This weekend I happened to catch an episode of some Discovery Channel, or maybe it was a Science Channel program showcasing D3O being used in impact resistant vests for stuntmen. The segment began by showing the orange goop, and I recalled enjoying seeing it up close last spring at CTIA. It was quite the coincidence that the following day, I received a package in the mail from Tech21, with some of their latest goodies. I was anxious to see if the Impact Band for iPhone 5 could make me as happy as the Impact Mesh for iPhone 4/4S. Before I go any further, I must admit I'm not completely sold on bumper...


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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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So there I was in the C-Spire store looking at Android phones. <yawn> Then I remembered that they now carried the iPhone, so I sauntered over to see what accessories they had. I looked at a display of brightly colored cases, and assumed at first they were Otterbox cases. But the colors were...different. I moved closer and saw that they were Trident cases. Bright blue, red, pink, and more - and they were bright and attractive. I'd never seen cases quite like them before, and never heard of the brand.            I took a pink one from the display, and went to find out the cost. $35 sounded...


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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 99 Dec. 20, 2011 Mul­ti­ple reports have emerged of T-Mobile switch­ing on 3G for fre­quen­cies that exist­ing unlocked iPhones and other devices can use. At least some parts of Neva­da and some parts of North­ern Cal­i­for­nia and the North­west are see­ing 1,900MHz repur­posed to be used as addi­tion­al car­ry­ing space for theHSPA+ 84Mbps net­work antic­i­pat­ed for 2012. Those who live in the altered areas are see­ing speeds faster not just than they would on EDGE but faster than AT&T’s real-world 3G, at 7.92Mbps down and 1.8Mbps up. How...


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Nokia is currently still the biggest cellphone vendor in the world, considering units sold and including non-smartphones like their S40 feature phones that are popular in India and South America (revenue-wise Samsung and Apple are bigger thanks to fat margins in smartphone area) And after the failure of their own operating systems (Symbian, Meego) Nokia decided to switch to Windows Phone from Microsoft. A Nokia phone powered by Windows Phone? Really? Yes, really, dude: In the middle of November 2011 in Europe and in 2012 in USA the first Nokia smartphones powered by Windows Phone are going...


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Convertcast Episode 93 October 25, 2011 RIM cancelling java. no more java on bbx.  you go native, webworks, flash or go home they said java wont give the same user experience on qnx or bbx. the playbook and new smartphones will be called box bbos + qnx = bbx A week with the iPhone 4s Jerry's new case fever - SGP Neo Hybrid Scoshe Bandedge g4   Review Freaky iTunes! Alli's Amazing Anti-Android rant   Follow Jerry on Twitter Follow Alli on Twitter Call the Just Another Geek Site Google Voice number, and leave us a message! (304) 884-JAGS (5247) Download the episode...


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Convertcast Episode 89 Sept 14, 2011 Which tablet? Acer Iconia Samsung Galaxy ASUS Transformer Evo 3D root and spyware Nook color root Hybrid - original nook software still available;  tablet software on device Totally Android Bootable sd card USB 3.0 Windows 8 Follow Diana on Twitter Follow Alli on Twitter Call the Just Another Geek Site Google Voice number, and leave us a message! (304) 884-JAGS (5247) Download the episode directly here. Subscribe via iTunes. Add our RSS podcast feed. http://www.mediafly.com/Podcasts/Feeds/ConvertCast


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