Duracell Instant Chargers Perfect?

Nick Mahar Nov 17, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Apple, Design, Gadgets, Hardware, Mobile, Personal, Reviews, iPhone

Everyone has seen external chargers for your iPhone, Blackberry, or what ever, but those usually cost a fortune and only last a certain amount of time. This, however, isn’t one of those. Instead, the Duracell Instant Charger defines awesome. This works with any USB-compatible devices with your adapters.

The two models are Instant Charger ($20) and Powerhouse Charger ($50). Both are lightweight, very easy to use, and perfect, since they are battery operated. Once the batteries die just put in 2 new ones and you’re good to go - no more need to recharge the extra device. With no unnecessary buttons, you’ll only need to navigate an on/off switch, and a simple indicator light (red when charging, green when charged).

The Powerhouse stores enough power to charge an iPhone 3G or Blackberry Curve 1.2 times, or an iPod Nano 4 times. Most iPhone charging solutions have their own special cases, but this thing is portable and costs less than $100.

I’ve been using it for a while and for me one word says it all: perfect. The device is small, functional, and cheap - Why wouldn’t you want it?

Protect Your Nano With A Cassette Case

Nick Mahar Nov 17, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Apple, Design, Gadgets, Hardware, Humor, Internet, Mobile, Personal, Pictures, Videos

We've all seen tons of different iPod cases, but have ever been this cool - or stylish. Made from 45 different types of cases gutted from cassette tapes, these puppies fit the 4th gen iPod Nanos.

Just looking at this makes me want to go out and buy a Nano.

-NM

Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Fixes

OS X 10.6.2 is out, and finally fixes the infamous guest account problem that wiped out hard drives of many users. In this update, Apple has taken away the Intel Atom support. Some people have huge problems with this but oh well I guess can't really have a Hackintosh Netbook anymore.

Anyway here is a huge list of fixes and updates within 10.6.2 which most notably fixes the guest account problem, Expose, and more small system stuff.

What's included?

Facebook iPhone Dev Quit's - Apple's approval proccess to blame

Nick Mahar Nov 11, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Apple, Applications, Gadgets, How to, Internet, Mobile, Movies, News, Okay Geek, Personal, Pictures, Websites, breaking, iPhone

My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple’s policies.” – Joe Hewitt

Joe Hewitt is the man behind one of the most popular apps on the iTunes store, the Facebook app. Sadly, he just tweeted that he is done and no longer working on the app.

"Time for me to try something new. I’ve handed the Facebook iPhone app off to another engineer, and I’m onto a new project.”

On Joe's website he says:

"My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple’s policies. I respect their right to manage their platform however they want, however I am philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process. I am very concerned that they are setting a horrible precedent for other software platforms, and soon gatekeepers will start infesting the lives of every software developer.

The web is still unrestricted and free, and so I am returning to my roots as a web developer. In the long term, I would like to be able to say that I helped to make the web the best mobile platform available, rather than being part of the transition to a world where every developer must go through a middleman to get their software in the hands of users.”

This is a big deal because Joe is basically the one-man show behind the Facebook app. Hewitt has been very vocal over the years about Apple's ridiculous App Store approval policies, even posting about it on his site last August. Hewitt claims Apple's review system should be eliminated completely.

Though he no longer works on the app, he is still with Facebook and will continue to work with Apple because they continuously offer the best product out there.

[Via TechCrunch]

-NM

Sony Rewards New Customers & Shuns Old

Nick Mahar Nov 9, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Industry News, Internet, Movies, Okay Geek, Personal, Videos, Websites

[Photo via Engadget]

Sadly Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which was filling every movie theater across the nation including my city IMAX, won't be coming to DVD and Blu-ray until just after the holidays. Fortunately for you Sony TV and Blu-ray player owners, you can stream the movie for a full 24 hours for free a month before it comes out. Starting December 8th, you can stream the video in full 720p with full controls. Here is the downside, it's only free for new customers and for old well you can still get it, it's just going to cost you. Sony will extend the offer to existing customers so long as you don't mind paying $24.95 for the one time 720p rental when you can buy the movie a month later with special features and 1080i for the same price!

-NM

Find us - Connect with T3ch H3lp

Brandon Davenport Nov 5, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us How to, Internet, Okay Geek, Personal, Websites

We have just launched a new feature of the blog, and it helps you find us, follow us and bug us. We are on a number of fantastic networks like Twitter, Facebook and Vimeo but we have nothing unless we have you to share it with! We invite you to visit our Connect page to see where you can find us and hopefully get to know us better. You can also read a little bit on what we do on each of the social networks.

Check out the new Connect page

AT&T Sues Verizon Over "there's a map for that" adds

Nick Mahar Nov 5, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Apple, Humor, Industry News, Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, News, Okay Geek, Personal, Pictures, Reviews, Videos, Websites, World, breaking, iPhone

[Photo Via Engadget]

So if you haven't seen the new Verizon Wireless adds yet, they show a nice map of the U.S. and the 3G coverage of both Verizon and AT&T. AT&T claims it makes new and existing customers think that they don't have coverage at all in many places around the U.S.. AT&T released in a statement:

In essence, we believe the ads mislead consumers into believing that AT&T doesn't offer ANY wireless service in the vast majority of the country. In fact, AT&T's wireless network blankets the US, reaching approximately 296M people. Additionally, our 3G service is available in over 9,600 cities and towns. Verizon's misleading advertising tactics appear to be a response to AT&T's strong leadership in smartphones. We have twice the number of smartphone customers... and we've beaten them two quarters in a row on net post-paid subscribers. We also had lower churn -- a sign that customers are quite happy with the service they receive.

I find it hilarious that AT&T really thinks they have any validity and would win but hey, it is America. AT&T starts listed off points such as,"reaching approximately 296M people" as if that means anything about 3G. AT&T does say that they have coverage with their 3G network where Verizon has no coverage at all. I think all us iPhone users can agree that we hope AT&T spends as much time creating more 3G coverage as it does making lawsuits.

-NM