by Michael Krupa on January 24, 2011
Lots going on behind the scenes at InfoBox these days but I didn’t want to go too long between Tech Tips posts. Let’s jump right in, shall we?
Not an Apple Fanboy/Fangirl/Fandog/Fanperson? Android not your cup of tea? Still have a tech crush on RIM but dying to get your hands on one of them tablet things? Okay then, here are some pre-release videos from CrackBerry.com on the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet right here and here but definitely not here.
For those of you that are an Android Fanboy/Fangirl/Fandog/Fanperson, I have some tablet love for you. Check out this xoomy Motorola Xoom tablet review from our friends at Android Central and Gizmodo.
Are you a Skype-a-holic? Do you have an iPhone? With Skype 3.0 for the iPhone you can video call all your friends until they report and block you. Head on over to the TiPb blog for all the details.
I knew this was bound to happen sooner or later but after the disastrous attempt at designing and selling a GPS Smart Phone, the good folks at Garmin have come to their senses and have created an iPhone GPS application. Click on over to GPS Lodge for their excellent review.
I’m saving the best for last and returning to the Android-licious Motorola Atrix 4G Smartphone. This baby slices & dices and frankly could be a replacement for all you Netbook owners. The Atrix is an Android Smartphone that has a dock accessory that lets you use a full size monitor, keyboard and mouse AND has a laptop/netbook like dock accessory that lets you…too hard to explain so I will let the Engadget and Motorola people show you via this excellent Atrix 4G HD multimedia dock, and laptop dock hands-on review.
by Michael Krupa on September 13, 2010
Step right up for this week’s Tuesday Tech Tips. I did a random grab of tech news from my Instapaper archive so I’m guessing I will please no one with these tips. I joke, I joke. Anyhoo, on with the tips.
Do you have an iPad and an iPhone or maybe 2 iPads or perhaps 4 iPhones? If yes, then Engadget has a review of the overachieving iPADock.
I know a bunch of you tried out the new Google Voice integration in Gmail. Now the good folks over at Google have written up some handy features of Google Voice in Gmail.
Calling all iPhone or iPod Touch runners!! There is a new Nike+ App that throws away the little Nike+ sensor and instead uses the accelerometer of your iOS device. Whats not to like about that?
With all the Tweetups going on all over the world, you are going to need a way to keep in video touch with all your new tweeps. Skype 5.0 Beta to the rescue with 10 way video calling.
I love me some full screen browser windows all the time. Google took that one step further and created Fullscreen mode in Google Reader. Life is pretty good now.
I know all you iPhone owners out there have been waiting for iOS 4.1 (especially iPhone 3G users waiting for the performance tweaks in iOS4 to make their iPhones usable again). Head on over to the TiPb blog for an iOS4 walkthrough.
I’m not sure what took so long but TiVo finally produced a remote with a built-in keyboard. Good grief TiVo, your product lifecycles are longer than even Microsoft’s. If you are not sure the new TiVo Slide Remote is for you, read the Engadget review here and the Zatz Not Funny review here.
The controversial new Twitter app for iPad built by Loren Brichter and his team (who developed the Tweetie app) is out. If you have an iPad you probably already have the new Twitter app but you might want to take a peek at the TUAW Blog review anyway.
And finally (he says while trying to keep from giggling in that nerdy sort of way)…who wouldn’t want an Atom-powered PC in “an exact replica” of the original beige Commodore C64 chassis. Christmas is just around the corner.
