Archive for July, 2010

iPhone 4 white-balance problem next to prompt frustration

It seems that when you launch what could be the most-anticipated phone of 2010, you then have to spend the subsequent weeks countering complaints about it. Another iPhone 4 issue has raised its head, this time regarding the new, 5-megapixel camera on the smartphone. Multiple owners are complaining that photos taken by the iPhone 4 [...]

Microsoft KIN Family Gets July Fixes

The Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two will be receiving firmware updates for the devices, scheduled for mid-summer. The update should help solve battery life issues, update the Twitter client the Kin uses, and more. An official confirmation is coming soon. The KIN phones have been received with mixed reviews.  While Microsoft has touted them [...]

Addonics USB 3.0 to eSATA Adapter Provides Easy Way to Connect eSATA Devices to High-Speed USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 Ports

Addonics Technologies (www.addonics.com) announced an eSATA converter (http://www.addonics.com/products/io/adu3esa.asp) that provides a unique and easy way to connect any eSATA storage device to any USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 port. The Addonics USB 3.0 to eSATA adapter is compatible with external hard drives, SSD, optical drives with eSATA interface, and SATA port multiplier storage. It is an [...]

Alter You Performing Voice with VoiceLive Touch

VoiceLive Touch from TC-Helicon provides over two hundred vocal effects for a budding musician. Featuring an integrated microphone stand mount, the device offers performers touchscreen control over effects such as reverb, delay and pitch correction. There’s also multi-layered looping, the facility to store custom settings and inputs for guitar, USB media player and MIDI. A [...]

Bringrr Reminds you of Forgotten Cell Phone

Bringrr is a device that plugs into your car’s power outlet/cigarette lighter, gets paired up with your cell phone, and then searches for that phone whenever the car is started. If it makes a connection, meaning that the phone is in the car or in close proximity to it, The Bringrr will flash blue and [...]

Microsoft Courier Patent Acceptance Opens Old Wounds

The life of the Microsoft Courier over the last few months has been one for the script of a soap opera. From seeing video of what the Courier concept would be, to its terrible cancellation, to some software confusion, the Courier has lived and died in such a roller-coaster fashion that it could be tough for anyone to [...]

Microsoft KIN Officially Canned by Microsoft

The reviews for the KIN devices, both the Kin One and Kin Two, weren’t the best on the market. However, while the main draw might not have been the hardware, or even its features, the big strike against the devices was that the data plan that was forcefully applied to them was simply too high. And, [...]

Kindle Adds Audio And Video

The announcement that the Kindle app for iOS has been updated to support audio and video files is great news, especially considering that many competing eReaders already have the capability. So far, there are only nine titles that take advantage of the new A/V capabilities, but more are sure to come. Kindle was the original, and [...]

Sceptre 19 and 24-inch Widescreen GX-I LED HDTVs with Ultra-Thin Embedded DVD Players

Sceptre has just released its newest multi-functional units  a 19-inch and 24-inch widescreen LED HDTVs with inconspicuous embedded DVD players.  Both feature a fast 5 ms response time, auto contrast enhancement that allows color to balance for a more vivid viewing experience and superior LED display for bolder/brighter colors and crisper images, all while saving [...]