AT&T CEO: U.S. Cellular Networks suck…aren’t ready for mobile data…We’re #1 woo hoo!

Mobile data and mobile web browsing are quickly becoming common place features among mobile phones today. With the ever increasing speed at which we are forced to live our lives, reaching the internet, the all knowing source of information, is becoming a bigger ddraw for many people. Apple’s iPhone helped fast track the move to mobile data. Now that many more people have gotten a taste of it, they don’t want to ever go without it again. Also, with the influx of graphically rich mobile applications, loads and stresses on the cellular networks whom provide the services for mobile data are starting to feel the pinch. Are they ready?

Smash glass and rip seatbelts like none other with the BodyGard

In the world in which we live today, gadgets help not only to pass times of boredom and entertain, but to protect as well. Lets picture for a moment you’re driving along and all of a sudden a tire blows out flipping you into a water filled ditch. Lets also assume you’re still conscious, how would you get out? Sure you can break windows….and risk slicing a limb off. Not to mention seat belts are made to keep you in. What if they do their job too well and you have to get out? If those two scenarios haunt you continuously, the BodyGard 5-in-1 Emergency Tool will leave you sleeping sounder and with a better peace of mind. What exactly can this Emergency Tool get you out of?

Ensure celibacy for all eternety – The Geek Clock

Throughout our journey called life, we will encounter many different types of people. Being a gadget blog, naturally we’re going to highlight the more digitally proficient – geeks. During your lifetime, you will meet geeks, and then you will meet geeks. Focusing on the latter, this next gadget is probably one of the loudest and most obvious ways to label someone a true, die hard geek – The Geek Clock. This clock is not like any ordinary clock that mere mortals gaze at everyday, impatiently counting down the seconds until the work day is over. Why not? Well, it doesn’t have “real” numbers at all but instead mathematical equations that equal out (I assume) to the various numbers. Is that too much geekiness for you? Or is it something that you have been waiting for all along, praying to whoever it is that you pray to to grace you with a gadget such as that? All of that geeky, number crunching, mere mortal mind killing can be had for the low price of $25 available at Uncommon Goods. Crunch away! For the actual answers to each equation on the clock, take a minute to step inside and awake parts of your mind that have been dormant for years…

Energize your meal like none other

Gadgets often have the ability to help our lives in many areas. Often, entertainment is the biggest draw as we all like a good time. Eating/cooking is one area that isn’t touched upon as much, however can benefit greatly. If you are tired of staring at boring salt and pepper shakers that look just like your great-great-grandma’s from 80 years ago, the industrial looking battery shaker will bring some variety to your mundane life. While they aren’t truly “gadgets” in that there is nothing electronic within them, they are still cool nonetheless. When visitors see your battery shakers, they’ll know, you’re some kind of geek.

Source: Gizmodo, Antrepo, Fubiz, Dvice

Seniors beware – Jitterbug gets a case of recall-itis [911 no phone home]

Nothing like a good dose of recall news to end the work day eh? This oh sh** moment is not so proudly brought to you by Samsung and their wonderful senior-centric cellphone, the Jitterbug. It appears as if certain models of Jitterbug have a slight problem calling 911 when out of their service area, avoiding roaming, thereby creating a potential for a nasty lawsuit. Naturally, Samsung is hoping on their good foot and is issuing a recall that affects owners of SPH-a110 and SPH-a120 Jitterbug models that are equipped with standard keys. The affected models were sold between March 2008 and May 2009. (One Touch users are not affected.) Users of reported affected models will hear the message: “out of range, try again later” instead of the more welcome and friendly help message that should accompany a panic call. In all, around 160,000 Jitterbuggers and their little companions are said to be included in the recall.

Thankfully, the problem is quickly and painlessly remedied via a quick software update. In order to get the update for affected phones, give Samsung a quick jingle toll-free at 866/304-4980.

Source: Slippery Brick, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends

Poor Sprint – Palm Pre soon getting into bed with everyone else on the block

While Sprint probably hoped that the Pre was its saving grace in regards to stopping the bleeding of customers by bringing a new, exciting, and exclusive device to the once great carrier, it appears as one particular part of that equation, the ever important “exclusive” part, is simply a short stay. Matters took a turn for the worse when an AT&T sourced document leaked comparing a Palm Pre to an iPhone in more friendly, what-device-are-you form. Further stomping on Sprint’s face is now courtesy of Verizon as Lowell McAdam, the top executive for the venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone announced that Verizon too would be carrying the Palm-ified Jesus phone in as little as 6 months. I hope Sprint has some radical plan shuffling going on or at least a few sweet deals because I know a lot of people who would be more than happy to wait 6 months to get the Pre if it meant not having to deal with Sprint. Should we start picking a grave plot?

Update…According to a Sprint spokesmen (BG):

We have the Pre through 2009.

Do they really, or is it just a PR move to keep shares from tanking and to force anyone on any other carrier that was going to stay put for the Pre to come to them having to now do the moving themselves? The plot thickens.

Source: Engadget, Image Source

Get wet. Get wild. Rock out!

As humans push further and further away from using wires and cords to charge, transmit, receive, and sync data, wireless technologies become increasingly more ingrained in our lives. Conversely, electronics and water are still arch enemies who don’t get along well together. What is a new age gadget loving geek like you supposed to do? Simple, use wireless technology such as bluetooth and the Waterproof Bluetooth Spearker. Never again worry about water taking your gadgets life. Instead, take control of yours and boldly go where no electronic dares – water. The Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker will allow you to leave your mp3 player in a safe place *relatively* close to the speaker yet out of harms way. Powered by 4 x AA batteries, water bugs can enjoy up to 4 hours of wireless water safe goodness. If you’re still interested and want to know more, stop on inside and get a full rundown of the spec sheet goodness.