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Lego® and iPhone – A Perfect Pair!
LG Mouse Scanner – Copy Power in the Palm of your Hand
Reward Tags – What do YOU have to Lose?
Sprint announces Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE
Croon Audio debuts The Original sound system
3-in-1 Breakfast Station

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 10:58 AM PDT

Lego® continues to be that international symbol for "I am still a kid at heart." Let's face it, once you play with the toy bricks you are hooked. And the addiction continues through your life.

iPhones continue to be the international symbol of cool technology. If you are like me, you cannot survive or be productive very long without it.

The good folks at TinkerBrick have decided to merge these two loves into the TinkerBrick™ Lego® Compatble Case. Currently available for the iPhone 4G, this unique innovation is specifically designed to work with Lego®. Whether you own a 4G or not, take a look. It measures 8 Lego® units in width, 14 units in height and thickness of one brick and plate. Lego® units on the device can be attached to other Lego®. The possibilities with the case are endless! Build a stand to prop it up. Make handles to hold it while you game. See the video below for more revolutionary examples of what TinkerBrick has created. The case is available in red, white, black and yellow for just $32.95 and www.tinkerbrick.com contains plenty of ideas and app suggestions to get the most out of the device.

Go on. Let your inner child integrate with today's technology!

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LG Mouse Scanner – Copy Power in the Palm of your Hand

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:53 AM PDT

Computers have come a ridiculously long way. We actually had an old Radio Shack computer back in the day that used cassette tapes for programs. I remember sitting for hours watching the thing draw random lines. The one thing that hasn’t changed all that much is the mouse. Sure, they have specialty ones for gamers and the like, but nothing really amazing… a mouse was pretty much a mouse, important, but shouldn’t it be able to do more?

Check out LG’s brand new Scanner Mouse. What could be easier than clicking the scan button right on your mouse and swiping it in any direction in order to scan almost any document and then have it digitized and sent to a file on your computer? Now you can scan, edit , save and share all your documents quickly and easily with a simple drag of the mouse. Think of it… e-mails, mobile messages and SNS’s Facebook and Twitter all at your fingertips.

The Mouse Scanner also has text recognition, so rather than having to retype everything you might want to edit, you can simply convert your scanned text to an editable Word document and, you can also just drag and drop your scans into a wide variety of different applications. You can scan almost any size up to A3 or you can just select certain areas on larger documents or papers.

The LG Mouse Scanner is the first of it’s kind, I wonder why it took so long? It seems a successful marriage between scanner and mouse that makes perfect sense. The Scanner Mouse has a 1,200 dpi laser sensor, requires only a USB port and Mac OS or Windows XP/Vista or 7 and you can get yours for only 99 bucks at amazon.com.

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Reward Tags – What do YOU have to Lose?

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 07:36 AM PDT

There is something worse than just losing some of your more expensive gadgets, like cameras or laptops, and that’s all the stuff that’s on them. I knew it was a mistake when I let my daughter take my camera on a field trip to the Statue of Liberty, yes, she left it on the bus and remembered it when she got home. I will decline to discuss that her grandmother actually chaperoned the trip and knew to watch out for the camera. I wasn’t as devastated by the camera as I was the hundreds of memories left on that thing…

Most of us have felt the sting of a loss like that, and we know in our hearts we’ll never see the stuff again, but these new reward tags are a great way to up the odds in your favor. These durable, adhesive, polyester tags attach to your favored valuable items and, by using a special code assigned to your item you can easily provide contact information as well as offering a brief message to whomever finds it, and further entice them to return it, by giving them a reward.

Users affix the tags to almost anything they might like to see again should they lose it, like cell phones, keys, iPads or even jackets or handbags, next, you create an account, activate your tags and then enter your message and information at the rewardtag.com website. People who find an item are directed to the same website by your tag and are able to find your message and reward via a unique ID code.

I think that people are basically good, AND that most people will log on to look up your message and the combination of a heartfelt personal appeal coupled with a monetary reward may actually be enough for you to get your stuff back. How about you? The tags are certainly inexpensive enough to give it a try, 15 tags for 20 bucks at rewardtag.com. Oh, BTW, we got the camera back… from a passenger that recognized us in the pictures.See? People really are good.

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Sprint announces Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Sprint has just announced a spanking new smartphone for the masses which will take advantage of Sprint’s LTE network – and we are talking about the Sprint Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE here. The Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE will continue where last summer's popular Motorola Photon 4G left off, and this new device will boast of a new five-row, PC-like QWERTY keyboard for easy typing. Not only that, it comes with international capabilities as well as a rather generous 4.3-inch ColorBoost display for your eyes to enjoy. Of course, we are not complaining that it is able to operate on Sprint's new lightning-fast 4G LTE network, too.

