A local company called Kiwi Choice hooked me up with their first product, called the U-Powered Solar Charger, which I played with over the weekend and is available today for sale. It stores a 2000 mAh battery, allows for USB charging, includes every freakin’ adapter you could need, including iPhone, miniUSB, microUSB, and a variety…
Video: The ‘Fake Steve Ballmer’ iPad Review
Love him or hate him, Steve Ballmer is truly one of a kind. His outbursts and antics are legendary, which make him ideal fodder for the video I’m about to share with you above. In an ‘exclusive interview’, the ‘fake Steve Ballmer’ goes off on the iPad, citing its lack of multitasking, lack of camera……
Exclusive: Sprint EVO 4G and two-way Qik video chat
Sprint just went live with their HTC EVO 4G in New York City, and there’s one juicy detail that we hadn’t caught wind of until today. The EVO will be the first US smartphone to do true-blue video calling, thanks to Sprint’s launch partner Qik. We had known about the forward-facing camera on the HTC…
LG Ally sneak peak – Verizon and Iron Man go big with LG Ally Android phone
The LG Ally has been on our radar for a while. From it’s original LG Aloha codename roots, the LG Ally has really come into its own over the past couple months. It went from a fairly ugly prototype to a respectable mid-range Android phone worthy of an Iron Man advertising campaign. With Android 2.1…
Garminfone gets real – We go hands on with the T-Mobile Garmin Asus Garminfone
The Garminfone just got really real. T-Mobile today held a little media event to show off their new Garmin-Asus Garminfone and we had boots on the ground in New York City to put hands on the new GPS navigation-oriented Android phone from the Garmin-Asus duo that brought us the decidedly underwhelming Nuvifone line of half-baked…
Review: Iron Man 2 for iPhone / iPad
The time has finally come. Today marks the day Iron Man 2 hits theaters and what better way to celebrate than to not only watch the film, but to assume the role of both Iron Man & War Machine in Iron Man 2, all from the comfort of your iPhone or iPad. With 9 levels…
Video: Microsoft KIN TWO unboxing and initial impressions
Microsoft’s KIN lineup of consumer oriented not-so-smartphones has just gone official. Since Microsoft unveiled the KIN phones last month, the company has been mostly quiet about their consumer-friendly, social network-savvy slider phones. But, that didn’t stop us from getting our hands on our very own Kin Two! While Marin drops some knowledge about the more…
iPad App Preview: iBrite – The light-up toy from childhood is all grown up
If you’re old enough to remember, you probably have a soft spot in your heart for those old-timey Lite Brite toys from years gone past. Before there were high-powered gaming consoles, the Internet, or even smartphones, children entertained themselves with analog toys like this. Well, what was old is once again new with the Apple…
Netflix and ABC streaming videos on iPad – Badass or just bad?
When Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad earlier this year, he showed off some headlining apps that would be available for the tablet device on launch. Two of those apps were the ABC and the Netflix iPad apps. The apps promised to turn your iPad into a movie-streaming, TV-watching tablet that would give your TV…
Review: Verizon’s HTC Droid Incredible – Is it really Incredible? Or is it just another Droid phone?
Some time ago, there was no question that the iPhone was the hands-down most compelling smartphone on the market. Today, with Android phones hitting market hard and fast, the iPhone isn’t as appealing a smartphone as it once was. Android has the potential to give Apple a serious run for their money. The latest Android…