Portable Technology Category - Page 42

Well, it’s finally happened. LG has gone and announced the launch of its first smartphone powered by the Android OS. We can’t say that we’re all that surprised, as they had already let the proverbial cat out of said bag at the IFA show earlier this month in Berlin (it [...]

It’s pretty well known that wireless Internet speeds in North America are lagging greatly behind those of the rest of the modernized world. Blame it on government bureaucracy or unwillingness to spend the capital, whatever the case the public has been starving for faster speeds with little hope of relief. [...]

I’ve been pretty happy with my compact flash cards, but there are apparently a contingent out there that’s been whining that their portable memory isn’t good enough. Who might this be, you ask? Try the professional photographers and videographers. These guys are always on the lookout for something that will [...]

Complete with a digital camera and video shooting capability, Apple have launched their new iPod Nano 5G device, yesterday, and with the launch, accessory manufacturers have become extremely creative. Among the first to come out with something, Scosche introduced a nifty polycarbonate shell with rubber edges for better grip.

It took a long time coming, but the new iPod Nano 5G is here and it packs some cool new features. The big news at Apple’s September 9 event was that the fifth generation Nano has been announced with a video camera that shoots live in H.264 format video with [...]

NEC haves announced the addition of two new projectors — the NP110 and the NP215 — to its NP Value series, and as that name clearly says, the word here is budget pricing. It’s about home theater capability, multimedia functions and an affordable price tag.

The white earphones that come standard with the stylish iPod may not be enough to complete the chic look you’ve been looking for, but worry no more as these wireless Sony MDR-DS7100 over-the-ear headphones might.

It would seem that Palm’s latest product introduction was destined to get lost in the shuffle. Whether this was by design or simply pure happenstance, the announcement today by Palm of the launch of their new Palm Pixi smartphone might be struggling to get the attention the handheld marketers are [...]

When you think of rugged personal digital assistants or any mobile device for that matter, you typically think of a less-than-stellar set of features wrapped up in some kind of rubberized, shockproof container. It almost defeats the purpose of having the handheld if you really can’t do whatever it is [...]

Just over two years ago, Altec Lansing introduced its Orbit line of portable speakers and it seemed that they were destined to end up in the throwaway category. They were small, fairly low-powered, and required three AAA batteries to keep them going. Oh yeah, and they didn’t have a USB [...]