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Need a Device That Can Charge All Of Your Electronics?

Do you ever wish there was a charger that could charge every electronic you own? Having multiple chargers can be annoying to carry around. Energizer makes a Universal Battery Charger called the Energizer Black Portable Charger. Basically, this device is a battery pack that will charge your cell phone or other portable device while you're on the go without having to rely on a cigarette charger or outlet. The Energizer Black Universal Portable kits are great because they have all the necessary cables and cords to connect to multiple devices. iGo also makes a similar product. The iGO Charge Anywhere is a battery pack device that will charge any portable device with the right connector.

 

Wireless Battery Chargers

Charging your cell phone is typically a daily activity. Some business people are on their phone contantly may end up charging it on a more frequent basis. Enter the wireless phone charger, allowing you to simply lay your phone on a charging mat to charge rather than dealing with somewhat cumbersome cords. The Duracell myGrid Cell Phone Charging Starter Kit allows you to place the phone down on the pad and it will begin charging as long as the sleeve or clip is on the back of your phone. The Powermat Home and Office Mat can charge up to four items at one time, and includes a power cube with eight power tips that can charge almost any phone or portable game system. The Powermat will stop charging the item once it is fully charged so that it does not waste electricity. 

Either item will keep your cell phone charged up and at the ready!

The battle between Blackberry Bold and Apple iPhone 4

 

With the battle of the smartphones ever raging, I have had my Blackberry Bold for about a year now and absolutely love it. With the fastest and most reliable emailing system of any other handheld device out there, to having one of the easiest and nicest keyboards of any phone, it will be hard for me to ever switch to any other device. And now with the Blackberry Bold 9900 available, there's the opportunity to upgrade to the improved device and platform. Lately though, its become pretty apparent that mostly everyone I know and from what I’ve read online, people are getting rid of their Blackberrys and shifting over to the iPhone. Why is this?

 

Memory: Blackberry doesn’t offer their users much memory space on their devices, which in turn creates a lack of space for apps on your phone. The iPhone however, offers tons of available space so there is never really a need to delete an app to free up space for another.

 

Camera: Facetime has to be one of the coolest camera features out there. Having the ability to talk to friends and loved ones face-to-face over the phone in my opinion is a game changer. Blackberry offers only 3.2 megapixels on their phones, Apple, 5 megapixels on the iPhone 4.

 

Internet: Searching the web on the iPhone is simple, seamless, and very easy. On my Blackberry though, I hardly ever use the web unless it’s to look up something important.

 

I understand that there is pros and cons to everything and although the iPhone seems better on paper, I personally will not be making the change. So, which phone is right for you? Once you've decided, GetItNext will be here to help you find it!

Kids have it too easy these days

I swore I would never do it but it has happened: I am using my parent’s quotes on my own children.  From “don’t make me pull this car over” to “money doesn’t grow on trees”, I am forever spouting off some phrase that would irritate me to no end as a child.  But I will agree with you when you say kids have it too easy these days.  I had shoes for the walk to school, uphill, both ways in the snow but I still complained as do my children.

My children are afforded shoes with Velcro tabs while I had to actually learn how to tie a bow.  They will complain about waiting at the bus stop in the snow even though they have Uggs.  You know what I had?  Rubber galoshes and I had to put plastic bags over my feet to keep them dry before I put them on.  Not only that, I had to carry my real shoes to school to change into.   If I wanted music on my journey to school, I had to sing.  I try to tell them about The Walkman and all they can envision is an Ipod Touch.   Can I download music to it?  Yes, but I have to get a blank cassette tape and wait for my favorite song to come on the radio and dive accross the room to hit record and then play on my boom box.  That always gets a blank stare.  And they ask me when I got my first cell phone.  Ummm…when I was an adult.  How did you ever get in touch with your mom and dad without an iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android they would ask?  I carried a dime and used a pay phone…more blank stares. Kids these days.

I am now introducing “The Little House on the Prairie” series to my children.  That was the show that made me realize, as a child, how much I had to be thankful for: electricity, running water and a working toilet.  Of course, my children are watching the series on a monsterous LED HD TV while sitting on a leather couch.  I think some of the concepts may be lost in translation.

Great Deals on Cell Phones!

