Thinking about getting a new cell phone but wish you could take a few for a test drive before making your final decision? If you don't have the time to visit mobile store after mobile store, I suggest checking out TryPhone, a really neat interactive site that provides virtual handsets for 15 popular phones.
Test applications and features, and check out the interface and display quality, without any pressure or dirty salesmen breathing down your throat. You can also watch the demos to see the phone in action.
Note: They have an iPhone on the site, but keep in mind you won't be able to test out the touchscreen — which I like to think is the best feature.
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With so many cute new phones recently added to the Palm line-up, (especially the pink and white Centro's) we can be glad that Dooney & Burke have designed some fancy new cases to keep them nice and protected!
The first three in the gallery below are exotic leather Nile Wristlets, which come in rouge, black, or wheat and cost $125 each. This style fits a variety of Palm devices — and I'm sure it will fit some lip gloss and money as well!
The last is the blue Centro Wristlet for the Centro, which only costs $35 and offers a magnetic snap closure, front and back pockets, and a detachable leather strap. Again, probably big enough to keep your other goodies in as well. Thanks for geek-gearing TeamSugar user divagwendolyn!
If you don't have a Kensington Mouse remote but still want to groove around your place without running to your computer every four minutes (because you want to hear that Kanye song again), use your iPhone (or iPod Touch) as a remote control! All you need is WiFi, and the download Signal (the demo is free and all you need to do is this). Then, have iTunes open on your computer.
First, put one hand in the air. Wave it around like you just do not care. With the other hand, point your iPhone browser to the address the demo download gives you — after the first time you go to it, add the web app as an icon to your iPhone home screen or just bookmark it.
From Signal you can browse your entire iTunes library and it will even display the album art on your iPhone or Touch. Party on, geeks!
Now that Apple is kicking some serious butt in terms of music download sales, I'm wondering if its enhanced iTunes movie rental service is going to grow to be the number one online movie destination?
Amazon is already working toward improving its online rental service, Amazon Unbox. According to The Boy Genius Report, Amazon is considering adding more high-def content to its selections, as well as starting a subscription service and possibly offering certain titles for free.
What do you think? Will these "added" features make you commit to Amazon Unbox over other online services?
Ever since I spotlighted Atonement's real star, I've been thinking about how amazing a vintage typewriter would look among my decor. I've always been in love with old typewriters and now as a gadget writer, I feel like it's a symbolic and romantic amalgamation of where I am now. So when I spied these gorgeous vintage and fully restored Royal typewriters on Three Potato Four's website, I almost drooled onto my very modern MacBook Pro.
Romance comes at a price, though — about $500. Yikes! Of course, they're beautiful (those colors!), fully functional, and come with their original hard carrying cases, so you wouldn't just have something to look at, you'd have an original vehicle on which to write some very special letters. I'm not sure what the cost would be to restore an eBay find and have it cleaned by a professional, but I can't imagine that'd be cheap either. For now, I'll settle for gazing at these beauties online.
With all the
robot love making the rounds lately, it got me thinking about the little tin men and just how much I love them! And who doesn't? A geek's rite of passage to obsess over robots, sort of how purple is every little girl's favorite color at some point in their childhood. I especially like vintage robots from the 40s and 50s, since they have so much character, but I don't discriminate — from
toys to robots
that help me clean, I'm a fan of all kinds, especially if they make my life a little easier (hello,
Roomba!). I did some thorough investigating, and found some pretty cool robotic goods floating around.
Check them out when you flip through the slideshow!
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