Archive for November 17th, 2009

Tech News of the Day, Tuesday, November 17, 2009

It would appear in the wake of the T-Mobile Sidekick information outage, they are slashing its prices.

For those who are having a hard time getting a cellular phone signal, you might consider the CellLynx 5BARz.

Parents who have the iPhone might want to consider the iPhone PhoneBook interactive toy for kids.

Magellan has created a new iPhone cradle with speaker and GPS booster.

It would appear that the world’s smallest NAS has been achieved with the Thecus N0204.

Is it possible to have an iPhone run Windows Mobile? It is with the iPhone C6.

Check out this Map Hole. It is a manhole cover with a map on it. I realize that doesn’t sound very inspiring, but it’s pretty cool.

Someone finally made a color Tamagochi. It’s about time.

For those who want a phone on their watch should check out the Gauntlet Watchphone.

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Apparently, you need this: Disney USB cables

disney_cablesOkay, let’s take a poll. How many USB to mini-USB cables do you have?

I think I have one for my camera, and a few for other devices. Not all of them are compatible, but usually the mini-USB is standard.

So why not have Disney versions of these cables? Perhaps the better question is “why”, and the best answer is “because we’re Disney, and we want to sell some stuff”.

Well, if you want to donate $7 to the House of Mouse, you can get versions of them that include Toy Story, Cars, Stitch, Mickey Mouse, and those inevitable Disney Princesses.

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The Prisoner on AMC

Prisoner_McKellenCaviezel-thumb-500x343-11081Clearly, there isn’t enough original science fiction to make as not only was V remade, but now The Prisoner.

If you have never seen the original version of The Prisoner, then I highly recommend that you watch it. The original show was part of this weird British sci-fi spirit that was popular in the sixties. If you watch shows like The Avengers, then you know what I mean.

I mean, the original show was weird to say the least. It was probably one of the first shows that I ever saw that didn’t give you all the information up front, and I believe that there were still some information that was never revealed after the show was over.

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