June 2007 - Posts
Pinnacle |
The HomeDock Deluxe - a neat solution for watching iPod content - more than one person at a time.
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The HomeDock Deluxe has one purpose - to allow you to watch and listen to your iPod content on a big-screen TV.
HomeDock Deluxe is a clever, all-in-one, remote controlled cradle and charger unit for your iPod.
It also provides you with a terrific interface that you see on your big screen TV.
Operating the HomeDock Deluxe is simple: you just slide your iPod into the device.
The HomeDock Deluxe works with later iPod models – that means fourth-generation iPods with click wheels, fourth-generation iPods with color displays, fifth-generation iPods with video, iPod nanos (first and second generation) and iPod minis. You can easily adjust the docking station slot to fit your iPod’s exact dimensions.
You connect HomeDock Deluxe to your television set via the composite or S-video connection. There are stereo RCA output jacks for the audio. The HomeDock Deluxe comes with all the wires you’ll need. The HDD does not connect to your computer or to the Internet. Your iPod is meant to do that.
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Sierra Wireless |
Two high-speed wireless modems. One from Sprint - the other from AT&T.
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Access to a Wi-Fi network is a great computing tool when you’re home or at the office. But sometimes it’s difficult to find one to connect to when you’re on the move.
The cellular phone industry has come up with a solution. With the proliferation of new, higher speed, wide-area cellular data networks (such as Verizon’s EV-DO) laptops began to sport built-in modems. Even if you decided against paying for the service you were stuck with the modem inside.
Now, we can choose the wide-area, high-speed data provider and the services we prefer. Just plug in a nifty, new high-speed USB modem and get connected nearly anywhere on the planet.
I’ve been testing two very similar modems both made by Sierra Wireless. The AirCard 595U works on Sprint’s U.S. Mobile Broadband (EV-DO) network. The AirCard 875U works on AT&T’s Broadband Connect (UMTS/HSDPA/EDGE) network in the U.S. and participating networks worldwide. The two wireless technologies are nearly identical in operation.
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HTC |
HTC's Touch smartphone
improves upon ebery Windows
Mobile device of the past.
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iPhone is getting all the hype – but people should soon be talking about the Touch.
HTC’s Touch is a brand new smartphone design with a very cool touch-screen navigation system – similar to what Apple has reportedly developed for their soon-to-be-unleashed iPhone.
But one of the big differences here is that HTC’s device is built on – and has improved upon – a sixth-generation operation system. The iPhone will be Apple’s first-generation in-house designed smartphone.
HTC, the manufacturer behind some of the best smartphones on the market today (like the terrific T Mobile Dash), has been working on their revolutionary touch screen device for two years – and the pedigree is reflected in the Touch.
HTC based their phone on Microsoft’s just-released Windows Mobile 6 OS. They developed a number of improvements to the standard (boring-but-functional) WM smartphone home screen by, among other things, adding a big digital clock or local weather display as the main focal point. The new screen is not only beautiful it’s also user-friendly.
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Radiosophy |
The HD100: A "volks-radio" for the digital age.
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Here’s some good news to report: HD radio prices are on the way down.
When I first wrote about the Boston Acoustics Recepter Radio HD it had just been introduced for $500. It now retails for $299.99.
Recently, I’ve been testing a Cambridge SoundWorks 820HD table-top radio which also retails for $299.99 after a $40 rebate.
But the big news here is a product from a company named Radiosophy. Their small, stylish radio is just hitting the market with an introductory price of $99.95 – and, if you buy one before July 4th, a $40 rebate will make the final cost to you just under $60.
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