Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Charge your cell phone without wires

Friday, March 30th, 2007

A new technology has been developed by a company called Powercast which will allow people to charge their mobile phones and other low voltage devices without wires. Someday. It may sound futuristic, but Powercast's platform uses nothing more complex than a radio--and is cheap enough for just about any company to incorporate ...

Mobile Note Taking and Thumb-Free SMS - Jott.com

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Thanks to Geoffrey over at InhouseBlog.com for (re)introducing me to Jott.com. Jott, still in beta, is a nifty service which will convert your speech to text on the fly and send it to the party (or blog) of your choice via email or sms. Just call their toll-free number, say your ...

One Slick Stick

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Even though it's only a concept for the time being, the visionaries at industrialdesign.ru are onto something with this, the compact analog thumbstick. The stick remains flush with the facade unless you give it a little twist and push, after which it pops out and becomes the best thing to ...

Thank you myBlu for realizing my vision

Friday, January 19th, 2007

I want the myBlu. It is a bluetooth accessory for your iPod which displays callerID information on your ipod, allows voice redial, has an FM radio, and now I'm wondering if it pulls in your phone's address book to initiate calls from your iPod. This was my vision.: If Apple decided ...

Apple iPhone confirmed…again…sort of…maybe…

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Hon Hai, a Taiwanese manufacturer, has gotten a lot of love from Apple lately, although the latter wishes the former would keep their big stupid mouths shut about it. Last month, a Hon Hai exec oopsie'd and let slip they were going to manufacture a 15-inch MacBook for sale in ...

Web server for your Windows Mobile phone

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Back in February I wrote of a web server which ran on a Nokia phone. Well, Microsoft engineers have done the same with Windows Mobile 5. Over at Channel 9, littleguru has created, and is demoing a mobile web server serving images and pages direct from his Windows smartphone. The ...

Was this trip really necessary?

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Introducing the Keuco visiPad Mediastation for the potty! You can do all sorts of things with it! From Keuco's Web site: Surf the Internet...listen to the radio...talk on the phone...do text messaging...read the newspaper...watch DVDs...listen to CDs...or just have it display a large digital clock. Or just have it display a large ...

charging station in the wild

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

I'm back from my trip to Oregon. En route I found a cell phone charging station. I must not travel enough, because this is the first time I am seeing one. I posted my mobile pix to txtdiary.com which I found today after fat-fingering fluckr.com (flickr). Apparently they are marketed and sold ...

microSD/TransFlash Goes 2GB

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

I need one of these. With the arrival of more and more mp3 phones the need for larger, smaller (form factor) storage is needed. As part of the LG Chocolate release, these babies will be appearing exclusively in Verizon stores for 60 days before the rest of the USA gets ...

Increase Your CellPhone Signal

Monday, July 31st, 2006

Having trouble getting cell phone signal in your home or office? Check out this post at Gizmodo. Read: Gizmodo