I bought a Juice Bar solar charger from ThinkGeek. Of the choices available, this model was moderately priced at $39.99. I mentioned my purchase on Twitter and several people asked for my opinion.  My first impression based on the device having to charge initially for 6 hours via USB or 15 hours via light source was [...]

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So, I upgraded my old phone (iPhone 3G) to the new iOS 4 operating system.  The backup process took forever and I fell asleep on it.  When I woke up the next morning the update was done but I still needed to do the restore. Here are the features I noticed: Unified inbox. Finally! Emails [...]

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At WWDC this week, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 4 and rebranded the operating system as iOS.  Thanks to Gizmodo many of the features were no surprise.  Among those features Jobs touted were: FaceTime video calling, Retina display with increased resolution, multitasking and HD video recording/editing.  These features are good, I guess.  They are like [...]

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Most people are not comfortable telling the entire internet their whereabouts but they may be doing so unintentionally. One seemingly innocuous photo could result in people knowing the exact GPS coordinates of your house.

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Sprint has recently released a Palm Pre print ad directed toward iPhone users whose contracts with AT&T will soon expire.  At first glance one would think this ad makes sense.  The eaten apple is pretty funny symbolism if you think about it.  But something’s not right.  If I have an iPhone, my contract is up [...]

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