That’s the advantage of the iPhone’s full touch screen display, with the iDial iPhone Retro application which allows you to dial phone numbers via a virtual rotary dial. Needless to say this is much slower than just punching some numbers, but at least it helps get your retro kicks in. You can download the application from http://rep.sosiphone.com

As far as keyboard goes, I have changed about 2 in 10 years which last pretty long. SteelSeries released 7G Pro that would last over 50 million keystrokes! Say you type 13698 keystrokes per day, this keyboard will last you over 10 years! Now let’s reveal the price… it costs $150usd.

Now it brings a mathematical question, an average keyboard costs about $10-15. Would it be better off buying an ordinary keyboard?

Source: EverythingUSB.com

If you like to play Flash games like me, you may enjoy playing this game for the first 30 minutes. Afterwards, you will be pulling your hair out with frustrations! It’s probably the most difficult online game I’ve ever played. I passed the 7th level, but there are 30 levels in total!

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CrackBerry surprisingly managed to snag a BlackBerry 9000, and here they are with a review. I have digested the entire review and churned out a bulleted list of all the important points to consider if you’re thinking of getting the BlackBerry 9000. I think it surpassed the Blackberry 8800 series where it’s commonly use in companies.

Here’s the hardware specs:

• Decent battery life during testing
• Extremely fast compared to the Curve, does not suffer lag!
• 480×320 LCD display is crisp, bright and sharp
• Subtle changes to keyboard for better typing
• Externally accessible microSD memory card slot
• GPS navigation System
• Extremely bright notification LED and trackball
• Convenience key location is questionable
• Easy accessibility to SIM card

Source: CrackBerry.com

Do you like to drink while watching hockey, football, basketball and other sport games? Yes, I do! Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of a fun filled evening of beer drinking, especially when it comes to the exact number of how many you’ve had to drink.

Let there never be question again. The Beer Tracker never lies - each time a beer is cracked it is counted on the neat digital display. Read the rest of this entry »

As some retail stores opening midnight, eager gamers have lined up to get their hands on the long-waited Grand Theft Auto IV. However, earlier this week many reports came in both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of GTA IV were experiencing freezing problems, with no comment from Take Two or Rockstar at the moment - Sony just recently did.

The problems keep arising for GTA though. In particular, the PlayStation 3 release is being fingered as more likely to have issues with online play, though with the release so fresh out of the door it’s hard to pass judgment.

Newsflash – The US is currently experiencing a shortage of Nintendo Wii consoles. Okay, so that’s really nothing new, and neither is the fact that Nintendo is still sincerely upset about that fact.

Currently Nintendo is producing around 1.8 million units per month, of which I believe the US hulks more than 40%. In order to compensate for the continuous high demand, they are planning on increasing that number to 2.4 million. Let see how much longer will the Wii consoles stay on the shelves - may be extra 30 minutes?

Source: Gizmodo

The high-definition disc format war is over, but the real losers aren’t those who bought HD-DVD movies or players but Toshiba, the company behind the bested standard. The company has announced today that their net profit this past quarter dropped an astonishing 95 percent, thanks to losses prompted by the format pull-out. Overall, net profit scraped in at 1.25 billion yen (US$12 million), versus 26.17 billion yen this time last year.

Toshiba also blamed a drop in the price of flash memory chips for their ailing profits. Revenue overall for the quarter was 3-percent lower than last year, at 2.09 trillion yen (US$20billion). Total profit for the financial year up until the end of March 2008 was 127.4 billion yen (US$1.2billion), a fall of 7 percent.

Uno (Embrio) is a weird looking motorcycle - it is a one wheeled-looking motorcycle with the style, and it looks as though only the foolhardy and brave will take this out for a spin. I wonder how fast can this machine can go?

The orange and grey coloured Uno made its first public appearance balanced on its two side-by-side wheels and its footpegs. Looking more like it should have been ridden by George Jetson as he pulled up to his space platform, it looked out of place amid the other custom creations in the building.

Watch a introduction video from the company…
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Microsoft launched this month Windows Mobile 6.1, an operating system update the company said will make it easier for IT managers to set up and manage devices than using Blackberry Enterprise Server and offer greater usability for mobile workers.

Windows Mobile 6.1 offers users Exchange connectivity to both IMAP and POP mailboxes, as well as auto-discovery features that will speed up the process of connecting to Bluetooth or other networks.

Keypad or touchscreen?

Windows Mobile 6.1 will offer users the choice of using applications via keypad or iPhone-like touchscreen, similar to HTC Touch.

Source: Microsoft WM 6.1 Device Center