Tag: Phones
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Power Up Your Gadgets With Your Power Tool’s Batteries
Ever find yourself on a job site with a low battery in your phone, and no working outlet anywhere? If you have the PoweriSite in your pocket, there’s still hope for you. Plug it into the batteries that power your cordless tools, and plug a USB charger right into it. Just like that, you’ll be…
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Lost Your Smartphone? It’s the Android Device Manager to the Rescue
There’s the Find My iPhone app for iPhones, and now there’s the Android Device Manager for Android devices. This has definitely been a long time coming. Google finally launched the service, which will help Android device owners to find or locate their missing (or worse, stolen) smartphones and tablets. The program is being pushed to…
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Germaphobes, Rejoice: Anti-Microbial Phone Displays Are Coming Soon
Germs are everywhere. They’re in the air, on the things you touch, on your smartphone’s screen… And if you’re the type who freaks out at the mere notion of germs, then you probably carry disinfectant with you everywhere you go. You can minimize contact between your face and your phone’s screen by getting a headset,…
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Dancing Robot iPhone Stand Has Some Pretty Funky Dance Moves
iPhone stands are infinitely more fun if they’re made in Japan. This particular one called the Dancing Face Stand by Takara Tomy dances to the tune of whatever music you choose to play and features your face prominently on your phone’s screen. All you have to do is fire up its companion app called FaceSing,…
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Puck-Sized Device Charges Your Phone With The Heat In Your Coffee
A Stirling Engine is one of the world’s oldest, having been conceived in 1816 as a rival to the steam engine. It uses differences in temperature to drive a piston back and forth, turning a flywheel in the process. It’s this engine, albeit a tiny one, that sits inside the onE Puck you see above,…
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Sagemcom Sixty Retro Yet Modern Looking Phone Almost Makes Me Wish I Had A Landline Again
By Andrew Liszewski I can’t say I’ve been caught up in the retro trend that Mad Men has inspired (probably attributed to never seeing a single episode) but I likes what I likes and this Sixty phone from Sagemcom strikes a nice balance between retro and modern. It will be available exclusively from Orange in…
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Google Voice Opens Its Doors To All
By Chris Scott Barr I’ve long enjoyed my Google Voice account, as I was one of the lucky people who got in on it while it was still GrandCentral. Unfortunately it has been rather difficult to obtain an account since Google took over, and there were worries that they may simply shut down the service…
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Wet Cellular Phone Emergency Kit Could Be A Life Saver
By Chris Scott Barr How many of you are guilty of dropping your phone into a pool of water? If you’re one of the lucky ones that have not, just wait. One of these days your precious device will end up in the toilet, sink or possibly an actual pool. Generally when this happens, you’ll…
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AT&T Announces Eco-Friendly Zero Charger
By Chris Scott Barr It looks like AT&T has hopped on the eco-friendly bandwagon. They have announced a new mobile phone charger dubbed the Zero Charger, which is supposed to be the greenest of its kind. It’s common knowledge that many devices will still draw power, even after their battery has been fully charged. This…
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Windows Phone 7 Series To Lack Copy And Paste
By Chris Scott Barr If Apple learned nothing else after releasing the first two versions of their iPhone software, it was that users wanted copy and paste functionality. It seems like everyone and their brother myself (and my brother) voiced their frustration at Apple’s apparent disregard for a feature that everyone clearly wanted. Thankfully, such…