If you watch the BBC1 TV programme Dragons’ Den in the UK (or I guess one of the other franchises round the world), you’ll know that inventors/entrepreneurs roll up and try and get the Dragons’ (read: rich people) to invest in their businesses. Last night, there was a business that was promoting shock protection for…
Samsung Announces Three New Bluetooth Headsets
Three fresh Bluetooth headsets are on the way from Samsung: the WEP850, WEP870, and WEP470. The first on the left, the WEP870, is a compact mono headset that can be connected with a stereo earbud if you’re listening to music rather than taking calls, and can pair up with two devices simultaneously for those packing…
Sanwa’s Waterproof iPhone case works under the water? Sounds risky to me…
A company called Sanwa has a new iPhone case for those who can’t live without their shiny device on the seaside. Apparently, unlike some other waterproof cases this one should actually work under the water. Moreover, there’s a special jack for waterproof headphones, which is kinda weird idea — I don’t think you want to…
RIM Announces New Bluetooth Smart Card Reader
RIM is obviously best known for making BlackBerry, but they’ve actually had a Smart Card reader available for government and high-security enterprise customers since 2005. The latest model, announced today, hosts a slimmer profile and a few new features. What does it do, exactly? Well, it plays nice with BlackBerry, for one (go figure). By…
SoftBank Unveils ‘Japan Texture’ Special Edition Cases for iPhone 3G and 3GS
Want to spend as much money as you possibly can on a new iPhone case? Now you can, thanks to the good folks at SoftBank over in Japan. The Japanese carrier has a new lineup of iPhone 3G and 3GS cases available for roughly $1,000 USD each. Dubbed ‘Japan Texture‘, the cases take designers roughly…
OtterBox Impact Series Case for the BlackBerry Tour 9630
Time for a little OtterBox Impact Series love. This time, a new Impact Series case has arrived for the BlackBerry Tour 9630. The new case provides all of the iron-clad protection you’ve come to expect from OtterBox, including the silicone skin and self-adhering screen protector. The case provides excellent drop, bump, kick, punch, and drop-kick…
AMP3: Zoom Q3 might just be the best mobile audio recorder…
I demand good tech in the gadgets I buy. Generally I get it right, and pick up gadgets that excel in one or many areas – occasionally I get it wrong, and I’ve a cupboard in the office that acts as a tech-graveyard for those items that didn’t fulfill their primary purpose, or perform well…
UK: Orange Blog finds GSM remote control
Orange UKs Blog (called ‘The Feed’) often finds interesting stuff – and this time is no exception. They report on a GSM remote switch, which simply enough you can call or send a text to – and the switch then does it’s business and switches whatever it is connected to ON or OFF! I checked…
Video: Hands-on the HTC Universal Desktop Cradle
HTC’s sleek design and high-end hardware has become the talk of the mobile world of late. But, there are some gems hidden in HTC’s accessory lineup that just don’t get the attention they deserve. One such accessory is the HTC CR-G300 Universal Desktop Cradle. Like Apple, HTC does not bundle a mobile phone cradle/dock with…
RIM Working on Bluetooth Watch?
RIM VP of Accessories, Antoine Boucher, apparently let slip that in between working on a new Bluetooth headset code-named Alpha 1, they’re also developing a watch accessory that will show e-mail, BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook, and SMS text alerts as well as push music from your smartphone to the car stereo by FM transmission. I’m a…