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The Breffo Spiderpodium is an extremely flexible gadget holder that can be used in a multitude of situations. Arachnoid, it's eight rubberised flexible legs attached to a grey base and it's easy to bend the legs to grip, to hold or to simply stand. Take a look at some of the pictures - it's much easier to show than explain.
Mat Honan's story (as covered by Todd in the latest podcast) showed me that the strongest password in the world is worth nothing if it can be reset by a straightforward social engineering-based attack. I'm sure Apple and Amazon will be looking hard at their policies and procedures but for the individual, there's also much to learn from the episode.
A2DP Bluetooth rarely comes as standard in cars except on prestige marques, but most new vehicles at least come with a 3.5 mm audio socket on the audio system for plugging-in mp3 players. If you want a quick and cheap way to upgrade the car's audio to Bluetooth, take a look at he BTR006 Bluetooth Stereo Receiver. The BTR006 is
Regular readers of GNC will recall that I posted recently regarding Motorola's inability to get Android Ice Cream Sandwich onto its devices. Ironically, yesterday Motorola tweeted: Motorola Mobility @Motorola My favorite thing about ICS is _________. Learn all the ICS ins and outs here: http://moto.ly/icslearn In the 24 hours since that original tweet there have been around 60 replies. about
Both Todd and I are fans of IDAPT products; our reviews of the i4 and the i1 Eco are elsewhere on GNC. They're great products that reduce the number of chargers, cables and general clutter lying around the house. IDAPT has also shied away from only offering their products in black and white, with the i4 available in a raft
Dynamic touch screen technology. Deformable tactile surface. Haptic user interface. Whatever you want to call it, Tactus Technology is poised to change the way you think about what has become near-ubiquitous touch-screen technology. Imagine a touch screen that rises to meet your fingers - keyboard configurations that physically pop up from the screen. That’s what Tactus says it will bring
I'm not a fan of capacitive touch screens as they are the user interface of a 5 year old, which is great for finger-painting but useless if you want to do anything precise, such as write normally or position a cursor between two letters. And multitouch is over-rated: I'd rather be able to place one point exactly than five blurry