The FlyGrip is a great little gadget that makes holding your cellphone or e-reader more comfortable. Available in 8 colors and 3 sizes, it goes with everything and everyone. Simply take the adhesive backing off the FlyGrip, and attach to the bottom of your phone or e-reader. The FlyGrip pivots back and forth so that you can get your fingers under without pinching. The hard plastic is smooth and quite comfortable.     Mostly, it allows you to hold your device with one hand, and still access the entire screen. It's great for taking photos! If you wanted to, you could...


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Convertcast Episode 117 LAME Sunday May 6, 2012 MISC  The Kindle Fire is no longer on fire...sales share drops to 4% Draw Something loses 5M daily users (15M down to 10M) in 30 days.  Are people getting bored with it or is it Zynga? eye controlled user interface coming, among others in windows 8, google glasess, etc, Eurotrash company from Sweden works on it: http://www.tobii.com/ - not science fiction! How many times does your cell phone ring before it goes to voicemail? Why do the carriers now allow consumers to control this? iDrive - http://t.co/61UzR50k 5 GB free for starters,...


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Convertcast Episode 114 Sunday April 15, 2012 MISC Instagram bought by Facebook for $1 billion B-berry to release a device that will run Android apps? Isn't this old news - Runtime for PlayBook? Kindle Touch 5.1.0 update adds international language support, landscape mode, and more http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200790650 Edward installed it, landscape is great but still no multiple level of zooming of images in ebooks. National database to catch smartphone thieves - the big 4 are all in Edward yesterday was in Amsterdam and scored unique Amsterdam...


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Special thanks to Elizabeth McDonough for this review! There is an ever-growing market out there for e-readers and tablets. That leaves one confused as to which one is the best choice. Fear not, however, because I’m about to review one of these devices from the many available: The Nook Touch. We’ll begin with the obvious factors: size, weight, battery life, and memory. I can tell you after a week or two of use that it’s very light (7.48 ounces), extremely portable (6.5 inches high by 5 inches wide and .47 inches in depth), and I’ve only had to charge it maybe twice after near-constant...


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I'm going to sue you! Sunday, February 12, 2012 MISC  FB - deleted photos still on their servers3 years later. Flash -free Google Chrome for Android (Edward uses chrome://plugins to disable this Flash pest on pc) SSL revocation check removed from Google Chrome http://arstechnica.com/business/guides/2012/02/google-strips-chrome-of-ssl-revocation-checking.ars RIM’s board is under fire for running the company into the ground Mother got a Nook tablet and thinks she's The Geek now. (Edward asks: what qualifies to be a geek?) Sony PS Vita, available Feb. 22: dual analogoue controllers,...


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Convertcast Episode 101 Sunday, January 15, 2012 MISC ICANN new domains - wtf?! Wasn't .xxx bad enough? thick whois system ICANN wants to indroduce - so no private whois and one needs to identify to registrars etc. the US embassy and terror alerts in Bangkok Was yours one of the disappearing 4Square accounts this week? SOPA samsung’s bada OS to merge with intel tizen OS (samsung is biggest maker of smarpthones globally!) http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke/2012/01/13/samsung-merging-its-bada-os-with-intel-backed-tizen-project/ Android CM lets you put ICS on HP Touchpad....


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Convertcast Episode 100 Sunday, January 8, 2012 Edward - resident Windows Phone and Kinect expert Diana - resident Android expert What did you like best in the 2011 tech world? I liked the push for competition, but not so much the litigation. Plethora of e-readers. the best in 2011: iCloud, iOS5, Windows Phone mango with multitasking and WiFi tethering, Kindle Touch, Kinect Siri and clones like it What do you want to see in 2012? Whatever happened to those paper thin batteries? One social network to rule them all, or updates to what we've got  so we can have the best...


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Convertcast Episode 98 Dec. 14, 2011 Welcome back to the newest iPad convert - Diana NTSB wants to ban use of ALL electronic devices in cars. WTF?!?!?! American Airline pilots using iPads - passengers to use Galaxy Tab 10.2 (and if they're safe for pilots with WiFi off, then why can't the passengers use them?) Invasion of the iPhone News Readers - Flipboard, Zite come to the iPhone, Google Currents for iOS. Invasion of iOS from Microsoft - OneNote for iPad, Kinectimals, Skydrive (Yay!) come to iOS. Remember the days of paying 700 bucks for an unlocked devices?  - Galaxy Nexus Windows...


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 While surfing for new and possibly interesting accessories, I came across bluelounge.com. They are positively packed with novelties. I couldn't help but place an order. The focus of my order was something called the Nest. The Nest holds any tablet in two positions: raised at a slight angle, and almost perpendicular.   I must admit, I was mostly captured by this little gadget because of the variety of colors available. I ordered a pink one. So far, I have not been disappointed, and am already considering getting a second one so that I can keep one on my desk at school, and one on my night...


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I recently purchased the ROOCASE Executive Leather case for my Nook Color as a consolation prize for not being able to get a new tablet.  The case is available in red, magenta, graphite grey and black.  I bought the red one. The leather is nice quality; it is not smooth, yet not too heavily grained for my overly-sensitive fingers.  The case itself is fairly thick at just over an inch, but that is understandable given the design.  The cover is sturdy and rigid; and it is nicely padded, with the ROOCASE logo embossed in the lower right corner of the front.  The Nook could probably withstand...


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