After using the G1 for about three months, I came to one conclusion.  The battery life just sucks.  You can’t get through a day with light use and if you are a heavy user, like myself, you will need to charge before you even get halfway through a day.  The Kanex High Capacity Battery for the G1 solves this and gives a heavy G1 user like myself all day battery life.

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I love Boxee.  I’ve use it off and on, and I am anxious to get a HDTV so I can get a Neuros Link connected and use Boxee even more.  Boxee is almost ready to unveil their Beta in New York on December 7th at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.  I am really looking forward to seeing what is in this Beta.  Boxee has been the same for me for a while so it would be nice to see a few new things.  Maybe integration with Hulu Desktop??  Who knows!  We’ll just have to wait another month.  In the meantime, I am gorkon on Boxee, so feel free to friend me!

I was chatting with a friend on Google IM about the Droid, and out of the corner of my eye I saw a message come through Twitter from @jbqueru (@jbqueru is an Android developer with Google) regarding the Saygus V1.  The V1 promises a lot of what the Droid does … plus video calling!  It also is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera and a slide out keyboard similar to the Droid; it even looks a lot like the Droid. Continue Reading

If you’ve watched Men in Black, you will remember the future Agent J sitting in a chair that resembled an Egg.  These chairs were all the rage in the 70’s and have been around since the 1950’s.  Now Acousticom.com has reinvented the Egg Chair and added 5.1 Surround Sound.

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We’ve been spending most of the fall fighting the dreaded H1N1.  People are lathering up with hand sanitizer, and the smell of Lysol is in the air whenever another person in the office is reported as out with Swine Flu.  Well, Think Geek has the H1N1 that you don’t want to go away.  It’s the plush version of the H1N1 Virus, and it’s only $7.99 from Think Geek.  Doesn’t this plush version look cute?

I’ve been reading up on the Droid release, and I came across a post on TheUnlocker.com who have learned from Tmonews that an internal web page has been found indicating that the Motorola Sholes and Sholes tablet will both be coming to T-Mobile.  No word on when it is going to get to fans of T-Mobile or even if it’s official. The Sholes/Droid looks to be a winner of a device.  Only time will tell when – and if – this gets to T-Mobile here in the states.

How often do you hear a phone from Verizon getting play on local media?  The Droid is definitely getting that here in Columbus, Ohio.  WBNS 10 TV is running a story about it on their site.  I find it a little interesting that they say the Droid has thousands of applications, while ignoring the fact that it is actually running Android, and Android has been out for about a year now.  They don’t call it Android OS either; they say it runs Google’s software.

Also worth noting is that Vincent at Slashgear has posted a full review on the Droid.

All in all, the Verizon DROID by Motorola sets the bar for all new Android devices and is arguably the best Android device to date. The natural comparison is always going to be the iPhone 3GS, and while the DROID lacks the Apple handset’s finesse and polish, it’s only a few steps behind. If you’re not entirely content with your iPhone 3GS and AT&T’s service, we’d suggest giving the DROID a try; meanwhile, if you’re looking to dump your current handset or carrier, the DROID should definitely be on your shortlist.

-Vincent at Slashgear

Do you think the Droid will be good enough to beat the iPhone?  I think it will be really close, but that all depends on Verizon.  I think Motorola is officially back thanks to both the Cliq and the Droid, but we’ll have to see how it does in the coming weeks.  Friday is only a couple days away!  Are you getting a Droid?

I have often wanted to buy one of those Ambient Devices Judie blogged about a few weeks ago.  I’ve also wanted a Nabaztag as well, since they are cute and can do some really cool stuff like play mp3 files or provide e-mail alerts.  I don’t want either anymore, thanks to kysoh.com who sent me a Tuxdroid that is not only very cute, but is also based on open source software. Continue Reading

I came across a new website out there today called Greensteal.com.  It is kind of like woot.com in that they have one deal a day; the only difference is that the stuff Greensteal sells is all good for the environment.  All of the products concentrate on things like saving water, electricity or even gas.  Just like woot, there is only one product per day, and it’s only available for a limited time. So now you can save money and save the environment without putting a huge dent in your wallet.

