Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category

Garmin Nuvi 750

Monday, April 6, 2009 8:46 No Comments

In the market for a GPS I did a comparison of the latest models to determine which would best fit my requirements for ease of use and low cost. The winner was the Garmin Nuvi 750.
Garmin’s nüvi 700 series brings two exciting new features –multi-destination routing and, “Where am I?/Where’s my car?” — to [...]

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Amazon Kindle 2.0 arriving February?

Thursday, January 29, 2009 21:08 No Comments

Amazon.com announced it will be holding a press conference on February 9th. What it won’t announce is the topic, however rumor has it the new version of the Kindle will be debuting.   The Kindle 1.0 has been sold out on the Amazon website for weeks among speculation that Amazon is waiting for its new model [...]

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Amazon Kindle

Monday, January 19, 2009 15:16 1 Comment

The next generation of books has arrived and gone.  You’ll have to wait a few weeks in order to get your hands on the  because it is sold out at Amazon.com.  But there are plenty more on the way.  According to Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney, Amazon was anticipated to sell 380,000 units in 2008, a [...]

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Obama’s addicted just like the rest of us

Saturday, January 17, 2009 9:57 No Comments

Showing he is a man of the people, President-elect Obama is putting up a fight for his BlackBerry.  Understandably so.  What person who has used a BlackBerry doesn’t shudder at the thought of not having it within arm’s reach?  Who hasn’t glanced at that seemingly innocent electronic gadget sitting nearby and been propelled into action [...]

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Google G1 Phone – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 20:04 No Comments

Moving from search engines to cellular phones, Google has released the The Google Phone, or the G1, or the Android, technically, the T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android™-powered mobile phone. Wow – that is a mouthful. This new gadget has software developed by Google, a phone developed by HTC and the network by T-Mobile.
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