plain old texting? With social networking app developer Brightkite‘s GroupText, you can text up to 25 of your friends for free at once, making it quicker and easier to do things like getting all your friends together at one pub to watch the Final Four. And from any type of mobile phone, they
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I’m an avid reader of the Consumerist. I also talk to Julie online a lot, which means that I’m frequently sending her links during the day to interesting articles I find. We got into a discussion about texting, after I sent her an article on a girl in Colorado who racked up a $4,756.25 Verizon
Texting Troubles – What’s a parent to do? Read More
Many of the new Palm software titles over the last couple of years have been targeted for the medical field. You would almost think that every doctor, nurse, technician, and other health-care provider is issued a free Palm upon graduation (which might be a way to boost the sagging visibility of my favorite electronic device!) OK, I was a certified EMT in my state back some 20 years ago and actively teach various first-aid and CPR courses. Why not take some of these texts for a test drive?
Skyscape Medical e-Texts – Palm OS Utility Read More
Since the advent of the handheld device, the quest for easy input of data while on-the-go was always the Holy Grail of mobile computing. In my earlier Gadgeteer review, I went down that path, looking at the excellent handwriting recognition software, PhatWare’s Calligrapher. Calligrapher did a great job of taking my scrawl and translating it into digital form, performing just as advertised. However, just as there are all kinds of PDAs and handheld platforms today, so too are the means by which developers have devised ways to input your data.
DinarSoft TapText – Windows Mobile Utility Read More