Today’s deal is a Showerstart Ladybug Adapter.  With this little device between the pipe and you shower head, you can turn your shower on and let it warm up; once the water is at temperature, the adapter takes the flow and slows it down to a trickle.  Before you get in, you pull a string and it will return to full flow.  Check the temperature then get in.  It is only $22.95 with $5 shipping just for the next 14 hours from Greensteal.com.

[Note from Judie: This is the same technology that was featured in the Evolve Roadrunner Showerhead reviewed by Wayne in April 2008. I've got two of them, which I purchased after his review, and they are still going strong! The Ladybug adapter allows you to continue using your own showerhead, which is a nice feature.]

When out and about, sometimes you got a few minutes to kill.  SPBTV for Android phones can help you use up a few of those minutes with a little mindless entertainment or a news update from overseas.

SPB TV is an application that streams live TV from the Internet directly to your phone.  It has a nice interface and some of the streams even have a on screen guide to what is coming up next.

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Some people just can’t wear earbuds; the common iPod earbud either doesn’t fit or is uncomfortable.  Imagine taking your iPod earbuds and putting a cover of sorts over the earbud’s tip.  Now imagine that the cover is also custom fit for your ear.  That is the premise behind Yurbuds.  You simply take a picture of your ear, and Yurtopia then attempts to find the perfect tip for your iPod earbuds or your favorite Bluetooth headset.  Yurbuds promise that you’ll be able to reduce the volume of your iPod or mp3 player by 40 percent, thus saving your eardrums.

Yurbuds are available on the Yurtopia web site for $19.99.  If you don’t have iPod earbuds or you would like another pair of buds to go with the covers, Yurtopia offers yurphones plus a pair of yurbuds for $29.99.

It’s been a while since I reviewed the Brickyard headphones from 2XL.  I really like  them even though their over the ear  style design can become warm on the ears. 2XL has solved the sweaty ear problem with a new style of headphones in the new 4 Corner Style of headphones.

The design of these new headphones is unique in that instead of round like traditional headphones of this style, these are square. The square shape of these headphones do not make them at all uncomfortable. Continue Reading

Remember Pleo that Judie and her kitty played with a while back?  Well it appears to be coming out of extinction and is now for sale at the Pleoworld web site!  So if you did not get a chance to order your own life-like dinosaur, then now is your chance!  He’s currently $349.  Continue Reading

This looks a lot like the rumored Barnes and Noble e-reader just announced Barnes & Noble Nook eBook reader.  It is from Spring Design and called Alex.  It boasts a Electronic Paper Display and one touch screen and runs the Android operating system.  The text is livened up by using multimedia links that I assume would appear on the touch screen.

Spring Design pioneered its patented dual-screen device with ‘touch and extend’ capability in 2007, and has been working with major book stores, newspapers and publishers over the past two years to share its vision and the capabilities of the dual screen device. Alex brings together the efficiency of an EPD display with the responsiveness and richness of navigational convenience of the LCD screen. Its removable SD card gives users extensive storage, allowing them to expand their text with multimedia “add on” editions.

Working with major book stores?  Who is more major then Barnes and Noble? left after both Amazon and Barnes and Noble who each now have their own branded eBook reader?

I  hope this device from Spring Design is the B&N e-reader as it really looks great.  With the included wifi and 3G it really sounds like a incredible device.  Plus with it running Android, then it opens it up for running other applications other than just it’s e-reader app.

Not all speaker sets are created equal, that much is certain.  Altec Lansing has sent me their latest — and what I consider their best — the Altec Lansing Expressionist Ultra Speakers.

The Expressionist Ultra is currently the top of the Altec Lansing line.  This very stylish three speaker system boasts 200 Watts of power, and its tremendous sub woofer is bigger than the computer the system is connected to. Continue Reading