Texting while driving is frowned upon or illegal in most states. And ‘don’t text while you’re driving’ apps have come before, but State Farm’s recently updated Pocket Agent app for Android is a little different then those who’ve come before it. The On the Move widget within the app automagically replies to texts while …
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Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions For Your Perusal
It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
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Nerd Alert: Spreadsheet Lists Every Android Device in the History of Mankind
It’s undoubtedly missing a few grey-market ones here and there, but this publicly available Google spreadsheet from Australian site hdmp4.com contains an exhaustive compilation of Android-based phones, netbooks, e-book readers, portable media players and more.
There’s plenty of useful data in there, too, such as the type of …
Is iTunes Going Social?
Apple’s special event next week will be pegged to music – that much we already know. There’s speculation that the Lala acquisition could come about next week but two separate outlets have reported that Apple won’t be bringing cloud-based streaming to iTunes, at least not yet. Boy Genius was tipped off social integration into …
OnMyWay Uses Your Phone’s GPS to Relay Tardiness to Others
If you’re perpetually late and you can’t afford a personal assistant because that aforementioned lateness causes you to miss out on fancy, lucrative business deals with marginally trustworthy individuals, maybe you’d benefit from something like OnMyWay.
It won’t help you get places on time, per se, but it’ll e-mail whomever you’re …
Pandigital Novel Review: The Big Screen Makes All the Difference
The Pandigital Novel is a 7-inch e-book reader with a color LCD screen that runs a customized user interface atop Android. While not positioned as an Android tablet, it’s drawn interest from people looking for less expensive alternatives to devices like the iPad thanks to its $200 price tag.
This is Pandigital’s second stab at a …
You Can Now Stream Netflix On Your iPhone
Happy Netflix on your iPhone Day!
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Forget to Take Your Pills? Don’t Worry, They’ll Call You
Boston-based Vitality has developed a prescription pill bottle cap with a built-in wireless chip that reminds you to take your medicine at a certain time every day. If you forget, it’ll call you or text you. If you need a refill, there’s a button inside the cap that’ll call your pharmacy. The whole system works as simple as plugging in a …
Cricket’s First Android Phone Comes with $55 Unlimited Plan
Month-to-month mobile provider, Cricket, has just launched its first Android phone—the Sanyo ZIO. It costs $250 out the door, but doesn’t require a two-year contract. Furthermore, Cricket is offering a $55-per-month Android plan that includes unlimited voice minutes, text messages, e-mail, and web browsing with no additional taxes or …
Google Officially Integrates Voice Calling into Gmail
As an update to this morning’s post, Google has officially unwrapped free voice calls to any phone number in the U.S. and Canada right from within Gmail. International calls start at around two cents per minute, too.
People with Google Voice phone numbers can receive incoming calls right inside their Gmail by adding “Google Chat” as …
Ask Techland: Kindle or Nook?
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Ah, the old Kindle versus Nook debate. Which one’s right for you? Let’s find out in a spec-by-spec showdown. This information is accurate as of 8/25/10.
Price
The Wi-Fi-only version of the Kindle costs $139; the Nook …
The $70 ‘iPADock’ Charges Two iPads, Four iPhones, and More
Sweet merciful crap, this thing does it all—and isn’t insanely expensive. The Japan-only iPADock can charge and sync two iPads at a time, an iPad and two iPhones, or four iPhones. Just about every model of iPod is welcome, too.
The backside of the dock sports two iPod nano slots, a three-port USB hub, three memory card readers, …