Category Archives: Gadgets

Urbanears Plattan headphones (initial impressions)

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Glen Campbell

This afternoon, I came home to find a package from Sweden waiting for me. It was a pair of Urbanears “Plattan” headphones that I had ordered a few weeks ago. Urbanears is an upstart headphone company; they say that Urbanears … Continue reading →

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The iPhone is not a phone

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Glen Campbell

Note: some minor corrections based on comments. Robert Scoble hits the nail on the head when he says that, “On my phone I only use voice about 5% of the time I use my iPhone.” He was responding to Louis … Continue reading →

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The iPad’s Killer Feature

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Glen Campbell

Do you remember dial-up Internet access? It was terrible, especially if you were on a laptop: connect the phone card, start the dialer, wait, enter your ID and password, wait some more, and then, finally, you’re on. Broadband did away … Continue reading →

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MotionX-GPS Drive

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Glen Campbell

I’ve spent the last few days trying MotionX-GPS Drive, a truly full-featured turn-by-turn GPS app for the iPhone 3G/3Gs. It’s essentially a replacement for a classic auto GPS system that only costs $0.99 (yes, that’s not a typo; however, there … Continue reading →

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Talkin’ about my cans

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Glen Campbell

As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I’ve started using Skype a lot more frequently in the last few months. Thus, I’ve been wearing headphones a lot more. Headphones are no longer a necessity for using Skype, by the way; … Continue reading →

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The Kindle DX: can it replace textbooks?

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Glen Campbell

Amazon announced the Kindle DX today; it’s a 9.7-inch (diagonal) version of their existing Kindle 2 (their second-generation eBook reader). It’s basically a large format version of the original Kindle 2. As far as I can tell, there’s only a … Continue reading →

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Will Kindle for iPhone bring ebooks mainstream?

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Glen Campbell

I lost my job for the first time in June, 2001, when the startup company I was working for at the time ceased operations. Then came 9/11, and the horrendous impact to the US economy that followed. In December, 2001, … Continue reading →

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