Quick review: Jabra Extreme Bluetooth headset

The Jabra Extreme is a tiny Bluetooth headset that offers up some of Jabra’s best technology. Selling for about $55 it will be competing with products like the Jawbone Prime and Jabra’s own Stone. The Extreme isn’t just another tiny... 

The iPhone’s Square credit card system gets competition

It seems like the de rigeur iPhone startup these days is credit card transaction systems. Digg’s own Kevin Rose, for example, is an investor in Square, a little dongle that turns any iPhone into a credit card terminal, and Visa themselves are looking... 

Gamers, this is not the “World of Warcraft” iPhone you

Any World of Warcraft player worth their accumulated subscription fees has, at one time or another, dreamt of a smartphone capable of playing WoW. Heck, I’ve wished for one myself: maybe a limited iPhone app that doesn’t let me raid, necessarily,... 

Review: Integral 17-in-1 MultiCard Reader

The Integral USB 2.0 Multi Card Reader from Proporta is compatible with 17 different types of memory cards, perfect for use in both PC’s and Mac’s with memory cards from digital camera’s, mobile phones, camcorders, PDA’s etc. With... 

RIM building an 8.9-inch BlackBerry tablet for your car?

A new report has alleged that Research in Motion is building an 8.9-inch tablet-like “niche” product in limited quantities, expected for sale before Christmas. We should warn you that the authenticity of this report cannot be established.... 

iPad destroyed with a baseball bat

As the reviews, first looks, and feature breakdowns of the iPad appear on the web, one thing you probably don’t expect to be tested is how durable the $500+ device is. But one owner with more money than sense decided to see just how hard wearing... 

iPad design flaw? WiFi not working/very weak

The iPad may be wowing people with how sleek and shiny it is, but once that initial awe-struck stare has gone users are beginning to complain. The problem is, WiFi doesn’t seem to be working very well, if at all. Many users are complaining that... 

Review: Integral Courier Flash Drive 2GB

USB flash drives have long ago become the portable storage solution for majority of users and it seems that IntegralMemory is another company that attempts to compete with known USB memory vendors. Launched in 2007 and being a brand of Just Rams Plc,... 

Geek.com newsletter – April 1, 2010 – Top stories from

Yes it’s April 1st, but this newsletter will be 100% free of pranks, jokes, gags, and anything along those lines. So what happened this week that you should know about? March 26th – April 1st Contents 1 Geek Thoughts 2 This Week on Geek 3 Geek.com... 

Sharp unveils IS01 Snapdragon MID

Before the sudden surge of touchscreen devices like the iPod Touch, mobile internet devices uniformly came in hopeless, five-inch form factors that aped the conventional design of laptops, but with both keys and displays far too small to ever be usable... 

SIMPants: the world’s first, electronic, texting pair of

Some of the greatest inventions have been convergence devices. Just take one gadget that does one thing and slap it together with another: heck, that’s basically the iPhone, a combination mobile phone, gaming handheld and mobile internet device.... 

HTC Nexus One display has one-third less sub-pixels than i

When the HTC Nexus One, aka the Googlephone, first came out, people kept on talking about how absolutely gorgeous and beautiful the screen was… but appearances can be deceiving. Ars Technica has just posted an amazing breakdown of the Nexus One’s... 

Geek.com newsletter – March 25, 2010 – Top stories

What’s new and notable since the last newsletter shipped? We’re glad you asked… March 19th – March 25th Contents 1 Geek Thoughts 2 This Week on Geek 3 Geek.com Web Picks 4 Don’t Forget About This 1 Geek Thoughts — Top Stories on Geek.com... 

Phone Halo lets you find your keys or wallet with your sma

When I come home at the end of the day with a sigh, I have a tendency to fire off like a supernova, explosively shooting my keys, my wallet and my smartphone at random trajectories away from my person. Unfortunately, this makes finding things the next... 

Geek.com newsletter – March 18, 2010 – Top Stories on

In keeping with our newsletter format from March 11th, here are some of the top stories that appeared on Geek.com in the last week. March 12th – March 18th Contents 1 Geek Thoughts 2 This Week on Geek 3 Geek.com Web Picks 4 Don’t Forget About...