QuickLook: Cricket Laptop Stand [review]

Posted by: Brandon Steili on Sep 03 2008 - 124 views

I’ve been sitting on this one for a while now and figured it was just about time to finally get it off my plate. I feel bad when stuff like this happens, because its not so much a fault of the product, but a fault of my own. Sometimes you just dread sitting down and writing a review about something. I’m not sure why it happens, but the Cricket Laptop Stand was definitely one of the ones that whooped my butt. So without further ado, here’s the much shorter than it should be quick look at the Cricket - one of last year’s top products demo’d at CES.

Straight out of the box you can see what makes the cricket different from most other laptop stands on the market - and NO it’s not that neon green color that threatens to blind you with brightness on a hot sunny day, it’s the extreme portability of the Cricket. This little stand is literally no longer than my hand and only about 2 inches wide when its folded up. If you’re mobile - there’s pretty much nowhere you can’t tote this thing around with you.

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Dell Studio Hybrid - Saving or Stealing from the Pandas

Posted by: Heather on Aug 26 2008 - 30 views

The new Dell Studio Hybrid desktop is not technically a mobile device, but its so small, that it could possibly be one.  Its 80% smaller than a standard desktop, weighing only 4.8lbs.  That’s lighter than quite a few laptops.   So, if you had a monitor and outlet readily available, you could carry the Studio Hybrid around with you.  Dell is marketing this desktop as their greenest desktop PC ever.  In addition to the small size of the computer itself, Dell has reduced the amount of paper included by 75% as compared with a standard desktop.  I think all companies should look at reducing their paper usage.  How many people actually read their manuals?  Mine is collecting dust on my shelf as we speak.  If I have a computer problem at home, I just go to work and ‘google‘ the information the next day. Read more »

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