The boy and I are preparing to go on camping trip this weekend, the first of the season. We usually try to go twice a year, joining friends who are experienced at enjoying the outdoors as well as knowing what they heck we might be looking at. In the past few years, we’ve swam in [...]
I’m a big believer in letting children use digital cameras to take pictures. Kids will experiment with cameras in ways adults don’t consider, which often translates into unique and entertaining images. (I suggest giving your kid an old digital camera to call his own — but don’t buy a kids’ themed camera.) Now I’m letting [...]
This story first appeared in Vegas Seven Looking to take a vacation away from technology? Good luck. These days, it takes a lot of discipline to turn off your Blackberry or iPhone and get away from it all. Even a week-long camping trip to the Valley of Fire State Park doesn’t mean you’ll be without [...]
I’m pretty sure Verizon Wireless and every other wireless carrier not named AT&T wants to get their hands on the Apple iPhone. But if the iPhone remains exclusive to AT&T, those carriers should stock up on the new Android phones made by HTC. I’ve been playing with the HTC Incredible (also know as the HTC [...]
This item is an excerpt from my weekly Vegas Seven column Secondary power chargers made a strong showing at the recently concluded 2010 CTIA Wireless Show, with several new products joining the market. By now, most of us know how frustrating it is to be stranded with a dead mobile phone battery and no charger [...]
This item is an excerpt from my weekly Vegas Seven column For those of you who feel a phone is too cumbersome to carry around in your pocket (or purse) all day, perhaps you should consider putting it on your wrist instead. The W PhoneWatch from Kempler & Strauss is an unlocked GSM phone (it [...]
This item is an excerpt from my weekly Vegas Seven column When a phone trade show comes to town, we expect the news to revolve around phones. When the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s annual showcase, International CTIA Wireless 2010, visited Las Vegas recently, one phone in particular—a 4G darling from HTC—grabbed most of the headlines. [...]
The first version of the hotly anticipated Apple iPad arrives in stores on Saturday. This version starts at $499 for a 16gb model that connects to the Web via Wi-Fi. A month later, a 3G plus Wi-Fi version will be available starting at $629. (The Apple iPad pricing chart.) Here’s what the gadget reviewers think [...]
This column was first published in Vegas Seven The Internet has spawned plenty of innovation in a relatively short period of time. One of the more interesting developments—at least from a gadget perspective—is the ongoing push for an Internet that doesn’t need a computer to connect. We’ve seen this trend blossom primarily through mobile phones, [...]
The recent release of 3D TVs has led to a number of radio appearances for yours truly. I’m not a big fan of self-promotion, as I wrote before, but it has become an important part of “new media” today. (Skip to the end if you just want to hear me on the radio.) Meanwhile, Nintendo [...]
This story first appeared in Vegas Seven “Do you have any raisins? No? Then how about a date?” Thanks to the iPhone, I’ve got a million of these pick-up lines in my pocket. (It’s good I’m happily married—technology hasn’t made pick-up lines any better.) If you have an iPhone and are on your way out [...]
An excerpt from my Vegas Seven column. This week, why prices for dashboard-mounted GPS units are crashing. A quick search of Amazon.com returns several fine models, most below $150 and many priced below $100. Two major players, Garmin and TomTom, dominate these price points, offering models at a steep discount compared with this time last [...]
Originally published in Vegas Seven Web-enabled TVs and streaming video suggest the days of paying for cable are numbered I have two devices in my living room that stream movies and prime time TV shows straight from the Internet to my TV—and no, the setup wasn’t sourced from a scene in The Matrix. One of [...]
Amazon and Apple are apparently in an epic battle to sell e-books that will cost book buyers more money than what they currently pay. Who do we root for in this battle? It started because Apple has big plans to make the new iPad the e-reading device of choice, turning the popular Amazon Kindle into [...]
Apple’s iPad is iCandy, that’s for sure. But based on the demonstration I saw today — from the Internet and not live — I was largely underwhelmed with the exception of one key area: price. The iPad looks like a giant iPhone or, more precisely, a giant iPod touch, a device I don’t think is [...]
