Archive for category: Gadgets

Droid to iPhone: First bad impressions

15 August, 2011 (08:11) | Gadgets | By: david

My beloved Droid X has been having some issues lately. Spontaneous reboots, freezing apps, seemingly poor web performance, general wear and tear. I was eligible for an upgrade from Verizon Wireless, so I did some research about the newest Droids on the market and went to the store with the intention of buying a Droid [...]

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Logitech Harmony 890: Remote Nirvana

16 May, 2007 (16:18) | Gadgets | By: david

Just about any piece of home theater equipment you buy these days comes with what the manufacturer says is a “universal remote.” What that really means is that you can take what they give you, spend an hour trying to figure out how to program it to control other devices, and then realize that the [...]

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Heard any good podcasts lately?

15 May, 2007 (16:15) | Entertainment, Gadgets | By: david

My brother got me an iPod nano for my birthday. (I think it’s the first Apple-manufactured device I’ve owned in 10 years.) Now I have to decide what to put on it besides music. So far I’ve subscribed to four NPR podcasts: Car Talk Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me Fresh Air Krulwich on Science [...]

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