August 2007 - Posts
HTC |
HTC's Advantage is part smartphone, part mini-laptop with a lot of features crammed inside.
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At first glance, HTC’s Advantage could be mistaken for two devices. It’s either a very large cell phone or an amazing wireless PDA. Luckily, there’s no need to choose.
The Advantage X7501 is a 3G, GSM-based smart, world phone. You don't hold it to your ear - it's used as a speakerphone or with a headset. It also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS satellite location finding built inside and runs on the Windows Mobile 6 operating system.
The Advantage is a two-piece device. The main unit is about 5 inches long, 4 inches wide and two-thirds of an inch deep and weighs about 13 ounces. It has a touch screen and a thin (0.16 inch) QWERTY keyboard that attaches magnetically to the main unit. It also covers the touch-sensitive screen while allowing you to see when messages arrive through a transparent window. The Advantage comes with a magnetic leather case to hold both pieces in place.
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Downloaded music may be the way most people buy their music these days – but there is a growing number of aficionados who are turning back to analog – all the way back to vinyl LPs.
Today’s rebellious young adults started turning to long-playing records because they looked cool -- flat, 12-inch, black discs from the ancient past, which stored only 50 minutes or so of music. So retro!
Then something happened. People actually started to listen to what was on those LPs and discovered they contained great-sounding music. Music that was more lifelike than they were used to.
They liked what they heard -- so much so that vinyl LPs started selling in numbers. Same for all sorts of turntables that play them. Today, many new CD/MP3s releases are also being pressed for vinyl fans.
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Motorola |
Say hello to the new RAZR phone.
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The original RAZR was one of the most successful designs in cell phone history. When it was originally released, the phone was revolutionary. It was slim, sleek and sexy – looking like no other contemporary phone of the time. Motorola also gave it a high price tag of $500 to ensure exclusivity.
As time went on, though, Motorola did little to improve the design while competitors were busy catching up.
Now those competitors will need to try harder because Motorola’s new handset, the RAZR², has gotten a ground-up redesign.
The RAZR² is not just one, single new phone. It’s really a number of new phones. Each U.S. cellular provider has been given the opportunity to tailor the phone to the services they offer.
The new RAZR2 models are the V9 (for AT&T), the V9m (Sprint and Verizon) and the V8 (T-Mobile). They differ by which features are highlighted on the outer screen – messaging, music or video.
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Ruckus Wireless |
The MediaFlex NG is the oddest looking, best performing Wi-Fi router on the market today.
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The Ruckus MediaFlex NG is the best Wi-Fi router on the market today.
Not by a little bit – but by a wide margin.
Before I got the MediaFlex, I thought I had been happy with my home Wi-Fi system.
It is located at the far end of my apartment and with the help of a high-gain antenna, I was able to get fair-to-good wireless coverage at the other end. Signal coverage in my bedroom, though, was hit or miss.
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