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SoliCharger juices iPhone everywhere under the sun
Dong Ngo | Jan 30, 2009
The SoliCharger comes in two colors to fit with the colors of your iPhone 3G. (Credit: SoliLight)
If you own an iPhone 3G, you know how the 3G and GPS features eat battery life. The Mophie juice pack is the first accessory I got for mine. I liked it, but like all juice packs, you'll have to plug it in at some point--unless you get the SoliCharger from SoliLight.
This new juice pack for the iPhone (both versions) and iPod is probably the most versatile in terms of how it gets recharged.
The SoliCharger can be charged in any one of four ways: Via Apple's USB charging cord, an Apple compatible car charger, a computer's USB port, or directly from the sun.
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Is it time to ditch Windows Mobile?
David Carnoy | Jan 29, 2009
Windows Mobile 6.5 is rumored to offer cosmetic upgrades, not major feature changes.
(Credit: WMPoweruser)
Take my current situation. I own a Sprint Mogul. Like with all cell phones--and smart phones for that matter--I was smitten with it when I first got it. It was a nice upgrade over the PPC-6700--not only in terms of design, but it performed better all around. Alas, with time, it's experienced its share of problems, even with a couple of firmware upgrades that gave it faster data speeds from Sprint's newest 3G network (Rev A), added GPS, and fixed a few bugs. I need a new battery, the keyboard doesn't work as well as it used to, the phone freezes a fair amount, and when I touch icons or open fields on the touch screen, it often takes a few taps to get the reaction I want. (Some people refer to this as the Windows Mobile "delay" syndrome).
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Leapfrog unveils "baby BlackBerry" for tots
David Carnoy | Jan 29, 2009
Is the baby iPhone next?
(Credit: Leapfrog)
There's good news for parents who are tired of having their toddlers getting their grubby little paws on their BlackBerrys and other smartphones while they're not looking. Leapfrog has announced a product called the Text & Learn or--as it's sure to be known in the blogsphere--the "baby BlackBerry."
Now kids can mimic their parents and send text messages and check their schedules at all hours of the day. The device, which is a bit bigger than your average BlackBerry, is geared toward preschoolers who are just learning to spell and includes games that focus on spelling and basic computer skills.
Virtual pal Scout is onboard to help; youngsters can exchange text messages with the little guy and check Scout's planner for meeting conflicts (OK, I'm kidding a bit there), and explore in a "pretend" browser mode. Other learning activities include letter matching, shape identification, and QWERTY keyboard navigation.
The Text & Learn was unveiled at the UK Toy Fair this week and isn't supposed to be announced in the US until next week, but we do know it will be available this summer and will cost US$25. No, it doesn't have any sort of wireless capabilities (what did you expect for 25 bucks?), though it'd be scary if it did.
Comments? Do we live in a sick world or is this a great tool for teaching tots to spell?
Via CNET Crave
Acer smart phone launching Feb 16
Erica Ogg | Jan 29, 2009
(Credit: Pocketlint.co.uk)
The Taiwanese PC maker has just begun distributing invitations to a press event that will be held next month during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Both President and CEO Gianfranco Lanci and Aymar de Lencquesaing, the head of the Smart Handheld business unit, will be on hand for the event. The invitation specifically says "smart phones" launch, so it doesn't sound like it's going to be an event focused on a single model or device like, say, Apple's past iPhone events, or the Palm Pre launch.
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Linja Zax replaces "multitouch" with one finger gestures
Josh Lowensohn | Jan 29, 2009
Multitouch gestures on the iPhone are simple and really easy to use. Mobile touchscreen devices that don't have it, however, can make Web browsing a harrowing experience. Enter Linja Zax, a new project that's trying to give users an easy way to zoom in and out of Web pages (and potentially other UI elements) with one finger only.
Similar to the "wax on, wax off" mantra of Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid, this simply involves moving your finger in a circular motion. Going clockwise zooms in, while counterclockwise zooms you back out. In the demo, which I've embedded at the end of the post, you can see how this would be useful to let users select from multiple pages, which would remove the need to add a dedicated onscreen button.
Technology like this and Swype is giving us less reliance on peripheral devices and making computing on devices without a mouse and keyboard a lot easier to swallow. The project has been open-sourced on Mozilla's development site. If you've got a tablet PC or touchscreen display you can add it to Firefox with the use of an extension.
Via Webware
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