There is no specific word on pricing and availability for the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE as at press time, but we do know that it will be announced within the coming few weeks.

What are some of the hardware specifications in the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE? For starters, it does not matter if you are a fan of the touchscreen virtual keyboard or a physical one, the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE will deliver the best of both worlds with its virtual keyboard enabling you to send quick texts in a jiffy, while those who prefer a more physical approach will be able to rely on a slide out PC-like QWERTY keyboard that paves the way for double-thumb efficiency. Each individual laser-cut key will be outlined in LED lights, enabling users to view what they are doing, even in the dark.

It boasts of a dedicated number row that paves the way for maximum typing efficiency and accuracy. As mentioned earlier, thanks to an impressive 4.3″ ColorBoost display, the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE is one that delivers the largest screen which is currently available on a 4G LTE QWERTY smartphone market. Apart from that, all that visual space makes it a snap for you to browse the Internet thanks to Google Chrome without the need to enlarge text, and you can also check out detail-rich images without the need to zoom in, in addition to watching a show without having to strain your eyes. The display itself is made out of scratch-resistant glass and splash-guard coating, enabling the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE to be able to resist everyday scratches and spills.

It will run on the Android 4.0.4, Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, in addition to a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera located right at the back which does Full HD video recording as well, and a front-facing HD camera to boot for easy Google+ Hangout video chats or conference calls. It does sound like one of the more notable smartphones to look out for in the coming weeks.

Press Release

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Croon Audio debuts The Original sound system

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 06:00 AM PDT

I must say, Croon Audio, an innovator of the Bluetooth home speaker systems has just announced their very first first speaker, where it is aptly known as “The Original” sound system. Not too innovative at all when you think about it, but I guess sometimes something this simple will suffice. Croon Audio claims that The Original sound system boasts of an easy-to-use, one-touch pairing procedure, and it is also extremely easy to connect to Bluetooth devices in an easier manner than ever before. At the very same time, it also paves the way for unmatched wireless sound performance and design.

Through the merging of modern electronics with wood craftsmanship of the highest degree, this particularly compact speaker that measures 10.5"x 8" x 3.5" will be able to forge a seamless balance between contemporary and traditional styles, and this alone will amp up the volume of both style and music sans the clutter of wires. The speaker’s housing is made out of 8mm MDF (Medium-Density fiberboard), where it was specially made out of manufactured wood. This would ensure that VLD (Very Low Distortion) technology will come into play, especially when you listen to music at a high volume.

The Original's speaker will also come with a couple of 2.5" forward facing Full Range Drivers, where they have been matched to an acoustic amplifier so that 15 watts per channel as well as a clear sounding Class D amp. Thanks to strategically placed isolation cones in a tripod pattern that are located at the bottom corners of the sound system, it will reduce the vibration frequencies while delivering the most stable supporting structure, never mind the kind of surface on which it rests upon.

The Original is capable of reproducing music sans wires from virtually any device that has Bluetooth connectivity, in addition to the 3.5mm connection, turning this into a premium external speaker system for the iPad, Kindle, a notebook, and an electric guitar amongst others. To make sure that The Original complements the company's sleek, button-less design, users will be able to control the speaker's functionality thanks to their connected touch screen device.

The Original speaker will feature a stereo Hi-Fi amplifier with integrated Stereo Bluetooth Receiver, and will come in Original Black, White on White, Agent Grey and Lady in Red colors. Depending on your color options, pricing begins from $199.99 and goes all the way to $234.99.

Press Release

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3-in-1 Breakfast Station

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 05:30 AM PDT

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day for any one, and the $39.99 3-in-1 Breakfast Station is something that you might want to consider. Not only does it help you save the necessary space in this day and age where we start to live in more cramped situations, but it also seems to work wonders. After all, we are talking about a breakfast contraption that is capable of serving you your favorite set of toast, eggs as well as hot coffee simultaneously – now how about that? I suppose students would definitely appreciate something like this, and so too will those working in cubicles and have not much time to spend having their meals elsewhere.

The 3-in-1 Breakfast Station basically measures no larger than a standard sized toaster, and yet it is great to see three different appliances in a single one. It is something like the modern day smartphone which packs quite a punch in terms of hardware specifications, except that this one is able to keep you nice and full. Definitely the piece of home appliance to own if you want to churn out breakfast for champions every single day to keep your pack, er, family, happy.

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