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iPhone Killer? The Google Nexus One Phone

by Mark Alexander on January 8, 2010

Google has unveiled their brand phone, the Google Nexus One($529 unlocked; $180 with a T-Mobile 2 years contract).
The Nexus one phone made by HTC, using Google’s latest version of the Android operating system – Android OS 2.1, sports a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, features a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen(480 x 800), a 5 megapixel camera with a built in LED flash, Wi-Fi connectivity, accelerometer, compass, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, and 3.5mm headphone jack. Other features include a trackball with a multicolor LED that displays different colors for different notifications.

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[ Article Source: LikeCool ]

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Kickstand iPhone Case

by Mark Alexander on December 23, 2009

To put it simply, I didn’t know that I needed the Backflip case until I had one. The idea of a case with a built-in kickstand seemed worthwhile, but I didn’t think it was something I’d find myself using often. I was dead wrong.

In a world of $5 silicone cases, the $29.95 BackFlip may seem pricey; consider that it fully supplants the $25 iZel, however, and the price seems just right.

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What we like:

  • Incredibly useful. I’d take it over any standalone solution I’ve seen so far, if only because I can’t forget it.
  • Nice, durable high-quality silicone. It’s the good stuff, not that junk that falls apart if its left in a hot car.
  • Full access to all of the iPhone’s buttons, the silence switch, and the dock port
  • Can be used in portrait or landscape mode

What we didn’t:

  • The stand is a bit tough to put away at first

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[ Article Source: CrunchGear ]

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Solar Petal iPod Charger

by Mark Alexander on November 27, 2009

Drawing inspiration from the personal solar charging device by Fandi Meng, the Sunny Flower, which charges your gadgets on the go, designer Mac Funamizu has come up with a solar charger called “iPetals” to juice up an iPhone. The iPetals apart from harnessing the solar energy to charge your iPhone also doubles as an iPhone stand. The sustainable charger integrates colored petals with different lightness, which spread like a blooming flower to seize sunlight during the daytime and contract to become a docking station for your iPhone.

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[ Article Source: the Design Blog ]

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WorkSnug – Augmented Reality for London Workers

by Mark Alexander on November 24, 2009

worksnugWorkSnug uses Augmented Reality to connect mobile workers to the nearest and best places to do some work in London.  It’s like Sci Fi and it’s free. Leap straight to the iTunes download page.

Trawl the coffee shops of London and you’ll see armies of people hunched over laptops. Perhaps they’re snatching five minutes to check their email between meetings or perhaps this is how they always work. The city is their office.

There’s a huge choice of places to work. From the noise and bustle of the local Starbucks, right up to formal shared office spaces such as eOffice.

WorkSnug is the first tool to make sense of this emerging world. We’ve discovered and personally reviewed hundreds of places to work, rating their atmosphere, noise levels, power provision, even the quality of the coffee.

They use Augmented Reality on the iPhone 3GS to guide mobile workers to the nearest and best places to connect. Simply point and move the phone – All becomes clear.

WorkSnug is an invaluable tool for: Corporate workers · Independent workers · Consultants in all fields · Part-time workers · Creative workers · Students · Job seekers · Start-ups · Journalists

Follow WorkSnug on Twitter: @WorkSnug – Download the app here.

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TI Says Calculators Aren’t Dead Yet, Releases iPhone App

by Levi of eOffice News on September 23, 2009

Texas Instruments today launched a calculator for the iPhone that will cost $14.99 and perform all the functions of its BAII financial calculator. The move is a watershed moment for this scion of high-end calculators (yes, I know about HP, but TI is in my home state and makes the products on which I learned), and possibly an admission that the future of the calculator as a standalone device in this age of smartphones may be limited.

However according to TI spokeswoman Lin Windle, the core TI market — comprised of students and teachers — is still buying calculators, in part because fears of cheating keep wireless-enabled devices out of classrooms and testing centers. “This iPhone app is a way to broaden — not shrink — the total market,” Windle said. “My husband is a realtor and at his office he has a BAII professional on his desk, but when he’s out in the field he needs something handy. We hope this appeals to a broader market.”

I personally would hate for anyone to pry my financial calculator out of my hands, and I treasure the memories of using my TI-85 graphing calculator to play Super Breakout while I was supposed to be learning algebra, so I’m pleased that calculators are getting a bit of a reprieve. Readers, what do you think? Will we ever give up our graphing, financial, or even plain-Jane standalone calculators?

Source: Gigaom

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Dunkin’ Donuts ‘Dunkin Run’ iPhone App Will Change The Lives Of Office LackeysDunkin’ Donuts ‘Dunkin Run’ iPhone App Will Change The Lives Of Office Lackeys

by Levi of eOffice News on June 23, 2009

If you are the person responsible for supplying the office with Dunkin’ Donuts products, prepare to have your mind blown. Dunkin’ Donuts new “Dunkin’ Run” iPhone app is going to change your life forever.

Dunkin’ Run brings customers a completely new and unique social online group ordering experience and tools. To begin, “Runners” can initiate a group order on www.DunkinRun.com through their computer or mobile device, or via an iPhone application available for free download at the iTunes online store. Immediately, interactive alerts are sent to the Runner’s list of friends or co-workers, telling them when a trip to Dunkin’ Donuts is planned along with a personal message inviting them to place an order online. Invitees can view the Dunkin’ Donuts menu to place their order, and registered users can select from their own personal list of favorites and/or previous orders. All Dunkin’ Donuts core foods and beverages are presented using interactive product images to make personalizing an order both simple and fun.

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Siri – Your Personal Assistant

by Levi of eOffice News on May 27, 2009

Siri is a Virtual Personal Assistant – a new way to interact with the Internet on your mobile phone. Like a real assistant, Siri helps you get things done. You interact with Siri by just saying, in your own words, what you want to do. You can ask Siri to find a romantic place for dinner, and get reservations for Saturday night. You can discover things to do over the weekend, get tickets to the movies, or call a cab when you’re out on the town. You don’t have search through a bunch of web pages, following links and hunting down facts. Siri does all the work giving you the information you need at your fingertips.

We believe that in five years most people who use the Internet will have a Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) to take care of the details of using online services. We will look back at the birth of VPA’s in 2009 and wonder how we ever got by without our trusted assistant. The days of wading through links and pages from your mobile interface will seem quaint, because the natural way to interact with the rich world of information and services is to have a conversation. As John Batelle, the author of The Search, says “The future of search is a conversation with someone we trust.” Siri is just getting started, and has a lot to learn. Stay tuned – the era of the personal assistant has begun!

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