The ongoing race between Apple, Motorola, RIM, and several other smartphone manufacturers over the next-gen nano-SIM card design took another turn today. According to a report by The Verge, RIM and Motorola submitted just hours ago a new design for their take on the nano-SIM card that is said to be a “compromise” between their initial design and Apple’s. If you recall, the non-Apple nano-SIM design was dramatically changed resulting in a loss of backwards...
In a move that sounds like it’s straight from an Apple ToS policy, it’s come to light that the Dell Venue Pro’s SD card slot isn’t user accessible. Well, accessible in the sense that you can freely swap out microSD cards as you please. The consumer unfriendly microSD placement isn’t a Venue Pro issue alone, however. Several new Windows Phone 7 handsets from HTC also bury the microSD card deep within the phone’s case, making it...
Nerds such as myself take pride in showing off our geeky sides wherever it may be. My desk at work is but another canvas to paint the nerdy image of my life day in and day out. We’ve all seen various USB gadgets, nerdy clocks, and shape shifting gizmos, but what we haven’t seen is a desktop canon. This tiny canon isn’t your standard geek toy, firing nerf darts or anything “harmless”. Instead, light up the fuse and prepare yourselves for...
Stroll into any electronics store looking for a cellphone charger and you’ll walk into a pit of never ending cases full of chargers for countless phones. Which one fits your phone? Well, if you we were smart (or lucky) enough to get a phone that makes use of mini or micro USB, pat yourself on the back. You’re already there. But if you’re stuck with a phone that uses one of countless proprietary chargers, you no doubt know the hassles that manifest when...
While you look over you shoulder to the Escalade in traffic next to you, vibrating with every beat that the barn on wheels is pumping out as there are enough magnets in the back of it to stop pacemakers with a 2-block radius, you dream of your own ride having such sonic power. But, then reality punches you in the face as your turn around and realize you own a 2-door pickup with absolutely no room for any extra audio equipement as you yourself can barely squeeze inside. If...
