Sven LL Rafferty

Hey, with all the hoopla about the Treo 700w being released today and now available directly from Verizon, the updated version of the XV6600 is being overlooked.
Today, Verizon and UTStarcom Personal Communications have officially unwrapped the XV6700 in all its glory. Like the Treo, it has EV-DO, Bluetooth, and Windows Mobile 5.0. [...]

THX ain’t just for the home anymore and Lincoln knows that. Today it announces the coming availability of THX II Certification for its MKX crossover and the current availability of it for the Zephyr.
When the new crossover vehicle is released it will be jammed packed with some slammin’ sound. It will include 14 [...]

XM and Audiovox bring us yet even a smaller XM Radio. The XM Passport is an actual XM tuner that resembles an SD card but is a bit larger at 1.3 inches wide, 1.65 inches long, 0.44 inches thick. Like an SD card, the XM Passport can be removed from one device [...]

Samsung and Verizon have unleashed the big brother to the SCH-i730, the i830. It’s the phone Verizon is pushing as, “the ultimate tool for the global business traveler.” Ya, wait to you see what that business traveler is going to have to fork out for this puppy. Talk about ultimate! For [...]

With all the rumors that Apple was in talks with XM to bring an iPod with satellite radio on it pretty much just that, rumors, Samsung today announced its living and breathing DAP that does have the ability to do the XM shuffle. The Helix XM2go will play XM radio “anytime, anywhere” and will [...]

A reader is saying that he has seen proof that the Palm Treo 700w will be going on sale tomorrow, January 5th. Early rumors had it that Verizon would be showing the Treo 700w at CES and then presenting it for sale soon after, but our source swears he’s seen photos from Verizon employees [...]

CES is a place where new innovating products reveal themselves for the first time of its product life. Coming just a week after Christmas, this new innovation may be finding itself in the home of many thankful parents with children whom received a million gadgets… with a million power cables.
Let’s face it, [...]

Forget all this talk about the next iTunes phone, Motorola is going for something bigger: radio. Announced at CES, Motorola is showing off this new service that allows subscribers to listen to one of 435 commercial-free radio channels on either their Bluetooth headset, radio, or home stereo. “Motorola iRadio is truly a revolution [...]

With hotspots becoming more and more common, trying to get your Pocket PC to connect to the plethora of wireless LAN’s in one given spot can be difficult. Microsoft’s Zero Configuration can actually become a nuisance in these times of great connection pools for the Internet warrior. Hitchhiker takes the frustration out of [...]

The great thing about USB flash drives are its ability to run programs from it. Portable applications, as they are known, allow you to take a web browser with all your bookmarks or a graphics viewer along with you without having to fear that the next computer you go won’t have them installed. [...]

The iPod video is pretty snazzy and while it’s received a lot of applause for its small screen, fact is, it is still small. The only way to get a big image off of it is to plug it into another monitor. Not practical if you’re on the go, especially if you’re on [...]

It’s like that old Twister Sister video use to ask, “What do you want to do with your life?” If you’re like that kid in the video, then you want to rock! So why can’t you do that on the Sony A1000 or A3000? Man, it’s just not loud enough. With [...]

PhatWare has got one insane sale going on until January 4th. Everything, and I mean everything, they make is on sale for just $12.95. Yes, that means you can get its famous CalliGrapher for 5 cents under $13. Got a spelling problem like me? Get PhatSpell. $12.95. Want a [...]

If you’ve ever wandered into a CompUSA before and noticed its healthy selection of Apple products, that’s because it’s ran by Apple itself. The guy in the white shirt with an Apple logo on it is not a CompUSA employee but rather an Apple employee. So prior to the Apple Store days, that’s [...]

RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification, is a new technology that is becoming increasingly popular in the commerce sector. Basically, RFID can store just about any information you want onto the tag and then a reader can read that information. BP and Exxon were the first to use this technology in where you could [...]

With all this talk about how cruddy the sound quality is of most files that end up on your iPod, Hammacher Schlemmer has come to rescue with a speaker system that will blow away the Bose system. Why? Because it uses only the finest in audiophile quality such as tubes to recreate the [...]

It’s nearly a new year and a new update for the best custom photo/ring tone per contact for the PocketPC has been update. Photo Contacts Pro 4.0 has just been released and there are a slew of new features to be found. Now you can assign a ring tone to those nasty Unknown [...]

Howard comes to Sirius in just a week or so but hold out a little longer you XM listeners and you’ll soon be able to get your classical and free-form music in pure digital 5.1 surround sound. Yes, that means you’ll need to get new equipment in order to enjoy that wall of sound [...]

I love my 1GB SanDisk Micro-Cruizer but can’t stand how long it takes to delete files and then copy over some new ones. It takes a loooong time and it causes me to do updates not as often as I should. What’s a geek to do? Spill out $410 and get the [...]

If you’re in the mood to run a rogue site and don’t want to be traced easily, then take your web site with you…in your pocket. That’s right, you now can run a fully functional website running Apache web server with PHP, mySQL, Typo and ImageMagik all on a USB drive. Everything is [...]