We have all gone through the struggles of buying a cell phone. If you buy a phone through your carrier, you are automatically trapped into a 2-year plan, and once on that plan, you cannot switch your phone with another until the contract is up. If you break your phone and don not have insurance, you then face the dilemma of spending hundreds of dollars on a replacement phone. The list of problems goes on and on, but there is a simple solution. You can find great deals on used phones through companies like Blackberry, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sidekick, Sony Ericsson, LG, Audiovox, HTC and Palm at GetItNext and never be confined to the same phone for 2 years! So find great deals on phones through GetItNext!

Blackberry Taking Apple By Storm

 Looking over the October eBay product searches, I noticed an interesting omission in the top 10.  No Apple 3g iPhone, instead the Blackberry Storm is in the top 10.  Even more interesting is that NO Apple products were in the top 10, no iPod, Macbook, iMac, nothing.  Things that make you go hmm as an Apple shareholder.

50 Hottest 2007 Technology Products and Trends for 2008

Listing of the top 50 coolest and hottest technology gadgets / gizmos for 2007.  Most of these are going to be the hottest sellers and biggest trend setters in 2008:

1. Apple iPhone
2. Intel Core 2 Duo
3. Nintendo Wii
4. Sony XBR5
5. RIM Blackberry 8800
6. Parallels Desktop
   
7. Pioneer Elite 1080p PRO-FHD1
8. Apple Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
9. Adobe Premiere Elements 3
10. Apple TV 
11. Nikon D80
12. Samsung SyncMaster 244T
    
13. HP DV9000T
14. Apple MacBook Pro
15. Direct HR-21
16. Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite
    
17. Motorola Razr2 
18. Nikon D40X
19. Samsung BlackJack
20. Apple iPod 80GB
21. TomTom One
22. Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP 
23. Slingbox
24. Guitar Hero 2 
25. Shure E500PTH
26. Apple iPod Nano (8GB)
27. Nikon Coolpix S51c
28. Dell UltraSharp 2007WFP
29. Archos 704 Wi-Fi
30. Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet 
31. Canon EOS 30D
32. Shure SE210
33. Asus Crosshair
34. Dell XPS M1210
35. Creative Zen V Plus (8GB)
36. Fuji FinePix F40fd
37. Sony Playstation 3
38. Canon MP600
39. LG Electronics BH100
40. Samsung i760 Smartphone
41. Nokia N800
    
42. Adobe CS3
43. Aliph Jawbone
44. Logitech Harmony 880
45. Dell XPS 410
46. TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder
47. SanDisk Sansa Connect
48. nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
49. Panasonic HDC-SD1
    
50. Canon Pixma iP4300
    

The Top 5 Blackberry Accessories

After the long awaited formal announcement of the new 8820 earlier this week, Blackberry has finally offered a solution its users have been asking for, for years. While the 8820 does not have a camera, I’m sure most people are happy to sacrifice the camera to have Wi-Fi capabilities.

Prior to Blackberry's announcement earlier this week, all smart-phone related news over the past month or so had been centered around the Apple iPhone. Once the 8820 hits the market, analysts will spend extensive time comparing it to the iPhone while consumers will eagerly be comparing iPhone deals with the best deals for Blackberry devices.

While there are not that many different iPhone accessories out there yet, Blackberry seems to have a large variety of Blackberry Accessories available to users. Here are deals for 5 of the most popular accessories for Blackberry devices:

1. Blackberry Bluetooth Headset + Charger
2. Blackberry Keyboards – USB & Wireless
3. Blackberry MicroSD Card
4. Blackberry Power Station + Battery Charger
5. Piel Frama BlackBerry Leather Case

For all those Apple lovers – don’t worry… before you know it, there will be just as many – if not more – iPhone accessories available to you!
Eric

Blackberry is now Wi-Fi - 8820 formally announced

The long anticipated Blackberry 8820 has finally been formally annouced.  After months of speculation it is confirmed that latest Blackberry includes a feature long asked for by Blackberry users - Wi-Fi! 

In fact the 8820 uses EDGE/GPRS/GSM cellular and Wi-Fi(R) connectivity for data access and voice support through UMA (unlicensed mobile access) for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service offerings from various wireless carriers around the world.  One notable exception from it's feature list is a camera phone.  The 8820 does not have a camera.

Key New Features:

• Wi-Fi
• Built-in GPS
• microSD expansion memory slot that can support both microSD (up to 2GB) and microSDHC (4GB to 32GB) memory cards

No release date has been announced.  Although some have speculated this is Blackberry's response to the iPhone that is unlikely given the long product development cycles at RIMM.  The product has been in the works for months.

Ron
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