Stay tuned to Asus’s special Youtube channel for a giveaway of 4 different Eee products!  Also, make sure to subscribe to the Youtube channel as well as the facebook group and MySpace for more information.  Really excited to see what Asus is giving away!  What do you think it’s going to be?

photo courtesy of Amazon

This week Nintendo launched its new ‘Menu System 2.0′ update for the Wii gaming console. The big news here is the support for high capacity SDHC cards up to 32GB. Previously the system would only support standard SD cards. But the biggest news is how you can use that storage – while previously you could dump things in storage but not use it for games from the Virtual Console, you cannow put everything there and use it as an extension of the internal system memory, by launching channels and games directly from the SD card. That said, if the internal memory fills up you still need to delete things regardless of remaining SD card storage, but this move is a large step in the right direction – and hopefully one that will be echoed with the soon-to-be-released DSi handheld console.

Continue Reading

I was perusing USBFever.com for some G1 accessories, and I came across this dongle that can work with my G1 or any HTC phone.  This adapter lets you use your regular or HTC headphones while charging your phone from the Mini-B USB charger.

Continue Reading

The future for Dodge Viper is still uncertain, so as final epitaphs are prepared and kept at the ready for this street machine, we take one last, lovingly look at a car that still turns heads faster than a miniskirt on a windy day, a car that, for a little while, reminded us of the glory days of Detroit’s prowess on the street, a car that took no prisoners and made no excuses.

Continue Reading

ProClip have just announced a new design for their iPhone and iPod Touch vehicle mounts. Recognizing that nearly everyone keeps their expensive electronics in some type of case they’ve added a vehicle mount that accommodates the devices without requiring case removal.

The Adjustable Holder with Tilt Swivel and Pass-Through Connector will
make docking and undocking, your iPhone or iPod touch, easier and more
convenient. Designed to accommodate your encased Apple iPhone or iPod
touch, this Holder will adjust from a width of 2.3″ (60mm) to 3.2″
(82mm). It allows you to connect your stereo cable, charging cable or
other iPhone or iPod touch dock connector cable to the base of the
holder to create a docking station for your device. You no longer need
to plug and unplug the cable each time. Your iPhone is conveniently on
the dash within easy reach and slides in and out of the holder with one
hand. The Holder is custom made with a neat and discreet design and
tilts 15 degrees in any direction for optimal viewing.

I have ProClip mounts in both my cars and aside from the fact that they’re simple to install – there’s no better feeling than turning the corner and NOT having your expensive device go sliding off the seat and onto the floor!

ProClip Adjustable Holder with Tilt Swivel and Pass-Through Connector

Several users are reporting that the latest (unreleased but available to developers) version of iPhone OS 3.0 supports the newly released Skype and allows for use of voice calling over 3G. Currently the Skype application in the App Store limits those using iPhone OS 2.x from voice communication over anything except Wi-Fi. There’s no telling if this “feature” will remain once the official version of iPhone 3.0 rolls out this summer. It seems unlikely the carriers will allow any VOIP (voice over IP) application however the writing seems clear that someday soon affordable unlimited voice calling will be the norm with cell phones.

9to5 Mac

Attention parents – here’s another site to block the kids from. At first I thought web site omegle.com – which bills itself as a chat service that allows you to “talk to strangers” – was serving up robots to engage people in talk. However it does seem that real live strangers power the other end of the conversation. If you’re interested in learning new ways to use 4 letter words in sentences or being asked for your A/S/L a few hundred times in a row (A/S/L = Age Sex Location) then this has your name all over it.

Omegle

As expected, Skype for iPhone has arrived on iTunes. This free download allows you to sign onto the Skype phone service where you can make free calls to other users (WiFi only) or regular outgoing phone calls if you use Skype credits or Skype Out plans (in other words there is a small fee).

Instant messaging is supported between Skype users. Personally I’ve missed the usefulness of Skype. The “cheap cellular calling” train long ago left the station for me when I jumped on board T-Mobile with their UMA service that allows me to make unlimited calls over WiFi. Still, Skype remains very popular with company employees who travel extensively overseas as it effectively eliminates the outlandish international calling fees. Check out Dan’s first impressions over at Whatsoniphone.

Skype for iPhone – First Impressions

These guitar cuff-links aren’t as geeky as they might first sound. Realistic looking guitars adorning your wrists will bring out the Guitar Hero or Rock Band star within and make the musical geekster in your house a little more enthusiastic about dressing up for that next wedding. If Guitar Hero’s not your thing – check out these Wiimote Cufflinks.

