Apple's Magic Trackpad: an oversized MacBook Pro glass trackpad. The above statement may either be music to your ears, or turn you off from the trackpad completely. If you've used the unibody MacBook's glass trackpad, then this Magic Trackpad is basically just like it, but larger - Apple claims it has nearly 80 percent more area, which after my calculations is more or less accurate. Size The Magic Trackpad measures approximately 13cm x 13cm, but if we're talking about only the surface area … [Read more...]
OtterBox Defender and Armor Series for 3rd Generation iPod Nano
Otterbox has been around since 1996 making cases for gadgets of all sizes and shapes. I was recently given a chance to take a look at a few products from them: the OtterBox for iPod nano 3rd generation Armor? and Defender? Series cases. Otterbox wrote: Our cases are dedicated to all the klutzy, spontaneous, chaotic, graceless individuals who have broken a device or valuable due to their active lifestyle. From left to right: OtterBox Defender, Apple iPod Nano (3G, 8GB), OtterBox … [Read more...]
Pointui
The Pointui home screen aims to give you fingertip control to a number of shortcuts and has a very nicely done finger swipe interface to allow you to scroll horizontally and vertically around the screen. If you can't live without your Today screen like me, it's not a problem either. Just press the phone hangup button and you are at your Today Screen, which is now your Desktop. The bottom/left task button becomes a Home button. Click on that and you get back the Home Screen. … [Read more...]
Japod 1500mAh 3rd-Party Battery for HTC TyTN II
The battery is manufacturered by Chinese maker Japod and is rated 1500mAh -- versus the Samsung 1350mAh supplied with the TyTN II. Selected tests were conducted using Spb Benchmark and the results are as follows. Samsung 1350 Japod 1500 Increase Test 1 Maximum backlight, looping video 4:31 4:48 6.27% Test … [Read more...]
Kaiser reviews Kaiser (HTC TyTN II)
The HTC TyTN II (codenamed Kaiser) was officially launched in Hong Kong on Thursday, September 13, 2007. The Dopod brand has been phased out due to HTC's acquisition of all Dopod assets and facilities in the Asia Pacific region. Thus this device is named the TyTN II instead of being a successor to the Dopod 838Pro. This is a plus for consumers as only HTC is responsible for providing universal ROM upgrades and support. SPECIFICATIONS Let's take a look at the specs of the … [Read more...]
Contact Manager from PocketCM
Contact Manager by PocketCM attempts to make the contact manager on your PocketPC a stylus free experience. In the spirit of the HTC Touch phone the author attempts to make finding your contacts a finger sliding experience. I find it quite enjoyable to use this piece of software. Flick your finger up or down the screen and watch you contacts scroll. The faster you flick the faster it scrolls for you. Put your finger to the left side of the screen and the closest … [Read more...]
GPS review – Qstarz BT-Q818 vs Holux GPSlim236
For comparison purposes the Dopod D810's built-in GPS was also tested (the updated ROM with built-in GPS was only recently announced on Dopod's HK site). The Trinity comes with a Qualcomm GPS module, which is coincidentally also used in the pseudo-UMPC HTC Athena (AKA Dopod U1000, HTC Advantage X7500, etc.) Brief word on the D810 GPS chip: The MSM 6275 is a 4-chip GPS module, and Qualcomm touts itself as the leader in "integration of slimmer devices." On the drawing board … [Read more...]
Guide and Review to Microsoft OneNote Mobile
If you have a Microsoft Windows Mobile smartphone or Pocket PC, you can use the OneNote Mobile program to take notes on your mobile device and then synchronize these notes with a section in the full version of OneNote 2007. This is useful when you want to: Capture business card pictures on your phone and bring them into OneNote, where the text in the images can be searched Take short text notes and voice recording reminders on your phone (for example, ideas for a project, … [Read more...]
O2 Xda Zinc Full Review
INCLUDED IN THE BOX Universal AC Adapter with 4 different plugs Companion CD Battery Mini USB Cable Pouch O2-branded stereo headset (2.5mm audio connector) User Guide Quick Start Guide Extra stylus SPECIFICATIONS Operating system Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition Display 2.8” display, QVGA resolution (240x320), 65K colour TFT LCD RF GSM (900/1800/1900) / GPRS / WCDMA 2100 Camera Primary: 2.0 megapixel fixed-focus / preview … [Read more...]
Sony VGP-BRM1 – Bluetooth Audio Controller
The Unit As with all Sony products this wireless stereo bluetooth unit looks and feels well made. The upper face have the main controls. Here you will find the volume control plus forward/review buttons on the round dial. Below the dial you have the Play/Pause button and the next it, the Stop button. The Play and Stop buttons also double up as Answer and Hang up … [Read more...]