1, Jul 2008
Party-A-CarGo – Tunes And Beer

Let me start off by saying… (insert strong Borat accent) “I liiiike”!  The Party-A-CarGo is a slice of happiness on your on your truck or SUV hitch.  The unit comes standard with a CO2 Kegerator, booming stereo system, and it’s own battery.  The unit starts off at $3,000 and goes…

17, Jun 2008
Adobe’s Flash Coming To iPhone? Don’t Hold Your Breath.

I love my iPhone… but I would love it just a bit more if it had the ability to render Adobe’s Flash enabled websites.  You can’t even browse/use the YouTube site on an iPhone unless you use the scaled down version of the YouTube iPhone widget.  Many sites use flash……

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16, Jun 2008
New JVC Victor HDD Camcorders

  JVC Victor has some new HDD camcorders coming out in August, the GZ-HD30 ($999.95) and GZ-HD40 ($1,299.95).  The cameras will have the following specs: 1,920 x 1,080 recording capability microSDHC memory card slot 1.8″ hard drive used Records in AVCHD and MPEG-2 formats Auto Light, Focus Assist, and Manual…

9, Jun 2008
3G iPhone Coming July 11th – Starting at $199

No surprises here… Steve Jobs announced today, at the WWDC 2008 event, that the 3G iPhone will be out on July 11th.  From a “size and weight” perspective… not a ton has changed.  The 3G iPhone is 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches (vs 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 for…

19, May 2008
JVC Everio S Series Camcorder – One-Touch YouTube Upload

The new JVC Everio S Series camcorders are coming with some software that allows them to upload videos directly to YouTube with the touch of a button.  Sounds like a good idea right?  I respectfully disagree, this is just going to get more shaky unedited videos on YouTube.  Take 5…

15, May 2008
Texas Instruments – Mobile Projectors By Year’s End

Texas Instruments (TI) believes that handheld mobile projectors are going to be huge.  I for one am on the fence.  I am not sure I need a projector for my cell phone.  But if you were to go back in time, and ask me the same question about a camera…

9, May 2008
HTC Touch Diamond In The Hands Of The FCC

HTC’s Touch Diamond has made it to the FCC which means you will be seeing this phone soon.  The phones interface seems to have done a decent job (from first glances) at putting some lipstick on the Microsoft Windows Mobile OS.  Will be watching user reviews after this makes it…

8, May 2008
NBC.com Streaming 30 Rock And The Office To Your iPhone

NBC is now streaming 30 Rock and The office to the iPhone via the Safari browser and QuickTime. Very slick, but don’t bother attempting this over the slow edge network. Wait until you have a wifi connection. “Streaming 30 Rock over our quick Wi-Fi network was rather pleasant. After waiting…

6, May 2008
AT&T Leaked Memo – iPhone in June?

Looks like Apple’s leakiest partner AT&T has put more fuel on the rumor fire with the latest memo leak.  Supposedly a AT&T memo for retail store employees went out saying not to take vacations from June 15th to July 12th.  Same thing happened last year during the last iPhone release. …

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6, May 2008
iPhone Competition? HTC’s Touch Diamond

HTC is launching it’s newest smartphone the HTC Touch Diamond to compete with the upcoming 3G iPhone. My largest concern with this new phone is the 4 color flag in the top left of the screen. I have tried several Microsoft based phones and they are typically FAR from intuitive…