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Isabella Mini promises instant photo sharing on your dumb digital frame or TV

, Jan 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Connected digital photo frame manufacturer Isabella Products has launched their latest product, the Isabella Mini, and the USB dongle promises to make regular digital frames and TVs wireless-aware. Inside is an AT&T modem and support for Isabella's VizitMe wireless photo sharing service: users will be able to receive emailed or MMS'd photos direct to the screen from their contacts, as well as from online galleries like Photobucket. Read The Full Story

MMT Monitor2Go 15.4-inch USB secondary display ideal for road-warriors

, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

MMT has outed a new USB external monitor intended for road-warriors desperate for extra screen real-estate. The MMT Monitor2Go is a 15.4-inch, 1280 x 800 folding, twisting secondary display using DisplayLink's virtual GPU technology to hook up via your laptop's USB port rather than a graphics output. It has a built-in stand or can be propped in portrait or landscape orientation. Read The Full Story

WakeMate Bursts Into Flames Due to Issues with USB Charger

, Dec 31st 2010 Discuss [3]

After reaching an important milestone, perhaps the most important one of them all for a new company, of sending out the first WakeMate units, it looks like Perfect Third Inc. is facing a serious issue with their USB chargers. A big enough issue that the device is reportedly catching on fire. The CEO of the company has issued an official notice regarding the situation, and advises that you do not use the USB charger, under any circumstances. Read The Full Story

Micro-USB Formally Chosen as Cellphone Charger Standard by European Standardization Bodies

, Dec 29th 2010 Discuss [2]

At the end of June, in 2009, the European Commission started a movement to make micro-USB the standardized charging port for cellphones. It was subsequently backed by roughly 90% of the cellphone market holders, with Apple, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung (among others) all agreeing to the standardization. As any major decision usually does, even if it's obvious it should be in place, it's taken the EC plenty of time to make a decision, and now thanks to the two vital bodies within the European Standardization Bodies, it's finally been passed. Read The Full Story

Notion Ink Adam gets “Sniffer” file management demo [Video]

, Dec 22nd 2010 Discuss [10]

Notion Ink has pushed out its latest video demonstrating the custom software it has put together for the Tegra 2 powered Adam tablet. The topic - the file browser app Sniffer - may not seem all that exciting, but if you've ever tried to use an iPad or Android-based tablet for more in-depth work than web browsing and email then you'll likely know how important deep file management and control is. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Motorola 4G LTE Phone Confirmed by Verizon

, Dec 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

In an interview today John Stratton, Verizon's chief operating officer said they'd be distributing a Motorola smartphone to run on its 4G network. Verizon launched its high-speed LTE network earlier this month and tossed out a nice little USB modem to go with it but this phone is the first and only to be announced to be running on the network so far. Stratton noted, "We've got LTE smartphones on the horizon. Motorola will be right there." Read The Full Story

Sewell unveils cool HDdeck to convert USB to HDMI

, Dec 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you have a notebook or other computer that lacks an HDMI output and you are really hankering to get the content from the computer onto the big screen in your living room, Sewell has the perfect adapter for you. The adapter is called the HDdeck USB to HDMI adapter and it is part number SW-31000. Read The Full Story

Flix on Stix Skips the DVDs, Puts Movies on Your USB Flash Drive

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [2]

While going into a store and finding a DVD or Blu-ray to rent may not be what's popular anymore, other services like Netflix and Hulu are seeing quite the attraction, thanks to the fact that you don't actually have to go anywhere other than your computer, TV, or maybe as far as your mailbox to watch a movie. Then, there's services like Redbox that allow you to rent a movie for cheap, on a daily rate, and then return it back to the kiosk when your'e finished with it. But, Flix on Stix wants to take that idea, and make it a bit more useful for those who may not want an actual DVD to take home, or have to worry about returning it. Read The Full Story

iPad iOS 4.2 power loss leaves Connection Kit users in the cold

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [5]

Complaints have surfaced over Apple's iPad Camera Connection Kit, after iPad owners upgrading their tablets to iOS 4.2 have apparently discovered the adapter no longer provides sufficient power. 9 to 5 Mac claims Apple has reduced the power supply from 100mAh to just 20mAh, which means that many cameras - along with keyboards, microphones and flash drives - now throw up an error message warning "The connected USB device requires too much power." Apple has never publicly promised that the Camera Connection Kit - which includes two dongles, one with an SD card reader and the other with a USB port - would work with keyboards and other non-camera peripherals; still, many iPad users rely on the adapter for easier text entry and for holding VoIP conversations using USB headsets. Read The Full Story

Multi-Card USB Readers from Elecom are Super Kawaii and Super Helpful

, Dec 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Multi-card USB readers - why is this concept more well played? It IS played though, even though it might not be well spread. Here's a couple for you from Elecom, available in Japan (or over the internet through GeekStuff4U, which is in Japan too, but online, and online is everywhere!) One is the multi-card stand-up reader MR-C27 which reads up to four SD/SHDC or SDXC cards at a time - supporting cards up to 64GB. The MR-SMC06 is a dual-card USB stick or thumbkey which has no internal memory in and of itself but has two microSD or microSDHC slots. Super cute and super handy! Read The Full Story

TRON: Legacy Light Cycle USB Drives Light Up When Connected

, Nov 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

If anyone thought that the marketing push for the upcoming movie TRON: Legacy was going to die down, it doesn't look like that's going to happen any time soon. Which makes sense, considering the movie is just about to launch on theater screens around the world. And, while perhaps having the "look" of a TRON-themed gadget may be enough, we fully expect a TRON-themed device to light up in some fashion or another. And thankfully these USB drives do just that. Read The Full Story

Back to the Future Delorean gets the Flash Rods treatment

, Nov 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

One of the coolest flicks from my youth was certainly Back to the Future. I really liked the Delorean time machine. It was even cooler because I wanted one of the cars so bad when I was a kid. If you are a fan of cars and Back to the Future and you have a hankering need for computer peripherals and storage today is your lucky day. Read The Full Story
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