Recently we were sent a PR email about an iPhone app called BdEmailer. No big deal, press releases about new iPhone applications show up in our box in large bundles every day — but this one was different. According to the release, the program is the “the first wide email iPhone app [...]
Apple approves third-party email client for the App Store, violates its own policies
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Scosche Passport FireWire-to-USB iPod adapter gets reviewed
November 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Okay, so this adapter doesn’t directly convert a FireWire 400 socket into a USB port, but for all intents and purposes here, it does as much. You see, Scosche’s Passport was designed to channel the energy from older FireWire-based iPod charging gear into the USB prongs that the newer iPhone / iPods only accept. Macworld [...]
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Meizu M8 captured on video looking smooth, doing multitouch
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Oh M8, you’ve grown up before our eyes. It seems like just yesterday we were looking at your early incarnations and their uncanny similarity to certain other devices. And how could we forget those times we spent together waiting for you at trade shows, and mocking checking out your early hardware? And now look at [...]
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RIM BlackBerry Storm Review: The CrackBerry Hits the Big Screen
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments
RIM has been biding its time in its effort to produce a touchscreen iPhone competitor. The BlackBerry Storm marks their first entry into the touchscreen market, and although it has imperfections, it is compelling.
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Nokia introduces E63 for business-minded folk
November 18th, 2008 · No Comments
I must admit - Nokia’s E71 is one highly desirable smartphone, once you get past the fact that it isn’t as stylish as an iPhone and the display could do better with a larger version to view all the information on it, but not everyone can afford the E71. Other than those gripes, the E71 [...]
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Polish the AppleTV
November 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Like its more popular cousin the iPhone, the AppleTV is a beacon of simplicity in a category—set-top boxes that download and stream video from a computer or other device to your TV—crowded with wonky and complex options. Also like the iPhone, the AppleTV has its needless limitations: It plays video only in iTunes formats or [...]
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Microsoft Store opens; offers app downloads
November 14th, 2008 · No Comments
It looks like Microsoft is really trying to keep up with digital media and have opened their very own online store. As you might have guessed, it’s aptly named, Microsoft Store, and they are selling just about everything Microsoft.
This online locale is where the company is selling things like Office, Windows and their branded peripherals [...]
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Teac Esoteric releases Ipod Companion with Digital Amp
November 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Whether it is just an Ipod companion or a set of bookshelf speakers from the Teac, an entry model from the high end line of Esoteric usually means unaffordable for most of the music lovers. You can say the same for the newly announced Esoteric Reference 600 series AG-H600 – a 126,000 yen (~,300) integrated [...]
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Apple’s Greg Joswiak touts iPod touch as the future of handheld gaming
November 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Filed under: Gaming, Portable Audio, Portable Video
We speculated in our review of the new iPod touch that Apple had designs on more than just consumption of music and video, and now an interview with company VP of iPod and iPhone product marketing Greg Joswiak all but confirms that sights are set on the gaming market. [...]
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Sling.com almost ready for its close-up
November 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Sling Media no longer wants to be put into a box–the theoretical kind, anyway.
Previously just a maker of hardware like the Slingbox, and related software, the company is now thinking bigger. With the official launch of Sling.com fast approaching, the small Silicon Valley company–bought last year by EchoStar–is making a bid to be taken seriously [...]
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