Free For All: Fluent News Aggregator For iPhone

- Jun 30, 2009 - 0 Comments

It has been with no small amount of interest that I have been following the latest developments in the news industry.  As a former journalist, I often wonder how my life could have been different if I had been involved with a newspaper first hand today.  I personally do not believe that the industry is dying, so much as it is evolving.  Metamorphosing into a whole new paradigm.  As evidence of these changes, Fluent Mobile, today, launched the Fluent News Aggregator, which draws news from over 30 different sources and delivers them straight to your iPhone or iPod Touch (or other device via its WAP based website). Read More...

Contest! PPCTechs Giveaway!

- Jul 1, 2009 - 6 Comments

    Yay! Time for another PPCTechs contest! Read More...

Resco Sudoku Touch Updated to Version 1.50

- Jul 1, 2009 - 0 Comments

Games are great.  Sudoku games are even better.  One of the best options for Windows Mobile, Resco Sudoku Touch has just been updated to version 1.50, incorporating a handful of worthwhile updates.  Read about the update here: The easiest, yet challenging way to play Sudoku on your phone Resco announced today the release of Resco Sudoku Touch v1.50 for Windows Mobile devices. Read More...

Review: Waterfield Kindle Travel Case

- Jul 2, 2009 - 0 Comments

Since I received my Kindle 2 device last February, I have had the opportunity to review a number of cases, and we have still more to go.  But today I want to focus on what could be the most comprehensive case I have reviewed.  This is really not so much a travel case for the Kindle as it is a travel case for all of your gadgets.  Let’s take a closer look at the case with a pocket for everything. Read More...

Random Thoughts: MultiTasking or Copy and Paste

- Jul 1, 2009 - 9 Comments

Sitting on the couch, trying to unwind from the day, staring at the box with pictures, commercials start to appear.  Unless you have been living under a rock, it’s likely that you’ve seen commercials for the iPhone 3GS.  It’s also possible that you’ve seen commercials for the Palm Pre.  Each of them touts the device’s selling points.  Of  the two I’ve seen tonight (it’s almost like the two products are competing against each other), it’s interesting to watch just what selling points are being advertised. Read More...

Review: Cowon S9 Portable Media Player

- Jun 30, 2009 - 0 Comments

A few weeks ago, I concluded my six-month Listen To This series, which compared six of the leading portable media players, and ultimately chose the one (or more) which I felt really excelled in each of several areas.  No sooner had I posted it (can you still say the ink was still wet?) than I received an email from one of our readers, darkcorner, asking why I had not included the Cowon S9 which, in his opinion was the best sounding media player available.  Well, that is pretty high praise, and once a few other folks confirmed that opinion, I knew I was going to have to review this one.  So, I headed over to Newegg, and dropped a couple of hundred dollars to find out what was the big deal with this media player. Read More...

Random Thoughts: MultiTasking or Copy and Paste

- Jul 1, 2009 - 9 Comments

Sitting on the couch, trying to unwind from the day, staring at the box with pictures, commercials start to appear.  Unless you have been living under a rock, it’s likely that you’ve seen commercials for the iPhone 3GS.  It’s also possible that you’ve seen commercials for the Palm Pre.  Each of them touts the device’s selling points.  Of  the two I’ve seen tonight (it’s almost like the two products are competing against each other), it’s interesting to watch just what selling points are being advertised. Read More...

Archos 9 Announced, Coming Soon

- Jul 3, 2009 - 3 Comments

Archos announced yesterday the upcoming arrival of their latest MID device, the Archos 9.  Sporting an 8.9 inch screen, the new arrival significantly expands upon the Archos line of media players.  In fact, it would be inaccurate to call this device, which runs the Windows 7 Operating System, a portable media player at all.  Archos really seems to have taken its devices to a whole new level with this one.   Now, I am not sure how this will all work with no keyboard.  Archos seems to believe that this is another evolutionary step in its system, stating the virtual keyboard is the next best innovation in Netbooks.  Now,  I am not a fan of soft input panels or virtual keyboards on my mobile devices, so this is something I am eager to put to the test when I hopefully get the opportunity to check this on out in the fall.  Keep reading for some information I stole from the press release. Read More...