“Consumer Electronics” collection
Find comprehensive evaluations of a wide range of electronic devices designed to enhance your home, office, and personal life. From advanced display technology to environmental monitoring tools, these reviews focus on accessible, high-quality technology for everyday use.
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View all →August 24, 2010
DropCam is the Ultimate, Easy To Set Up, Security Webcam, Digital Baby Sitter & NannyCam
I have played around with a couple of IP-based Wireless Webcams (from Linksys and Panasonic), and while I'm pretty good usually at figuring out how to configure and work devices, IP webcam configurations are still a bit too complicated for the general public, in my opinion. For the most part, they are difficult to set up and harder to stream…
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August 20, 2010
Belkin’s Bluetooth Music Receiver is the Ultimate Music Extender from your Bluetooth Device to Your Stereo
On the way home from picking up my daughter from an activity, I decided to do some Pandora streaming in my car via a Bluetooth connection. As the Pandora station was playing a lot of great songs, when I got home, I wanted to continue hearing the song selection that was playing, so I was thinking of the best way…
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August 17, 2010
Create Your Own Personal Cloud Storage with Seagate’s GoFlex Drives & GoFlex Net
I have always been a proponent of the Cloud and various consumer services that utilize Cloud Computing. In fact, I work as the Technology Evangelist for GoGrid, a company that provides Infrastructure in the Cloud, essentially a way to get your own personal datacenter in minutes. As I write this article (which will go on my blog on a Cloud…
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August 13, 2010
How To Get Your iPhone Out of a Recovery or Restore Mode Loop
I recently got my iPhone 4 and consequently wanted to prepare my iPhone 3GS for my children to use as an "iPod Touch" – iPhone but without the cell service. I have already done this with my original iPhone. Honestly, it is a great way to extend the life of your "retired" iPhones. As I was going through the prep…
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July 27, 2010
Wrapping Up the AT&T “Lose the Laptop” Challenge – A Retrospective
We are now in the final days of voting for the AT&T Lose the Laptop Challenge. It has been an interesting four months writing about different topics and how they relate to the HTC Tilt 2 smart phone. You can see all of my articles on the Lose the Laptop site here. But I thought that it might be a…
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July 26, 2010
The Mobile Spy – “Ending It All” (The Finale & Part 4)
Catch up on Part 1 of “The Mobile Spy” here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here (on AT&T's Lose the Laptop site) or Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here (on HighTechDad.com). He slept most of the way. He hadn't realized how running on adrenaline had made him so incredibly tired. He only woke a few…
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July 26, 2010
How To Install a Replacement Battery into an Apple iPhone 3GS
My iPhone 3GS has been showing signs of a dying battery for a month or so now. The symptoms included the battery depleting faster than normal, charging very quickly (because there wasn't much to "charge"), and the iPhone simply crashing when the battery was at 75-90% FULL. It would simply crash as I was doing some tasks, not even showing…
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July 23, 2010
As Promised, Apple Delivers iPhone 4 Case Program
For those of your lucky enough to have an iPhone 4, you can now get either a free iPhone 4 Bumper or a 3rd Party Case for FREEEEEE from Apple. Or, if you have already purchased a case from Apple (or even AT&T), you will get a refund. Be sure to check the Apple page about this program for all…
Read more →July 22, 2010
HTD’s Tech News Snippets – July 22, 2010 (Flipboard, Google Voice, Router Hacks, Safari, AT&T & Twitter)
Some really interesting news floated by today. Flipboard is a pretty interesting iPad app. Be sure to check it out. But you may have some issues hooking up your Twitter and/or Facebook feeds. I'm still waiting...and waiting...and waiting for Google Voice to be approved. Is your home router hackable? Be sure to read the article and visit your router vendor's…
Read more →July 21, 2010
HTD’s Tech News Snippets – July 21, 2010 (Ford, Skype, Antennagate, Facebook, Apple & Blackberry)
Once again, scouring the web for the latest tech news that grabbed my attention. Below are some links to some Amplify.com posts. You can see the beginning of my commentary below. Clicking through the links gives you the rest of the commentary as well as the article that I snipped. I LOVE the NEW Ford Motors - 2011 Explorer Unveil…
Read more →July 21, 2010
iPhone 4 Scarcity – What AT&T Can Do To Help Make Customers Like Me Happy (Think Beyond the Tech)
It should be pretty obvious to those people who know me or read my social media updates that I really want an iPhone 4. I have had the original iPhone and the iPhone 3GS (I skipped the iPhone 3G), and now I'm ready for the "new hotness." But I have an issue, actually a bunch of them and some of…
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July 19, 2010
The Mobile Spy – “The Final Purchase” (Part 3 of a 4 Part Story)
Catch up on Part 1 of “The Mobile Spy” here and Part 2 here (on AT&T's Lose The Laptop) or Part 1 here and Part 2 here (on HighTechDad.com). He enjoyed the obscurity that the shadows of the train station provided him. He easily slipped between alcoves and doorways, at times jumping into the moving crowds. Everything was falling in…
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