Gadgets posts

It wasn’t supposed to happen until 2015. Smartphones accounted for 35% of the worldwide market last year but they are projected to jump to over half of the market by next year. According to AllThingsD: “This represents a major upgrade for the outlook compared to a year ago, when smartphones weren’t expected to take the lead until 2015,” IHS senior analyst Wayne Lam said in a statement. “Over the past 12 months, smartphones have fallen in price, and a wider variety of models [has] become available, spurring sales of both low-end smartphones in regions like Asia-Pacific, as well as midrange…

Designing for an audience can be tough, especially when time spent online is moving heavily to mobile. You need to know whether your created design is going to work for you or not and it is crucial within the design process especially if it is intended for an audience. You spend enough money trying to turn your dreams into a reality that any help to ensure your design launches flawlessly on a mobile device is critical, the last thing you need is to have your web page or application flunk when launched on a mobile device. …

Thinking about my gadgets and laptops deceased is one of the saddest love affairs that would ever be told, yes, it would be even more so than the one in Twilight, except I would have the Kristen Stewert look on my face. I can’t remember a life without at least one gadget in my hand at some point. I remember Lite Brite, Game Boy and my favorite… Speak n’ Spell to my dolls Cricket, Teddy Ruxbin and the babies that could eat and burp to Oopsie Daises crawling on my living room floor. We may not have thought about it then of just how much technology has been influential in our lives since back then it was just…

As we sit in front of our computers, below our resting fingers is a cesspool of germs. Our keyboards collect everything our hands touch, collects food debris and any dust that is within the air. We don’t like to think of it often, well, until we are about to touch a public computer, then we might think twice. Even though we may take a wipe to it now and again, is it really enough to say that it is clean? …

There is nothing like vinyl, the way it would slide out of the cardboard sleeve and glisten from the light onto the blackness of a record. Music was made with circular lines that with a stylist would belt out your favorite tunes. Since technology has made our formats of music players smaller and has improved how quickly we can receive music we miss out on the process of finding a gem, nothing will beat walking into a record store and finding the treasure to add to your collection. An accomplishment that was rewarding and one that you wanted to take home right away to introduce to your record player. …

The world is a fun place, always ticking and turning. No matter what time of day it is where you are it is 5’oclock somewhere. It is neat to know what time it is around the world and even more awesome if it is accessible to you in a cool way. …

Have you ever held an iPad? Let me rephrase… Have you ever held an iPad for any length of time? They can become quite uncomfortable to try and position so you can enjoy your gadget the best possible way without having to strain your arms or crank your neck. You my friend need an iPad floor stand so you can watch your movies and read your E-Books in style and luxury. The floor stand will telescope, tilt and swivel so you can adjust it to your level of relaxation without causing you tension. You can easily navigate your apps, or relocate the stand with ease so you can be sitting, standing or reclining while…

As infographics go, this one was pretty light. In fact, I almost skipped it completely until I saw an interesting fact that I had to share. Two-thirds of app users use them daily. While this might seem like a no-brainer to some, it’s hard to imagine using actual apps on a daily basis. Nevertheless, that’s the information that is here and there’s no reason to doubt it. This infographic from Instant App Wizard comes to us via Greensboro Ford and explores “The Progression of Mobile Apps”. Click to enlarge. Hat Tips: Coudersport Chevrolet * * * “Mobile Apps” image courtesy of Shutterstock….

I don’t care if it’s untested. I don’t care if it appears unstable even when going slower than I can job. I don’t care that it’s bulky, ugly, and probably at least a little bit dangerous (even for a bike). None of this matters. Shut up and take my money. Please. According to News.com.au: It has already had manned flights of up to 15ft at 50km/h, weaving through trees, buildings and under bridges. And these Mojave Desert test flights have been dominated by caution – not exploring the true limits of its capabilities. Blah blah. Blah blah. Do you take checks? …

  There has been a welcomed invasion in our lives, one that greets us as in the morning much like the paper use to, one that tucks us in at night and keeps us socializing all day through. It is our computerized friend and all of its abilities to make our lives less of a hassle and even a little more organized. We don’t need an alien attack or a zombie apocalypse (although the Walking Dead makes it look oh so cool); we already have something that we have succumbed to… This isn’t the age of Technology; instead, it is a Technology takeover. …