Guitar Video Game Cufflinks $50

As a communication medium – email has  had rapid adoption has become a communication standard.  Statistics, extrapolations and counting by Radicati Group from August 2008 estimate the number of emails sent per day (in 2008) to be around 210 billion.  183 billion messages per day means more than 2 million emails are sent every second. About 70% to 72% of them might be spam and viruses. The genuine emails are sent by around 1.3 billion email users.

Since we all use email, you would think we could all practice a little etiquette in our email.  After all, we don’t let children just pick up the phone without teaching them some few basic manners… “Hello” is always a good way to start a phone conversation.  However, for e-mail, I don’t think we’ve come that far. I recently read  Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home, a new book by David Shipley  and Will Schwalbe.

photo courtesy of Amazon

Continue Reading

I am a business, mobile device user. While I use, and have used my WM based devices to satisfy my consumer needs, my business needs far outweigh my everyday, consumer needs.  Clinton Fitch, fellow Gear Diary Team Member and Contributor has put together a cool look at a few WM based phones and weighed their ability to solve business based needs.  Says Brother Fitch –

Which which phone is really the best when it comes to business needs?  While it could be said that the ultimate decision comes down to individual needs and usage, which would be correct at a level, there are some key indicators as to which device would be best suited for a business user.  That is what I’ll be covering today in this overview.  I’ll be looking at four current Windows Phones and will be looking at them from 6 key perspectives:  Battery life, Screen (size, clarity), Keyboard (size, ease-of-use), Size, Memory, and included applications.  While these are not exhaustive in nature, they should provide those of you who need a phone for business purposes a good idea of which ones will do the job for you.  At the end of each category I’ll provide a rating for each area then a total score – the higher the better.

This is an awesome read and you can get a lot of insight into what is most important to just about any business user in Clinton’s words.  He’s hit the nail right on the head.  You can see the full article here.

Are you a Mac user?  Are you interested in a bunch of awesome apps for a totally awesome price?  Do you want to do your bit to help charity?  Then you need to hike it over to the MacHeist site, and check out the MacHeist 3 bundle. Its on sale now!

You can get over $900 worth of software for just $39 USD.  As an added bonus, once sales reach  specific tiers, special, additional applications will be unlocked and be given to all purchasers:

The bundle also includes four unlock apps. WireTap Studio by Ambrosia Software (normally $69) will be unlocked for all customers when customers raise $100,000 for charities, with 25% of all bundle purchases donated. BoinxTV Sponsored Edition ($199) is the second unlock, and The Hit List ($69.95) and Espresso ($80) are combined as the final unlock point.

The apps are cool. The cause is good and just; and you can get it all NOW, and up to April 7th.  At that time, the bundle is gone, and the deal closes.  Don’t wait.  Get yours NOW!

The full press release can be found after the break…

Continue Reading

Shape Services released their version 2 upgrade for IM+ All-in-One Mobile Messenger. Those of you who are Facebook users may want to have a look for the newly integrated Facebook chat capabilities. Especially noteworthy is the way IM+ integrates their brand of push notifications which allow you to shut down their chat program and still retrieve chat requests forwarded via email.

I’m not a big chat user so the ability to log off chat and continue to receive incoming chat alerts via email is a huge benefit for me. And these push notifications work for any of the chat clients IM+ supports (AOL, Yahoo!, MSN, Google, Jabber, ICQ, MySpace and Facebook). Here’s a quick look at the new IM+ All-in-One Messenger for iPhone version 2.

Continue Reading

I  had pre-ordered an eSlick eBook reader a few months ago. When the Kindle 2 was announced I jumped on it, but decided to keep the eSlick in order to do a comparison. Well it shipped last week, and after the slooooowest journey from the West Coast, it arrived yesterday.

First impression- I like the small light feel, I love the black color compared to the Kindle 2, but I am so(!) appreciating the simplicity of the Kindle’s Whispernet and WhisperSync technology.

A few pictures after the jump, and I’ll some additional thoughts soon…after using it for a bit.

Continue Reading

One of our good friends in the Windows Mobile community is Dom Masters, owner of Mastersoft Mobile Solutions.  He has made some phenomenal mobile games, including one of the few good mobile versions of Kakuro.  For some time, Mastersoft has talked about bringing their offerings over to the iPhone, and that transition is finally starting to happen.  Although it is still in the very early Alpha stages, Mastersoft is hard at work bringing both Sudoku and Kakuro to the iPhone and iPod Touch.  So…what does this have to do with you?  Well, a game (or games) this big need to be thoroughly tested before anyone can be expected to shell out their hard earned money, and as Brandon at JAMM hinted the other day, Mastersoft is actively seeking Beta testers.  If you interested, just send your iPhone or iPod Touch UDID to betas [at] mastersoftmobilesolutions.com (don’t forget to replace the “at” with “@”.